What is
numerology? Why ARE numbers meaningful anyway? Just try
to ignore them and you'll find out why in a hurry. Imagine
going through life without your handy-dandy list of phone
numbers, or your address, or your credit card numbers.
(Heaven forbid!) Think about it. People, in this country in
particular, who do not have scads of numbers around which
their day-to-day life revolve may have just a bit of a
problem. Bank account numbers, social security numbers...
well, you get my meaning. Numbers
deal in a very non-abstract way with every facet of living.
You simply CANNOT have 1 of something AND 2 of it at the
same time. There aren't many "howevers" connected with
numbers. They just ARE. Consider this: Any time you have a
thing, you HAVE to have a certain number of same. 1 husband
or wife, 2 cars, 3 kids, 4 TVs. When these numbers change,
it means a change in your life and in you. Looking at
numbers as they relate to the study of numerology, there's
something of the same feeling. You are born with a certain
set of prominent numbers and, to a large extent, the
qualities they represent will always remain part of you, at
least in this lifetime. We live, however,
in a universe which is in perpetual motion. Change is the
universal constant, and so there comes to each of us the
many experiences, circumstances and lessons through which we
grow on a soul level. This growth causes our basic set of
birth-numbers to vibrate, fluctuate, progress. We deal with
them on different levels of consciousness and we live t kind
of alterations in their basic birth pattern. Looking at the
basic meaning of each number will begin a process of
understanding whose ultimate goal is an understanding of
ourselves and those we share our lives with. ONE
. . . ...is the
loneliest number. True! One is the
loneliest number. To have one of something, anything, is a
scary thing. If it gets taken away or somehow goes away, we
have NONE! No backups with the 1. We are down to bare
minimum. Look at any
Numerology text and the keywords for the One fly at you like
sparks from a fire: Aggressive, courageous, independent,
leader, the pioneer, the beginner. WOW ! Think on it for a
moment. Wouldn't you put on a brave show too if you had ONE
of something and believed for all the world that there
weren't any more to replace it with if it disappeared? Ones
think like that. They are originals and the mold is long
gone. Fire is the
element here. The fire of creation blasts from them like a
star going nova. Ones don't want a quiet, passive existence.
They approach life like a troop of marines, cheerfully
assuming that the rest of us will have enough sense to get
out of the way. They absolutely believe that no one has ever
done what they are doing, and quite probably never will
again. They approach each life experience with the excited
wonder of a child. Each day is a new beginning, each
experience a new adventure. They can exasperate us, irritate
us, and drive us loony tunes, but without their lust for new
experiences and directions we would still be eating out
meals with stone knives and forks. One is the number of
self-will in action. Being free to do as they please is very
high on the One's priority list, and they usually consider
any attempt to get in their way as tantamount to a
declaration of war. Self confident? You better believe it!
Amazingly so. This self
confidence, so helpful in many areas of life, can create no
end of problems in others. Relationships, where compromise
is essential, can suffer from an overdose of the One's fire.
Ones must learn balance and sharing. Once they do, they are
able, as no other is, to cherish, encourage, and inspire
others. They learn that real self confidence makes no
demands on others. It is the life
goal of the 1 to make new beginnings, and in doing so to
open new pathways of thought, feeling and experience for all
of us. Two ...can be as bad
as one. Imagine! You are
a One wandering happily along, totally unaware that there is
anyone else on the planet but yourself when, all of a
sudden, you come face-to-face with another One! Shock! !
Surprise! One is suddenly Two! Keywords for two don't shoot
at you. They sort of float: Adaptable, tactful, a follower,
seeker of harmony, and ever and always
indecisive. Poor Two. Sounds
sort of boring compared to the One. Actually not. Two is
just two Ones who have come face to face and decided that
life might be easier together. It just can't be "ME! GIMME
MINE!" anymore. If it is just you, you don't have to adapt
or compromise. You are the only one you have to worry about
and, since you are totally oblivious that there is anyone
else around most of the time, you don't much worry about any
effect the things you do might chance to have. Two is different.
