Talk:Numerology

Pre-2005

The above is an early draft of an article that is being considered for Nupedia. I have the author's permission to post it on Wikipedia. I have an unusual request: will you edit this article, as if you had to take responsibility for it (though granted you might not want to), so that it is fact-stating? Then I'll present the results to the author and read them myself and see if we can proceed! -- Larry Sanger

Done

This is a vast improvement--thanks! I think it could use another going-over or two, though. For example, the first sentence is still not right, I think--far too broad (it seems to me). Elaboration of accusations of pseudo-science, and the reaction to those accusations on the part of the pseudo-scientist, would be grand. -- Larry Sanger

OK - there's some more. Perhaps the author could develop it from here.

Does any one know if the numerologists believe in some significance of the dates 1999/11/19 and 2000/2/2? Nov 19, 1999 was the last day to have all odd digits in the date until 3111/1/1. On the opposite end, the date Feb 2, 2000 was the first day to have all even digit since 888/8/28.

An email is going around the internet on the numerology of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack around the number 9 and 11:

date of attack: 9/11; 9 + 1 + 1 = 11
9/11 is the 254th day of the year: 2 + 5 + 4 = 11
days remaining in the year after 9/11: 111 days
Twin towers standing in New York skyline look like 11
first plane to hit: flight 11
State of New York: 11th state added to the union
New York City: 11 letters
Afghanistan: 11 letters
The Pentagon: 11 letters
Ramzi Yousef (convicted of attacking WTC in 1993): 11 letters
92 on board flight 11; 9+2 = 11
number of crew members on flight 11: 11
number of passengers on flight 93: 38; 3+8 = 11
number of passengers on flight 175: 56; 5+6 = 11
number of people on board flight 175: 65; 6+5 = 11
number of floors in each TWC tower: 110; a multiple of 11
number of floors in building 7: 47; 4+7=11
flight 77: a multiple of 11

number of passengers on flight 11: 81; 8+1 = 9
number of crew members on flight 175: 9
number of passengers on flight 93: 45; 4+5 = 9

Note for readers unfamiliar with the phone system in the US: 911 is the telephone number for emergency services nationwide.

The Meaning of All This? 09-11-01

God's intervening hand in history. The West used to be Christian and blew it. We are the world's leaders in decadence now. There is a God. And He leaves His signature. Here is another 9-11 for you:

Genesis 11:01-09 There are 09 verses in chapter 11 in book 01 of the Bible describing the 'fall of the Tower of Babel'. Read the story, many associations can be made. And another Biblical 9-11:

B'reshit (Hebrew) is the first Word of the Bible. In Gematria the word totals 913. But be-reshit is two words really: the preposition 'be' and the noun 'reshit'. 'Be' is 2, so reshit, which means beginning, totals 911. That is God's message: this is only the beginning! You are headed for the Great Tribulation and the Day of the Lord! Repent!

For the ones that deem these things mere coincidences. Here is another coincidence. Here in Holland a Dutch politician was shot, Pim Fortuyn, 911 days later, Theo van Gogh was shot. It is only the beginning (reshit), 911, dial 911. Alarm! Bert Otten, NL, 17th March 2006

I would like to interject my criticism to the views of those pointing to Biblical numeralogy and the 9/11 attack as well as Biblical points covered. I am not a degree holding Bible scholar, but even I know that the chapter and verse of the Bible were not added until the Middle Ages, thus it would seem somewhat unlikely that their would be such an occurence that the church officials who added chapter and verse would have had divine guidance to affix numbers associated with twenty-first century events to Biblical passages that can vaguely be interpreted as fulfillments of said passages. Furthermore, most Hebrew scholars regard certain prefixes to nouns, such as an initial Beth to noun as in bereshith, as part of the root word not as a separate preposition.

Also, the reference in the article on this page to a connection between the crosses of the British flag and the calling code of the United Kingdom also seems peculiar to me since the Union Jack of the United Kingdom has three crosses on it, not two. These are the crosses of St. George, St. Andrew, and St. Patrick, and they refer to the union of England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland under one government. If the numeralogy of said reference is correct, then this would make the sum of the numbers 66 not 44 which is the calling code in the U.K.

