Tet ט — Leo / heart

Simple letter; zodiacal body region

The twelve Simple letters are assigned to the zodiacal cycle in Sefer Yetzirah. Their body regions are the conventional zodiac-man projection used to make the textual sign sequence legible on a front silhouette, not a claim that a letter literally inhabits a limb.

Alef א — air / chestMem מ — water / bellyShin ש — fire / headBet ב — Jupiter / liverGimel ג — Mars / gallbladderDalet ד — Sun / heartKaf כ — Venus / kidneysPe פ — Mercury / lungsResh ר — Moon / stomachTav ת — Saturn / spleenHe ה — Aries / headVav ו — Taurus / neckZayin ז — Gemini / armsHet ח — Cancer / chestTet ט — Leo / heartTet ט — Leo / heartYod י — Virgo / abdomenLamed ל — Libra / kidneysNun נ — Scorpio / pelvisSamekh ס — Sagittarius / thighsAyin ע — Capricorn / kneesTsadi צ — Aquarius / shinsQof ק — Pisces / feet

Point 15 of 22 in Sefer Yetzirah Letter Body

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Sources

Sefer Yetzirah (primary_canonical)

Chapters 3–5 classify the three Mothers, seven Doubles, and twelve Elementals, with planetary and zodiacal correspondences; cited by chapter and section in Kaplan’s standard English edition.

Aryeh Kaplan, Sefer Yetzirah: The Book of Creation in Theory and Practice (secondary_translation)

Commentary and tables explain the letter groups, planets, zodiac signs, and later body analogies; see commentary to chapters 3–5.

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