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.
