The
POWER OF
NUMBERS
HOW TO FIND
THE NUMBERS THAT HELP YOU
IN YOUR BUSINESS AND SOCIAL
LIFE
By
Numéro
PREFACE
THIS is not a book on fortune telling, nor does it deal with anything of a supernatural character. It is a plain statement of the way numbers
influence your life and your actions.
For centuries, people have known that num-bers possess mysterious properties; but how those properties could be controlled or used to advantage has only recently come to light. In the following pages, the author tells how every reader may derive interest and benefits by using numbers intelligently.
CONTENTS SECTION I
CHAPTER PAGE
I. HOW TO USE NUMEROLOGY 9
II. YOUR PERSONAL NUMBER 16
III. NUMBER ONE 20
IV. NUMBER TWO 23
V. NUMBER THREE 26
VI. NUMBER FOUR 29
VII. NUMBER FIVE 32
VIII. NUMBER SIX 35
IX. NUMBER SEVEN 38
X. NUMBER EIGHT 41
XI. NUMBER NINE 44
XII. DATE NUMBERS 48
XIII. NUMEROLOGY AND MARRIAGES 53
XIV. THE COLOURS YOU SHOULD FAVOUR 57
XV. NUMEROLOGY IN EVERYDAY LIFE 63
XVI. THE PAST, THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE 66
XVII. YOUR WILL TO OVERCOME DIFFICULTIES 70
XVIII. IN CONCLUSION 76
SECTION II
The
POWER OF
NUMBERS
SECTION I
CHAPTER I
HOW TO USE NUMEROLOGY
NUMEROLOGY is the science of numbers. It is a very old science, dating back to the early days of the Egyptians, if not to a time even before then. For reasons unknown, the science became for-gotten during several centuries and it is only recently that its philosophy has been revived in the popular mind.
During all those dormant years, people cer-tainly knew that numbers had a force of their own, for they spoke of the luck brought by three, the ill-fortune of thirteen and that seven gave some indication that a thing was perfect. There were many other notions about numbers, but the knowledge was unconnected or dis-jointed, and no real use could be made of it. Thanks to the work of classical and other
students, the science has been brought out of its 9
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oblivion and we are now able to apply all that it teaches to the requirements of modern life. Briefly, the science of numerology claims that everybody is controlled by his or her own
particular number and, by using that number, he or she may derive incalculable benefits. More-over, numerology shows that most things in this world have their own special number, too.
Thus, it is possible to find the relationship between people and things and, having found the relationship, to determine whether they are harmonious or antagonistic. And, of course, when this has been done, an individual will know exactly how to proceed under varying circumstances.
This last paragraph may not be as clear to the casual reader as we would wish, so in order to make it perfectly simple, it will be useful to take an example or two. First, let us suppose that on a certain day you have an important engagement – it may be that you are to be interviewed for a post or even that you are planning to be married on that day. It, of course, may be any event that is of great importance to you. By means of numerology, you will start by finding the num-ber of that particular day and, then, follow that up by working out, if you have not already done so, your own special number.
If the two numbers happen to be the same, there is every reason to suppose that what takes
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place will be for your good; but if the numbers are different, you will have to consider them carefully.
It must not be concluded from this that the chances for good fortune are much fewer than they are for ill fortune. You may argue that only one number can be the same as your own per-sonal number, while several can be different. Numerology is not as simple as that. Not only are certain numbers good, as far as you are concerned, but others are perhaps beneficial, some are adverse and others are merely un-satisfactory. Thus, there are several classes of numbers and all have to be considered. Before we deal with the good and the other classes, it will be necessary to explain that numerology only recognises the numbers one to nine, calling them primary numbers and regarding all others as being compound num-bers, which can be reduced to primary numbers. Thus:
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are primary numbers.
(b) 10 is a compound number and can be
turned into a primary number by adding up the figures which go to form it. Thus 1 + 0 = 1. Therefore, numerology regards the number 10 exactly as if it were 1.
(c) Similarly, 11 is a compound number. By adding together the figures, you have 2.
12 The Power of Numbers (d) To take another number at random, say 56, we have 5 + 6 = 11. But as 11 is, itself, a compound number, it is necessary to continue the addition and 1 + 1 gives 2. Thus, the
signification in numerology attached to 56 is 2. (e) In the same way 3998 adds up to 29, but 2 + 9 is 11; and 1 + 1 is 2. From this it is
clear that any number can be resolved into one of the nine primaries.
Now, as regards the classification of good and bad numbers:
(a) A number that is the same as your own personal number will work for your good. Thus, suppose your own number is 4 and the number attached to a date in which you are interested is also 4; then you may expect what-ever happens on that date to materialise bene-ficially towards you. Just how you arrive at your own number and the date number will be explained later on.
(b) A number that vibrates to your own num-ber is, also, advantageous to you. Before you can determine exactly the extent of the advan-tage, it is necessary to examine the circum-stances which provide the vibrating number. This matter is, also, dealt with fully later on, but here it will be explained that the number which vibrates to your own is the figure that has to be added to your personal number to give a total of 10.
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Thus:
The number vibrating to 1 is 9
” 2 is 8 ” 3 is 7 ” 4 is 6 ” 5 is 5 ” 6 is 4 ” 7 is 3 ” 8 is 2 ” 9 is 1
(c) In addition, there are what is known as attraction numbers. These show some ten-dency to be helpful, but how much they will help depends on circumstances.
1 Possesses an attraction for 4 and 8
2 ” 7 and 9 3 ” 5, 6 and 9 4 ” 1 and 8 5 and 6 ” 3 and 9 7 ” 2 and 6 8 ” 1 and 4 9 ” 2, 3 and 6
(d) Lastly, there are numbers that are
abso-utely hostile. Thus:
1 disagrees with 6 and 7
2 ” 5
3 ” 4 and 8
14 The Power of Numbers 5 disagrees with 2 and 4
6 ” 1 and 8
7 ” 1 and 9
8 ” 3 and 6
9 ” 7
Thus, there are four classes of numbers that you have to compare with your own, in order to come to a conclusion as to whether a certain event or thing will be beneficial to you, or not. There is (a) the similar number, (b) the vibrating number, (c) the attraction number and (d) the disagreement number.
In order to make all this a little more explicit, we will suppose that your personal number is 3 and that you are anxious to know whether a certain day will be a fortunate one for you. This is how you will proceed to find out.
(a) When the numerology number of the day is 1. One is not the same as your personal number; it is not given as a vibrating number for 3, nor is it one of the attraction or disagreement num-bers for 3. Thus, you may conclude that there is no particular good luck or bad luck in the date for you.
(b) When the numerology number of the day is 2. Exactly the same conditions apply as in (a)
above.
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As this number is the same as your own per-sonal number, you may look forward to the best of chances.
(d) When the numerology number of the day is 4. Four disagrees with 3, therefore you will pre-are for nothing in the way of good fortune.
(e) When the numerology number of the day is 5. Five is one of the attraction numbers for 3 and you will know that forces are at work to help you.
