Kabbalah Tree of Life Chart · The 10 Sephirot at a Glance
The Kabbalah Tree of Life is a diagram of ten Sephirot, or divine emanations, joined by twenty-two paths and arranged in three pillars, mapping creation from Kether, the crown, to Malkuth, the physical world. This chart gives every Sephirah's Hebrew name, meaning, pillar, Tarot correspondence, planet and place on the body, free to read here and to download as a printable chart.
The Kabbalah Tree of Life is the central diagram of Kabbalah · ten Sephirot, or divine emanations, connected by twenty-two paths and arranged in three pillars · and it maps the descent of creation from pure being at Kether to the physical world at Malkuth. This is the complete reference to its ten Sephirot. The chart below gives every Sephirah in order, from 1 to 10, with its Hebrew name, meaning, pillar, Tarot correspondence, planet, and place on the body. It is free to read on this page and free to download as a printable chart. Every Sephirah links to its full guide.
Ready to go deeper than the chart? You can learn Kabbalah online with Evelynne Joffe · from the ten Sephirot to the twenty-two Paths.
For more correspondences, see the divine name, archangel and angelic order of each Sephirah in the Kabbalah Archangels chart, and the planetary and zodiac attributions of the Tree.
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What the Tree of Life Shows · The 10 Sephirot
The ten Sephirot in descending order, from the crown of the Tree to its root in the physical world. Each row gives the Hebrew name, its meaning, the pillar the Sephirah stands on, its Golden Dawn Tarot correspondence, planetary attribution, and the part of the body it governs. Each Sephirah links to its complete guide.
| # | Sephirah | Hebrew | Meaning | Pillar | Tarot | Planet | Body |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Kether | כתר | Crown | Middle Pillar | The four Aces (Root of each element) | Pluto · Primum Mobile (First Swirlings) | Crown of the head |
| 2 |  Chokmah | חכמה | Wisdom, Creative Insight | Pillar of Mercy | The four Twos · The Kings | Uranus · Sphere of the Fixed Stars (Zodiac) | Left side of the face |
| 3 |  Binah | בינה | Understanding, Discernment | Pillar of Severity | The four Threes · The Queens | Saturn | Right side of the face |
| 4 |  Chesed | חסד | Mercy, Lovingkindness | Pillar of Mercy | The four Fours | Jupiter | Left arm |
| 5 |  Gevurah (Geburah) | גבורה | Severity, Strength, Judgment (also Din: Justice) | Pillar of Severity | The four Fives | Mars | Right arm |
| 6 |  Tiferet (Tiphareth) | תפארת | Beauty, Harmony (also Rahamim: Compassion) | Middle Pillar | The four Sixes · Princes (Knights) | Sun | Heart and chest |
| 7 |  Netzach | נצח | Victory, Endurance, Eternity | Pillar of Mercy | The four Sevens | Venus | Left hip and leg |
| 8 |  Hod | הוד | Splendour · Glory | Pillar of Severity | The four Eights | Mercury | Right hip and leg |
| 9 |  Yesod | יסוד | Foundation | Middle Pillar | The four Nines | Moon | Genitals |
| 10 |  Malkuth | מלכות | Kingdom | Middle Pillar | The four Tens · Princesses (Pages) | Earth | Feet · the entire physical body |
Tarot correspondences follow the Golden Dawn system, in which the ten numbered cards of each suit are assigned to the ten Sephirot. Planetary and colour attributions are given in the traditional Golden Dawn scale. Two Sephirot carry both a modern and a traditional attribution: Kether (Pluto and the Primum Mobile) and Chokmah (Uranus and the Sphere of the Fixed Stars).
The 10 Sephirot · Core Meanings
A one-line orientation to each Sephirah, from Kether at the crown to Malkuth at the foot of the Tree. Follow any name for the full guide to that emanation.
1. Kether · Crown
Kether is the first Sephirah, pure undifferentiated being: the dimensionless point closest to the Infinite that still exists within the Tree, and the destination toward which the soul's journey is directed.
2. Chokmah · Wisdom
Chokmah is the second Sephirah, the original creative impulse: the first movement of creation, the dynamic spark of force before anything has taken form.
3. Binah · Understanding
Binah is the third Sephirah, the intelligence that takes the formless creative flash and gives it shape, boundary, and definition: the womb of all things and the grief of knowing all that is born must die.
4. Chesed · Mercy
Chesed is the fourth Sephirah, the first emanation the human mind can grasp directly: boundless generosity and mercy that gives without asking anything in return.
5. Gevurah (Geburah) · Severity
Geburah is the fifth Sephirah, the necessary 'no' that gives shape to every 'yes': the surgeon's scalpel of strict justice and severity that prunes the vine so it can bear fruit, restraining the boundless love of Chesed.
6. Tiferet (Tiphareth) · Beauty
Tiferet is the sixth Sephirah at the exact centre of the Tree, the heart where the Pillars of Mercy and Severity converge and opposing forces resolve into harmony and beauty.