Number of coincidences gullible minds will deem significant: infinity

-exactly, you can find those kinds of coincedence's anywhere if you look hard enough. Id you want to look at something with 9/11 this tells more than the number occurences: September 11, 1991 Bush Sr. "Out of these troubled times [The Gulf War], our fifth objective, the new world order, can emerge"...... September 12, 2001 Council on Foreign Relations"There is a chance that the President of the United States can use this disaster, to carry out what his father, a phrase his father used, I think, only once. And hasn't been used since. And that is a new world order.")

What does the classic mean in paragraph 2, 'classic numerology'? Numerology of classical Greece and Rome? It's not at all clear. --MichaelTinkler

A believer just hacked this page. It needs to be undone. How does one do that?

Also, just for completeness, there is a serious modern critique of Number, with people like John Zerzan and George Lakoff taking political and cognitive-linguistic angles on it respectively. Basically their position is that the Greek and Roman worlds elevated Number to a god, and trusted measurements and counting systems and external measurements made by a trusted hierarchy of priests or military or administrator types.... allowing them to develop strong physical infrastructure and military discipline, but totally losing the significance of differences between commodities, products, labor, and etc.

It's hard stuff to summarize, but I'll take a stab at it once the smoke clears. Now, how do I put the original back?

Vandalism now reverted.

I prefer the term "pre-cognitive behavior" ;-)

OK, there is now an end section on the way that cognitive science of mathematics' claims seem to categorize many "scientific" uses of numbers as effectively variants on numerology.

I included the "primate argument", but not the "robot argument" ... since most people do not grant that robot action follows from a kind of cognition, but most people do grant that behavior of (other) primates does.

I gave Zerzan short shrift as he is very controversial - Lakoff is very not. In fact it's amazing how little negative reaction his thesis has had given how revolutionary it is - the main reason that I linked the reviews not the work.

I'll dig up the references on primate mathematics and counting - which should go in a separate section primate mathematics.

If the way that this material relates to numerology is not clear, I think I can fix it... at the expense of maybe insulting a few particle physicists and simulation modellers...

I'm sure someone believes the bit about vibration, but I don't know who. I'd like to see some attribution. I don't think it applies to most forms of Qabalah, and I know it doesn't apply to Discordian numerology. --Dan

The bit on the BMW 528i not selling well smacks of urban legend (specifically, it's nearly identical to the oft-repeated Chevy Nova legend). I'm removing it unless someone can prove otherwise. -- goatasaur

Yikes! What the heck is this Sun, Ketu, Bhraspati, etc... junk doing before the obligatory leading summary and why are they chapters (?!) and why do they have links *in the titles*? The author obviously didn't read the article guidelines where this is a no-no. A user called Hemant has apparently added those, and curiously enough they link to his home page. Advertising? I'll just delete them now. Jugalator 10:09, 29 Mar 2004 (UTC)

There's far too much apocryphal New Age nonsense treated as fact by this article. Does the person who wrote this truly believe that Lemuria existed? I reworded that particular blurb to make it a bit more objective. Sheesh. --Bumhoolery 22:43, Mar 6, 2005 (UTC)

Norse - 13

Does anyone know anything about Loki being the 13th guest at a feast, then the feast having some connection with the death of Baldur, who Loki killed, thus causing 13 to be considered unlucky? I could have sworn I heard of that somewhere... 64.198.97.66 16:09, 5 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Well, so have I, but I have no reliable reference. Anyway, could it be that the Norse people developed this idea after being influenced by Christian material?--Niels Ø 16:26, May 5, 2005 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure the Norse stuff came first, mostly because (I think) it was invented BC. 64.198.97.66 20:07, 26 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It may be invented in 1st millennium, before exposure to Christianity, but no sources would be available to support invention in 1st millennium BC.--Niels Ø 10:31, 30 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Because of the nature of the Norse sagas, it is hard to date the exact time in which they were created; however, I believe it to be more likely that the Norse sagas were created somewhere around the fourth century C.E.. In regards to Loki as a thirteenth guest, I do not recall it in my mythological studies, but that does not mean it isn't there.

