Blueish mauve is a colour that hovers between the cool stability of blue and the regal, introspective depth of mauve. In the Qabalistic colour scales of Liber 777, it is not a generic pastel but a precise, muted tone—a blue that has been tempered and deepened by a violet undertone, suggesting a blend of the spiritual and the material, of form and emotion.

Position on the Tree of Life

This colour is assigned to Path 28, which connects the sephiroth Netzach (Victory, sphere of Venus) and Yesod (Foundation, sphere of the Moon) on the Tree of Life. As the Emperor Scale colour for this path, it represents the active, masculine, or 'royal' aspect of the colour formula for this specific junction. Path 28 is associated with the Hebrew letter Tzaddi (צ), which means 'fish-hook' and is linked to the astrological sign Aquarius.

Astrological and planetary correspondence

Blueish mauve on Path 28 carries the combined influences of Netzach (Venus) and Yesod (Moon), filtered through the Aquarian energy of Tzaddi. The blue element speaks to the visionary, humanitarian, and airy nature of Aquarius, while the mauve (a purple tone) introduces the Venusian qualities of love, beauty, and the lunar qualities of reflection, illusion, and the subconscious. This is a colour of spiritual aspiration seeking to manifest through the structures of the psyche.

Historical context

The colour scales in Liber 777 are derived from the earlier work of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, particularly the 'Book of the Concourse of the Forces' and the 'Colour Scales of the Sephiroth and Paths'. The Emperor Scale (also known as the 'Scale of the King' or the 'Scale of the Father') is the most active and masculine of the four Qabalistic colour scales. It represents the most direct, forceful expression of the divine energy on a given path or sephirah. The specific hue 'blueish mauve' for Path 28 is a consistent element in these esoteric colour attributions, appearing in the original Golden Dawn manuscripts and later codified by Aleister Crowley and Israel Regardie in Liber 777. It is a colour not commonly found in nature, emphasizing its role as a symbolic, magical colour rather than a descriptive one.

In the table of Liber 777, Blueish mauve appears as the Emperor Scale colour for Path 28, a specific and deliberate choice that encodes the energetic signature of the Tzaddi path, blending the visionary air of Aquarius with the emotional and reflective currents of the lunar and Venusian spheres it connects.