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ARITHMANCY & YOU
Official Arithmancy Textbook
TABLE OF CONTENTS[/u]
Introduction to Arithmancy.
The Numbers & Their Meanings.
Methods.[/center]
INTRODUCTION.
Arithmancy is an ancient form of Divination. Instead of using fuzzy images or strange guessing techniques, it is based on solid, mathematical facts. It is one of the most well-known and used forms of Divination, and one of the most precise.
Basically everything can be tied down to Arithmancy, if you know how to find your character, heart, and society numbers. What should you eat for breakfast? See which food's character number matches your own. Who should you marry? Only those whose character number matches yours, of course!
The title 'Arithmancy' comes from two Greek words -- arithmos (meaning number) and manteia (meaning Divination. Therefore, to put it simply, Arithmancy is the study of Divination through numbers.
This book is an easy way to research number meanings, methods, and the fundamentals of Arithmancy. Although everything in here will be taught in class, it seems to me to be a lot easier to have all of your information in one, solid source, than scattered throughout several. This is to make things easier for me and you. Don't be afraid to use it!
THE NUMBERS & THEIR MEANINGS.
Each number possesses a unique meaning. No two numbers are the same. Below is a list of numbers, with provided meaning, origins, and places in different cultures.
ZERO
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Taoism -- It symbolizes the Void; non-being.
Buddhism -- It is the Void and no-thingness.
Kabbalism -- Boundless; Limitless Light; the Ain.
Pathagoras saw zero as the perfect. Zero is the Monad, the originator and container of All.
Islamic -- Zero is the Divine Essence.
Whether or not zero should be deemed an actual number was debated among many philosophers and mathematicians. Now, however, it is an official number in most or all cultures, countries, and mathematics.
It represents the "void", or the essence of non-being. It is said to represent profound transformational change. Due to it's intensity, an individual should practice caution wherever it appears to ensure that extremes are avoided.
Zero also represents the Cosmic Egg. As it is an empty circle, it depicts not only the totality of life, but the nothingness of death (such as the 'Circle of Life'). Each side represents ascent and descent, evolution and involution.
Non-existence; nothingness; the unmanifest; the unlimited; the eternal; the absence of all quality or quantity.
Indian scholar and wizard Pingala (circa 5th to 2nd century B.C.), along with others liked him, are responsible for the word zero. They used the Sunskrit word "sunya", which, after several translations, turned out to refer to zero or void.[/blockquote]
ONE
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Chinese -- refer to one as Yang, masculine; celestial. It is seen as an auspicios number. One is The Monad.
Christian -- God the Father; the Godhead.
Hebrew -- Adonai, the Lord, the Most High, the I am, hidden intelligence.
Islamic -- One refers to one as God as unity; the Absolute; self sufficient.
Pathagorean -- One as meaning Spirit; God, from which all things come. It is the very essence, the Monad.
Taoism -- "Tao begets One, One begets Two, Two begets Three and Three begets all things."
One is generally referred to as meaning a single entity. It represents primordial unity; the beginning, the Creator. The number is the sum of all possibilities. It is the First Cause, or First Mover. It is the essence of life, the Center. It is the number that gives way to duality as multiplicity and back to final unity. However, it also represents isolation.
When used as a character, heart, or society number, it means this about the person:
This is the number of the individual, the solitary unit. Ones are independent, focused, and determined. They set a goal and stick to it. They are leaders and inventors. Ones find it difficult to work with others and don't like to take orders. They can be self-centered, egotistical, and domineering. They are often loners.[/blockquote]
TWO
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Alchemy -- Two are the opposites, sun and moon. King and Queen. Sulpher and quicksilver, at first antagonistic but finally resolved and united in the androgyne.
Buddhist -- see two as the duality of samsara; male and female. Two is theory and practice; wisdom and method. It is blind and the lame united to see the way and to walk it.
Chinese -- Two is Yin, feminine; terrestrial; inauspicious.
Christian -- Christ with two natures as God and human.
Revelation -- Two is the number of witness. The disciples were sent out by two's (Mark 6:7). Two witnesses are required to establish truth (Deu 17:6, John 8:17, 2 Cor 13:1). Examples in Revelation are the beast out of the earth who has two horns like a lamb but spoke like a dragon (13:11). He is the false prophet. However the two witnesses are the true prophets of God (11:3).
