♂Mars

Its letter and path

Mars rides the double letter Daleth (ד), on the path that connects Chokmah ↔ Binah.

Its sphere and correspondences

Its sphere is Geburah (גְּבוּרָה) — Strength / Severity, divine power, in the world of Briah.

Will, discipline, boundaries, destruction of the old, courageous action.

Further planetary correspondences (day, metal, incense) to be added from source.

Its tarot, in this current

The card on this path is The Tower. The Golden Dawn places The Empress here instead, having assigned the letter to a different planet.

Its polarity

The letter Daleth carries the polarity Wisdom / Folly (Sefer Yetzirah §37). The polarity is a property of the letter; Mars supplies the energy that leans it one way or the other.

In the Sefer Yetzirah

The planetary assignment follows the Chaldean order set out at §§41 and 44; the polarity pair is given at §37 (Hayman critical edition).

Annotated passages to be added.

Related angels

Where the Golden Dawn differs

In this current, Mars rides Daleth (The Tower). The Golden Dawn moved Mars to the letter Pe, and reassigned Daleth to Venus ♀ — so on their tree the Daleth card became The Empress.