(f) When the numerology number of the day is 6. The same as (e) above.
(g) When the numerology number of the day is 7. Seven is the vibrating number of 3 and you
may expect to have assistance in procuring what you require.
(h) When the numerology number of the day is 8. This will be the same as explained for (d)
above.
(i) When the numerology number of the day is 9. This will be the same as explained for (e)
above.
All this, of course, is how a person whose number is 3 should reason. The same process will naturally be employed for any other number, but obviously the results will be different.
CHAPTER II
YOUR PERSONAL NUMBER
AS was explained in the previous chapter, everybody has his or her own personal number and, no doubt, you are anxious to find out what yours happens to be. There is really nothing difficult in translating a name into its number, once the process is known. It depends on the fact that every letter of the alphabet is assigned a numeral value. Here are the values:
A 1 F 6 L 3 Q 8 W 5 B 2 G 7 M 4 R 9 X 6 C 3 H 8 N 5 S 1 Y 7 D 4 I 9 O 6 T 2 Z 8 E 5 J 1 P 7 U 3 PH 6 K 2 V 4
From the above, it will be seen that, for reasons already stated, no letter has a higher value than 9. It will, also, be noted that PH is represented by 6. This is the only case where two letters have a combined and not a separate value. It is easy to see that the reason for this depends on an adherence to the Greek alphabet which had an individual letter for this sound.
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To show how you can use the above table for finding out your number or that of anybody else, we will take an example. Suppose you want to know the number that stands for Patricia. First, set down the name thus:
P A T R I C I A
The, below each letter, write its numerical value by referring to the table, thus:
P A T R I C I A
7 1 2 9 9 3 9 1 Many people then add up the figures and
resolve the answer into a primary number, if the addition, as in this case, happens to give a com-pound number. This method would provide some sort of answer, but a more accurate plan, and the one we advise, is to resolve the figuring into the form of an inverted pyramid. This shape has, of course, a mysterious influence which even the Egyptians appreciated but did not understand when they built the famous Pyramids. This pyramid numbering works out in the
present instance, as follows:
P A T R I C I A 7 1 2 9 9 3 9 1 8 3 2 9 3 3 1 2 5 2 3 6 4 7 7 5 9 1 5 3 5 1 8 8 6 7 5 3
18 The Power of Numbers Thus, Patricia’s number is 3. Now for the explanation as to how the pyramid worked. The first line of figures was obtained, as already explained, by using the alphabet table. The second line was produced by taking the top line and adding the figures together in pairs. Thus, the 7 and 1 in the top line gave the 8 in the second line; the 1 and 2 in the top line gave the 3 in the second; and so on, remembering, of course, to resolve compound answers into primary figures, whenever necessary. Thus, the 2 and 9 in the top line gives 11, which resolves itself into 2, and becomes the third figure of the second line.
When the second line has been completed, a third line is worked in the same way, and this is followed by subsequent lines until, at last, one figure only is reached. Of course, the number of lines needed to resolve a name into a figure depends on the number of letters in the name. A name such as Ada can be resolved in far fewer lines, as the following shows:
A D A
1 4 1
5 5
1
Though Patricia is represented by 3 and Ada by 1, the figuring must not be left at that. Patricia and Ada have other names as well and they should be all taken into account. Ada’s
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full name may be Ada Mary Smith. In that case the three names, Ada, Mary and Smith must all be resolved separately by means of three pyra-mids into their own numbers. Then, when that has been done, the three numbers have to be added together and, if necessary, resolved into a primary number. That primary number will be Ada Mary Smith’s personal number, which she should refer to whenever she wishes to make use of the benefits of numerology.
Here is the full solution for this particular name: A D A M A R Y S M I T H 1 4 1 4 1 9 7 1 4 9 2 8 5 5 5 1 7 5 4 2 1 1 6 8 9 6 3 5 6 9 6 Gathering up the three separate figures, 1,
5 and 6, we have a total of 12, which gives 3 as its primary number.
[NOTE. – Towards the end of the book a dictionary arrangement of Christian names, with their appropriate numbers, is given. Reference to it will save time when desirous of finding the value of any particular person’s name.]
CHAPTER III
NUMBER ONE
NOW that you know your own personal number, or have the means of finding it, you will be interested to learn for what it stands. In this and the eight following chapters, the interpretations of the nine primary numbers are set out.
Number One is symbolised by the Sun and the Deity, and is regarded as the strongest and most powerful number of all. It stands for force, boldness and activity, as well as for powers of organising and executive ability.
From this, it is clear that people who are
favoured with the personal number of one have the initial force to make their mark in the world. They have the strength of body and of mind to go ahead and reach the goal they have in view, as long as the way is straight and there are no side-issues to draw them from the main purpose.
They are headstrong people and always do their best when left to their own devices. Thus, the parents of such individuals must refrain from curbing the legitimate enthusiasm of their sons
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and daughters who have one as their number. If they do set a brake on their actions, the results may be disastrous. The sons or daughters will probably curl up within their shell and give no further signs of brilliant activity.
Many people, with one as their number, have all the strength and ability that is usually accre-dited to the number, yet they fail to climb the ladder of success. To their friends, this is a matter of much surprise, because the abilities of such people are manifestly present. This is a frequent sign of Number One and is due to the fact that those who come within its influence must find the work for which they are specially fitted, if they are to make a success of their lives. They are not people to effect a compromise and do the best under the circumstances. They are all-or-nothing people.
Though Number One confers great oppor-tunities on those who can claim it as their own, it must not be supposed that it has no drawbacks. Associated with it are the defects of limited
vision, petulance, selfishness, officiousness and a tendency to be unsympathetic regarding the views of others.
Accordingly, we are apt to find that those who advance high up the ladder of fame are likely to be harsh with those beneath them and, more-over, they are easily irritated by people who have not the initial advantages that they possess.
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There is a very obvious streak of selfishness in those who can claim one as their number. It shows itself in petty ways, quite unworthy of those who betray them. In fact, to the onlooker, it is rather surprising and difficult to understand. Another failing associated with “number
one” people is the way they express their views. They hold that what they say is law and everyone who differs from them must be wrong.
Regarding love matters and all that is con-nected with this side of human nature, “number one” people are usually very attractive. They have the ability to display their charms to advan-tage and the force of character needed for
gaining their ends. But they want to rule in partnership and, in cases where things do not work out exactly as they wish, they are bad losers.
We have now stated the characteristics of a “number one” person; but it does not follow that, if this is your personal number, you are bound to be as we have described. All the qualities mentioned here will form part of your “make-up,” but some of them you may push into the background and they will not appear. You may even repudiate that you ever had them. None the less, they exist, either in evidence or in a dormant condition; and it depends entirely on you which of them you will bring to the fore and which you will suppress.
CHAPTER IV
NUMBER TWO
NUMBER TWO has the Moon for its symbol. It stands for peace rather than force; for the heart more than the mind. It betokens quiet, calm, a restful influence and it radiates charm, affection and honesty.