Hebrew -- Two is The life-force. In Qabalism wisdom and self-consciousness.
Hindu -- Two is duality, the shakta-shakti.
Islamic -- Two Spirit.
Platonic -- Plato says two is a digit without meaning as it implies relationship, which introduces the third factor.
Pythagorean -- Two is The Duad, the divided terrestrial being.
Taoist -- Two is representative of The K'ua, the Two. Determinants, the yin-yang. Two is a weak yin number as it as no center.
Mainly, two represents the essence of duality. It represents the dual nature of the human being, and it is desire, since all that is manifest in duality is in pairs of opposites. Seeing as one represents a point, two represents the length (as in, possibly, one being the destination, two being the journey). Also, it symbolizes sin. Two of anything represents two-fold strength, most notably as animals in pairs.
Alteration; diversity; conflict; dependence; balance; stability; reflection.
When used as a character, heart, or society number, it means this about the person:
Two represents interaction, two-way communication, cooperation, and balance. Twos are imaginative, creative, and sweet natured. Peace, harmony, commitment, loyalty, and fairness are characteristic. But two also introduces the idea of conflict, opposing forces, and the contrasting sides of things: night and day, good and evil. Twos can be withdrawn, moody, self-conscious and indecisive.[/blockquote]
THREE
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Africa Ashanti -- The moon goddess is three people, two black, and one white.
Arabian, Pre-Islamic -- The Manant is a threefold goddess representing the 3 Holy Virgins, Al-Itab, Al-Uzza, and Al-Manat. They are depicted as aniconic stelae, stones or pillars, or as pillars surmounted by doves.
Buddhist -- Tradition the theme of 3 is represented by, The Tri-ratna, The Three Precious Jewels, and the Buddha, Dharma, Sangha.
Chinese -- Sanctity; the auspicious number; the first odd, yang number ... The moon toad, or bird, is three-legged.
Celtic -- Bridgit is threefold; there are the Three Blessed Ladies and innumerable Triads, often a threefold aspect of the same divinity.
Christianity -- Three represents the Trinity, the soul, the union of body and soul in human in the church. There were three gifts of the Magi to Christ as God-King-Sacrifice; three figures of transformation, temptations, denials by Peter [one of the 12 Apostles -- 12=3 (1+2=3)]. There were 3 crosses at Calvary, He died on The Hills, there were 3 days to the death process for Christ, and there were 3 appearances after his death. There were 3 Marys, and there are 3 qualities or theological virtutes being Faith, Hope, Love or more commonly known as Charity. The number 3 gives to the meaning the embracing Godhead - Father, Mother, Son/Daughter.
Egyptian -- Hermetic tradition, Thoth is the Thrice Great, 'Trismegistus'. The Supreme Power.
The opening line of the Emerald Tablets of Thoth the Atlantean:
Tablet 11
Three is the mystery, come from the great one,
Hear, and light on thee will dawn.
In the primeval dwell three unities,
Other than these none can exist.
These are the equilibrium, source of creation,
One God, One Truth, One Point of Freedom.
Three come forth from the three of the balance,
All Life, all Good, all Power.
Three are the qualities of God in his light-home
Infinite Power, Infinite Wisdom, Infinite Love.
Three are the circles (or states) of Existence:
The Circle of Light where dwells nothing but God,
and only God can traverse it,
The Circle of Chaos where all things by nature arise from Death,
The Circle of Awareness where all things spring from Life.
All things animate are of three states of existence,
Chaos or death, liberty in humanity, and felicity of Heaven.
Greco-Roman -- Fate, the Moirai, who are three-in-one as Moira; Hecate is three-fold; the Erinyes are three-in-one as Erinys, as are the Gorgons as Medusa. There are three charities, graces. There are 3 sirens, Horae, Hesperides, Graiai. Cerberus is a triple-headed and Scylla has a 3 bitch tail. The Chimera has a three part body. Three, four and their sum, seven are sacred to Aphrodite/Venus as queen of the three worlds and four elements. Orphic symbols has the triad of Being, Life, Intelligence.
