Number
12
Twelve, the Simples, which Sefer Yetzirah forms into the constellations of the Zodiac.
13 correspondences · 13 with an ancient or scriptural source · 0 with no source located
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The oldest attribution here is Counts Aquarius, first attested 100 CE.
Counts
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Aquarius
Traditional- Who says so
- Sefer Yetzirah's counting (2nd–6th century CE (contested))
- Earliest verified attestation
- 100 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Attested
- Evidence
- The source states it
Sefer Yetzirah forms the Twelve Simple letters into the twelve constellations. WHICH letter goes with which sign is a separate question this row does not answer.
Evidence
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Rabbi Akiva (traditional attribution); older versions attributed to Abraham, Sefer Yetzirah, 2nd–6th century CE (contested) — 5:2
These Twelve Simple Letters He designed, and combined, and formed with them the Twelve celestial constellations of the Zodiac
The book forms the twelve into the Zodiac; the letter-to-sign key is contested and is not asserted here.
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Aries
Traditional- Who says so
- Sefer Yetzirah's counting (2nd–6th century CE (contested))
- Earliest verified attestation
- 100 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Attested
- Evidence
- The source states it
Sefer Yetzirah forms the Twelve Simple letters into the twelve constellations. WHICH letter goes with which sign is a separate question this row does not answer.
Evidence
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Rabbi Akiva (traditional attribution); older versions attributed to Abraham, Sefer Yetzirah, 2nd–6th century CE (contested) — 5:2
These Twelve Simple Letters He designed, and combined, and formed with them the Twelve celestial constellations of the Zodiac
The book forms the twelve into the Zodiac; the letter-to-sign key is contested and is not asserted here.
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Cancer
Traditional- Who says so
- Sefer Yetzirah's counting (2nd–6th century CE (contested))
- Earliest verified attestation
- 100 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Attested
- Evidence
- The source states it
Sefer Yetzirah forms the Twelve Simple letters into the twelve constellations. WHICH letter goes with which sign is a separate question this row does not answer.
Evidence
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Rabbi Akiva (traditional attribution); older versions attributed to Abraham, Sefer Yetzirah, 2nd–6th century CE (contested) — 5:2
These Twelve Simple Letters He designed, and combined, and formed with them the Twelve celestial constellations of the Zodiac
The book forms the twelve into the Zodiac; the letter-to-sign key is contested and is not asserted here.
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Capricorn
Traditional- Who says so
- Sefer Yetzirah's counting (2nd–6th century CE (contested))
- Earliest verified attestation
- 100 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Attested
- Evidence
- The source states it
Sefer Yetzirah forms the Twelve Simple letters into the twelve constellations. WHICH letter goes with which sign is a separate question this row does not answer.
Evidence
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Rabbi Akiva (traditional attribution); older versions attributed to Abraham, Sefer Yetzirah, 2nd–6th century CE (contested) — 5:2
These Twelve Simple Letters He designed, and combined, and formed with them the Twelve celestial constellations of the Zodiac
The book forms the twelve into the Zodiac; the letter-to-sign key is contested and is not asserted here.
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Gemini
Traditional- Who says so
- Sefer Yetzirah's counting (2nd–6th century CE (contested))
- Earliest verified attestation
- 100 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Attested
- Evidence
- The source states it
Sefer Yetzirah forms the Twelve Simple letters into the twelve constellations. WHICH letter goes with which sign is a separate question this row does not answer.
Evidence
-
Rabbi Akiva (traditional attribution); older versions attributed to Abraham, Sefer Yetzirah, 2nd–6th century CE (contested) — 5:2
These Twelve Simple Letters He designed, and combined, and formed with them the Twelve celestial constellations of the Zodiac
The book forms the twelve into the Zodiac; the letter-to-sign key is contested and is not asserted here.
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Leo
Traditional- Who says so
- Sefer Yetzirah's counting (2nd–6th century CE (contested))
- Earliest verified attestation
- 100 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Attested
- Evidence
- The source states it
Sefer Yetzirah forms the Twelve Simple letters into the twelve constellations. WHICH letter goes with which sign is a separate question this row does not answer.
Evidence
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Rabbi Akiva (traditional attribution); older versions attributed to Abraham, Sefer Yetzirah, 2nd–6th century CE (contested) — 5:2
These Twelve Simple Letters He designed, and combined, and formed with them the Twelve celestial constellations of the Zodiac
The book forms the twelve into the Zodiac; the letter-to-sign key is contested and is not asserted here.
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Libra
Traditional- Who says so
- Sefer Yetzirah's counting (2nd–6th century CE (contested))
- Earliest verified attestation
- 100 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Attested
- Evidence
- The source states it
Sefer Yetzirah forms the Twelve Simple letters into the twelve constellations. WHICH letter goes with which sign is a separate question this row does not answer.