13

I fixed the grammatical boo-boo, but someone else is going to have to fill in the substance. What exactly is the deal with the Sacred Geometry (which I presume is Pythagorean?), the Tree of Life (wasn't that a Jewish Kabbala concept?), the creation pattern (whatever that is) and the the five Platonic solids. If the number truly "can't be discussed" without those concepts, then they sure as shootin' need to be explained. Cbdorsett 30 June 2005 19:16 (UTC)

Which tradition?

Before explaining the meaning of each number, the article states that 'numerologists believe'. But not all numerologists believe the same thing. The descriptions of the numbers needs to specify which tradition this is referring to, as Greek, Hebrew, Chinese etc, attribute different properties to the numbers. Ashmoo 01:19, 19 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wait... "one" is not the beginning...

Don't most numbering systems (not meaning numerological systems) begin with zero, or the notion of nothing as their starting point rather than one?

One is only measured against "not one", after all.

Zero is actually quite a sophisticated concept... remember, there is no "zero" in Roman numerals. That doesn't mean the Romans ddn't understand the idea of nothing, it just means they didn't see it as a number. 172.216.101.50 00:34, 29 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Hebrews?!

Nice omission of the people that are thought to have invented numerology, the Israelites/Hebrews. Where's the number 15? Where's the significance of each number?

In both Greek and Hebrew, letters of the alphabet double as numbers. This is most likely where the association between names and numbers first came from. For example, in Greek M = 40 MA = 41, MB = 42, etc... --69.18.22.175 17:27, 5 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I have never done this before, so I don't know if Im doing it in the right place. My question is: Is numerology meant to be based on base 10 since denury numbers are assigned to each letter? If so why isn't zero used, and what would happen if binary, or another base was used? Thanks Claudia

More 911

The article on 911 (number) claims there is a connection between the US attack and the attack in Spain because the latter took place 912 days (no, not 911 days) later. I added to that that that (*) is numerology (actually, I weakened it to some claim it is numerology). But that keeps on being reverted. Someone changed it to 'coincidence', but the point is there is no coincidence, there's nothing there. Also see the talk page. Better respond there, I suppose.

There's "no coincidence, there's nothing there." So that "nothing" is numerology. Why should anyone care about your POV that numerology is worthless? On the other hand, the 911 or 912 days between two horrifying, newsmaking terrorist attacks, whether planned by the terrorists or just a big coincidence (and in your value system, coincidences rank higher than numerology), is worth noting. Anton Mravcek 20:34, 13 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

(*) Gee, what are the chances of getting 3 consecutive 'that's' in a sentence? And it's in the 2nd sentence, which is 1 off, so you get 3-2-1! That must be relevant! :) ). DirkvdM 08:24, 13 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

If you were a poet like Shakespeare, some people might actually care about counting your words and their positions. Anton Mravcek 20:34, 13 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

There was an episode of Family Guy in which a theater director says: "Let's remember our performance hierarchy. Legitimate theater, musical theater, stand-up, ventriloquism, magic, mime."

When it comes to numbers, the hierarchy is "legitimate math, recreational math, coincidences, dog poo, numerology." Cromulent Kwyjibo 17:30, 13 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

All namecalling aside, is it numerology? How bad the attacks were or what I think of numerology is irrelevant. Actually, for the text it's not even relevant if it is numerology because it stated that others believe it's numerology. Apart from myself three others seem to think so too. DirkvdM 06:45, 15 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Personal criticism

Hi everyone I'm new to Wikipedia. I think the reference to Eddington and Gilson under the heading 'Numerology' ought to be removed because it can be construed as personal abuse (what mathematical physicist would wish to be called a 'numerologist?). An encyclopaedia that anyone can edit should not feature criticisms of this kind because this simply encourages a spirit of vandalism. If criticism is to be made, it should be in the context of a larger appraisal of a person's work. Does anyone support me on this?

