The Sepiroth Yesod

Yesod is the ninth Sephiroth on the Tree of Life and the third on the middle pillar. Yesod is the path of pure Intelligence. This is the foundation on which the physical world (Malkuth) is based. Yesod is a desire world, and is the link between the rest of the Tree and Malkuth. The emotions of sex spring from this Sephirah it is the sphere of the generative principle.

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)