Binah

3 - Binah

The Sefirot in Jewish Kabbalah Position in the Tree of Life
Keyword	Understanding
Name of God	Yod-Heh-Vav-Heh Eh-Lo-He-Ee-Mm (Jehovah Elohim)
Archangel	Tzaphkiel, Beholder of God
Order of Angels	Aralim (thrones)
Tarot Cards	Threes
Paths	12 The Magician to Kether 14 The Empress to Chokmah 18 The Chariot to Geburah 17 The Lovers to Tiphareth
Symbol	Shabbathai (Saturn)
Colors	crimson black dark brown grey flecked with pink
Animal	moth
Gods	Babalon, Gaia
Scent	myrrh

Binah is the Third Sephiroth in the kabalistic Tree of Life.

Other names: Ama - the dark sterile mother, Aima - the bright fertile mother, Marah - the great sea (Maris - Mary), The Caverns of Silence

The Third Intelligence is called the Sanctifying intelligence, the Foundation of Primordial Wisdom; it is also called the Creator of Faith, and its roots are in Amen. It is the parent of faith, whence faith emanates.

— the Sepher Yetzirah