Lucretius 13:40, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Lucretius, your reasoning doesn't sound too bad, but this edit, completely removing the section "Numerology in science", is too extreme. Eddington did dabble in numerology, and if this website is any indication, Gilson remains proud of his own work.

If anything, the section should be expanded to include, for example, Anaximander of Miletus, the Pythagoreans, Plato, Kepler, and Johann Bode. Heck, it might even deserve its own article. Anyway, I'm putting it back in. Melchoir 18:55, 7 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Melchoir. According to my pocket Oxford dictionary, numerology is 'divination by numbers; study of occult meaning of numbers. Possibly the meaning has been stretched by some polemicists in scientific debate so as to include any mathematical physicists whose work might appear more mathematical than scientific, but this is an abuse of language and it is designed to condemn their work by association with astrologers and others of that kind. Numerology in science is a non sequitur and it is loaded with nasty innuendo. Eddington in particular has copped a lot of this abuse over the years and I hope Wikipedia will not reinforce prejudices of this kind. Please give the issue more consideration. Lucretius 23:14, 8 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've just edited this article to accommodate the fact that 'numerology' here has a colloquial significance for scientists, which is why Eddington might be called a numerologist without thereby lumping him with astrologers. I've replaced the FSC references with a reference to large numbers. This prevents the duplication of content. I've included Weyl and Dirac so that Eddington doesn't cop all the attention. Melchoir evidently thinks Gilson needs to be mentioned here and I've accommodated this by referring to his so-called 'Quantum theory of gravity', which I've found is related to Dirac's large number hypothesis. Hopefully this is a compromise that suits everyone. (By the way, the link to Gilson's site opens to a Yahoo default setting, but I don't know why. I'll leave it in just in case the default turns out to be temporary. Also I'm not sure Gilson belongs in this famous company, whether or not they are all guilty of numerological tendencies). Lucretius 04:27, 10 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, while I remain suspicious of your motivations (i.e. who deserves to cop the attention and who belongs in whose company), I have to admit that you've written a much better introduction to the subject of numerology in science. I'll drop by later to add in material on celestial mechanics. I tried to add internal links to Fine-structure constant, Eddington number, and Dirac large numbers hypothesis, but I hit an edit conflict, so either you can work those in, or I'll do that too. Melchoir 05:07, 10 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm glad you think it's better written. As for my motivations, I've made it clear all along that I think the 'numerology' reference to Eddington damns him by innuendo. I've added the names of Weyl and Dirac just so the reader knows that Eddington is not the only physicist who has dabbled in 'numerological' tendencies. I've also added a good link that mentions all three in terms of numerology. I would prefer there was absolutely no reference to scientists in terms of numerology but I've chosen to opt for this compromise. As for Gilson, I can't find a link that refers explicitly to his numerology. He's virtually an unknown as far as I can tell and my personal opinion is that he should therefore be removed from this article. I left him in because you mentioned him further above.

I'm now just about out of ideas how to get my view across on the article page. I hope you do accept my changes and I look forward to seeing the additions you make.

I should add that I take pride in my ability to write from someone else's point of view (my training is mainly in literature). So even if I am unable to change the argument, I can at least improve the phrasing of someone else's work. E.g., I rewrote an article by Rbj on invariant scaling at the Planck units page, entirely consistent with his point of view. Unfortunately he rejected it (I don't think he actually read it, though he did read a previous rewrite, where I did try to change the argument). Here in the Numerology article I have added nuances to the argument to obtain what I think is a more objective outcome, but otherwise I have retained the main point of the argument. As I said, I would prefer delete this article altogether because I think the term 'numerology' is wrongly employed when it refers to physicists. In fact, it is mostly used as a polemical device, when one physicist tries to discredit someone else's work, mostly because it conflicts with his own assumptions. One of the papers Rbj cites in the discussion page for FSC is a good example - it condemns Eddington of numerology in order to condemn someone else by association with Eddington. Also the new link I've added (referring to Weyl, Dirac and Eddington) is to a paper whose author is trying to discredit the proponents of 'Intelligent Design'. I agree with his point of view but I don't think he had to evoke the bogey of numerology - that simply indicates that he is not confident of his other arguments. Cheers Lucretius 05:41, 10 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Unreferenced