We're now dealing with the mental element of air. Two knows
that everything we do, even thinking a certain way, will
have its eventual effect. They tend to focus a bit more on
effect and a bit less on cause. Indecisive? Maybe. Two is
very aware that for everything there is its
opposite. Twos may try a
little too hard not to upset anyone, preferring harmony to
chaos as they do. They tend to get indecisive only when
taking a definite action will create an effect which could
harm or hurt another. They don't tend to think that they are
always right as the One often does. In fact, they don't tend
to think that ANYONE is always right. There are always Two
sides to consider and that's the Two's job: to consider both
sides of any question. In relationships
they may disallow their own needs in favor of the needs of
others. This may start out as a very pleasing thing to
someone in a relationship with a Two, but in fact, it is
only a smoke screen. It is the insecure Two who spends their
life forever letting their needs go unmet. Balance and
harmony begin within, and the two will learn eventually that
in order to maintain an inner balance they must consider
their needs as valuable as anyone else's. Twos are here to
teach inner balance, harmony, and the ability to combine
opposing ideas through compromise. Three
...get free with
Three! One and Two have
made their peace. One goes around stirring things and people
up with its new ideas and new beginnings. Two scoots along
behind One repairing hurt feelings and blending all into
harmony. Between them they create quite a nice little life
condition. Then enters Three, who looks things over and
says: "Hey! This is pretty neat! Let's have some fun!" Let's
look at Three's keywords: Expansive, outgoing, lucky, fun
loving, entertaining. One thrives on self-will. Two thrives
on compromise and harmony. Three thrives on enjoying what
One and Two have accomplished. Enjoying it and, perhaps more
importantly, expanding it. Once again we are captured by the
element of Fire. Three goes on faith. Its outgoing and
optimistic attitude has its roots in a strong faith in the
future. Three is said to be the number of the entertainer,
and who would need faith more? Stepping out in front of a
stadium full of people and offering yourself and your talent
to be accepted or rejected requires tremendous faith. Luck
is just another way of saying faith. Three knows that luck
is created with attitude and expectations. Three doesn't
care what happened yesterday. Tomorrow is where they want to
be and where their minds usually dwell. Three teaches us to
take what we have and expand it beyond what we thought was
possible. Three teaches faith in tomorrow and pleasure in
the now. Four
...heaven's
sake! Well...the
universe is expanding! One and Two have made new beginnings
and balanced them out. Three has come along and, through
faith, expanded and given meaning to what One and Two have
started. Here comes Four! Look at these
Keywords: Builder, giver of order, stable, grounded. Whew!
No sparks here. This is the element of Earth. Four looks
around. "Hmmmm," it says. "Lots of growth here but no
structure. This will never do" Structure Four wants, and
structure he will get. "Build something!," Four says. "Don't
just have all these bright, expansive ideas! Do something
practical with them." Four has little
patience with ideas which have no practical use in the world
of reality. It is a number that wants a structure of rules,
regulations and laws built around every concept. An overdose
of Four would have us walk a very narrow path from which we
would dare not stray. An underdose of Four brings
chaos. There IS an order
to the universe, and laws which govern life on this planet.
Four enforces these laws or at least makes us very
aware of their existence. Example: Gravity is a reality on
this planet. Now, as any of you who have ever been on an
airplane know, you can escape the law of gravity for a
while. You cannot, however, escape it forever and remain
alive. Sooner or later you must return to Earth and
replenish your supply of the things from the earth that you
need in order to survive. Good old Four. Earth. We have to
take him along. Them's the rules, folks. Four is here to
build solid structures from the ideas and ideals of others.
Four is here to make things real and practical. Five ...is
alive! Ask Five about
Four. Five will giggle and roll its eyes. "Boooring, Five
will say. Structure? Five is here to break it down!
Keywords: Change, freedom, intellect, communication,
breakdown of established structures. Five is bored.
Four has built too many structures and made way too many
rules. For the Five rules were made for one reason only and
Five is just the number to do it! Five has a reputation as
an unstable number. We deal again with the element of air
which is intellectual and mental. Whatever structures or
laws have been made, Five has a way of finding the weak
points and blasting away for all it is worth. Five wants
freedom not limits and commitment. Five wants new
experiences and new ideas and new people, not the same old
traditional stuff. Five, in other words, is full of mischief
and ready to blow old thinking right out the window. Five
really does not mean to be unstable. It's just that too much
stability can lead to lack of growth. Too much reliance on
old ways of thinking can prevent us from reaching new
heights. Five teaches that
the safe harbors of the Four must sometimes be left behind
in favor of risky new experiences which help us
grow. Six. ...take a
break! For the first
time, we dive into the element of water. Keywords:
Emotional, sensitive, family responsibilities, compassion.
Sort of flow over you, don't they? Good old Six. The Five
has blown down structures and broken laws. It has had little
use for limiting relationships or exclusive commitments. Six
is horrified! Six is a caring number. We get in touch with
our feelings under the Six. It's not just me and you. All of
a sudden, it's us. The Six is tribal, communal and family
oriented. It cares what happens to others and is willing to
go a long way in order to heal and understand those it
loves. Six will fix you
herb tea, rub your back, offer you a place to stay and make
you all cozy. Gad, someone find me a Six! Quick! Six wants to
teach us that we are stronger together than we would be
alone. They care for family, both personal and universal,
because they know it is the only way that THEY will stay
safe. They are natural healers and quick to get into
service-oriented professions. Counseling is a natural for
them. They are usually very intuitive about what people are
all about inside and quick to empathize with what they are
feeling. Six only runs into problems when it does SO much
for those it loves that they forget how to do for
themselves. Emotional bonds to others is life sustaining.