7. Netzach · Victory
Netzach is the seventh Sephirah, the seat of feeling, instinct, and desire: emotion that endures and triumphs not through force but through sheer persistence.
8. Hod · Splendour
Hod is the eighth Sephirah, the seat of the intellect: the mind that perceives clearly, names and categorises experience, works with language, and understands the structures underlying reality.
9. Yesod · Foundation
Yesod is the ninth Sephirah, the invisible Foundation just above physical reality: the realm of dreams, images, instincts, and the subconscious patterns through which every force passes before it shapes the visible world.
10. Malkuth · Kingdom
Malkuth is the tenth and final Sephirah, the Kingdom of physical reality where spirit becomes matter: the ground on which the entire Tree stands and where every journey on it begins.
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Reading the Tree of Life
The Sephirot are never read in isolation. They stand in three vertical pillars · the Pillar of Mercy on the right, the Pillar of Severity on the left, and the Middle Pillar of equilibrium between them · and each Sephirah takes its meaning partly from the pillar it belongs to and the forces on either side. The twenty-two paths that join the Sephirot carry their own symbolism, and it is there, on the paths rather than the Sephirot, that the twenty-two Major Arcana of the Tarot are placed. For the paths and their Tarot correspondences, see the 22 connecting paths and their Tarot cards.
This chart is one part of our full Kabbalah resource. For the tradition as a whole · its history, the four worlds, the pillars, and how the Tree is used in study and meditation · see the complete guide to the Kabbalah Tree of Life. If you would rather work from a printed reference, the Tree of Life PDF guide gathers the diagram and correspondences in one download. If you are new to the Tree, our Kabbalah for beginners guide is the gentlest place to start.
Ready to walk the Tree rather than only read about it? Evelynne Joffe teaches the full path of the Sephirot · one sphere at a time, with meditation and practice · in Living the Tree of Life · The Sephirot. For the complete journey across every sphere and path, see The Complete Tree of Life.
Sources & Tradition
The structure of the Tree of Life descends from the Sefer Yetzirah (the Book of Formation), which first names the ten Sephirot, and from the Zohar, the central text of medieval Kabbalah. The Tarot, planetary, and colour correspondences given here follow the system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and its modern exposition in Dion Fortune's The Mystical Qabalah (1935). The meanings are presented as taught at Global Spiritual Studies in Evelynne Joffe's Living the Tree of Life courses.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the 10 Sephirot of the Kabbalah Tree of Life?
The 10 Sephirot are the ten emanations of the Kabbalah Tree of Life, read in descending order from the crown to the physical world: 1 Kether (Crown), 2 Chokmah (Wisdom), 3 Binah (Understanding), 4 Chesed (Mercy), 5 Gevurah (Severity), 6 Tiferet (Beauty), 7 Netzach (Victory), 8 Hod (Splendour), 9 Yesod (Foundation), 10 Malkuth (Kingdom). Together they trace the descent of creation from pure, undifferentiated being at Kether to fully embodied physical reality at Malkuth.
What is the Kabbalah Tree of Life?
The Tree of Life is the central diagram of Kabbalah: ten Sephirot, or emanations, connected by twenty-two paths and arranged in three vertical pillars. It maps how the infinite divine unfolds into creation, from Kether at the crown down to Malkuth in the material world, and is read at once as a model of the cosmos, of the human psyche, and of the soul's path of return.
What does each Sephirah correspond to in Tarot?
In the Golden Dawn system, the ten Sephirot correspond to the ten numbered cards of each Tarot suit: the Aces belong to Kether, the Twos to Chokmah, the Threes to Binah, the Fours to Chesed, the Fives to Gevurah, the Sixes to Tiferet, the Sevens to Netzach, the Eights to Hod, the Nines to Yesod, and the Tens to Malkuth. The court cards attach to the Sephirot as well, while the twenty-two Major Arcana are assigned to the paths that connect them rather than to the Sephirot themselves.
What is Binah?
Binah is the third Sephirah, meaning Understanding. It is the intelligence that takes the formless creative flash of Chokmah and gives it shape, boundary, and definition. Standing at the head of the Pillar of Severity, it is called the womb of all things and carries the grief of knowing that everything born must one day die. Its planet is Saturn and it corresponds to the four Threes and the Queens of the Tarot.
What are the three pillars of the Tree of Life?
The ten Sephirot stand in three vertical columns. The Pillar of Mercy on the right (Chokmah, Chesed, Netzach) is the active, expansive force. The Pillar of Severity on the left (Binah, Gevurah, Hod) is the restraining, form-giving force. The Middle Pillar (Kether, Tiferet, Yesod, Malkuth) is the pillar of equilibrium that balances and reconciles the other two.
A complete reference to the Tree of Life, free to read and to print · return to it whenever you study the Sephirot.