I have no problem with reporting on established concepts in numerology, but I'm going to have to slap some unferencedsect tags here. It's getting ridiculous. Melchoir 18:38, 7 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There are other numerologies!

The numerology meant in article is specific, one of many others. The article is ought to be more general. — Gil Groe 16:32, 30 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Isn't Necromancy a rather off-beat and negative practice to arbitrarily compare Numerology to? That sounds a little biased. --Inhahe 03:40, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

whoever wrote the article READ ME!!!

I took out the necromancy reference, it is offensive to me and I’m sure any other numerologists who would’ve seen it. Technically the tense in which it was used was correct, but I could also group Catholicism with Satanism as both being religions.

I teach numerology and have studied the art for quite a few years, I don’t want to write your definition of numerology, but I would like for you to know how many places are so badly misguided/incorrect. I might however change it eventually if you haven’t so that it is in a median of explaining numerology as an art system and your understanding, so as not to have a biased account which misguides all who read this article.

Numerology doesn’t just describe physical things and actions, its been used as a device for understanding religion and humanity as long as it has been around, that’s kind of why it’s used in the occult, its not just a tool for playing with lives.

“Numbers 0 to 10 are used in present-day numerology to determine character analysis and predict upcoming trends. Other numbers are thought to carry vibrational influences which must also be taken into consideration, as must also the connection of astrology, numbers, and locational addresses, e.g. "Seven Star Road."”-------this ridiculous on a few levels…. One: all numbers are considered vibrations that describe separate manifestations of “energy”, or whatever you wish to call them, upon their level at their point of manifestation (such as, 1 becomes 2 in its dual aspect, or 2 accumulates into 3 upon a new step of manifestation) 22 is considered a manifestation with the base of 4 (this is the reason for breaking down a number, it shows its base influence) 23 is that of 5 (23/5) etc. the only reason you will hear more definitions for 0 through ten is because why teach people the definition of every number to infinity when you can teach the base numbers which are repeated throughout all numbers. Numbers are used to define everything, you don’t pick and choose which section defines what, they all define everything. Also, it is so rare that you will find a professional numerologist that uses things such as streets to define anything I don’t know where you would’ve gotten this except someone maybe sighting possibilities in numerology. Last in this section, astrology has its connections to numerology, but you don’t use astrology in numerology at all… or that would be an astrological reading, it’s a different subject altogether.

The numbering system here needs a huge change. To say that those are the meanings of numbers is going to confuse any person who doesn’t know anything about numerology (which is why people would be looking here in the first place), and it is so biased it is almost cruel to give one number system that isn’t even widely used and claim it to be numerology. First and foremost, numerologists don’t abide by certain rules or laws in the structure of numerology, which is why it is an art and will never be a science. But if you are going to go ahead and give a list of number definitions please at least inform people there are other explanations and belief systems. I will include the simple definitions I was first given: 0. Nothing and everything 1. Individuality 2. union 3. Communication/interaction 4. Creation 5. Action 6. Reaction/responsibility 7. Thought 8. Power 9. Completion 10. Rebirth From this follows Master numbers (starting with 11 and ending with 44) which are higher vibrations of lesser bases which are unstable in nature… meaning 11/2 could be viewed as 1 defining itself, until it can not hold its higher form and reduces to 2. Each number definition following would be an accumulation of its numbers defining each other through the properties in which they interact.

The birth time is never ever used, that’s astrology. The birth time has no relevance besides petty nonsense when it comes to numerology. Professional numerologists have all the information they need from the name and birth date.