People who can claim this number as their own have much about them that is admirable. They will not soar to the heights attained by Number One, but they will play a very useful part in the world, nevertheless. Their mission is to strive along peaceful lines, to help their neighbours rather than to help themselves. Thus, others often gain where they should reap the benefits.
It must not be thought that the qualities of “number two” people will pass unrecognized. Quite the contrary. Friends and others will come to them for advice and guidance, and, when they have obtained it, they will go away and use it to advantage. But the “number two” people lack some special quality which precludes them from using, to the same extent, their own ideas and
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suggestions. Thus, they suffer from reticence and, often, from a mild form of inferiority complex.
Those who can claim two as their own num-ber are remarkably unselfish. They will never begrudge the time spent on helping others, and they have unbounded sympathy for those whose lot is less favourable than their own. As an out-come of this trait, the adult Number Two is usually fond of children. The parent will slave for his youngsters and go without, cheerfully, in order that they may not want.
Thus, “number two” people are good home-makers. To them, the home is the centre of their own little universe and they are never so happy as when they are reading a book by the fireside or helping the kiddies with their toys. They do not want to gad about; they have no need for clubs and bridge parties; they are happier when indulging in simple delights than when imbibing the champagne of life.
“Number two” people have one outstanding quality which must not be overlooked. They are ideal peacemakers. It will fall to their lot, time and again, to bring those who have grievances to a more rational frame of mind.
So far, we have been considering the favour-able side of the picture supplied by those whose personal number is two. There is, nevertheless, the other point of view. These people have one
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glaring fault, which is indolence. It is easy to see why they suffer from this defect. They are peace-ful souls; they love calm and quiet; they hate hurry and bustle; therefore what could be more in harmony with these characteristics than a tendency to let matters slide? If it requires a display of energy to do anything to-day, the probability is that it will be left till
to-morrow, and as we all know, to-morrow never comes.
To marry anyone with two as his or her number would be to go through life with a very lovable partner. There would be no “calling over the coals” when things went wrong; no cases of “flaring-up” when faults came to light; life would unfold itself placidly. All this, of course, makes for peace and harmony; but it is doubtful whether many people would not prefer a partner who displayed more fire and a more pugnacious temperament. It depends entirely on the indi-vidual.
The traits we have mentioned here are those that will influence all people with two as their personal number. Environment can play its part, and to an extent will possibly do so, in effacing some of the characteristics and bringing others to the fore. That explains why everybody having two as his or her number is not alike as two peas.
CHAPTER V
NUMBER THREE
THIS number has Mars for its symbol. It is considered to be a joy-giving numeral when used advantageously, and a warring figure when the reverse is the case. At best, it is typical of happi-ness, merriment, good cheer, pleasure, inspira-tion, even ecstasy. At worst, it spells quarrels, violence, anguish.
From this, it will be seen that people who have
three as their personal number possess
character-istics of two very opposite kinds. The best of such people cleverly combine the two kinds, and strength rises out of the union. They can be friendly and joyful when the occasion demands, and they can be a powerful foe when attacked by an enemy.
This dual nature has generate a forceful character. As they can fight or be friends, whichever is needed, it follows that they are ready to turn from one extreme to the other, without being unduly put out. This trait runs through their whole nature and, if one thing fails, they can turn to another and be equally at
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home. All this accounts for the fact that “num-ber three” people seldom come to grief on the rocks.
People with this number live in a hurry. They have no time for dawdling. Consequently, they make the most of their chances, because they see to it that opportunities do not slip by. If success does not come in their direction quickly enough, they go out to find it.
At all times, they look on the bright side of life, with the result that they radiate happiness wherever they go. They do their business with a smile and they take to their sports in the same cheery way. In the latter, they can suffer a beating in the same spirit as they would carry off a victory.
But, on the other side of the picture, there is a somewhat different account. “Number three” people are the children of Mars, who was the god of war. The outcome of this is that they are quick to quarrel and show the spirit of defiance. They will never suffer an affront silently for the sake of peace. Peace, to them, is a sign of weak-ness and they glory in their strength.
In spite of all this bellicose tendency, there is nothing in their nature that makes them cruel or underhand. If there is to be a fight and it rests with them, it will be a clean one and, as likely as not, they will shake hands with the enemy when it is all over.
28 The Power of Numbers “Number three” people are often found to
have leanings towards literature, acting, dancing, singing, music and painting, as well as boxing, fencing, shooting, and gymnastics in general. To marry one of these people would be to
have a partner who would prove to be as true as steel. He or she would defend the honour and the comforts of what was his own with his last drop of blood. Such a person would shed a good deal of happiness in the home; but once there arose a storm, a real storm it would be. There would be no capitulating on his part.
Such is the story of a “number three” person. The characteristics we have enumerated will be born within him or her; but how time and circumstance will influence those traits depends entirely on the individual concerned.
CHAPTER VI
NUMBER FOUR
THIS number owes its allegiance to Mercury, the smallest of all planets. “Number four” people have a varied assortment of qualities – some good and others less attractive, but none of a spectacular nature.
The chief asset of these people is their know-ledge. As a rule, they have an almost uncanny aptitude for acquiring facts. This, coupled with an excellent memory, makes them well informed. Therefore, they take up positions in the world where facts and figures stand them in good stead. “Number four” people are not suited for
filling executive posts or being the “big brains” of a vast concern. They cannot sit in an office and direct a thousand workers, but they can stand at the elbow of the man who does direct the thousand workers and give him all the information he needs for his job.
Though they have intelligence in abundance, they lack originality and inventive genius and, on that account, they have often been styled the “hewers of wood and the drawers of water.”
30 The Power of Numbers But, do not imagine that “number four”
people are downhearted or disappointed because they cannot climb to the top of the tree. Some people shrink from authority and power – those who are guided by the figure four do.
Their habit of acquiring facts and tit-bits of information asserts itself in curious ways. One is that they become busybodies, the gossips of the neighbourhood and, in extreme cases, the scandalmongers.
Though they have no love for power, they have a strong desire for gaining possessions. They do not throw their money about, but they save it up and, with it, buy the things for which they have a weakness. With their savings, they buy house property, land, stocks and shares, or they may be content to surround themselves with nice things, such as antique furniture,
objets d’art, and so on. In almost every case, the
acquisitive habit is plainly in evidence. Another strong characteristic of “number four” people is their constructive ability. They are able to make things with their hands. Natur-ally, what they put together will differ enor-mously in different cases; but one will be able to construct a fine piece of furniture; another will have the facility for binding a book in vellum; a third, if of the female sex, will know how to make her dresses look like models from
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Paris, and yet a fourth will knit a jumper equal to the best displayed in Bond Street.
“Number four” people are rovers. They like to travel and they like to go about and see things. The home means less to them than it does to most people, and they look upon their place of abode as little more than somewhere to rest and somewhere in which they can work. The halo of a real home is unknown to them. When it comes to morning, those who claim four as their number are not lacking in attention. They will expect their partner to be near to per-fection, and they will try to give perfection in exchange. Of course, they seldom succeed, but the effort is in the right direction and makes for harmony on five days out of six.
