Numerology for Beginners

By Templum Dianae

[11:11] "Does the universe really use numbers to communicate with you?" [11:11]

if you're here it's because you've most likely noticed how certain numerical frequencies are present in your life, and you've wondered what the meaning of these sequences is, and what message the universe wants to send you.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Templum Dianae
• Release date: May 8, 2023
• ISBN: 9781088130575

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Numerology for Beginners

Introduction

A Latin saying goes: 'omnis in numeris sita sunt'. It means that everything is hidden in numbers. This is further reinforced by the words of Madame Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, the most famous occult medium of the 19th century, who said: 'Number is the basis of form and guides sound. It is the basis of the manifest universe. This shows how powerful numbers are.

There is nothing in existence that does not have shape, size or dimension, all rooted in numbers. For this reason, numbers possess personal energy signatures or vibrations. Sound, for example, is produced by audible vibrations at the rate of 20-20,000 vibrations per second. Above this value we speak of ultrasonic sound and below this value we speak of subsonic sound.

Light, heat, speed, music and friction all depend on vibrations, hence on numbers. Even colour is composed of vibrations of a different octave. All the colours we see correspond to the wavelength of reflected oscillations. This is why, beyond the vibration of the colour violet, the human eye cannot pick up other colours; the rate of vibration beyond violet is so minute that the human eye cannot pick it up.

In this book you will learn the importance of numbers and begin to understand how they influence every aspect of your life. Unlike other books, this one is easy to understand, takes you by the hand and shows you everything you need to know. You are going to have a much richer, fuller and more rewarding life than you ever thought possible, and you will do it using numbers. If you have never liked numbers or if you hate maths, your relationship with these powerful figures is about to undergo a 180-degree turn so fast it will make your head spin! Life is a numbers game and, once mastered, it is like having all the codes to the tricks: you will feel invincible. So, if you're ready to get started, let's explore the wonderful world of numerology.

What is Numerology?

Humans have had an ambivalent relationship with numbers since time immemorial. Scratch marks have been found on bones and cave walls from 30,000 years ago to represent the phases of the moon, which helped in the fields of agriculture and weather prediction. The ancient Babylonians used numbers to predict eclipses and other phenomena.

Ancient Egyptian priests and priestesses - called hem netjer and hemet netjer - used numbers to predict the floods of the Nile. They did this using a nilometre, a vertical column submerged in the river bearing marks or intervals indicating the depth of the river. One of the historically most important nilometres is located on the Elephantine island of Aswan, on Egypt's southern border.

Arithmancy, or arithomancy, is derived from the Greek words 'arithmos' (number) and 'manteia' (divination), and is therefore a science that studies divination using numbers. It was practised by the Hebrews, Chaldeans and ancient Greeks and has now been replaced by numerology.

Despite differences of opinion on some topics, numerologists all agree that numbers have mystical significance. In arithmology and other forms of numerical mysticism, alphabets are assigned numbers according to a set of rules. Words can be converted into numbers when their individual letters are added together. For this reason, people's names have a specific meaning. Furthermore, they believe that everything in the world contains vibrations that can be traced back to the mystical properties of numbers. New Age or modern numerologists incorporate powerful objects such as crystals, essential oils, gems, colours and energy points (chakras) into their practice.

Diseases have a specific vibration. This was demonstrated by Dr Abrams, an American physician who invented an instrument that measures the reactions of the human body to determine the numerical value to be assigned to each disease. According to Abram, once numerical values are assigned to a disease or condition, the respective cures can be determined with numbers. Later, in 1985, Karin Lee Abraham published a book entitled 'Healing through Numerology', in which she stated that each disease had a specific vibrational rate. She constructed a table of diseases and provided the best medicines for the sick using her knowledge of numbers and vibrational frequencies.