Hebrew -- Three is symbolized by Limitless Light; sanctifying intelligence. In the Kaballah three represents understanding and the trinity of male, female and uniting intelligence.
Hindu -- The Trimurti, the triple power of creation, destruction, preservation, of unfolding, maintaining and concluding. There are various trinities of gods. The moon chariot has three wheels.
Japanese -- The Three Treasures are, Mirror, Sword and Jewel -- that being Truth, Courage and Compassion.
Maori -- The Great Spirit, the Divine Creator, is a trinity of sun, moon earth, the god of nature, of past, present, and future. It is mind, character, physique symbolized by three raised fingers.
Mexican -- The Trinity is represented by three crosses, one large, two smaller.
Scandinavia -- Fate as the Three Norns, Mani, Nyi and Nithi, who denote the full, new, and waning moon.
Teutonic mythology -- the moon is Fate, and Holda, the lunar goddess, is trine with her two daughters. Thor is sometimes depicted with three heads and the triskele is a symbol of Odin/Woden. Three is the number of good fortune. In Carthage, the Great Goddess, as lunar, is represented by three aniconic pillars.
Slavic -- The moon god is triple-headed.
Taoist -- The Great Triad is Heaven-Man (Human)-Earth. Three is the strong number in Taoist symbolism because it is the center point of equilibrium.
Three is the Triad, being the number of the whole as it contains the beginning, a middle, and an end. It has creative power and growth. It is a moving forward of energy, overcoming duality, expression, manifestation, and synthesis. The power of three is universal. It is human as body, soul, and spirit, noting that the soul and the spirit are not the same. Three is birth, life, and death; the beginning middle, and end; past, present, and future.
When used as a character, heart, or society number, it means this about the person: Three represents the idea of completeness or wholeness, as in the threesomes past-present-future and mind-body-spirit. Three indicates talent, energy, an artistic nature, humor, and social ease. Threes are often lucky, easygoing, and highly successful, but they can also be unfocused, easily offended, and superficial.[/blockquote]
FOUR
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Native American -- As in other cultures, ceremonies and ritual acts are repeated in fours. The Native Amercican cultures have used the number 4 most frequently as in the four cardinal directions. The four winds are depicted by the symbol of the cross and by the symbol of the swastika. The swastika as some misbelieve was not created by Hitler. It was instead borrowed from the Native American and occult beliefs of which Hitler had great interests. Hitler derived his "insanity" of power from his misdirected interpretation and use of metaphysical principles. He used knowledge that his human consciousness couldn't possibly understand and the use of this knowledge for personal gain is part of the imbalance that creates the chaos and karma.
Buddhism -- The Damba Tree of Life has four limbs and from its roots four sacred streams of Paradise that represent the the four boundless wishes of compassion, affection, love impartiality. It also represents the four directions of the heart as well.
Chinese Buddism -- there are four celestial guardians of cardinal points are Mo-li Ch'ing, the East, with the jade ring and spear; Virupaksha, the West, the Far-gazer, with the four-stringed quitar; Virudhaka, the South, with the umbrella of choas and darkness and earthquakes; Vaisravenna, the North, with the whips, leopard-skin bag, snake and pearl.
Chinese -- Four is the number of the Earth, symbolized by the square. There are four streams of immortality. Four is even an number. It is Yin in polarity.
Christian -- Four is the number representing the body, with three representing the soul. Again we see the theme of the four rivers in Paradise. There are four Gospels, Evangelists, chef arch-angels, chef-devils, four Fathers of the Church, Great Prophets. There are four cardinal virtues--prudence, fortitude, justice, temperance. The are four winds from which the One Spirit is said to come. There are four horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Revelation -- There are four angels standing at the four corners of the Earth, holding back the four winds of the earth (Rev 7:1). The great multitude from every nation, tribe, people and language (four-fold description) - Rev 5:9 11:9 13:7 14:6 the four-fold description indicates that these people come from all over the earth.
Egyptian -- Four is the sacred number of Time, measurement of the sun. Four pillars support the vault of heaven. There are four canopic jars placed around the dead at the four corners guarded by the four sons of Horus who are associated with the cardinal points. In the Hermetic it is the divine quaternity. It represents God.