How could numerology work to break down a name? an excerpt from my book (don’t use this specifically unless you have asked because I would only like to be quoted if I agree with your definition on this page, a paraphrase will be acceptable):

Psychology has proven that the surroundings at each stage of your life can easily dictate the condition of your psychological makeup. This includes physical surroundings, emotional interactions, speech patterns in those that you interact with, and/or any particular occurrence that may affect you in anyway whatsoever. Showing that a large part of your makeup as a human being is created not by you but by the events that affect you, the chain of events that is created by your reaction to each situation is what is known as your personality, or personality traits.

The obvious variable that is in contact with someone at the earliest stages and throughout most of life is that of the parents. So why is it so inconceivable that an accurate description of yourself can be described through the name given to you at birth by those who are surrounding you throughout most of your life? The name given to you was decided by your parents based on its properties of definition and sound. So therefore the definition of your name can easily show you how your parents hope to raise you. Even more so, the name given to you must have the correct sound, which means the vibrational tone must be something to which the namers subconscious mind must be pleased with, or give an accurate description of what they hope for you to become. Numerology breaks down these vibrational tones into separate meanings which joined create one meaning; the description of what is you. This description depicts the outside influences in which you deal with in everyday life.

Your birthday is the number which describes your core meaning, the person you are before and throughout the outside influences. This is the meaning which responds to the influences or attacks on your psyche. Depending on your vibrational core it reflects each environmental change with its new vibration, and each of these vibrations accumulates to create your actions or "psyche." All of your actions from day one are an accumulation of the influences that have attacked your core and the responses in which it has reacted with, each adding upon itself create your everyday life. There is no possibility of change without your core influences originally being designed for this change, any change that should happen would be an occurrence of the original vibration attempting to manipulate the attacking vibrations.

And finally, the days of the week? Are you serious? Numerology is about numbers, not planets! So why use astrology definitions in a numerology page.

I hope I've helped; see the "Purge" explanation below. Melchoir 22:21, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

13

and an added note to those asking about thirteen, it was first considerred unlucky at the same time as Friday the thirteenth became unlucky. Friday the thirteenth was the day the Knights of Templar were broken up by the French King, and all the main leaders were rounded up and tortured for "confession." Or at least thats what I've read and have seen in documentaries. The Knights of Templar were believed to have spread out and began such occult societies as the scottish Freemasons after their "destruction." Which is interesting in the fact that Masonry and many other occults hold the number 13 as a rebirth or beginning number for Initiates (as was stated in the article) be cautious as to how much is actual ancient belief and how much is indoctrination which is spread through secret societies which don't always tell the truths of history. In the times of Pythagoras 10 was actually heald to mean rebirth not 13. Pythagoras studied in egypt and persia for babylonian, as well as having a greek philosopher as a teacher at an early age, so to take Pythagoras's belief structure would greatly show the current beliefs at his time, but not wholy.

"but in my opinion it is Aquarius."

That needs changing ASAP.

Done, and more. Melchoir 22:21, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Purge

I am removing a great deal of original research and unverifiable material from the article, prompted by 70.190.212.246's comments above and the fact that the article has gone three months with cleanup tags and no improvement in sight. I do not wish to marginalize the actual practice of numerology; rather, parts of the article are laden with so much speculation and opinion that they misinform and give numerology a bad name. Melchoir 22:02, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Postmodern Critique

Who wrote this junk? Quotes out of context, lots of red to articles that haven't been created (because they aren't really encyclopedic,) mangled criticisms, ... Lakhoff and Nunez have made strong arguments within their (constrained) theses but I think even they would want to dissociate themselves from this kind of bad interpretation.

"The only mathematics that we know is the mathematics that our brain allows us to know." That's a vacuous tautology. Of course it's true. What's more interesting in the Lakhoff/ Nunez book is the recognition of the importance of metaphor, the critique of mathemetician's emphasis on the concept of closure, the critique of the principle of induction, ...

