Four is the number of stability, foundation, and material completion. In Hebrew gematria, it corresponds to the letter Daleth (ד), meaning 'door,' and its value is 4. This numeric value is traditionally associated with the Sephirah Chesed (Mercy) on the Tree of Life, which is the first sphere of the Pillar of Mercy, representing loving-kindness, expansion, and the structural principle of form.

Position on the Tree of Life

Path 14 connects the Sephirah Chokmah (Wisdom) to Binah (Understanding), traversing the Abyss. However, the number 4 itself is primarily anchored in Chesed (Sephirah 4), which occupies the first position on the Pillar of Mercy. Chesed is the sphere of Jupiter, the planet of benevolence, sovereignty, and ethical law. In the 777 scale, 4 is the numeration of Chesed, standing opposite the more dynamic numbers assigned to Geburah (5) and Tiphereth (6).

Astrological and planetary correspondence

The number 4 is fundamentally linked to Jupiter, the king of planets in classical astrology. Jupiter’s symbolism—expansion, justice, mercy, and rulership—resonates with the Chesed principle. In the context of the 777 column for Numeration, the number 4 is the entry for Sephirah 4, establishing a direct gematric identity between the number and the divine quality of loving-kindness.

Historical context

Early Kabbalistic texts, such as the Sefer Yetzirah, assign the number 4 to the letter Daleth and to the sphere of Chesed. The medieval Zohar elaborates that 4 represents the four worlds of Atziluth, Beriah, Yetzirah, and Assiah—the full emanation of the divine creative process. In Hermetic and Thelemic systems derived from Crowley’s 777, the number 4 (especially as the numeration of Path 14) is used as a key for aligning planetary and Sephirotic forces; it appears in the operations of the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram, where the fourfold formula of the elements is invoked.

Griffin, in his commentary on The Book of Thoth, notes that 4 is the 'door' (Daleth) through which the influence from Kether (1) flows down through the upper triad, making it a threshold number for manifestation. In alchemy, the quaternary (4) was the basis of the four elements (Fire, Water, Air, Earth) and the four stages of the Great Work, and this framework is subsumed into the Chesed correspondence in 777.

In Liber 777

In the table row for Numeration of Column LI, at the step of Path 14, the entry is simply the number 4. This confirms the direct gematric value for that path, linking it to the letter Daleth and the planet Jupiter.