Gnostic -- Belief in Barbelo, the Four-ness of God.
Greek -- Four is the sacred number of Hermes.
Hebrew -- Four represents measuring; beneficence; intelligence. In the Kabbalah, four is memory; four represents the four worlds of the Kabbalah. It also represents the four directions of space and the four levels of the hierarchical organism of the Torah.
Hindu -- Four is Totality; plenitude; perfection. Brahma, the Creator is four faced. The temple is based on the four sides of the square, symbolizing order and finality. There are four tattvas the four bodies bodies of human and kingdoms of nature which are animal, vegetable, mineral, mind. There are four yugas. Four is the winning throw of the dice. There are four castes and pairs of opposites.
Islamic -- Tradition the four terms of the quaternary are the Principle which is Creator; Universal Spirit; Universal Soul; and the primordial matter. These correspond to the four worlds of Kabbalism. There are four angelic beings and four houses of death. There are four levels to the Bardo.
Mayan Culture -- Four giants support the celestial roof. Four is seen as the number of support.
Pythagorean -- Four is Perfection; harmonious proportion; justice; the earth. Four is the number of the Pythagorean oath. Four and ten are divinities. The Tetraktys 1+2+3+4=10.
Scandinavian -- There are four rivers of milk flowing in Asgard.
Sumero-Semitic -- Four astral gods are indentified with the four cardinal points.
Teutonic -- Four dwarfs support the world.
Taoist -- There are four celestial guardians, Li, with the pagoda; Ma, with the sword; Cho with two swords; Wen with a spiked club.
Four is seen as the first solid number, spatial in scheme or order in manifestation. It represents wholeness; totality; completion; solidarity; Earth; and order. It symbolizes a foundation. There are four cardinal points; four seasons; four winds; four directions; four elements; four sides to a square; and four arms to a cross.
When used as a character, heart, or society number, it means this about the person: Like a table that rests solidly on four legs, four indicates stability and firmness. Fours enjoy hard work. They are practical, reliable and down to earth; they prefer logic and reason to flights of fancy. They are good at organization and getting things done. Like the cycle of the four seasons, they are also predictable. They can be stubborn, suspicious, overly practical and prone to angry outbursts. The conflicts possible in "two" are doubled in four.
FIVE
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Alchemy -- The five petaled flower and five pointed star symbolizing the quintessence.
Buddhist -- Belief the heart has four directions -- the heart center makes five, symbolizing, universality. This idea is also symbolized by the Sacred Mountains surrounded by the four islands. There are five Dhyani Buddhas: Vairocana, the Brillant, who is represented by the wheel, the witness; Akshobhya, the Imperturbable, with vajra, the East and blue; Ratnasambhava, the Jewel-born, jewel, south, yellow; Amitabha, Boundless Light, lotus, West, red; Amoghasiddhi, Infallible Success, sword, North, green.
Chinese -- There are five elements. Five atmospheres; conditions; planets; sacred mountains; grains, colors, tastes, poisons; powerful charms; cardinal virtues; blessings; eternal ideas; relations to human kind.
Christian -- Five depicts human beings after the Fall in the Garden of Eden. There are five senses; five points to the cross; wounds of Christ; fishes feeding five thousand; and books of Moses.
Egyptian -- There are five crocodiles of the Nile.
Graeco-Roman -- Five is the nuptial number of love and union.. It is the number of Venus. Venus years are completed in groups of five. Apollo as god of light has five qualities: omniscience, omnipresence; omnipotence, eternity, and unity.
Hebrew -- Five represents strength and severity; radical intelligence. In kabbala five represence fear.
Hindu -- Five is the quinary groups of the world; the five elements of the subtle and coarse states; their primary colors; of senses; five faces of Siva and the twice-five incarnations of Vishnu.
Islamic -- There are five pillars of religion; five Devine Presences; five fundamental dogmas; five actions; and five daily times of prayer.
Parsee -- Five is a significant number in Parsee and Mandaean rites - possibly connected with the five sacred intercalary days of light.
Pythagorean -- Hieros, gamos, the marriage of heaven, earth. It represents Apollo as God of light and his five qualities.
