Fortune Kaph
to Yod to the Tree to Lamed

Kaph (כ or ך)

Kaph, the twenty-first path, connects Chesed and Netzach. It is the character "K".

Kaph is one of the seven double letters, which represent planets. The double letters are cardinal directions, the faces of the box that is space. Its attributions are:

PlanetJupiter
Directionwest
Numberכ‎ = 20 or ך‎ (final) = 500
Nameכפ,or כף
MeaningPalm of the hand[1]
Tarot trumpFortune (the Wheel of Fortune of traditional decks)
ColorViolet
Yetsiratic Attribution[2] Intelligence of Conciliation, because it receives the divine influence which flows into it from its benediction upon all and each existence.

Kaph is one of five characters that also has a "final" form -- that is, a form of the letter that is used when it appears at the end of a word. The two forms have different enumerations, as shown above.


[1]כפ, kaph, means the palm of the hand.
[2]From the 32 Paths of Wisdom, often printed as an appendix to Sepher Yetzirah.
[1]כפ, kaph, means the palm of the hand.
[2]From the 32 Paths of Wisdom, often printed as an appendix to Sepher Yetzirah.