So that having found the alternate of Saturn 8 to be Sun 1, and that of Venus 6 to be Jupiter 3, of the Moon 7 to be 2, it is quite easy to jump to the conclusion that the alternate of Mars 9 must be Mercury 5, and yet to get side-tracked on the very first trip. For observe what happens in the resolution of Mars, number 9, Mars 5678 9 1234 26 10 8 1 9 Mars which, seems to inform us that, whereas all things may be reduced and converted by Fire or the Will, neither consents to be converted. Herein is the spirit of freedom that characterizes the fiery planet and those that are born under its sway. We may now try Mercury, the universal resolvent. Mercury 1234 5 6789 10 30 1 3 4 Sun (-) In antithesis we may set the number of the Sun negative 4. Sun 9123 4 5678 15 26 6 8 14 or 5 Mercury Here, by a curious refractoriness of disposition, Mercury is seen to be resolvable only in terms of a negative Sun, the number 5 being set in apposition to 4. The obvious suggestion to those who are engaged in the hermetic art, should they happen upon this little kabalism, is that Mercury is the one thing that we are able to convert into gold. Now if we collect these resolutions we shall find that they are all in terms of Mars or the number 9, whose position at the head of the scheme indicates, as clearly as figures can tell us, that the Will is the dominant factor in all human affairs. Mars 9 Sun 4 5 Mercury Jupiter 3 6 Venus Saturn 8 1 Sun 2 Moon 7