Teil 14 · Kapitel 83

And the rest of the candles of light are the five planets that remain, and opposite them are the seven Sefirot of the construction, for the sun and the moon, together with the five planets, are seven. And let it not be difficult in your eyes, that these six extremities are they that are the constellations, as I explained. For these six extremities are in the Yesod itself, in the secret of 'his legs are pillars of six,' for it receives them from above, and they become in it twelve, in the secret of direct light and reflected light, and in the secret of radiance and sparkle, as I explained; and therefore they are called constellations, because the Yesod is called a constellation, since it draws the seminal drop from the upper brain.