Numerology
One of the ways that leads to the comprehension of the world
is by attempting to understand people -- not necessarily to
agree with them, nor to explain them, but to grasp their nature.
The numerological chart is a powerful tool for that purpose.
It is simple yet deep. The only data required for the composition
of the chart is your complete original name and your date
of birth. These data will be the basis for the calculations.
Don't be afraid of complicated calculations. I can assure
you that your knowledge of mathematics is probably much better
than mine! Each number combination reflects a certain aspect
of your personality and shows an archetypal energy that is
the root of the personality.
Your name reflects your self
in the chart, while the date of birth reveals how this self
lives. This is easy to understand: your complete original
name actually works as a kind of label. Therefore, the investigation
of the symbolism of that name will unveil the so-called owner
of the name.
Similarly, the date of birth
symbolizes the start of the journey, and how the rest of it
will be affected. Note that this data does not symbolize a
fixed destiny, for there is always an unknown element in life,
and we should not overlook it. On the other hand, by knowing
the numbers we are also able to observe a soul in the same
way we observe a face in a picture.
The first numerical distinction
we can make is between the positive/ masculine and the negative
/feminine groups. It does not imply anything concerning better
or worse, or sexuality. It only implies polarity, being that
odd numbers are always virile and aggressive in different
ways, while even ones carry some subtlety and delicacy. Also,
when we add an odd and even number, the result will always
be odd, in the same way that two even numbers added together
will produce another even number. It shows clearly how demanding
the odd numbers are, always imposing themselves upon the even;
and how defensive the even numbers can be, protecting their
similar in a circle.
Let's start with the elementary
numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. These cannot be reduced;
they represent essential archetypes, the basic manifestation
of personality or a situation. All the other numbers (except
11 and 22, for reasons we will learn later) can be reduced
like this. For example: 18 = 1 + 8 = 9. This is a simplification
of a method created by Pythagoras in order to understand the
essence of a number.
The master numbers are 11
and 22. We cannot reduce these numbers because they represent
the exceptions to every rule, so they are linked to distinctive
people and situations.
We must keep in mind that
a composed number is the root that influences the basic number.
The composed numbers are the father and mother from which
the basic number inherits its particular characteristics.
For example, 6 is always a 6, but depending on the numbers
that compose it, some characteristics are stronger than others.
A 6 that is composed from 15 is always more passionate, strong,
and less quiet -- characteristics of the "father"
1 and the "mother" 5 that make 6 tend toward the
violent side of passion. A 6 that comes from 24 is the weakest
one, for the yin aspects of 6 are reinforced by 2 and 4, resulting
in a 6 that is weakened by a lack of yang energy. The number
33, a "special" 6, indicates, as do the master numbers,
either enlightenment or mental illness (note that 33 is not
a master number, but does exhibit the same double current
of energy found in master numbers).
The basic number is the archetype,
and the composed number shows the tendencies of the archetype.
The following list will give you some brief examples of how
composed numbers influence basic numbers:
1 is the leader, but number
10 tends toward a paternal style in leadership, 19 toward
an authoritarian style, and 28 toward perfectionism in leadership;
2 is the cooperator, but 20 tends to cooperate on a higher,
spiritual level;
3 is the communicator, but 12 has difficulty in speaking its
mind, 21 struggles with anxiety in expressing itself, while
30 communicates without angst;
4 is the organizer, but 13 tends to exceed the rules, while
31 makes the rules;
5 is the rebel, but 14 tends to repress 5's rebellious predisposition,
23 tends toward inflammatory words and actions, and 32 finds
balance through liberty;
6 is emotion, 15 tends toward strong feelings, 24 toward weak
emotions, and 33 lies between the extremes;
7 is the intellect, but 16 tends toward destruction while
25 tends toward construction;
8 is material circumstances and concerns, 17 is inclined to
be hopeful in thought and behavior, while 26 tends toward
fragility and pessimism;
9 is freedom and motion, but 18 tends to avoid paths that
lead to intense emotions. 27 usually searches the inner world
and 36 the outer world;
11 is the yang aspect of spirituality, but 29 approaches it
in a more "conventional" way, and 38 in a more "material"
way;
22 is the yin aspect of spirituality, and its composed numbers
are all over 100, which makes the influences more complex
and better left to a more advanced study.
If you don't pay attention to the process of the formation
of a number (which is shown in composed -- not reduced --
numbers), you can't really say you understand the symbol and
how it works. For example, water is always water, but it can
be filtered or nonfiltered, sea water, muddy water, river
water, distilled water, ice -- all water, yet all different
kinds of H2O.
You can also assimilate what
a number means if you pay attention to its mathematical behavior,
whether it is divisible or not, and with which numbers and
circumstances, etc. We can only understand the combinations
if we have previously understood the essential meaning of
the elementary numbers.
When you calculate a numerological
chart, you will turn the letters of the name into numbers.
The logic of this association comes from the idea that the
same energy, or principle, appears in different worlds: the
same principle for A should be 1, because they're both the
first of their systems. Verily, the Sun is the first the leader
of the solar system, so the Sun or "A" is number
1, and so on. In ancient times, there was no difference between
chemistry and alchemy, astronomy and astrology, mathematics
and numerology, sacred and profane, and in the same way, there
was no difference between letters and numbers. That's why
the Hebrew and Greek alphabets are composed of letters that
happen to also be numbers. So numerology would be kind of
a Qabalah for modern times, no matter how strange that may
sound.
Again, we concentrate on the
elementary numbers when we attribute numerical values to letters.
But don't forget that A, J, and S are all different forms
of number 1. And there is a difference between 1, 10 and 19.
That's why A is more shiny, J is the most subtle, and S is
the strongest -- all forms of 1 in their similarities and
contrasts.
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Excerpted from 'Initiation into Numerology' by Johann
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