41 The Secret Doctrine says that:—
It is on the Hierarchies and the correct number of these Entities that the mystery of the universe is built.
Ten--The line and the circle.  The symbol of the Heavenly Men.

		—S. D., I, 117.

		The ten are the arupa universe     S. D., I, 125.

		The ten are manifested existence     S. D., I, 467.

		The ten are sumtotal     S. D., I. 428.

		Six—The six-pointed star.  The subjective life and the objective form, overshadowed by Spirit.

		The six are the six forces of nature     S. D., I, 236.

		The six Heavenly Men     S. D., I, 402.

		The six planes     S. D., I, 236.

		Force or energy, matter or substance, and Spirit.

		The six are the double triangle     S. D., I, 143.

		The six are the symbol of objectivity     S. D., II, 625.

		They are the deva aspect of manifestation     S. D., I, 241.

		Five—This is the pentagon, the Makara, the five pointed Star.   Compare S. D., I, 218, 219.

		Five is the symbol of a planetary Logos     S. D., II, 618.

		Five is the symbol of the microcosm     S. D., II, 608.

		Five is the symbol of creation     S. D., II. 613.

It is the second and the third Logos united in evolution.
In the merging of the five and the six you have the totality of manifestation, the male and female blended in the Divine Hermaphrodite.  Summing up, S. D., I, 235-239.  II, 610, 638.

		The first order     The essential Lives.   Spirit.  The Self.

		The sixth order     The objective form.  Matter.  The Not-Self.

		The fifth order     Intelligence.  Manas.   The relation between.