As the theory states, each number has a unique intrinsic vibration that gives it specific characteristics. These characteristics can explain a person's behaviour or determine the level of compatibility between two lovers. Numerology can help determine a person's lucky day or number. Recurring numbers can give insight into how the world works or the importance of certain events or people. For the average numerologist, nothing happens by chance. Everything is predestined and the answers are found in the numbers.

Numerologists believe that numbers influence everything that happens in the world. Everything depends on their mystical properties. All perceived mystical properties derive from the energetic vibration inherent in numbers. Vibration is the term commonly used by new-age practitioners to describe the inherent power of certain objects such as gems, colours, essential oils and crystals. It is not only crystals and gems that have energy, but also numbers.

In numerology, it is believed that each number has a unique vibration that gives it special properties. These properties can be used to understand an individual's behaviour or even to predict compatibility in relationships. Numerological analysis can determine an individual's lucky number or days. Recurring numbers can be used to obtain clues about how the world works and the significance of different individuals or events in a person's life. Numerologists firmly believe that there is no such thing as chance. Everything that happens ultimately comes down to numbers.

The ideas of numerology are not new concepts. The earliest evidence of numerology dates back to ancient Egypt, Babylon, China, Japan, Rome and Greece. Pythagoras is credited with the creation of the system of numerology

. Historians know only little about this famous philosopher because most of his original works have not survived the test of time. Moreover, historical quotations from Pythagoras were written by people who came hundreds of years after his time.

This is why some historians believe that the discoveries often attributed to Pythagoras were created by his followers at a later date.

The followers of Pythagoras are known as Pythagoreans. Pythagoras studied music, philosophy and mathematics in depth. One of the most important discoveries associated with the Pythagorean school of thought is the Pythagorean Theorem. According to this theorem, in any right-angled triangle, the square of the length of the hypotenuse is always equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. Sound familiar? The Pythagorean Theorem can be summarised as a2 + b2 = c2. It is one of the basic mathematical theorems taught in school. Pythagoreans are also believed to be the ones who discovered the first irrational number or Pythagorean constant - the square root of two.

In addition to these discoveries, Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans also believed that numbers had inherent mystical properties. This belief stems from the discovery that adding up a series of odd numbers, starting with 1, yields the square of the number in question. These discoveries further reinforced the Pythagoreans' belief that 'everything is number'. This essentially means that everything in the world can be measured and described numerically and in proportions. The belief that 'everything is number' also suggests that the world is purely made up of numbers and that everything can be reduced to a numerical value. This idea is logical and has a significant influence on mathematics and science.

Studying mathematical concepts, the Pythagoreans classified all numbers into different categories. For example, numbers such as 1, 4 and 9 are squares because the corresponding number of pebbles or dots can be arranged in the shape of a perfect square. Similarly, 1, 3, 6 and 10 are triangular because the corresponding pebbles or dots can be arranged in the shape of a regular triangle. Another observation is that numbers such as 2, 6 and 12 are oblongs because, when arranged, the corresponding number of pebbles will form rectangles.

The Pythagoreans not only described numbers in mathematical and geometric terms, but also on the basis of their non-numerical traits. These traits had little to do with science or mathematics and were rather related to intuition and mysticism. For example, even numbers were considered feminine, while odd numbers were considered masculine. The number one is associated with creativity, as the addition of multiples of one often creates another number.

Similarly, the number two is feminine and represents duality, while three is all masculine. The combination of two and three represents marriage, as it is the midpoint of the numbers one to nine. It also represents justice. Ten is believed to be a sacred number because it is the sum of the first four digits. These beliefs have helped to create ten fundamental opposites such as even and odd, right and left, male and female, right and wrong, light and darkness, square and oblong, good and evil, one and many and even and odd.

Interest in mathematical mysticism increased after Pythagoras' death. It quickly established itself in the form of the neo-Pythagoreans in the first century A.D., but interest in the non-mathematical theories proposed by Pythagoras soon waned. In the late 1800s, Mrs L. Dow Balliett published several books on the concept of numerical vibration, music and colours. Many other writers might have published their works before her, but it was her books that brought to light the relationship between Pythagorean principles and other concepts used in modern numerology.

