Every numbers has a certain power which is
not expressed by the figure or symbol employed to denote quantity
only. This power rests in an occult connection existing between
the relations of things and the principles in nature of which
they are the expressions.
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0 stands for
infinity, the Infinite boundless Being, the fons et origo
of all things, the Brahmanda or egg of the Universe, the solar
system in its entirely; hence universality, cosmopolitanism,
circumambulation, voyaging. Thus it is the universal paradox,
the infinitely great and the infinitely small, the circle
of infinity and the point at the centre, the atom. The following
Minor Key to the interpretation of numbers may prove useful,
being in many respects more concise and earlier of application
than the foregoing: In this system -
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1.
Denotes individuality and possible egotism, self-reliance, affirmation,
distinction.
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| 2.
Relationship, psychic attraction, emotion, sympathy or antipathy,
doubt, vacillation. |
| 3.
Expansion, increase, intellectual capacity, riches and success.
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| 4.
Realization, property, possession, credit and position, materiality. |
| 5.
Reason, logic, ethics, travelling, commerce, utility. |
| 6.
Co-operation, marriage, reciprocity, sympathy, play, art, music,
dancing. |
| 7.
Equilibrium, contracts, agreements, treaties, bargains, harmony
or discord. |
| 8.
Reconstruction, death, negation, decay, loss, extinction, going
out. |
9.
Penetration, strife, energy, enterprise, dividing anger, keenness.
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| In this scheme the answering planets
are respectively: |
| 1. The Sun; 2. The Moon
(New); 3.Jupiter; 4. The Earth or Sun; 5. Mercury; 6. Venus;
7. The Moon (Full); 8. Saturn; 9. Mars. |
The
idea of the Universe as Divine Ideation in expression of Form
leads directly to the subject of human thought in relation
to number and of number as expressing thought. Our thought,
which is three-dimensional, is capable of generating from
the evolutions of a point these figures - the sphere, the
cone and the cube; and their superficial equivalents - the
circle, the triangle, and the square; with their perverts
- the oblong and the ellipse, These figures have always been
used in symbolical thought to represent states of consciousness.
But we are only concerned with them as related to the numbers
1, 3, 4 that denote God, Humanity, and Nature - Osiris, Horus,
Isis. For we answer to the universals paradigm of the one
Being, compounded on spirit, soul, and body. And according
to Oriental teachings, in the Guptavidya, our humanity has
not attained to a higher vibration than 5. We find man of
this world blessed with five senses and five digits on foot
and hand. It is a limitation imposed by correspondence, and
the rest of this cycle of evolution will proceed along with
fivefold line of development. Five is the number of Mercury,
and its supreme function is the getting of knowledge. The
quest of knowledge is therefore the keynote of our cycle.
In Cosmic Symbolism, we have shown that it is the only number
that is universally related and has no polarity, being itself
the symbol of the co-ordinating centre of our material consciousness,
impressions to the sensorium. The sum-total of our sense-impressions
is experience. We are limited therefore to a fivefold apperception
of things, and the development of a sixth sense lies in the
experience thence derived. Our sense of harmony is bonded
by a definitely set of vibrations. One man thinks in terms
of the public, and according to his degree of development,
he may be a caterer, entertainer, politician, writer or teacher.
Another thinks in terms of conquest, and may thus be an explorer,
soldier, pioneer or reformer. |
One comes
under the lunar influence or the yellow ray, the other under
the Martian influence or red ray. One answers to the number
2 and to vibration of that number, the other to the number
9 and its vibrations.
All consistent thought, therefore, lends itself to numerical
expression because as a formulation of some truth it responds
to the same test – harmony. We cannot add anything to
the sum-total of matter in the universe nor to the sum-total
of either. But we can convert both. Hence, in the building
up of thought, we are continually converting and rearranging
materials and energy we have already used.
The circle with its centre represents to us the sun; and by
correspondence of the natural with the spiritual, it also
conveys the idea of the Deity. A number is a seal or impress
of natural law as surely as is the shape of a flower, the
sound of an atmospheric vibration, the colour of an etheric
wave.
There is a system of interpretation in numerology, which is
supported by experience, but has its origin beyond the realm
of the phenomenal world. If no such system existed, it would
be impossible to prove the geometrical relations of thought.
But this is done daily by those who make use of numbers for
purposes of divination.
Divination may be regarded as both a science and an art. It
assumes the properties of a science when thee is a conscious
process of discrimination, calculation and interpretation
involved.
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