Hod (Kabbalah)

It is positioned on the left side of the tree beneath Gevurah (severity) and directly opposite Netzach (eternity).

It represents the capacity to comprehend and articulate divine truths, balancing the emotive and instinctual energies of Netzach.

[citation needed] Hod is described as being a force that breaks down energy into different, distinguishable forms, and it is associated with intellectuality, learning and ritual, as opposed to Netzach, Victory, which is the power of energy to overcome all barriers and limitations, and is associated with emotion and passion, music and dancing.

An example is given by occultist and author Dion Fortune in The Mystical Qabalah: Imagine primitive man is meditating in the wilderness, and comes in contact with, and begins to understand, some energy that surrounds him.

[6] In 777, Aleister Crowley associates Hod to the Four Eights of occult tarot among these being Anubis, Thoth, Hanuman, Loki, Hermes, Mercury, Jackal, Hermaphrodite, Opal, Storax, and quicksilver (Not a complete list).