When tempers are ruffled, which fortunately is not often, they are rather morose and it takes them a considerable while to regain their normal balance. Usually, they are generous, careful and considerate; and, in the case of their children, they are particularly anxious to provide them with a good start in life.
CHAPTER VII
NUMBER FIVE
NUMBER FIVE is linked to the planet Jupiter and those whose number it is are mainly fortunate. They have an array of characteristics which can place them in the front rank. Defects, in their case, are few.
Number Five stands for riches, productive-ness, fulness and success. Translated into every-day words, this means that people who claim five as their natural number have the ability to succeed in the world and make money, as a consequence. Such people are the ones who gradually climb up and up until they reach the top, where they are the envy of their less for-tunate brethren.
In spite of all this, Number Five has
uncer-tainty as one of its characteristics. As a result,
those who have climbed to the top of the ladder can never be certain that they will stay there. At any moment, even when least expected, they may tumble to the bottom of the ladder, and their efforts have to be started all over afresh. Typical cases of such catastrophes occur when some
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old-established business suddenly merges with a rival house and all the “heads” are no longer wanted. The redundant staff will be found to consist of “number five” people.
Two other qualities belonging to those whose number is five are hopefulness and confidence. These have no value in themselves; but they enable those people who possess them to work with a keener will for success, and they are able to look on the bright side of things. Thus, “number five” people are cheery, cheerful, jolly, satisfied individuals.
There is a very decided element of generosity in these people. They will share their last far-thing with anyone who needs succour. But, it is not a far cry from generosity to extravagance and “number five” people often show the latter fault. We all know the type of person who cannot help spending whatever money he has. Such individuals belong, mostly, to the ranks of Number Five. In addition to generosity, they have sympathy and benevolence.
As a rule, these people are clear thinkers and they show logic and reason in their argu-ments and actions. These qualities are, of course, valuable in any walk of life, and all who possess them are sought after for advice and assistance.
One of the outstanding failures of the “num-ber five” adherents is that they may be restless
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people. It cannot be said that they all possess this defect, though very many of them do. This often causes them to throw up their life-work and start afresh at something else. Also, it makes them pine for the green fields when they are sitting at home and, if they are lucky enough to visit the green fields, they want to get home again. To stick at anything long is irksome to them and requires the greatest effort.
When Number Five falls in love, he does it in no half-measures. He will be courteous to a degree and very ardent; but do not make too sure of him until he has proved his constancy. Remember that he is a restless soul and, though he is perhaps burning with ardour to-day, to-morrow there may come a chilling frost and he will ask to be released from his bondage. If he is able to put his restless streak in his charac-ter aside, he will make an excellent lover and a dignified one in the bargain. And, of course, women have just the same outlook as men in these matters.
CHAPTER VIII
NUMBER SIX
NUMBER SIX is guarded over by the planet Venus; consequently, the people who claim this number as their own find their strength in peaceful rather than warlike avocations.
To summarise the qualities of the “number six” people, we may state them as being peace, happiness, optimism and material well-being. These people are in the fortunate position of having the facility for combining some of the best characteristics of Number Two with the finest traits of Number Three. Thus, they are able to show a peaceful nature without any dis-play of weakness. They can avoid troubles and not appear to be running away from them. Their sense of optimism gives them a great advantage. They can look on the bright side of things and hope for the best. As everybody knows, half of the troubles of this world are those we anticipate and which never actually arise. The “number six” people waste no time on the possible worries; their optimism pre-cludes them from doing anything so silly. They
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wait until misfortunes actually take place and then they use their strength to overcome them. Of course, optimism can be carried too far, and there is no doubt that some of the “number six” people display it to a fault. They are the ones who lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen.
Since Number Six is opposed to warlike pur-Suits, it is easy to understand why it is a symbol of social and domestic virtues. Adherents of this number are, therefore, people who like company and entertaining. Their homes are places of welcome, where friends foregather for pleasures and merriment.
As an outcome of this characteristic, it will be found that “number six” people are fond of music, singing, dancing and everything that is embraced by the word, rhythm.
All this must not be taken to mean that these people are the pleasure-loving kind that have no thought for the realities of life. Quite the con-trary. Though they revel in social and domestic pursuits, they have a strong leaning towards the cultural arts and to learning. They are, as a rule, well educated and keenly interested in the ques-tions of the day.
It must be admitted that they are not too prac-tical and, therefore, the whirlwind type of busi-ness man is not among their number. Neverthe-less, it should not be thought that “number
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six” people do not get on in the world. They do and, very often, they succeed in acquiring a posi-tion which provides them with plenty of this world’s riches.
If the adherents of Number Six display any faults, it is in being too optimistic and too con-tented with the present lot. The latter is the out-come of a peaceful frame of mind, which in itself is good; but it lulls the individual into a false sense of security. And, while he is gracefully sleeping, his rivals are leaving him behind in the race.
In matters connected with marriage, the people who claim Number Six as their own are remark-ably attractive. They are eminently fair and just, and they do not expect the impossible. They appreciate the blessings and favours which come their way, and they know how to overlook faults. The home is everything to them and they are never so happy as when they can enjoy it to the full.
CHAPTER IX
NUMBER SEVEN
SATURN is the planet which controls this number. It provides an abundance of signs which go to prove that seven is not nearly such a lucky number as many people suppose. True, the number has its good qualities; but they are far fewer than is usually conceived by the popular imagination.
The adherents of Number Seven are generally of a philosophical nature. They accept the inevitable and do not complain when it brings them misfortunes. They are stoics, for when pain and troubles become their lot, they grin and bear them. They put up with almost any and every form of reverse and show few signs of the ordeal. From all this, it will be realised that the
Adherents of Number Seven are quiet, resigned people. They do not cry for the moon, nor do they hope for “the wealth of Ind.” If fortune comes their way, they accept it humbly; if it passes them by, they bow to the inevitable. It is all much the same to them.
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As a matter of fact, “number seven” people have more than their share of troubles and reverses; but their powers of resignation enable them to bear them silently, and a casual observer would not notice that anything was amiss. Thus it is that friends and relations of people with this number should keep a watchful eye over them, and spare no pains in making their lot more attractive.
This last remark about friends brings us to a very curious characteristic in the nature of “number seven” people. It is that they have the power to cast off their own natural traits and assume those of people who mean much to them or who are in close touch with them. A “num-ber seven” wife, for instance, will lose her own identity and take on that of her husband, if he has some other natural number, and if she regards him as everything on earth that matters. Simi-larly, if two women live together and exist for each other, it will be found that, should one of them have the Number Seven, her nature will gradually change and be remodelled into the number possessed by the other woman. From all this, it is apparent that the “seven” people
make fast friends and deep friendships. As a rule, the adherents of seven do not lack money and the necessaries of life – their steady outlook preserves them from actual want – but, on the other hand, they are not born to be rich,
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unless in the process of years they cast off their natural numbers for some other.