A general philosophy followed by all numerologists is that every number has a specific vibration. Not only numbers, but also people, places, foods and even objects tend to have their own vibration. For example, certain places, people and foods make us happy. Why does this happen? Because the flow and exchange of energy in the universe is constant. To live a happy, harmonious and productive life, we all need to make our environment vibrate in tune with our energies. It is not only numerology that focuses on this vibration of energies. Some new-age practices believe that this vibration comes from the movement of subatomic particles.

Some schools of numerology believe that this vibration derives from the music of the spheres. In essence, it relies on the Pythagorean belief that celestial bodies emit a specific sound as they orbit the Earth, but this belief has been disproved by science because the Earth and the other planets orbit the Sun, not the other way around. This is where modern numerology compensates for the flaws in the Pythagorean concept of numerology. Modern numerologists use numbers to make sense of the universe, instead of relying on intangible concepts.

Chapter 1

The Origins of Numerology

Known as the science of numbers, its etymological meaning comes from the Latin word numerus, meaning number, and the Greek word logos, meaning thought, idea, expression or word. Numerology relates numbers to events in life and the environment. It is associated with astrology and other mystical and divine entities. It predicts a person's future by delving into his or her potential and nature and projections of other lives. It allows one to know one's destiny by considering the movements of the planets in the sky, attributes, methodology and deities. This idea was not recorded in any book or artefact until 1907. Its origin cannot be precisely determined, but the earliest records date back to Egypt and Babylon, some 10,000 years ago. It has become popular among scholars in Greece, although they are not certain of the origin of this concept.

The roots of numerology are incomplete without the Hebrew alphabet, the esoteric teachings of the Kabbalah, the ancient teachings and Pythagoras. Numerology is in fact an intricate science of philosophies, myths and mysticism.

Pythagoras is affectionately called the 'Father' of numbers. He was a Greek philosopher born in 569 BC. At the age of 56, in 536 BC, he travelled to southern Italy and in the Greek-speaking region called Crotona founded the first university in history. Here he taught a combination of science and religion. In addition to esoteric teachings, he taught the secrets of numbers and their vibrations to a select few. These discourses were so secret that they were never recorded in writing. Those who did so, intentionally or unintentionally, suffered the death penalty.

Many of his original works were lost after his death. Those who wrote about him did so hundreds of years after his death. The writers who disseminated the teachings afterwards did so cautiously, infusing the lessons with an avalanche of confusing information that would have lost the attention of all but the true seekers. Many historians have reason to believe that many of the discoveries and personality traits attributed to him are the work of his devotees.

Despite this, some manuscripts have been preserved. Information about the university states that students adhered to very strict rules. They had no personal contact with Pythagoras until they had passed several initiations and reached a higher level of study. Even when contact was initiated, Pythagoras wore a robe that protected him from prying eyes, so no one has been able to obtain an accurate description of him.

The father of numbers easily accepted children or initiates with a life path number of 7 into the school because, according to him, they were destined to learn the secret teachings. Other interested candidates who had a different path number had to pass a series of tests, such as being given a symbol like a triangle to meditate on.

Pythagoras believed that numbers were at the centre of all creation. He claimed that the understanding of divinity could be achieved through the understanding of numbers. Suffice it to say that Pythagoras' science of numbers was based on Kabbalistic teachings.

According to Underwood Dudley in his book 'Numerology: or what Pythagoras wrought', the philosopher and his disciples were firmly convinced that 'everything is number'. Their studies on the mysticism of numbers discovered that adding up a series of odd numbers starting with one always resulted in a square number.

This further reinforced the principle that everything that exists in the world can be described and measured in terms of proportions, dimensions and numbers. Likewise, everything in the world, animate or inanimate, can be reduced to a number or set of numbers. This belief is shared by scientists and mathematicians alike.

Modern numerologists attribute intangible qualities to numbers and the individuals who call them by their names. It