Yesod is the astral world (the subtle form of matter which permeates the whole of life.) Within this Sephirah, the astral form has an endless ebb and flow of the life forces. The Archangel of Yesod is Gabriel, the ruler of the waters of wisdom. The mundane chakra of Yesod is the Moon. Here is the sphere of hidden wisdom that calls to the intuition; Yesod is the sphere of the collective unconscious. The machinery of the universe an be visualized at this level of consciousness. The symbols of Yesod and sandals, candlesticks and insence/perfumes. Other associations are: indigo; quartz and moonstone; banyan, mandrake & damiana; the elephant, tortoise and toad; orchid root; jasmine and ginseng.The Tarot card; The Moon, is the twenty-ninth (11 in numerology) path. It is on this path the traveler can be deluded by missing a plane of consciousness (Yesod). Yesod is the emotional, astral sphere, but these are also characteristics of the Moon. As Yesod is a sphere of illusion, so is the Moon. This path is essentially a path controlled by the element of water. (markbell)
