Hod is the eighth Sephirah corresponding to the fifth day of creation. As was said in the Netzach post, both Netzach and Hod are concrete force into form. Netzach being the male dynamic impulse and giver of concrete formation and Hod the female bringer of concrete form. The force of Netzach are free moving with fluidity and ever changing shapes. Hod is the stage of concentration where the energy is temporarily controlled and molded into forms. These two Sephiroth on the macrocosm are the force and form of the Astral.
Hod is associated with the soul in the power to continually advance, with the determination and perseverance born of deep inner commitment toward the realization of ones life goals. The acknowledgement of a supreme purpose in life, and the total submission of self which it inspires, serve to endow the source of one’s inspiration with an aura of splendor and majesty. Hence the word Hod connotes both “acknowledgement” and “splendor,” in the sense of an aura like “reverberation” (hed) of light (Gal Einai, 2014). With the soul or psyche, it is the intellect or reason in Ruach. It is the intellectual side of human nature as with Netzach being the instinctive and emotional nature in Ruach. You have to balance these two Sephiroth to be aligned with your inner scientist, inner artist, and the attributes of Hod and Netzach. Its planet is Mercury, therefore the gods Mercury, Hermes, Thoth, and many others can be placed here. Astrologically Mercury is the communication, intellect, language, etc planetary intelligence. In your natal chart your mercury determines how you use these. Hod’s virtues are truthfulness and vices are falsehood, dishonesty, and mental rigidity.
Hod and Netzach correspond to the solar plexus chakra. Even though the heart center of Tipareth plays a role in the solar plexus. Hod and Netzach are more in correspondence with this chakra due to the energies of this chakra of willpower, emotional drives, motivation, personality, self esteem, learning, and ego.