Five is the number of the human being. Humans, when their arms and legs are stretched out, form the pentagon. The pentagon is endless -- sharing the symbolism of perfection and power of the cirlcle. It symbolizes wholeness.
It symbolizes meditation, religion, and versatility. Everywhere, it represents the five senses (the exception in this is the East, who believe in six senses -- the Mind). The five-pointed star depicts individuality and spiritual aspiration, and, when pointed upward, education. When the star points downward, it represents witchcraft and is used in Dark magic.
When used as a character, heart, or society number, it means this about the person: Five is the number of instability and imbalance, indicating change and uncertainty. Fives are drawn to many things at once but commit to none. They are adventurous, energetic and willing to take risks. They enjoy travel and meeting new people but may not stay in one place very long. Fives can be conceited, irresponsible, quick-tempered and impatient.[/blockquote]
SIX
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Chinese -- Six represents Universe, with its four cardinal points and the Above and Below - making it a total of six directions. Chinese culture there are six senses: tastse, touch, smell, sight, hearing, the sixth being mind. The day and night each have six periods.
Christian -- Six is perfection; completion because man was created on the sixth day. Six is man's number The most obvious use of this number is in the notorious passage containing 666.
(Rev 13:18 NIV) This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is man's number. His number is 666.
Hebrew -- There are six days of creation. It symbolizes meditation and intelligence.
Kabbalism -- Six is creation, and beauty.
Pythagorean -- Luck.
Sumerian -- Six days of creation.
Six represents equilibrium: harmony and balances. Within the decad, it is the perfect number, and is the most productive. It is the symbol of luck, love, health, beauty, and chance. It is a winning number at the throw of the dice in the West.
When used as a character, heart, or society number, it means this about the person: Six represents harmony, friendship, and family life. Sixes are loyal, reliable, and loving. They adapt easily. They do well in teaching and the arts, but are often unsuccessful in business. They are sometimes prone to gossip and complacency.
SEVEN
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Alchemy -- There are seven metals involved with the Work.
Astrology -- There are seven stars of the Great Bear which are indestructible. There are seven Pleiades -- sometimes referred to as the, Seven Sisters.
Buddhist -- Seven is the number of ascent and of ascending to the higest; attaining the center. The seven steps of Buddha symbolize the ascent of the seven cosmic stages transcending time and space. The seven-storied prasada at Borobadur is a sacred mountain and axis mundi, culminating in the transcendent North, reaching the realm of Buddha.
Chinese culture -- The meaning and symboligies are intertwined throughout in their myths and legends of fairies and animal spirits.
Christian -- Seven is idealogogy. God is represented by the seventh ray in the center of the six rays of creation. There are seven sacraments; gifts of spirit; the seven of 3+4 theological and cardinal virtues; deadly sins, tiers of Purgatory (in metaphysical belief this would be one of the lower astral planes - or in Buddhism, one of the Bardo planes). There are 7 councils of the early church - crystal spheres containing the planets - devils cast out by Christ - joys and sorrows of Mary the Blessed Virgin, mother of Jesus - liberal arts - major prophets - periods of fasting and penitence - seventh day after the six of creation
In the Old Testament there are the seven altars of Baalam; oxen and rams for sacrifice; trumpets; circuits of Jericho; seven times Naaman bathed in the Jordan. Seven is the number of Samon's bonds; the child raised by Elisha sneezed seven times. The Ark rested on the seventh month and the dove was sent out after seven days.
The number seven is used 55 times in Revelation. It usually means fullness or completeness as in seven days of the week. God rested on the seventh day. Examples abound: seven churches, seven trumpets, seven seals, seven bowls, seven eyes etc etc.
Egyptian mythology -- There are seven Hathors as Fates and the priestesses of Hathor have seven jars in their seven tunics. Ra has seven hawks representing the seven Wise Ones. Six cows and a bull represent fertility. There are seven houses of the underworld, as depicted in Egyptian myths, with three times seven gates. Seven is the sacred number of Osiris.
Graeco-Roman -- Sacred to Apollo, whose lyre has seven strings, and to Athene/Minerva and Ares/Mars; Pan had seven pipes (again a reference to seven musical notes and frequency); there seven Wise Men of Greece.