There has long been an idea that seven was lucky. How such an idea ever arose, when con-trary facts are so abundantly clear, is difficult to understand. However, there is just this to be said: Seven can be lucky at times; but, when it is, it will be found that the luck is afforded at the expense of another person’s misfortune. This robs the luck of its glamour.
Where marriage is concerned, the position is difficult to describe in a few words. A “number seven” person generally changes almost entirely, for the reasons previously stated, except in the cases where the two partners do not get on well together. Then, there will be little or no change. The change, if it takes place, will bring the “number seven” person into closer union with his or her partner. But it must not be forgotten that two people may possess the same qualities and yet be different. Their personal presentation of the same qualities accounts for the difference.
CHAPTER X
NUMBER EIGHT
THIS IS the number which Uranus influences. It is, in the main, a very favourable number, giving to those who shelter under it many valuable privileges.
People having eight as their number are people of resolution. They set a high standard for them-selves and they strain every nerve to attain their goal. They have large capacities for organisation and thus they usually succeed in business. But their organising ability is not confined to the busi-ness; they are the people who run everything, whether it is a local society or just a family party. Coupled with their powers of organising, they have a keen insight into the ways of men and women; thus, they are able to sum up character and read people’s thoughts. Naturally, all this helps them wonderfully and, when it is said that they have a large share of ingenuity and inspira-tion, it is easy to see why they succeed.
With all these favourable qualities, there is no wonder that they are popular and much sought-after people. In manner, they are affable and
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genial, and they do not forget those who have done them a good turn.
A “number eight” person scarcely gives one the impression that he is a hard worker. We all know the type of person who is so busy that he has no time for anything. Number Eight is not like that. Probably, he gets through ten times as much as the apparently busy person just men-tioned, but he always seems to have time on hand for more and more work. The fact is that he knows how to space out his time and he knows how to husband his energies.
As may be supposed, Number Eight has two sides to his account. The better side has now been unfolded: here is the other side.
In Number Eight’s make-up, there is a very definite streak of what might be called the revolutionary spirit. It is an unpleasant streak which has spoiled many people who own this number. This revolutionary spirit may come to light when least expected and for no apparent reason. It certainly will come to the fore, if the individual has suffered a serious check which is of a too great magnitude for him to overcome.
When this characteristic is allowed to burst forth, Number Eight becomes a kind of down-with-everything person. Nothing is right and nobody is right, and the only way to put matters straight, in his estimation, is to give him the job of looking after the world.
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Number Eight should make hay while the sun shines, for there are many signs that he will go down-hill much earlier than is usual with other numbers. And, as he never does things by halves, he will go down-hill rapidly, once the journey of descent is commenced.
Of course, he finds it difficult to realise his downfall and misses the old-time favours that were showered upon him. Accordingly, he asks what the world is coming to, and he blames the younger generation for their modern ways and behaviour. At heart, he feels that it is these up-to-date youngsters who have pushed him out of the limelight.
Concerning the question of marriage, Number Eight is one of two characters. He may be the kind of husband who acts, in exactly the same way, at home as he does in the office. He is the “come here and go there” husband who wants to be waited on hand and foot. The home, in his estimation, should be run as a business and a balance sheet should be drawn up to show the profits and losses.
On the other hand, he may be the kind of man who leaves al his cares behind in the office and, once he crosses the threshold of his home, is all smiles and affability. The latter is the more likely.
CHAPTER XI
NUMBER NINE
NUMBER NINE is related to Neptune, and many of its characteristics are of a very acceptable nature.
The outstanding quality possessed by people who have nine as their natural number is love. We are not thinking of the quality in the senti-mental sense, such as when Cupid comes upon the scene; but rather in the sense of a desire to do good towards one’s fellow-men. “Number nine” people deny themselves to help others; they go about cheering the unhappy, healing the sick, feeding the hungry, and so on. Their great desire is to alleviate the trouble of others, and it is their love for others that prompts them to go forward.
As a second quality, “number nine” people are steadfast. If they make a friend, it is a friend for life; if they set out on a project, the effort is not relinquished until the project comes to fruition; if they give a promise, the promise will be kept, whatever the cost. Thus, they are people in whom trust may be implicitly reposed.
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A third quality is typified by their intelligence and learning. They are people who combine practical knowledge with theory. Of both, they usually have a large store; but of the two, theory probably appeals to them more than practice. Thus, they are often bookish and what is properly called “scholarly.” This enables them to pass examinations with flying colours.
Many, though not all, of the people who claim nine as their natural number are devoted to the mystic arts. Thus they live in the dream state of telepathy and premonition.
As a rule, they have a keen desire for travel. It is not that they chafe at being anchored to the same spot or that they long for a change of sur-roundings. It is because they feel that God has set them down in a beautiful world and it is their duty to see as much as they can of it. They look upon the world as a very wonderful place, ever revealing fresh surprises. They are keenly alive to its mysteries and hardships; but these they ascribe to the failings of mankind, rather than to the workings of fate.
There is no doubt that “number nine” people find a great deal of attraction in life, in spite of the fact that they are well aware of the trials it imposes on many people. Every day, to them, brings forth its fresh problems; all of which they encounter with the spirit of a sportsman.
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From all that has been said, it will be appreci-ated that the “number nine” person is not altogether a go-ahead, twentieth century indivi-dual. He is certainly not what the Americans call a “slick business person.” Nor is he quite at home amidst all the hurry and bustle of city life. Some people might say that he is old-fashionned; but that is hardly a fair estimate of him, if he is an average specimen of his type. We would prefer to say that he refuses to scamper through his work, since he considers that what is worth doing is worth doing well.
Of course, there are tendencies for the weaker type of the “number nine” people to slide into laziness. The characteristics of the number rather lean in that direction. When this happens, they are people who neglect themselves in the matter of appearance, dress, feeding and health. If they are forced to live a life of loneliness, especially when getting on in years, their self-neglect is all the more likely, and those who are attached to them should endeavour to keep them up to scratch.
The “number nine” man or woman makes a first-rate partner in marriage. He or she will set a high standard and endeavour by all means to live up to it. It is only when the other partner is of the flighty, superficial type that troubles may arise. Even then, it is more than likely that his or her influence will temper the other partner
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and, little by little, bring him or her to a more sensible frame of mind.
All the numbers of numerology have now been described and, before turning to the applications of the science, it cannot be pointed out too defin-itely that there is nothing in numerology which says that, because your number may possess unfortunate characteristics, you must inevitably go to the dogs. Nor does it assert that, if your number has good characteristics, you need make no further effort. Numerology points out the qualities and defects which enter into your com-plex nature and, with that, you are left to inter-pret them in your own personal way.
CHAPTER XII
DATE NUMBERS
ONE of the most valuable uses to which numer-ology can be put is to find by its aid the number assigned to any particular day. Then, when we have the number, it will be possible to learn a good deal about that day and, especially, how it will treat us, individually.
