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NUMEROLOGY‘I am not a number, I am a free man!’ was the defiant cry of Patrick McGoohan, at the start of every episode of The Prisoner, the television series about a man trapped in a nightmare world where unseen and incredibly powerful forces tried to reduce him to a cipher. Numerology takes the view that everybody can be reduced to a number – but it does not seek to rob us of our individuality. Rather numerology helps us to realise our own unique potential. It describes the paths that change according to the way we react to the opportunities fate offers and the doors life closes, sometimes apparently without reason. In the section on Runes I describe how each letter of the Runic alphabet was associated with a certain power. The Hebraic and Egyptian alphabets also have these connotations. But our alphabet, inherited from the practical Romans, has lost such meanings. We might use X to signify the Unknown but that is as far as it goes. Numerology seeks to remedy this deficiency by linking each letter to a number which does have magical significance. In this way you can discover your weaknesses and strengths by finding your unique combination of numbers, deduced from your name and birth date. If you can tap into these underlying vibrations, you can understand what holds you back – or what may unconsciously drive you to react in certain ways. You can also discover auspicious days, years and even places where your ‘personal number vibrations’ are in harmony with the movement of the wider world. If you accept the principle of synchronicity, then your name in its many forms as well as your birth date assume significance and mirror not only what you are, but what you could be. Our names are of immense significance in how the world but perceives us and how we view ourselves. Birth names may cause pride or immense embarrassment; a nickname may endear or diminish us. In the different roles we play in the world we are addressed in ways that reflect diverse aspects of our personality; from Mum or Dad to the name used on a passport, on a name badge at work, among friends or neighbours and by loved ones. In changing a name, you change more than your image. You alter your relationship to the world. The individual letters that make up names each have a numerical significance, so that a name or birth date can be reduced to a single or master number to give information about hidden talents and future paths to success and happiness. Origins of Numerology The Ancient Egyptians and Chinese used numbers for divination. However it was mainly the Greeks and the Hebrews who developed the systems used in modern numerology. In the sixth century bc the philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras wrote: ‘Numbers are the first things of all of Nature.’ He regarded numbers as not just having mathematical significance but as being central to all religious and philosophical wisdom. Each of the primary numbers, he said, has different vibrations and that these vibrations echoed throughout heaven and earth, including mankind. ‘The Music of the Spheres’ expressed the harmony of the heavenly bodies who each had their own numerical vibration. The meaning of numbers are universal, although varying symbols may be used in different cultures. The Pythagorean system, based on the nine primary numbers, is most commonly used for basic numerology, although the ‘master numbers’ of 11 and 22 are sometimes added in certain aspects of numerological divination. According to Pythagorean theory, the letters A, J and S equal one, B,K and T equal 2 and so on. The following table shows how the alphabet is broken down into numbers.
Numbers of Power There are four main personal numbers that reflect the different facets of a person. They do not usually coincide, for if we were the same in all situations and at all times, we would be either incredibly spiritually evolved or remarkably impervious to life’s slings and arrows. Birth or Life Plan Number This is the number of possibility that unfolds throughout life. It provides an excellent indicator of what you could or should be, predominant traits, strengths and weaknesses, some as yet undeveloped. These traits may be most apparent at creative or change points in your life. Ideally, this number is the same as your Destiny or Fate Number that reflects the attributes that have been manifest in your life so far. But people’s lives rarely unfold spontaneously in a perfect way and it can take many false starts, obstacles, changes of direction and conscious decisions to develop our potential to its full. As with astrology the Birth or Life Plan is a symbolic or synchronistic number. With changes in the calendar and times over the centuries and in different part of the world and the fact that the birth of Christ did not occur on 1.1.00, there is no absolute point of reference. Even the current practice of using CE or Common Era rather than ad does not fully resolve this issue, for changes in Summer time are just one example of how a person; birth date can vary by a day. Nevertheless in practice the birth number does offer an unchanging marker for the individual. This number offers the most scope for long-term divination of futures yet to be made, as different challenges, unexpected as well as planned, call different facets of personality into play. A sudden promotion or redundancy, a birth or bereavement, falling in love or out of it, a windfall or financial loss or even waking one morning and deciding that the chosen path is no longer the right one; any of these can bring to the fore a strength that has never been utilised or eradicate a weakness when survival or thriving is an issue. The Destiny or Fate Number We make our own destinies in the way that we tackle the opportunities or challenges that present themselves and so the Destiny number represents all we have achieved in both work and personal world. A number derived from all of the letters in the complete birth name makes up the Destiny number. The Destiny Number is also indicative of change and so is important for divination. It indicates the most likely course your future will take, given the present trends and direction. This in itself offers to the conscious mind, alternatives and possibility of changing what seems a set path. Number of Acquired Fate This is your full name, taking into account any variations of name changes whether legally, informally or by marriage. This reflects the new persona if any you have acquired and can replace the birth name as a benchmark of achievement, as any film star or musician who has changed their name and soared upwards, will verify. Calculate this name separately from your birth name. If there is a variation and you can see how you are, perhaps unconsciously, changing the direction of your life by something as simple as using your middle name and dropping your first one. This then is the number of life change and new directions and refers to a permanent alteration in the full name. For example names by marriage, nicknames and terms of endearment are calculated separately under Personality numbers, explained further on the Members pages. As with the Birth name this is calculated by adding together all the letters in the new full name, as used in the world. For example when Amelia started work she dropped the name Amelia. When she married in her late twenties, she took the name of Green. She has kept the name of Green at work for the sake of continuity with the children and staff but calls herself Susan Jones on all official correspondence. The Heart or Soul Number This is found by adding together the vowels of your full birth name. It reveals the inner private person, the secret hopes, fears and dreams, the longings of the soul, the underlying and often unconscious and motivations in life. It can be very valuable in understanding what sometimes seem to be impulses or drives. The Soul Urge or as it is sometimes called, the Heart’s desire, is an important core influence in numerology. As well as A, E, I, O and U, W and Y also count as vowels when used in a full name. Y is a vowel when there is no other vowel in a syllable, for example Lynn or Marilyn and when it is preceded by a vowel and sounded as one sound, as in Rayner. W is a vowel when it is preceded by a vowel and sounded as one sound, for example Powell. The sum of all of these letters, converted to numbers, and reduced to a single number or a master number, gives the Heart Number. The Personality Number The Expression or Personality Number, obtained by adding all the consonants, represents the persona or face you show the world, the traits that others see most readily. This is the point to consider all the different names by which you are known. For example, I am Mrs Eason in formal situations, Cassandra to some people who know me slightly and Cassie or Cass to others. It is important to realise how a subtle change to our names can affect our relationships. Notice the way in which a salesman will begin using your first name in an attempt to create a feeling of intimacy. List the different names by which you are known in a variety of situations and see not only how the numbers vary, but how the image you create, consciously or not, puts forward certain characteristics. Amelia listed three main names, each of which were added separately and reduced to a single digit. Though this can be time consuming, it can be very worthwhile so that you can see how your different facets link and whether any of the numbers formed present a different persona from the one you yourself had perceived you were conveying. Some of these names will be a full name as worn on a name badge; Susan’s new official name was the one she was called at work, but because she was a teacher of young children she was most frequently referred to as Mrs Green. Titles become relevant if they are used verbally or written as part of your daily work role eg. Dr Smith, but would not otherwise be counted. Susan, for example, is called:
Her family and official work numbers coincide. On the Members pages, the significance of these numbers in relation to Amelia Susan Jones’s life are analysed.
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