The 28 Squares Forming the Circumference of the Board Symbolize the Number of Days in A Lunar Cycle. The 2ND Square IN is 20 Squares symbolizing the 20 Trees of the Ogham Year Wheel. The Next 12 Squares IN symbolize the Zodiac. The Final Four Squares (TETRAGRAM) symbolize SOURCE.
"The cyclic symbolism of the chess-board resides in the fact that it expresses the unfolding of space according to the quaternary & octonary of the principle directions (4X4X4=8X8), and that it synthesizes in crystalline form, the two great complementary cycles of sun and moon.."
"..the duodenary of the Zodiac and the 28 Lunar mansions; furthermore, the number 64, the sum of the squares on the chess-board is a submultiple of the fundamental cyclic number 25920, which measures the precession of the equinoxes."
The Four Sides of the Chess Board Symbolize the Two Solistices & Two Equinox Points of the Zodiac. The Four Sides, also, symbolize the Four Cardinal Directions and Four Elements.
The Grand Chess Board or the Magic Square of Mercury is 8x8 equaling 64. 64 Alternating Black & White Squares. "64 (8x8) is the Perfect Expression of Realized Totality. It represents the Natural Forces Acting in Unison with the Providential Determinations of the Cosmos" 64=10=1
There is 88 Constellations, 52 in North, 36 in the South. There is 52 Black Squares and 36 Squares on a Chess Board. 8×8 = 64 64 I Ching TRIgrams = 64 Codons in the Genetic Code = 64 Squares on a Chess Board = 64 Positons in the Kama Sutra = 46 Chromosomes
The Secret Number of the Board is 65, the Starting Point, the 'Zero Point' or 'Bindu' (65 = 11 = A Bridge to the Unseen) according to the Alleged Inventor 'Zoraster', Founder of the Craft. The Chess Board is PERFECT Representation of the Microcosm & the Macrocosm. 🧵🔚