Friday, August 1, 2014

The Numerology Workshop: It’s All in the Numbers!

by Apollo

 

Life is about self exploration and self knowledge! How would you like to know where your destiny lies. What talents and potentials you were born with and how to best deliver upon them. What your karma and spiritual lessons are. All these questions (and more) can be answered through the cosmic science of numerology!

Numerology is an ancient form of divination using numbers that dates back thousands of years. The Chinese, Japanese, Greek, Hebrews, Egyptians, Phoenicians, early Christians, Mayans and Incas all employed number divination systems to gain a deeper understanding of themselves and the universe. Though many ancient civilizations claim to have invented numerology, it is commonly thought that the Greek mathematician Pythagoras was responsible for organizing this system for western civilization.

Pythagoras believed that all of reality is mathematical in nature and that the entire universe could be expressed through numbers. He felt numbers were not just a system to record and measure the physical world but that they could also be divinely associated with virtue, character traits and could serve as keys to unlocking the psyche! This matches up with what many mystics from the east have believed that life was predestined, and that everything that happened to an individual followed strict mathematical law. Still, the individual has to act on his or her own behalf.

Today, its popularity continues to grow as experts in numerology use the numbers to determine the best time for major moves and activities in life. Numerology is used to decide when to invest, when to marry, when to travel, when to change jobs, or relocate. Numerology columns now appear regularly in newspapers and magazines. Numerologists are consulted with increasing regularity for everything from personal romance to business decisions. As the industrialized world becomes more computerized and dependent on numerical systems, the fascination with this ancient spiritual science only grows.

Numerology is perhaps the easiest of the occult arts to quickly understand and use. All you need is a birthdate and the complete birth name of an individual to unlock all of the secrets that the numbers hold.

From adding all the numbers up in your birthday you will get your Life Path Number which speaks to your basic personality and the talents you came here with. The next important number is your Destiny Number determined by the numerical value of each letter of your name (added together then reduced to a single digit). This number speaks to what you came here to do!

For instance once all the numbers in the birthdate are added up, all numbers are reduced by adding the digits together until the sum achieved is one of these core numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 22, 33. For instance if your birthday was 5/17/1956: 5+1+7+1+9+5+6 = 34 and 3 + 4 = 7. The person with this birthday would have a 7 Life Path.

There are no set definitions or interpretations of the meaning of specific digits as they vary throughout different cultures and schools of numerology. However common interpretations may include:
 
1 = Individual, aggressive, self-expression, leadership
2 = Balance, union, receptive, partnership
3 = Communication, interaction
4 = Stability and structure, goal oriented
5 = Action, restlessness, life experience
6 = Service/home/family, responsibility
7 = Thought/consciousness, spirit
8 = Power/sacrifice
9 = Higher Achievement, completion

Master numbers are the only exception to the rule of reducing to the single digit. The master numbers 11, 22 and 33 are reputedly intensified versions of the single digit number they replace (2, 4 and 6). These numbers suggest a potential for a high degree of learning and/or achievement!

Imagine a world without numbers! Numbers run throughout our entire lives from birth to death. There’s spiritual power in numbers and with knowledge you can tap into that power.

Join Apollo this month for an exciting journey into the meaning of the numbers of your life!

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