1
Calcination
Malkuth
Fire of ego

Destruction of false identity, bodily trauma, or world-collapse that forces surrender.

2
Dissolution
Yesod
Emotional unraveling

The subconscious breaks open.
Floods of repressed content surface.
The seeker drowns before they breathe.

3
Separation
Hod / Netzach
Discernment

Clarity begins.
Differentiation between truth and projection.
The battle of intuition vs intellect.

4
Conjunction
Tiphareth
Heart opening

Christic light is born.
Opposites merge.
Kundalini rises from Tiphareth to the heart and splits into Binah and Chokmah.

5
Fermentation
Binah / Chokmah

Strong psychic connection with opposite.
Karmic illusions crumble.
Old structures crumble.
Ego loses control.

Distillation
Kheter
All impurities rise

Death and rebirth spiritual activation — often marked by visions, inspiration, or divine encounter.
If balance is perfect, the Holy Spirit descends into Kheter.
Stillness arrives.
Higher-self takes control.

Coagulation
Kether
Embodiment

Crystallization of the true self.
The arrival of the integrated being, capable of manifesting truth in form.

Synchronicity brings twin flames together.
The descent is embodied.
Heaven meets Earth.
The seeker no longer seeks — they are.