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Peh

pay · value 80 · ordinal 17

Literal Meaning

Mouth · Speech · Opening

Archetype

The Tower of the Tarot · Mars

Path Summary

The 27th path. Netzach to Hod. Mars.

The Station

Peh is the mouth. The mouth is the opening that produces words — and the Tower is what happens when the words are true and the structure was built on lies. Peh is the letter of the necessary blast, the lightning that strikes and brings the false tower down so something honest can be built.

In the Lilith Current

Peh in the Lilith current is the letter of the spoken Name. Lilith's first refusal involved Peh — she opened her mouth and spoke the Ineffable. The Tower fell. Peh is the chapter where the practitioner is taught when to keep silent (almost always) and when to speak the word that ends the world (rarely; with consequences).

Working Note

Peh is reserved. It is named only in workings where speech is doing the operative work. Most work uses Mem, Cheth, and Samekh. Peh is for thresholds the practitioner is ready to never re-cross.

Resonant Words at This Station

  • פהPeh (spelled)

    Mouth — letter spelled

    85

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