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KOUROI

The Kouroi, Ruling Powers in Yetzirah





3 ASCERIAS
4. KAPAIOS
5. KASARTHS
6. AGAMANOS
7. AMEROFHS
8. 'ABEROFHS
9. ARMATEON
10. OZHRITHS

11. ASTHRION
12. 'ABEROFHS
13. ARMATEON
14. AMEROFHS
15. ERIQEON
16. ARISTEUS
17. NHTH
18. ARGURWPIS
19. 'UPATIOS
20. MNEMEOS
21. KAPAIOS
22. MELETWROS
23. TEQIAS
24. MESHRON
25. KASTALIOS
26. AEGANIOS
27. KASARTHS
28. QALEION
29. AIODAX
30. AGAMANOS
31. 'EFASIOS
32. KIANHS
 
 

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3 ASCERIAS.
Power of Saturn.

    = 1117

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4. KAPAIOS. "of the crib or manger" an epithet of Zeus.
Power of Jupiter.

    = 382 = 13 = 4
               laitma "depth, abyss"
               EreboV "Erebus" the dark nether-world
               aliskomai "to be caught or convicted"

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5. KASARTHS
Power of Mars.

    = 830 = pandokeuV "receiver of all" a Pythagorean name for One
               nerteroV "lower, nether, infernal"
               mataiothV "folly"

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6. AGAMANOS. Note agamai means "to wonder."
Power of Sol.

    = 366 = 15 = 6
              Nhth. Power ruling Gemini.
               exaploon "sixfold"
               nhrhV "nymph, nereid"
                 Nfit "Nuit" (with digamma) from Liber 1264

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7. AMEROFHS
Power of Venus.

    = 924 = lambanw "to accept or receive"

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8. 'ABEROFHS.
Power of Mercury.

    = 886 = Doxa PatroV "The Principle of the Father"
               dikaiwma "judgment"

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9. ARMATEON.
Power of Luna.

    = 567 = gunh Rea "woman Rhea" from Liber 1264
               h kuriakh "the Lord's Day"
 

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10. OZHRITHS
Power of Tellus.

    = 703 = 10
               baruV "oppressive; deep; loud; cruel; mighty"
 

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11. ASTHRION. Note asthr means "star." Asterion is also a fixed star in the constellation Canes Venatici; from Vivian Robson's The Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology: "This constellation gives a love of hunting and a penetrating mind, making those born under it faithful, keen, clever and fond of speculation."
Power of Air.

    = 739 = keleuqoV "way, path"
                quinoV "citron"
                propater "before-father"

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15. ERIQEON. Note EriqeuV is an epithet of Apollo.
Power of Ares.

    = 259 = arrhn "man"
               basileia "kingdom; queen, princess"
               eimarmenh "destiny"
               ormhma "passionate desire"
               amaqhV "ignorant"
               hsan "they were"

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16. ARISTEUS. "Prince, hero."
Power of Taurus.

    = 1216 = ekastacoqi "everywhere"

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17. NHTH. Nete was one of three muses honored by the cult at Delphi. Her name means "bottom," referring to the three strings of the lyre.
Power of Gemini.

    = 366 = AgamanoV. Power ruling Sol.
                exaploon "sixfold"
                nhrhV "nymph, nereid"
                  Nfit "Nuit" (with digamma) from Liber 1264

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18. ARGURWPIS. Note arguroV is "silver"
Power of Cancer.

    = 1694

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19. 'UPATIOS. Hypate was one of three muses of the cult at Delphi. The name means "top" and refers to the three strings of the lyre.
Power of Leo.

    = 1061 = 8
                    Apollwn "Apollo"
                  pamforoV "all-productive"
                  to kratoV "the dominion, the power"
                  allwV "otherwise, in another way"

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20. MNEMEOS. Mneme, meaning "memory," was one of three muses of the cult at Sicyon.
Power of Virgo.

    = 410 = o qalloV "the young shoot, branch"
               oision "a holy one"
               nhpenqhV "a drug" mentioned in the Odyssey.
               ipnoV "furnace"
               pinoV "dirt, filth"

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22. MELETWROS. Note meletw is "to care for." Melete was one of the three muses of Sicyon; her name means "practice" or "meditation."
Power of Libra.

    = 1550 = o CristoV "the Christ"
                 protoV "first"
                 upsow "raise up"

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23. TEQIAS. Note that Tethis was a titaness in Greek mythology, the wife of Oceanus.
Power of Water.

    = 525 = Enuo "Enyo" a goddess of war
               agiasmoV "holiness"
               parodoV "passage; entrance"
               aqesmoV "wickedness"
               hliomanteia "a magical invocation of the sun"
               dakru "of tears"
               skeloV "a leg"

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24. MESHRON. Mese was one of three muses honored by the cult at Delphi. The name means "middle" and refers to the three strings of the lyre.
Power of Scorpio.

    = 280 = soi "unto thee"
                ioV "arrow; poison (of serpents); one"

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25. KASTALIOS. Kastalios was a son of Apollo. Some say the Castalian Well at the Oracle of Delphi is named after him. There is another myth that Kastalia, daughter of the river god Acheloos, dove into the spring in order to escape the advances of Apollo and the god remained there, establishing the Delphic Oracle.
Power of Saggitarius.

    = 832 = A kai W "Alpha and Omega"
               qeofilhV "beloved by God"
               prodothV "traitor"
               arciereia "high priestess"
               stefanoV "crown" (with st=stau=6)

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26. AEGANIOS. Note aigeioV means "goat."
Power of Capricorn.

    = 340 = delta "Delta" (spelt in full)
               kerasthV "horned" (st=stau=6)
               qalloV "young shoot or branch"
               akrideV "locusts"
               MaqqaioV "Matthew"

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28. QALEION. Thaleia was one of the three Charites or Graces, the attendants of Aphrodite. She was known as "the bringer of flowers." Thalia ("abundance" or "good cheer") was the muse of comedy in the later list of Hesiod's nine. Also likely related, if not identical, was Thallo of the Athenian Horae.
Power of Aquarius.

    = 175 = agora "assembly, meeting place"
               eneimi en "to be within one"
               amoqen "from anywhere"
               neon "afresh, anew"
               alazoneia "boasting"

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29. AIODAX. Aoide was one of the three muses of Sicyon; the name means "song."
Power of Pisces.

    = 686 = KaqaneuV. Yetziratic Intelligence of Leo.
                   'H peleia kai 'h 'ugra. "The dove and the waters."
                   floggoi "the notes of the musical scale"
                   etairoV "comrade, companion, lover"
                   to apeiron "the boundless"
                   apletoV "immense"

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31. 'EFASIOS. Note that Hephaistos was the Greek god of the smith, the Lame One (see the AS consecration of the sword Iubar), the Artificer of the Olympians.
Power of Fire.

    = 986 = CristoV "Christ" (with st=stau=6)
               aristeroV "left; of the left hand"
               epouranioV "heavenly"
               calepoV "dangerous, difficult"
               acreioV "unprofitable"

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32. KIANHS.
Power of Earth.

    = 289 = eidoV "form, physical appearance; beauty; nature; idea"
               sebizein "to worship"
               biblaridion "a small book"

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