Total dependence on others is life draining. Six has to
teach us all how to care for each other. Six also has to
learn how to let go and let others care for
themselves. Seven
...I'm, in
heaven. We band together
in a tribe or a commune or a country or a family under the
Six. We break away and walk our own path when Seven comes
along. Keywords: Spiritual, reclusive, intellectual, the
mystic, the prophet. It's not that Seven doesn't care about
others. It does, in the most spiritual sense. It's just that
Seven can't think what to DO about ail the things which
threaten humanity while it is drowning in the feelings and
problems of individual humans. Seven wants us to
grow spiritually not just emotionally or financially. Seven
wants us to go within for a minute and just THINK about what
our lives MEAN. I mean the BIG picture! Seven wants a
lot. It is not a
number that wants to get to know you personally. It doesn't
want to meet the kids or do a backyard picnic. Seven wants
to be left alone to analyze what is WRONG with this planet
on a soul level, and what can be done about it. Seven can be
pretty heavy. Being around it at times can be like spending
an afternoon living out a soap opera. Seven has a lot
to teach us but at times you can find yourself wishing it
would just, for Pete's Sake, lighten up! We need the
philosophical insights of the Seven. We need the analytical
commitment to finding the answers to planetary problems, and
we need the reminders that spiritual growth is where it is
really at. Seven can teach us all of that. If you can ever
convince it to come down from its ivory tower and share with
us. Come on,
Seven.. Eight ...is never
enough! The Keywords for
the Eight read like an ad to fill a stock broker position:
responsible, powerful, financial and business sense,
authority and (the ever popular) KARMA! Eight is not here
to mess around. Leave that to those lower numbers with
nothing better to do. Get the job done! Make some money!
Make some MORE money! Invest the money you made to make some
MORE money! ! ! Do you have a
sneaky suspicion that the element of Earth might be involved
here? You bet. Four has NOTHING on our hyper-responsible
Eight. Ambitious and possessing the good business judgment
to achieve what it desires, the Eight sets out to rule the
world. It should come as no surprise to you that Eight is
the number of government, big business, executives and other
assorted people in positions of power (real or assumed)
. The good ole
Karma enters the picture when Eight gets a little carried
away. The use of power and authority in a responsible and
just fashion gets a big OKAY from the universe. I mean,
SOMEONE has to be the boss, get things organized, and keep
them that way until the job is done. That noble and
time-consuming occupation is a LONG way removed from abusing
others from your high and mighty position. If you use your
power and authority in a way which deprives others of the
right to choose their own path, you are begging for a big
Cosmic punch in the nose! Eight teaches us
about the proper use of power, and what can happen to us if
we abuse same. Important lessons for those in leadership
positions, either in government or in a family. Nine ...Nine. End of
the line! Well, that's it!
All numbers reduce down to digits from One to Nine so this
is the final stop. Nine's Keywords: Sacrifice, spiritual,
endings, tolerance, universal love and brotherhood, service
to others. Eight can get pretty hooked on personal power and
forget sometimes that we're ALL merely channels for the REAL
power. Nine usually doesn't need reminding that we're
personally powerless without the help of our Higher
Power. Nine is the
number which connects us all to each other. Like a silver
thread, Nine weaves us all together and makes us accountable
for what happens to our brothers and sisters on this planet.
Nine remembers that we have been taught if our brother or
sister needs our shirt, we give them our coat as well. Nine
takes us a step beyond the material plane or even the plane
of thoughts and ideas. Nine gently guides us toward the
realization that we are one not only with each other, but
also with the Power which created us. Nine is an ending
number. Things change under the Nine. Things end under the
Nine. And things are born anew on a higher level again in
the One. Nine is the number of the mystic. It deals with
transubstantiation (whew!). Put down your dictionary, I'll
tell you what it means. Add 9 to ANY number. Go ahead. What
have you got? Add those two numbers together. Go ahead. What
have you got? Get it? There is a change in substance when
the Nine enters the scene. You can add the qualities of the
Nine to any of the numbers and they are totally changed in
substance, yet totally unchanged in form. "Trans" means
"across" or "beyond". The "substan" in that big fat word
means the "substance". The rest just means the act or
action. Nine involves us in "actions" which take us "across"
and "beyond" the inner "substance" of what we were before,
yet leave us gently unchanged. We are exactly what and who
we were before Nine showed up, but on a new level of
consciousness. Nine can get a
bit too hung up on sacrifice. Nine needs to learn that there
is nothing spiritual about allowing ourselves to be taken
advantage of and used. Helping others is a worthy goal, but
Nine can slip into the role of victim a little too easily.
Being a martyr is not what the Nine is all about. Saying
"no" can, occasionally, be the most helpful thing one can do
for those they Love most. Nines teach us to
love unconditionally and to let go the same way. Nines teach
us that when all is said and done, the real source of our
happiness and strength is the invisible Higher Power. Nine
teaches us that we are all individual expressions of that
Higher Powers. Hmmm. Individual!
Back to the One. Full Circle. Those are some
very basic meanings for the numbers. To find out which of
these is strongest in your birth-pattern and most active in
your life right now, get your numerology chart done. Or have
a reading from a good Numerologist.