O = 4
The letter O whose shape suggests the growing, fecund
womb comes fourth in the vowel sequence. Chesed, the fourth Sephira of the Tree of Life is
the sphere of law and justice, social harmony and rule, the sphere of Jupiter, the Emperor
of the Tarot, corresponding astrologically to Aries, the sign of the Equinox of Spring,
that time of year when life bursts forth once more into the world. The Sun, called ON by
the ancients, rises once again and prevails over the thrall of winter darkness - John
Barleycorn has risen - resurrected from his winter sojourn in the darkness of the earth by
the warming rays of the Springtime sun. He is the Green Man of Spring, the April Fool,
bursting forth with possibility as Atu 0 of the Tarot - The Fool - containing all within
himself as the Easter Egg contains the potential of new life.
4 = 2 x 2__ which
is a number of increase.
