Seven Wanderers

The seven wanderers move through the twelve constellations of the Zodiac that divide the solar year, their constandy changing positions determining a unique balance of qualities for each moment. Internally the planets represent seven specific modes of the soul that the alchemist must develop to progess in the Great Work, while the Zodiac corresponds to twelve processes that the soul must cyclically endure on the path of return to the Absolute. ... 

In traditional cosmology, the first things created from the Elements are the Heavens, the Zodiac, the fixed stars and then the seven planets, literally wanderers, each of which has specific qualities that have particular resonances with all things on Earth. 

Haber came looking for freedom and intellectual adventure. He found mostly frustration and disappointment, or, as his friend Richard Willstatter put it, seven and a half years of detours and wanderings. ... 

Notice the planetary pun the cosmos distractedly erred or wandered (TrXavdco) at all times, led by the planetary forces of the seven rulers. 

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