Hebrew tradition -- Seven is the number of occult intelligence. There are seven Great Holy Days in the Jewish year; the Menorah has seven branches; the Temple took seven years to build; and there are seven pillars of wisdom.
Hinduism -- There are Seven Jewels of the Brahmanas and seven gods before the floods and seven Wise Men saved from it.
Islamic -- The perfect number is seven. In Islamic tradition there are references to seven:
heavens
climates
earths and seas
colors
prophets (active powers) states or stations of the heart The Ka'aba is circumambulated seven times representing the seven attributes of God.
Magic -- There are seven knots in a cord for "spellbinding" and incantations are sevenfold. Certain orders of Brotherhood use theme of tying seven knots in their rope sash worn around their waist.
Mithraic -- The cave of Mithras has seven doors, seven altars, and a ladder with seven rungs depicting the seven grades of initiation into the mystery schools.
Pythagorean -- Seven is a cosmic number with three of heaven and four of the world.
Sumero-Semitic -- There are seven lunar divisions and days of the week. "Thou shalt shine with horns to determine six days and on the seventh with half a crown.", the seventh thus becomes opposition to the sun and symbolizes darkness and balefulness and therefore is dangerous to undertake anything on the seventh day because that is the day of rest. We can see here the influence of this belief in other religious contexts. There are seven zones of earth; heavens, symbolized by the planes of ziggurat.
Seven is the number of the Universe. If six represents humanity, then seven represents the divine being. It is the three of the heavens (soul) combined with the four (body) of the earth. It holds significant meanings in metaphysical, religious, and spiritual doctrines. When looking over the meanings, it isn't difficult to see why.
There are 7 ...
ages of man
ancient wonders of the world
circles of Universe
cosmic stages
days of the week
heavens
hells
pillars of wisdom
rays of the sun
musical notes - sound as frequency plays a key roll in matters of Universe. There are over 80 octaves of frequency - each governing a specific manifestation in Universe.
When used as a character, heart, or society number, it means this about the person: Perceptive, understanding, and bright, sevens enjoy hard work and challenges. They are often serious, scholarly, and interested in all things mysterious. Originality and imagination are more important than money and material possessions. Sevens can also be pessimistic, sarcastic, and insecure.[/blockquote]
EIGHT
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Buddhist tradition -- Eight is completion, all possibilities. There are eight symbols of good augury.
Chinese -- Eight represents the whole. It is all possibilities in manifestation. Eight is seen as a good luck number. The PAKUA is the design depicting the eight trigrams and pairs of opposites, usually in a circle, the circumference of which symbolizes time and space. There are eight delights of human existence.
Christian -- Eight is regeneration and rebirth. The font is usually octagonal as symbolizing the place of regeneration. There are eight beatitudes.
Egyptian -- Eight is the number of Thoth.
Hebrew -- Eight is perfect intelligence; splendor. The digit value of "IHVH" is the "Number of the Lord". The Temple was sanctified in eight days.
Hermetic -- In their system there is one chief God, (eight minor gods) Thoth/Hermes was the inventor of numbers and geometry.
Hindu -- 8x8 symbolism is the order of the celestial world established on earth. Temples are built on the pattern of the MANDALA, which is the 8x8 symbol. In their belief system there are eight regions of the world, suns, divisions of the day, and eight chakras.
Islamic -- The throne which encompasses the world is supported by eight angels, corresponding to both the eight divisions of space and the groups of letters in the Arabic alphabet.
Japanese -- Eight is the "many". There are eight Gods in the heavens.
Platonic -- Plato has eight spheres of different colors surrounding the luminous pillars of the heavens.
Pythagorean -- Eight is solidarity and stability.
Sumero-Semitic -- Eight is the magic number of Nebo.
Taoist -- Eight to be All possibilities in manifestation with the Pa Kua representing the forces in the phenomenal world. There are eight Taoist genii or immortals.
Eight is solidarity as the first cube and it depicts perfect by virtue of it's six surfaces. There are eight winds and directions of space. It represents the pairs of opposites. Spiritually, eight is the goal of the initiate, after going through seven stages. It is infinity -- paradise regained.