Unless anyone objects within a couple of days I'll trim this section down quite a bit. I'm not convinced that WMCF should be mentioned here but I think I can take out the bad. --M a s 23:46, 1 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Whoever changed the definition thank you very much. I've been busy and haven't had the time to rewrite it myself. I did change the number definitions though, I'm going to repost what I deleted after this. If I can think of a way to define Pythagoras' theorem (in numerology)on here then I will. But incase you were wondering my qualifications to change the number definitions: I'm published twice. I've been a numerologist for 7 years. I'm considerred one of the foremost leaders in the art. I'm the first person to come up with a new equation for cyclic natures in a persons life since pythagoras, I'm not going to post my equations since it would be a sales pitch to do so. I've been teaching numerology for 1 year. Thank you again, whoever changed this. It's no longer offensive.

BTW, I know from working with editors that I am absolutely horrible in english structure, if anyone would like to make my additions grammatically corrct it would be much appreciated, thank you.

This is Gematria not numerology

There's a fine line between the two... one is used to define things such as the bible and religion specifically, while the other defines all things. It's a fine line in esoteric arts. But incase someone else out there is a professional numerologist and has studied it vastly, but still somehow believes this has something to do with number definitions, here it is:

If someone wants to delete this after a few days then I have no problem with it... May, 27, 2006

