Postcard - ‘Figure 9 from Splendor Solis'
The Fifth Phase - The Hermaphrodite. The male, solar force (red) and the female, lunar force (white) are united. The disc bears the colours of the stages of the alchemical work (nigredo, albedo, rubedo); the egg symbolizes death and rebirth.
Figure 9 from Splendor solis, ascribed to Salomon Trismosin. Woodcut from the edition in Aureum vellus oder guldin Schatz und Kunstkammer, Rorschach, 1598. 11,3x13 cm | © EFM/Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica Collection
Details
There is a brief explanation of the image on the reverse of the card.
Size: 105x150 mm
© EFM/Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica Collection