A Small Clarifying Statement

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Let us take the definition of the numbers. At this time it is easy to note that the books on numerology do not explain « why » numbers have this or that characteristic. And when they do, their reference is often erroneous...

Let us take the number 1 and ask the following: « Why do popular books say that number 1 is a leader ? » the answer is « Simply because by being the symbol of unity, it symbolizes God ! » This is a strange shortcut but not a demonstration.

Indeed number 1 is the basic number on which all numerations rely. Before it, there is no integer number, and after it, number 2 is naturally the double of 1. But it does not explain why number 1, which would be the totality, can become quantitatively twice its size to give birth to number 2. These simple questions should be resolved if you wish to learn to understand number 1, and the rest of the numbers. 

We found in the writings of different authors that number 2 is the number of duality (double of 1), of combination (2 is the addition of 1 + 1), or division (2 is divided by 2 to give 1).

We regret it, but numerology is not learned by a priori methods. It is easy to state that number 1 is a masculine number (active, because it cannot be divided by 2 and it looks for a balance with another number), and number 2 is the feminine number (passive, because it can be divided by 2, and because it becomes dependent from an odd number which will make it dynamic).

What is more serious is that now, it is easy to make wrong analogies and to suppose consciously or not, that man, symbolized but odd numbers, is truly in the image of unity, the chief, the unique, a god, and that the woman, symbolized by even numbers is half of a man, a division, and hence a source of dissension ! Do not laugh! It is because of such heresy that numerology cannot have its letters of nobility. In the collective Christian consciousness, the woman is still the servant of the devil, under the pretext that Eve was tempted by the snake, and forced Adam’s hand to eat the apple, and made us fall from the Garden of Eden! Consequently, she is the source of all our troubles on earth...

By giving you the definition of the numbers so that you can start having fun immediately, we know that what we say might be taken in partisan way, but we will have no trouble eliminating criticism, when we will tackle the origin of the numbers and their definitions.

Some web surfers might be surprised by sexist remarks concerning numbers 1 and 2, although they haunt many books on numerology. Let us take The Secret Life of Numbers by Kevin Quinn Avery, the recognized father of the numerology of 9 numbers, and let us read together the definitions which he gives of numbers 1 and 2 :

One  :     « One » is man’s aspiration. The meaning of number « one » is obvious ; it is God in heaven, the Devil in hell, man on earth. It is the Sun in the solar system, the Heart in the body. It is the beginning. It is masculine, solitary, positive. It is the first card of a Tarot deck : The Magician, the Juggler. It is unity, it is universal. It contains solar vibrations. Its element is fire. It is ambition, intention, passion, activity, and intelligence. It is in the center of everything, the first power. « One » is made of a vertical line. It is the lift-off, the realization, and success. At the beginning, there was Adam in the Garden of Eden : he was number One. As Adam ruled the garden, so « one » rules the series of all the numbers. Like planets turning around the sun, the group of numbers turn around « one ».

Two :     « Two » is duality in man. « Two » is duality ; the Greeks called it the « Duad », it is feminine, negative. It is the woman, the mother. As the moon reflects the sun, the woman reflects man: as mother is associated to father, « two » is associated to « one » ; as « two » acts in conjunction with « one », woman works in conjunction with man. « Two » is marriage, a group. It is the second card of the Tarot : the Papess. Its element is water. « One » and « two » go well together. « Two » faithful to its feminine qualities, is the number of uncertainty, of change and of emotions. So it represents divorce. It not only represents concordance but also separation. It includes emotions and doubt. It is passive, it is consummation. It is isolation. It is profit and loss. It is war and peace. It is agreement, but also disagreement. It is satisfaction and deprivation. It can bring grief, pain, conflict, misfortune, ruin, death, and destruction, depending on its connection with other numbers. « Two » having the wisdom of a woman, is love and hate. It means one with the other, association, marriage, sex and in another domain, submission.

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