Introduction to Primitive Cabalistic Science

The midpoint of line A. A. and that of line B. B. was regarded by these philosophers as the dividing point of the forces of two planets standing in opposition.

handwritten upright triangle symbol representing Fire

The observation that in the fiery trigonIn astrology, a trigon or "triplicity" is a group of three zodiac signs belonging to the same element (Fire, Earth, Air, or Water). during the 260 years in which Saturn and Jupiter made their conjunctions and oppositions within it, the greatest revolutions Here meaning "upheavals" or "major shifts." occurred on Earth—affecting both the religion and government of peoples—moved them to attribute the most powerful effects to it. To the earthy
handwritten inverted triangle symbol with a horizontal bar representing Earth

trigon, however, they ascribed events of long duration; to the airy trigon, those of short duration; and to the watery trigon,
handwritten upright triangle symbol with a horizontal bar representing Air

handwritten inverted triangle symbol representing Water

they ascribed the most unstable events.

e.g., The Assyrian monarchy began in the first third of the third earthy trigon: a sign that it would last a long time.

its beginning in the printed upright triangle with a horizontal bar (Air symbol)         printed inverted triangle (Water symbol) the division of the
earthly               realm in the water-
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