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So 4 of Wands is abstract spiritual stability, the 4 of Cups is emotional/intuitive stability, the 4 of Swords is mental stability, and the 4 of Pentacles is material stability.
I don't know if I would use the term "stability" exactly. Chesed is far from stable; it is a bubbling, frothing mess, stable only in relation to what is above the Abyss which, strictly speaking, doesn't exist.
Now I become confused again. The 4 of Wands is the purest version of Chesed because it's in Atziluth; it's abstract stability and the form of the will..something has been accomplished here. The 4 of Cups is kind of too much form. Cups are associated with Binah and Chesed heavily relates to Binah, so we have emotional form and stability, which isn't concrete. 4 of Swords is stability of mind/personality and is an abstract peace for the mind.
I don't know if the Four of Cups isn't concrete, but rather self-indulgent. It is feeling for the sake of it. In Swords, however, thought for the sake of it relates to contemplative thought, meditation, which is pretty good (is this the one with the tomb? I can never remember).
Ok, it gets confusing with the Pents. With Pents falling into Assiah and thus Malkuth, the 4 of Pents is Chesed from OUR point of view in Malkuth, right? So the 4 of Pents represents material and physical stability.
While Assiah and Malkuth have much in common, it should be remembered what model of the Tree you're using for the purpose of that specific musing, and to stick to it. Strictly speaking, Assiah is
not Malkuth while Binah is
not Briah. Apples and oranges. While the Tree
can be divided into four worlds internally, connecting that model with the four trees model can be quite confusing. However, this isn't to say that there is any contradiction here. The Tree changes according to the observer, like an atom. It does exist both simultaneously
and top to bottom, depending on what practical use you have for it. Not for naught did the Kabbalists invent many different models over the years. Plus, using the divinatory meanings as an analysis tool is very noisy for my poor brain.
Since we are in Malkuth in Assiah, then "our" Chesed is the one that actually builds reality, but not wholly, since all worlds exist together. Indeed, they would have to, as you can't build a brick wall merely by having physical bricks. You have to conceive of the result, you have to want to do it, and plan it. I feel like I'm talking in circles, but there it is. Even if the four worlds model, there is a great deal of communication between all four worlds, even if "officially" there isn't.
So I see how Chesed in Assiah (building structure and stability) leads to Malkuth in Assiah (wealth, comfort, success), but I don't exactly understand WHY Chesed leads to Malkuth. Is it because of the fact that the abstract form is destined to become concrete?
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I wouldn't say destined, but rather "has no choice." When using the symbolism of the line to discuss Chochma, it is important to remember that Chochma and Binah are created simultaneously, one cannot exist without the other, and the same law applies to all the Sephiroth. If Chochma is a line, a line has to go somewhere, otherwise it stays a point. Imagine drawing a line that goes nowhere, it is an impossibility. So, Binah is the "somewhere" Chochma goes to. Chochma creates the space around it in order to exist. Binah may be a vessel, but one that cannot exist empty, as it is created by the same stuff that fills it (look up the process of Tzimzum, the contraction).
The same law applies to every step of the Tree. Geburah is not something that is introduced after Chesed simply because someone was feeling bored, it is a natural consequence of it. If Chesed is the "loving kindness" of all the elements and all the material of the universe, those elements in and of themselves begin to conflict with one another, thus limiting Chesed and making them mix. Every Sephira causes an imbalance which is set aright by its counterpart on the other side. Far from being "created" the Tree "tumbles."
After Geburah comes Tiphareth, which is abstractly the best anything can get, it is the Plan in its most perfect form. Now, by analogy, let's remember that the Princess, associated with Swords and Vau, sit at Tiphareth. This implies Tiphareth is a theory, a blueprint, a concept. Now, the transfer to Netzach from Tiphareth is obscure to me, and I would rather not go biblical and say it is because of the forbidden fruit. Still, we can rape the bible without thumping it.
When the garden of Eden was created in Tiphareth, all the abstractions above became "real" in the sense that there were plants and animals and later on, people. However, when sh*t becomes real, it is no longer a theory, and if you put an perfect, attractive young man and a perfectly beautiful lady buck naked in nature, they will act as they are wont to (they'll hump like rabbits). Even in Paradise, things progress according to their nature, and the Tree continues its downward tumble. I wouldn't see it as a "fall" exactly, but rather a natural consequence of its inherent structure.
So, Netzach is the natural continuation of Tiphareth, and mirrors Chesed, only on a lower plane. Here is where hard work, death, time, the mechanics of procreation and suffering are introduced. Again, this is not because of any plan, but because Tiphareth was so wonderfully perfect.
Hod again balances Netzach in the same way Binah balances Chochma, and is its counterpart, since that "line" of suffering needs to go somewhere, and Adam finds a degree of solace for the loss of Paradise in the arms of his wife. Not that everything is perfect here, obviously, as Eve herself has tumbled down, the creative qualities of Binah now come at the price of birth pains.
Still, the balance is achieved and yet again the Tree follows its tendency toward imbalance, balance, middle pillar as it has already done above. We are now in Yesod, the realm of the subconscious, where all the ideas of the upper parts of the Tree funnel down. There is another tumble here, since what we have is something like a theory of manifestation pertaining to a theory of perfection (Tiphareth) pertaining to a theory of abstraction (Keter). In Yesod are all the ingredients that make up Malkuth but one, actual solidity. Being so full and satisfied, Yesod has no choice but to manifest, as all that energy has to go somewhere (this is why this Sephira is associated with the genitals, a "burning desire.") and that somewhere is Malkuth.
And
that, is how Chesed turns into Malkuth. Because there isn't any alternative.