There is nothing very difficult about turning a date into its own number. There are four steps. First, you write down the number of the day of the month, and if it is a compound number, it must be reduced to a primary.
Second, you write down the number of the month and reduce, as before, wherever necessary.
For this purpose, the months are assigned their natural numbers, thus:
January 1 May 5 September 9
February 2 June 6 October 10
March 3 July 7 November 11
April 4 August 8 December 12
Third, you simply write down the number of the year and add up the individual figures.
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And, lastly, you add up the three answers.
This answer, when reduced to a primary number, gives the number of the day in which we happen to be interested.
To make all this clear, let us take one or two examples. Suppose you are tentatively
consider-ing December 24th as your wedding day, and
we will imagine that the year is 1959. Naturally, it will be very helpful to know the numerology number of this date. You proceed thus:
1st. The 24th day = 2 + 4 = 6.
2nd. The month is December and the table,
above, assigns the figure 12 to this month. As twelve is a compound number, it must be reduced to a primary number. So 1 + 2 = 3.
3rd. The year 1959 is added thus,
1 + 9 + 5 + 9 = 24. Again, we have a com-pound number which requires reducing. In this case it reduces to 6.
4th. We now total up the three answers just
obtained. They are 6 + 3 + 6 = 15. Reducing this to its primary form, we get 6. Therefore
6 is the date number of December 24th, 1959.
Now that we know that this day has for its Symbol the Number Six, how can the fact be used? First of all, we are supposing that you tentatively chose the day for your wedding. This is evidently a personal matter, so how does the number of the day accord with your personal name number? In Chapter II you were told how
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to find this number of yours and by referring to Chapter I you are able to discover whether the Number Six pairs with your number or whether it vibrates, attracts or disagrees with it.
If your personal number pairs or vibrates with the number of the day you have tentatively chosen for your wedding, then go ahead and fix it definitely. If it attracts, you will probably do the same. In either case, the issue should be propi-tious; but if it disagrees, you will be advised to choose some other day for so important a function. Naturally, it cannot be claimed that you have a personal interest in any and every day, such as we supposed in the previous case. Many days are merely passive as far as you are concerned. Then, it would be useless to find the numerology number of the day and compare it with your own personal number. The comparison must be made in some other way. To make this clear, we will suppose that an earthquake takes place on a certain day, or a devastating fire occurs. There is no personal relationship with the earthquake or fire and you. Yet, you may wish to check up the day and find out whether it was a happening in accordance with the laws of numerology. In such a case, the process of working will be as follows:
Suppose the earthquake takes place on July 15th, 1940. You, first, seek out the numerology
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1st. The 15th day = 1 + 5 = 6.
2nd. The month is July and the table of
months, already given, assigns the figure 7 to it. 3rd. The year 1940 is added, thus:
1 + 9 + 4 + 0 = 14. This compound number 14 resolves itself into the primary number 5. 4th. We now total up the three answers.
They are 6 + 7 + 5. This gives 18 or, in primary form, 9. Thus the numerology number of the date, July 15th, 1940, is 9.
Having discovered the number, the next step is to seek out its application. The following list gives the readings for the nine possible numbers. It should be consulted in all cases in which no personal interest is at issue:
One symbolises heat and light, wisdom and
love. It stands for progress and improvement.
Two symbolises procreation, fruition and the
relation of all opposite things. It stands for doubt, hesitation and a lull of progress.
Three symbolises intelligence, consciousness
and resolution. It stands for movement, change and business.
Four symbolises discernment, discretion and
intelligence. It stands for work, reason and logic.
Five symbolises judgment, sympathy,
benevo-lence and the fruits of action. It stands for good fortune, plenty and surprises.
Six symbolises peace, harmony,
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co-ordination, marriage relationship and a spirit of understanding.
Seven symbolises death, rest, wisdom and
evolution. It stands for doubts, misunderstand-ings and darkness.
Eight symbolises revolution, rupture,
separa-tion and expulsion. It stands for waywardness, loss and foolish actions.
Nine symbolises regeneration, the birth of a
new era, voyaging and extensions. It stands for powerful actions, unexpected happenings and reformations.
CHAPTER XIII
NUMEROLOGY AND MARRIAGES
IN the Great Pyramid of Gizeh, there are to be found some figures which will interest those of our readers who are intent on solving the riddle of their future marriage.
The figures are set out in a cryptic manner and several interpretations have been put upon them. But, if we place aside all the doubtful messages which they convey, we are still in possession of some very illuminating information.
Briefly, these tablets tell us how to discover whether two people are of suitable temperament to marry each other. Of course, it will be
admitted straight away that a man and a woman may both be very worthy and estimable, yet totally unsuited to each other. Conversely, the two may be very differently constituted, yet the qualities of the one may bring out the good points of the other and, though a casual observer might prophesy that a decided failure will result of the union, it ultimately proves to be a great success. Thus, failure or success does not depend upon the joining of like natures, nor yet of unlike
54 The Power of Numbers natures. It is based on something far more
subtle, and numerology is the only occult science which attempts to peer into the future, in a rational way.
The method suggested by the inscriptions at Gizeh is as follows: Suppose a lady wishes to find out whether a certain man would make her a suitable husband, she first finds out her own personal number and, then, compares it with the number belonging to the man. According to the answer, she will know if the union will be propitious or not.
To explain exactly how the figuring should be done, it will be helpful to take an example. The lady, we will suppose, was born on August 17th,
1916, and the man on October 10th, 1910.
Then:
Lady: (a) 17th day = 1 + 7 = 8
(b) August = 8.
(c) 1916 = 1 + 9 + 1 + 6 = 17 = 8.
(d) 8 + 8 + 8 = 24 = 6, personal number.
Man: (a) 10th day = 1 + 0 + 1.
(b) October = 10 = 1 + 0 = 1. (c) 1910 = 1 + 9 + 1 + 0 = 11 = 2. (d) 1 + 1 + 2 = 4, personal number. Now the question is “How will Number Six harmonise with Number Four?” The answer is supplied by the following table, which can be used for any two numbers that happen to be found by this process of working:
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1 vibrations to 9; attracts 4 and 8; disagrees with 6 and 7. It is passive to 2, 3 and 5. 2 vibrates to 8; attracts 7 and 9; and disagrees
with 5. It is passive to 1, 3, 4 and 6. 3 vibrates to 7; attracts 5, 6, and 9; and
dis-agrees with 4 and 8. It is passive to 1 and 2. 4 vibrates to 6; attracts 1 and 8; and disagrees
with 3 and 5. It is passive to 2, 7 and 9. 5 vibrations to another 5; attracts 3 and 9; and
disagrees with 2 and 4. It is passive to 1, 6 7 and 8.
