Akrab refers to the constellation of Scorpio, the Scorpion. The name derives from the Hebrew עַקְרָב (ʿAqrab), meaning “scorpion,” and is the term used in Jewish astronomical and astrological traditions for the eighth sign of the zodiac. In Arabic, the same root ʿaqrab likewise designates the scorpion and the constellation.

Position on the Tree of Life

Akrab is the assigned Hebrew name for the 24th Path of the Tree of Life, corresponding to the 24th letter of the Hebrew alphabet (Nun) and the zodiacal sign Scorpio. It occupies Path 24 in the Heavens of Assiah, the layer of the Tree associated with the material and formative world. In the schema of 777, each path in Assiah is named after a zodiacal sign or element as a “Heaven” (a sphere or region of influence) rather than a sephirah.

Astrological and planetary correspondence

As Scorpio, Akrab is a fixed water sign, ruled by Mars (and in modern astrology by Pluto). In the 777 system, it carries the astrological nature of Scorpio: intense, secretive, transformative, and associated with death and rebirth. No planetary attribution is given directly to this path in the Assiah table; it remains purely zodiacal at this step.

Historical context

The term Akrab appears in the Hebrew Bible (see 1 Kings 12:11 and Proverbs 22:5, where akrab denotes a literal scorpion). In Jewish calendrical and astronomical lists, Akrab became the standard name for the constellation Scorpius, adopted from the Babylonian Zuqaqipu (“scorpion”). The Babylonian zodiac was itself inherited by Hellenistic and then Jewish astrology, and by the medieval period, Hebrew astronomical manuals such as Abraham ibn Ezra’s Reshit Hokhmah consistently use Akrab as the name for Scorpio. In Arabic astrology, Al-‘Aqrab served the same function. The scorpion imagery is ancient and cross‑cultural: in Egyptian tradition, the goddess Selket was a scorpion deity, connected with protection and venom. In later Western esotericism, the scorpion is a symbol of the alchemical nigredo and the base matter that undergoes putrefaction before renewal.

In the Heavens of Assiah table of Liber 777, Akrab appears as the name of the 24th Heaven, corresponding to the zodiacal sign Scorpio on Path 24. It is the direct source of the astrological influences associated with that letter and path in the material world.