Four Christian-oriented observers note that the life story of Jesus is told in four gospels. In the Jewish religion, the number four is significant because of the Tetragrammaton, the four-letter name of God which is so holy it is never spoken. In Chinese numerology (as well as that of other Oriental languages), the word "four" is a homonym of the Chinese word for "death" (see Tetraphobia). As thus, some hospitals do not have a 4th floor. In Islamic esoterism, especially the Ismaili/Jafri(shia) sect and sufi branches 4 is termed the first complete number, for 1+2+3+4=10. The autad or pegs holding the vast universal canopy or tent are also four.(Ref: Ikhwaan As Safaa) [edit] Six According to Genesis, the universe was created in six days. This is known as the Hexameron. The seventh day is reserved for rest. In ancient Greek numerology, six is the first perfect number. [edit] Seven There are seven days in the week, the ancient solar system consisted of seven luminaries (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn), human body consists of seven chakras and some versions of the Kabbalah have seven sephiroth. [edit] Eight Although eight is considered "good luck" in Chinese culture, it is of no particular importance according to the esoteric beliefs of Chinese numerology. [edit] Nine Nine was considered sacred and not assigned a numerical equivalent to any letter in the Chaldean alphabet. It takes nine calendar months to bring a baby into the world from its initial conception. The number nine was sacred to the Norse. [edit] Ten Ten is a higher octave of the number one. It takes ten lunar months to bring a baby from conception into the world, there are ten sephiroth in many versions of the Kaballah, the most common number system used today is based on the number ten, and most currencies in use today have been decimalised. People generally have ten fingers on which to count, leading to an easy adoption of ten as the base of our intuitive number system. This belief is also central to Chinese numerology. [edit] Eleven Eleven is a higher octave of the number two and is considered to be a master number (the Primary master number being 22). [edit] Twelve Twelve is a higher octave of the number three. Twelve is significant in ancient man’s life because there were twelve tribes in Israel, twelve disciples followed Jesus, there are twelve astrological signs in the zodiac, there are twelve months in the year, and our modern clock is divided into two groups of twelve hours. It is considered to be the ancient number of completion as it signals the end of childhood and the beginning stages of adulthood. Additionally, the ancient numbering and measuring systems are based on this number, as evidenced by terms such as a dozen (12), a gross (12 times 12), a shilling (12 pence) and a foot (12 inches). [edit] Thirteen Thirteen is a higher octave of the number four and is one more than twelve. Thirteen is considered to signify the end of a cycle and the beginning of a new one, as evidenced by the fact that there are thirteen lunar months in the year and thirteen signs in the Celtic and Native American systems of astrology. See also triskaidekaphobia. Thirteen is also a significant astrological number. The sum of thirteen is 91, (1+2+3..), which is each number of days in a season. [edit] Twenty-two Twenty-two is a higher octave of the number four and is considered to be a master number. There are twenty two letters in the Hebrew alphabet, twenty two pathways in many versions of the Kaballah, and twenty two cards in the Major Arcana. It is also an approximation of pi times 7, and also the number of pounds in 10 kilograms. The number 22 also has a profound Biblical meaning. The 22nd and last letter of the Hebrew Alphabet is Tav, with the sound of 'T'. Before the Jews picked up new 'fonts' in Babylonia Tav was written as + in Phoenicia and as x by the Hebrews, in other words as a cross. The cross is the meaning of 22. That is why there are 66 books in the Bible, 3 x 22. The Bible hints at the 3 crosses (22) of Calvary. Of those 66 books 44 have less than 22 chapters. Exactly 22 books have 22 chapters or more. The last (66th) book of the Bible - Revelation - ends with chapter 22. On the cross Jesus allegedly said, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me, thus quoting Psalm 22. Christians consider Psalm 22 as the Psalm of the Cross. Another intriguing thing is that the God of the Bible only asked one man to sacrifice his son, namely Abraham. It is reported in Genesis 22. The chapter number refers to the cross (+ x). The United Kingdom has both kind of crosses, the St. Andrew's cross (x) of Scotland and the St. George's cross (+) of England. The two flags of England and Scotland - with the two crosses - together form the Union Flag, numerologically 22 + 22 = 44. Coincidentally, the United Kingdom's telephone code is 44. (Source: the Bible, The Telephone Guide, Flags). However, Bible verses were not numbered until the fourth century during the Council of Nicaea. [edit] Fifty-one Fifty-one has the meaning of repentance in the Bible. The number gets its meaning from Psalm 51, king David's Psalm of repentance after his adultery with Bathsheba. The number 51 is confirmed by the 153 fishes (3 x 51) the disciples caught in John 21. Peter had denied Jesus three times. After the catch he was asked three times by Jesus, if he loved him. The three times 51 fishes stand for Peter's threefold repentance, for the three questions and for the three denials. The Old Testament also gives an example of 3 times 51, with the third 51 being the repentance. Elijah sits on a mountaintop (2Kings 1)and is summoned to come down by a captain of fifty and his fifty (51). 'Man of God' says the captain, 'the kings summons you to come down.' Not in the mood Elijah says that if he is a man of God, let fire come down and destroy them all. And 51 charred bodies are the result. The second captain and his fifty undergo the same lot. When the third 51 arrive - 153 soldiers in total - the third captain starts pleading with Elijah. Repentance saves his skin. Most likely the 51 for repentance comes from the Jubilee Year (50th). When the people got their property back they would say in the 51st year: Let's not mess up now! There are 51 and 3/7 degrees in the angle of the Egyptian pyramids, which is 1/7 the arc length of a circle. Kepler identified the angle of 51 and 3/7 degrees as a septile. Western astrologers regard the septile aspect between planets to be one of a fated quality, because the number seven (septile) is related to fate in astrology.

There's more work to be done

"Numerological divination" is highly biased, and off base in many assumptions towards numerology. I would rewrite it, but being a numerologist I would probably accidentally end up biased in the other direction. Numerologists do disagree on some tools of numerology, but they agree on numerology. Scientists will disagree on different points, but that doesn't mean science is not a unified study.

Advanced numerologists (ones who actually study it, its like the difference between a scientist in high school and one in the profession) believe that numerology is the belief that existence is created in cycles of manifestation. These levels of manifestation are represented by numbers, much in the same way 1 can be represented by an apple. Not 3 different styles of belief, one belief in creative cycles that are bound to their cyclic laws. The same way science believes existence is bound to laws, numerologists believe it is. They just take this into a "metaphysical" step to bring these natures to define god and humans based off of accumulative vibrations of the creative cycles.

If you want to define something which isn't numerology, figure out what it is and post it... if we're talking about numerology, then figure out what you are talking about before you claim it to be something else.