Evidence
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Rabbi Akiva (traditional attribution); older versions attributed to Abraham, Sefer Yetzirah, 2nd–6th century CE (contested) — 5:2
These Twelve Simple Letters He designed, and combined, and formed with them the Twelve celestial constellations of the Zodiac
The book forms the twelve into the Zodiac; the letter-to-sign key is contested and is not asserted here.
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Pisces
Traditional- Who says so
- Sefer Yetzirah's counting (2nd–6th century CE (contested))
- Earliest verified attestation
- 100 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Attested
- Evidence
- The source states it
Sefer Yetzirah forms the Twelve Simple letters into the twelve constellations. WHICH letter goes with which sign is a separate question this row does not answer.
Evidence
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Rabbi Akiva (traditional attribution); older versions attributed to Abraham, Sefer Yetzirah, 2nd–6th century CE (contested) — 5:2
These Twelve Simple Letters He designed, and combined, and formed with them the Twelve celestial constellations of the Zodiac
The book forms the twelve into the Zodiac; the letter-to-sign key is contested and is not asserted here.
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Sagittarius
Traditional- Who says so
- Sefer Yetzirah's counting (2nd–6th century CE (contested))
- Earliest verified attestation
- 100 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Attested
- Evidence
- The source states it
Sefer Yetzirah forms the Twelve Simple letters into the twelve constellations. WHICH letter goes with which sign is a separate question this row does not answer.
Evidence
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Rabbi Akiva (traditional attribution); older versions attributed to Abraham, Sefer Yetzirah, 2nd–6th century CE (contested) — 5:2
These Twelve Simple Letters He designed, and combined, and formed with them the Twelve celestial constellations of the Zodiac
The book forms the twelve into the Zodiac; the letter-to-sign key is contested and is not asserted here.
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Scorpio
Traditional- Who says so
- Sefer Yetzirah's counting (2nd–6th century CE (contested))
- Earliest verified attestation
- 100 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Attested
- Evidence
- The source states it
Sefer Yetzirah forms the Twelve Simple letters into the twelve constellations. WHICH letter goes with which sign is a separate question this row does not answer.
Evidence
-
Rabbi Akiva (traditional attribution); older versions attributed to Abraham, Sefer Yetzirah, 2nd–6th century CE (contested) — 5:2
These Twelve Simple Letters He designed, and combined, and formed with them the Twelve celestial constellations of the Zodiac
The book forms the twelve into the Zodiac; the letter-to-sign key is contested and is not asserted here.
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Simple
Traditional- Who says so
- Sefer Yetzirah's counting (2nd–6th century CE (contested))
- Earliest verified attestation
- 100 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Attested
- Evidence
- The source states it
Sefer Yetzirah divides the twenty-two letters three, seven and twelve.
Evidence
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Rabbi Akiva (traditional attribution); older versions attributed to Abraham, Sefer Yetzirah, 2nd–6th century CE (contested) — 1:2
Ten are the ineffable Sephiroth. Twenty-two are the Letters, the Foundation of all things; there are Three Mothers, Seven Double and Twelve Simple letters.
The division.
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Rabbi Akiva (traditional attribution); older versions attributed to Abraham, Sefer Yetzirah, 2nd–6th century CE (contested) — 5:1
The Twelve Simple Letters are Héh, Vau, Zain, Cheth, Teth, Yod, Lamed, Nun, Samech, Oin, Tzaddi and Qoph
The members of the class.
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Taurus
Traditional- Who says so
- Sefer Yetzirah's counting (2nd–6th century CE (contested))
- Earliest verified attestation
- 100 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Attested
- Evidence
- The source states it
Sefer Yetzirah forms the Twelve Simple letters into the twelve constellations. WHICH letter goes with which sign is a separate question this row does not answer.
Evidence
-
Rabbi Akiva (traditional attribution); older versions attributed to Abraham, Sefer Yetzirah, 2nd–6th century CE (contested) — 5:2
These Twelve Simple Letters He designed, and combined, and formed with them the Twelve celestial constellations of the Zodiac
The book forms the twelve into the Zodiac; the letter-to-sign key is contested and is not asserted here.
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Virgo
Traditional- Who says so
- Sefer Yetzirah's counting (2nd–6th century CE (contested))
- Earliest verified attestation
- 100 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Attested
- Evidence
- The source states it
Sefer Yetzirah forms the Twelve Simple letters into the twelve constellations. WHICH letter goes with which sign is a separate question this row does not answer.
Evidence
-
Rabbi Akiva (traditional attribution); older versions attributed to Abraham, Sefer Yetzirah, 2nd–6th century CE (contested) — 5:2
These Twelve Simple Letters He designed, and combined, and formed with them the Twelve celestial constellations of the Zodiac
The book forms the twelve into the Zodiac; the letter-to-sign key is contested and is not asserted here.