Aries — head and initiative

Zodiac sign correspondence (fire)

The sign-to-body association belongs to later astrological correspondence tables, not a body map stated in the Corpus Hermeticum itself. This point therefore shows the editorial “as above, so below” ladder while preserving the sign’s traditional body-region mnemonic as a symbolic correspondence.

♄ Saturn♃ Jupiter♂ Mars☉ Sun♀ Venus☿ Mercury☽ MoonAries — head and initiativeAries — head and initiativeTaurus — neck and voiceGemini — arms and exchangeCancer — chest and nurtureLeo — heart and sovereigntyVirgo — belly and orderingLibra — kidneys and balanceScorpio — pelvis and transformationSagittarius — thighs and seekingCapricorn — knees and structureAquarius — calves and circulationPisces — feet and return

Point 8 of 19 in Hermetic Macrocosm–Microcosm Correspondence

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Corpus Hermeticum (primary_canonical)

Treatises I (Poimandres) and XI present the cosmological order, mind, and human as a microcosmic participant; see Treatises I.8–26 and XI.

Picatrix (Ghayat al-Hakim) (primary)

Books I–II organise celestial influences through planets, signs, and images; see Book I, chs. 1–5.

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