When used as a character, heart, or society number, it means this about the person: Eight indicates the possibility of great success in business, finance, and politics. Eights are practical, ambitious, committed, and hard working. They can also be jealous, greedy, domineering, and power-hungry. Eight is said to be the most unpredictable of numbers and can indicate the pinnacle of success or the depths of failure; the potential to go either way is present from the beginning.[/blockquote]
NINE
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Buddhist -- Tradition holds nine to be the supreme spiritual power, and a celestial number.
Celtic -- Legend symbolizes nine as a highly significant number. It is a central number with the eight directions with the center making nine. The Triple Goddesses are thrice three. There are nine Celtic maidens and nine white stones that symbolize the nine virgins attendant on Bridgit. Nine is connected with the Beltane Fire rites which are attended by 81( 8+ 1= 9) men, nine at a time.
Chinese -- Nine is qa celestial power. It is 3x3 being the most auspicious of all the numbers. Nine also signifies the eight directions with the center as the ninth point known as the Hall of Light. There are nine great social laws and classes of officials. In land divisions for Feng Shui there are eight exterior squares for cultivation of the land by holders and the central, and ninth, square is a "god's acre", dedicated to Shang-ti, the supreme ruler. It is also known as the Emperor's Field, giving homage and respect denoting the position of heavenly power.
Christian -- Nine is one of the numbers that appears scantly in Christian symbolism. There are the triple triads of choirs of angels and nine spheres and nine rings around hell.
Egyptian mythology -- Nine represents The Ennead.
Graeco-Roman -- There are nine Gods and later nine muses.
Hebrew -- Nine is pure intelligence (eight was perfect intellingence). Also represents truth, since it reproduces itself when multiplied.
Kabbalism -- Nine symbolizes foundation.
Hindu -- Nine is the number of Agni, fire. The square of the nine forms the mandala of eighty-one squares and leads to, and encloses the Universe.
Mayan -- There are nine underworlds each ruled by a God. We find this reference to "nine underworlds" present in many cultures and beliefs.
Pythagorean -- The nine is the limit of all numbers, all others existing and coming from the same. ie: 0 to 9 is all one needs to make up an infinite amount of numbers.
Scandinavian -- Odin/Woden hung for nine days and nights on the Yggdrasil to win the secrets of wisdom for humankind. Skeldi, the northern Persephone, the goddess of snow, lives in her mountain for three months and by Niord's sea for nine months. Nine is the sacred number in Scandinavian-Teutonic symbolism.
Nine is the Triple Triad -- completion, fulfillment, attainment, beginning and the end, the whole number, and a celestial and angelic number -- the earthly paradise. Nine is symbolized by the two triangles which are a symbol of male, fire, mountain and female, water, cave principles.
When used as a character, heart, or society number, it means this about the person: Represents completion and achievement to the fullest degree (as it is the complete number, three, expressed three times). Nines dedicate themselves to service, often as teachers, scientists, and humanitarians. Strongly determined, they work tirelessly and are an inspiration to others. However, they can also be arrogant and conceited when things don't go their way.[/blockquote]
TEN
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Chinese -- Represented by a cross formed centrally by the character chi, symbolizing the self facing both ways as both Yin and Yang, which is considered to be the perfect figure. The Ten Celestial Stems (Kan) are possibly connected with the names of the ten-day week on the prevailing cyclic calculations, as evident in the number sixty.
Christian -- There are ten Commandments of the Decalogue; as there are ten parables of the ten lamps, virgins, and talents. Tithes were to be given to God.
Gnostic -- The ten Aeons become Sephiroth, emanating from the Pleroma.
Hebrew -- In Qabalism ten is the numerical value of Yod, the Eternal Word, the first letter of the Divine name. Still in keeping with the Qabalist theme, ten, is representative of ...
-The Decalogue
-Divine support
-Intelligence
-The Kingdom
-The ten names of God
-Resplendent
-Sephiroth: The spheres or emanations from the Ein Soph, symbolized by the Tree of Life. The first being the Monad, the First Cause of the other nine which are composed of three trinities, each being an image of the original Trinity of male-female and uniting intelligence. The tenth Adoni represents the mystic return to unity. In Solomon¹s Temple there were ten lavers, tables and candlesticks. The cherubim were ten cubits high and ten Levites minister before the Ark.
