The Six Monads of Being, Life, Intellect, Soul, Nature, and Body and the Seven Planetary Henads

Henads and Monads

At the top, the ten dignities of houses 1-3 are listed, grouped as the three rulerships, the two exaltations in houses 2 and 3, the exaltation in house 3, the two Nature detriments in houses 2 and 3, and the fall in house 1.

Beneath the Sun in Aries are the Being rulerships, which constitute the Being monad.

Beneath the Moon in Taurus are the Life rulerships, which constitute the Life monad.

Beneath the Dragon’s Head are the exaltations, which constitute the Intellect monad.

Beneath Venus and Mars are the Nature detriments, which constitute the Nature monad.

Beneath Jupiter are the Soul detriments, which constitute the Soul Monad.

And beneath Saturn are the falls, which constitute the Body monad.

The next line down lists the four dignities of house 1 (Saturn, Mars, Sun, and Venus). Below each dignity are the rest of the signs in which that planet is in dignity, which together with the dignity in house 1 constitute the henad of that planet.

The next line down shows the composition of the henads of the Moon, Mercury, and Jupiter, by listing each of the signs in which they are in dignity.

The circle on the right lists the planets in the exaltation ring, and the circle at the bottom is an incomplete sketch of how the thirty-six tattvas of Kashmir Shaivism could be mapped on to the twelvefold metaphysical chart, beginning with Parasamvit, Shakti, and Shiva.