The
Eye in Hand represents the earth, moon, and sun surrounded by the five
planets that are visible to the naked eye. The planets visible to the naked
eye are represented by displaying the number of fingers that correspond
to their order from the Sun*: 1= Mercury, 2 = Venus, 3 = Mars, 4 = Jupiter,
5 = Saturn. The "one that burns" is the Sun. The "one that shines" is the
Moon. "Two swift lights" are Mercury and Venus. "Two slow lights" are Jupiter
and Saturn. "The red one" is Mars.
The eye is the sun and moon joined as in a total solar eclipse. The
new moon in silhouette is the pupil, from the Latin "pupilla", for the
"little doll" or "puppet" that you see when you look closely into the pupil
of an eye, a reflection of yourself. Self knowledge is thus born of reflection.
This is the hand of the Puppeteer, who represents the meta-self, the cosmic
person, the teacher. We are the pupils. The hand is earthly experience.
The eye is awareness. **********************************
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* This same order was proposed by the ancients, but they took the Earth
as the center of the system.