Islamic -- Tithing holds an important place.
Hindu -- Ten is based on the higher ranges of ten, ie: 100 and 1000.
Pythagorean -- Ten is The Monad, the recommencement of a series and infinite expansion. Ten is perfection.
Roman -- Ten is represented by X, the perfect figure and is seen as completion.
Sumero-Semitic -- The tenth day of the Spring Festival was celebrated by a procession comprising the whole of the Gods.
Ten represents rebirthing, the stirring and awakening of your soul. It contains all numbers and therefore all things and possibilities. It is the turning point. Additionally, it represents law, order, and dominion. The number ten is seen as perfect -- the return to unity. It is the completeness and foundation of all counting. It is also representative of the completion of journeys and a return to origins.[/blockquote]
ELEVEN
Eleven is a double digit that repeats itself, therefore causing it to be considered to be a Master or Power number. It represents impractical idealism, visionary, refinement of ideals, intuition, revelation, artistic and inventive genius, avant-garde, androgynous, film, fame, and refinement fulfilled when working with a practical partner. It contains many gifts such as psychic awareness and a keen sense of sensitivity, but it also possesses negative effects such as treachery and betrayal.
11:11 is a digital code for reawakening, representing balance. It is your spiraling twin DNA. Eleven exceeds perfection (ten being the perfect number, and it being larger than ten), and when broken down, represents duality (1+1=2).
TWELVE
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Buddhist -- There are twelve members of the council of the Dalai Lama.
Celtic -- There were twelve paladins or peers of Charlemagne and twelve knights of the Round Table at King Arthur's court.
Chinese -- There are twelve Terrestrial Branches:
(chih) Boar
Cock
Dog
Dragon
Goat
Hare
Horse
Monkey
Ox
Rat
Snake
Tiger
These are the Beasts of the Constellations and are under the six branches of the Year Tree; there are six wild -- Yin and six domestic -- Yang animals represented.
Christian -- There are twelve Fruits of the Spirit; Tribes of Israel and there are twelve Apostles. There are twelve gates and foundation stones of the Holy City. There are twelve days of Christmas.
Revelation -- Twelve indicates God working in the world through man as in the twelve tribes of Israel and twelve apostles. The woman of 12:1 with a crown of twelve stars on her head represents the Old Testament people of God who bring forth the Messiah (cf. Gen 37:9). We have the new Jerusalem with twelve gates and on the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel (21:12). The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb (21:14). Both these indicate that the New Jerusalem has saints from both the old and new testaments. Also associated with the New Jerusalem are the numbers 144 and 12,000 which are multiples of twelve. 1,260 days, 42 months, time, times and half a time, three and a half days. These numbers are either three and a half years or three and a half days or in other words a half week (of years). When these periods are used in Revelation they indicate either persecution or protection.
Graeco-Roman -- Herodotus says there are twelve gods and goddesses of Olympus. Hesiod mentions there were twelve Titans. Twelve is also the number of the Tables of the Law and the days and nights is Saturnalia.
Hebrew -- There are twelve fruits of the Tree of Life and twelve gates of the Heavenly City. There are twelve loaves of the Table of the Temple, which represented the months of the year. Aaron had twelve precious stones in his breastplate. There were twelve sons of Jacob.
Hermetic -- There are twelve months of the year and there were twelve torments.
Islamic -- Twelve descendants of Ali, the Imams or directors rule the twelve ours of the day.
The Zodiac -- Has six northern (wet) and six southern (dry) signs: Aries, Leo, Sagittarius are fire, hot and dry, East. Taurus, Virgo, Capricorns are earth, cold, dry, South. Gemini, Libra, Aquarius are air, hot, wet, West. Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces are water, cold, wet, North.
Mithraic -- Mithra had twelve disciples.
Sumero-Semitic -- There are twelve days of duel between Chaos and Cosmos.[/blockquote]
THIRTEEN
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METHODS.
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I would like to thank the following sources ...
Numbers and Their Meanings.
The Sorcerer's Companion.[/font]