6 vibrates to 4; attracts 3 and 9; and disagrees with 1 and 8. It is passive to 2, 5 and 7. 7 vibrates to 3; attracts 2 and 6; and disagrees
with 1 and 9. It is passive to 4, 5 and 8. 8 vibrates to 2; attracts 1 and 4; and disagrees
with 3 and 6. It is passive to 5, 7 and 9. 9 vibrates to 1; attracts 2, 3, and 6; and
dis-agrees with 7. It is passive to 4, 5 and 8. Explaining the above:
(a) A number that vibrates to another shows that there is considerable mutual attraction and the marriage will be very favourable.
(b) A number that attracts another shows that the two people are well suited to each other. (c) A number that disagrees with another
shows that the union will call for a great deal of diplomacy, if it is to be attended with any
measure of success.
(d) Where a number is passive, it merely
means that numerology offers no opinion, there being no outstanding influence for good or bad.
56 The Power of Numbers (e) Of course, if the two numbers are alike, it is a foregone conclusion that the union will be very favourable.
Returning now to the example cited earlier, in which the lady’s number was 6 and the man’s 4, it will be found that they have temperaments which will vibrate to each other. Consequently the prospects for the union are good.
CHAPTER XIV
THE COLOURS YOU SHOULD FAVOUR
FROM time immemorial people have known that, in some way, there was an attraction between themselves and certain colours: also that the exact opposite held equally good, and that other colours were positive harbingers of trouble. In order to find some rule for deciding on the colour that spelt success to any particular indi-vidual, people came to the conclusion that there must be some connection between a person’s birth-date and the colour which brought him or her luck. And, from that assumption, they arrived in some mysterious way, which we do not presume to understand, at a lucky colour for every individual.
Since the revival of numerology, it has been proved, over and over again, that each person has what might be called a lucky colour, and that it is revealed not by the use of birth-dates but by an application of the science of numerology. Numerology says that your name can be
reduced to a number: it also shows that every colour can be reduced to a number. In Chapter II
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we explained how the reduction is effected in the case of your name: the same process exactly is followed for arriving at the number of any colour. So, it all amounts to this: if you want to
know which colours affect you beneficially and which adversely, you first find your own personal number, and then you note the numbers attached to certain colours of your choice. When a
colour has the same number as your name, you can rest assured that it may be used beneficially by you. It is a colour that will help you: you should elect it whenever possible for your dress: you should choose it in your decorative schemes: you should wear it as your mascot.
At the other end of the scale there are colours that positively hinder your progress and, of course, they should be avoided. Such colours are found by referring to Chapter I. There you will find a list of numbers that disagree with other numbers. Thus, when a colour has a
number disagreeing with your personal number, you will know at once that it is not a colour for you. It should be straightway shunned.
Coming between the two extremes there are colours that vibrate with and others that attract your own number. They will be more beneficial than otherwise to you. You will accept them for your uses, but not to the same extent as you do the colours which pair with your personal number.
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As it entails a certain amount of figuring to find out the chief colour numbers, we will give them here. It will then be a simple matter to find out those which pair, vibrate, attract or disagree with your own number.
(In each case the figure at the apex of the inverted pyramid is the one that is required.)
Y E L L O W G O L D P U R P L E 7 5 3 3 6 5 7 6 3 4 7 3 9 7 3 5 3 8 6 9 2 4 9 7 1 3 7 1 8 2 5 6 2 4 7 4 1 8 9 7 2 8 2 5 9 8 9 1 5 8 1 S C A R L E T 4 1 3 1 9 3 5 2 4 4 1 3 8 7 G R E Y 8 5 4 2 6 7 9 5 7 4 9 6 8 H E L I O T R O P E 7 5 3 4 6 5 8 5 3 9 6 2 9 6 7 5 3 8 1 2 4 8 3 6 8 2 6 4 3 2 3 3 2 9 5 1 8 1 7 A Z U R E 5 2 5 6 9 9 8 1 8 3 9 5 O L I V E 7 7 2 6 9 8 9 2 3 5 6 3 9 4 5 5 9 8 6 8 2 5 8 9 3 4 9 5 8 5 5 7 4 3 7 4 4 4 1 2 1 2 8 5 3 4 M A U V E C R I M S O N 4 1 3 4 5 3 9 9 4 1 6 5 5 4 7 9 3 9 4 5 7 2 9 2 7 3 4 9 3 9 R E D 2 9 7 4 3 3 9 5 4 1 2 7 6 5 9 9 4 5 4
60 The Power of Numbers W H I T E O R A N G E G R E E N 5 8 9 2 5 6 9 1 5 7 5 7 9 5 5 5 4 8 2 7 6 1 6 3 3 7 5 1 1 3 1 9 7 7 9 6 3 6 2 4 1 5 7 6 9 8 5 3 4 8 7 E M E R A L D 5 4 5 9 1 3 4 I N D I G O R O S E 9 9 5 1 4 7 9 5 4 9 7 6 9 6 1 5 9 5 6 5 2 5 9 4 7 4 6 7 6 5 2 2 7 5 4 2 2 4 4 7 4 9 9 6 4 8 2 4 6 1 6 7 B R O W N 2 9 6 5 5 S I L V E R 2 6 2 1 1 9 3 4 5 9 B L U E 8 8 3 1 3 7 9 5 2 3 3 5 7 2 4 1 7 5 5 6 8 9 5 8 3 2 5 4 2 7 6 P I N K B L A C K 7 9 5 2 2 3 1 3 2 7 5 7 5 4 4 5 3 3 9 8 9 6 8 8 7
From the information now given, it is possible to set out the good and bad colours for every individual.
(a) When your Personal Number is 1. Best colour – yellow. Worst colours – pink, silver, emerald, indigo, blue, orange and black.
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Medium colours – brown, heliotrope, crimson, purple, rose and green.
(b) When your Personal Number is 2. Best colours – grey, gold, azure and mauve. Worst colours – white and red. Medium colours – green, rose, indigo, blue, orange, brown and black.
(c) When your Personal Number is 3.
Best colours – scarlet and olive. Worst colours – heliotrope, crimson, purple, green and rose. Medium colours – indigo, blue, orange, black, white, red, pink, emerald, silver and brown. (d) When your Personal Number is 4.
Best colours – heliotrope, crimson and purple. Worst colours – scarlet, olive, white and red. Medium colours – emerald, pink, silver, yellow, green and rose.
(e) When your Personal Number is 5.
Best colours – white and red. Worst colours – grey, gold, azure, mauve, heliotrope, crimson and purple. Medium colours – scarlet, olive and brown.
(f) When your Personal Number is 6.
Best colours – pink, emerald and silver. Worst colours – yellow, green and rose. Medium colours – heliotrope, crimson, purple, scarlet, olive and brown.
(g) When your Personal Number is 7.
Best colours – indigo, blue, orange and black. Worst colours – yellow and brown. Medium
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colours – scarlet, olive, grey, gold, azure, mauve, pink, silver and emerald.
(h) When your Personal Numbers is 8. Best colours – green and rose. Worst colours – scarlet, olive, pink, emerald and silver. Medium colours – grey, gold, azure, mauve, yellow, heliotrope, crimson and purple. (i) When your Personal Number is 9.
