Alternate Holy Season attributions
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I wasn't going to share this at first because it's just for my own use, but hey, maybe someone will find it interesting. When I first saw Eshelman's idea for the Thelemic Holy Season I found it pretty cool, but soon realized I was unhappy with certain readings attributed to the 22 days. The main issue I had was that I wanted to have a class A-only season (so no Liber Librae, as inspiring as that text is). Also, I didn't like the two Ararita chapters since that leaves the book incomplete. So I made a slightly altered version a year ago. Below are my changes and explanations. Overall they are only a few.
On Tav, I did away with having two readings on the same day, leaving only the Saturn chapter and saving the Earth chapter for later.
On Samekh, I substituted the Spirit chapter of LXV for Ararita.
On Lamed, I substituted the Air chapter for Librae. (Because Libra is an "Air sign.")
On Yod, I substituted Liber Magi for the Mercury chapter. (Because the Magus relates both to Mercury and Chokmah. Virgo is ruled by and exalted in Mercury; Chokmah is also Yod.)
On Zayin, I substituted the Mercury chapter for the Air chapter. (Because Gemini is ruled by Mercury.)
On Vav, I substituted the Earth chapter for the Spirit chapter. (Since Taurus is an "Earth sign.")
On Heh, I substituted Liber Porta Lucis for Ararita. (Because Heh-final is Malkuth and the book relates to that sephirah. Also, the theme of the book fits the Trump.)
The complete list, with changes to Eshelman's list in italic:
March 19 Liber VII, "Prologue of the Unborn"
March 20 TAV, The Universe: Liber VII, Cap. 2
March 21 SHIN, The Aeon: Liber LXV, Cap. 4
March 22 RESH, The Sun: Liber VII, Cap. 4
March 23 QOPH, The Moon: Liber VII, Cap. 6
March 24 TZADDI, The Emperor: Liber Tzaddi
March 25 PEH, The Tower: Liber VII, Cap. 1
March 26 A'AYIN, The Devil: Liber A'ash
March 27 SAMEKH, Art: Liber LXV, Cap. 5
March 28 NUN, Death: Liber Arcanorum
March 29 MEM, The Hanged Man: Liber LXV, Cap. 3
March 30 LAMED, Adjustment: Liber LXV, Cap. 2
March 31 KAPH, Fortune: Liber VII, Cap. 3
*April 1 YOD, The Hermit: *Liber Magi
April 2 TETH, Lust: Liber Stellae Rubeae
April 3 CHETH, The Chariot: Liber Cheth
April 4 ZAYIN, The Lovers: Liber VII, Cap. 5
April 5 VAV, The Hierophant: Liber LXV, Cap. 1
*April 6 HEH, The Star: *Liber Porta Lucis
April 7 DALETH, The Empress: Liber VII, Cap. 7
April 8 GIMEL, The Priestess: Liber Legis, Cap. 1
April 9 BETH, The Magus: Liber Legis, Cap. 2
April 10 ALEPH, The Fool: Liber Legis, Cap. 3