Best colour – brown. Worst colours – indigo, blue, orange and black. Medium colours – yellow, grey, gold, azure, mauve, scarlet, olive, pink, emerald and silver.
(NOTE. – When red is given one value and scarlet or crimson another, it is implied that all shades of red except scarlet or crimson have the force suggested. Similarly in the case of blue and green and their shades.)
CHAPTER XV
NUMEROLOGY IN EVERYDAY LIFE
ONCE you have discovered your number by the means already described, the ways of using it are endless.
We will suppose that you are comfortably
seated in your office and, suddenly, a matter crops up which requires your decision. It happens that you have to choose between two things. Of course, if one is better than the other, you will use your judgment and select the better. Natur-ally, numerology will not expect you to reject the better for the worse. But, in this particular case, the two seem equally acceptable and there is nothing to choose between them. This is evidently a case for numerology.
The two things cannot be exactly alike: they must differ in some way. Perhaps they are offered to you by two different firms. Then here is a solution to your difficulties. Scribble, on a slip of paper, the names of the two firms and transpose the letters into figures. Perhaps you have not memorised the numbered alphabet and cannot put your hand on this book. That need
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not trouble you long. Write down the alphabet and then number off the letters, starting with
one for A and going as far as 9, then beginning
with one again; but remember that PH is the same as F.
When you have done that it will be easy to see which of the two firms have a name number that accords most with your own. And when you have found that out, decide in favour of the firm in question.
If you have not the name of a firm or person to compare with your own, take the name of the article and use that. Of course, you are now departing from the path of safety and you may alight on some factor for your purpose that will not give you a correct clue to suitable numbers. That is when numerology is blamed for faults which it has not committed.
Take another case. You have to call upon a firm and you hope to pull off a good piece of business while there. You are booked to reach the firm by 2.30. Thoughts of numerology flash across your mind and, on the back of an old envelope, you scribble the now familiar inverted pyramid but with these figures:
2 3 0
5 3
8
“Ah!” you say, “that’s no good, as my num-ber is two and not eight.” Well, if your numnum-ber
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is two, why not reach there at 2.25, and all will be well, as the following pyramid shows
2 2 5
4 7
2
Mind you, we are not suggesting if you were going to Edinburgh, and a train at 2.30 suited your convenience, but did not give your number, and that an inconvenient train at midnight gave your number, that you should lose the first and catch the later one. Numerology, when used in this way, is more a nuisance than a help; and its real mission is to help.
Do no think that numerology is something to use now and again. It can be applied to the drawing-up of a dinner menu, a dance pro-gramme, to mapping out a summer holiday or buying a new frock. Its uses are unlimited.
CHAPTER XVI
THE PAST, THE PRESENT AND THE
FUTURE
NUMEROLOGY claims that during the whole of our lives we are influenced by numbers. A number denotes the year of our birth: another will herald the year of our death, and still others mark or will mark the years in which events of special importance occur to us. All these numbers, the science contends, are not mere figures that happen by chance. In some special and rather mysterious way, they are related. Not long ago we applied one of the most
useful numerology tests to a lady who happened to call on us. For reasons which will be appreci-ated later, we purposely did not explain to her what we proposed to do. The experiment con-sisted in asking certain questions which she was required to answer.
Here are our questions and her answers: (1) When were you born? In the year 1900. (2) What happened to you in 1910? I had a very serious illness, but what makes you ask?
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(3) What happened to you in 1921? Why, that was the year I was married.
(4) What happened to you in 1929? Nothing that I can remember of any importance. (5) What happened to you in 1934? I went for a tour round the world.
These were our questions and now let us explain why each one of them was asked. First of all, the lady said she was born in the year 1900. The figures of that year add up to 10. Add 10 to 1900 and we get 1910. Hence the date of the second question.
Next, the figures of 1910 add up to 11. Add 11 to 1910 and we get 1921. This date accounts for the second question.
Again, the figures of 1921 add up to 13. Add 13 to 1921 and we get 1934. This accounts for the fifth and last question.
But what about the fourth question? you will immediately ask. It will be recognised that the date asked in that question did not belong to the progression years. It was a year chosen at
random to see if the lady was giving events for any and every year that might be asked. Her answer shows that she did not look upon the year with any significance, as far as she was con-cerned; nor was it.
This little experiment with what are known as the progressive years of your life will point
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out the years that have passed and those that are to come which will be or have been out-standing years. Just apply the experiment to your own life and the lives of some of your friends; then see if the test does not answer satisfactorily. Continue beyond the present year and you will be told the years to come with special significance.
It will be noticed that, for this progressive
sequence, the annular figures are not reduced to a primary number.
To save you the bother of working out quite a few progression years of significance, we append several lists in which you may find some of the dates required. In each case, no more than five or six years are given. The first is the birth year. The others are the years to think about and watch: (a) 1900 1910 1921 1934 1951 1967 (b) 1901 1912 1925 1942 1958 1981 (c) 1902 1914 1929 1950 1965 (d) 1903 1916 1933 1949 1972 (e) 1904 1918 1937 1957 1979 (f) 1905 1920 1932 1947 1968 (g) 1906 1922 1936 1955 1975 (h) 1907 1924 1940 1954 1973 (i) 1908 1926 1944 1962 1980 (j) 1909 1928 1948 1970 1987 (k) 1910 1921 1934 1951 1967 (l) 1911 1923 1938 1959 1983
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For any earlier or subsequent year of birth, add up the figures forming it. Then, add the answer to the birth year. You now have a fresh year. Add up the figures it contains and add the answer to the fresh year. You have now, yet another year. Go on in this way until you have gone beyond the period in which the
CHAPTER XVII
YOUR WILL TO OVERCOME
DIFFICULTIES
WE have hinted in several places that when difficulties and troubles arise, it depends on our individual qualities how we will face them and overcome them. The astrologers of old had a way of determining the measure of our strength in these matters. The method is fairly simple and well worth applying to our own particular cases.
The system is based on a mystic square con-taining certain numbers. Here it is:
3 1 9
6 7 5
2 8 4
The above numbers are represented by the following heavenly bodies:
1. Sun 4. Sun 7. Moon
2. Moon 5. Mercury 8. Saturn
3. Jupiter 6. Venus 9. Mars
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Now, to make use of this mystic square, we commence by drawing the square, but leaving out the figures. Then, we take the day on which we were born and reduce it to figures. Thus, supposing our day of birth was the 12th
Septem-ber, 1901, it is written 12-9-01. It will be seen that the thousand and hundred figures of the year are omitted, as they are redundant for the purposes of the square.
Next, we write these figures in the square, in their appropriate places. In the case we have suggested, the square will now take this form:
11 9
2
Of course, in every case some of the squares will have to remain unfilled. Another point to note is that when the birth date happens to be formed by the repetition of one or more figures, the figures are duplicated in the appropriate square. Thus, in the example we have selected, the figure one occurs twice. Therefore, both of them are set down in the middle upper square, and they must not be read as eleven, but as two ones. Now, whenever two adjacent squares are
