Introduction
The Basis of Numerology
Like astrology, numerology is based on the rhythms of one’s birth date, but includes in addition a study of one’s name. Each letter of the alphabet has a matching number (from 1 to 9). Here is a table showing the number value of each letter.
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
H |
I |
J |
K |
L |
M |
N |
O |
P |
Q |
R |
S |
T |
U |
V |
W |
X |
Y |
Z |
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According to Pythagoras, there are nine basic experiences common to humanity as represented by the numbers 1 through 9. A mastery of these nine principles encompasses the totality of what it means to be a person.
Master Numbers
Yet throughout history there have been certain people, such as Jesus Christ and Buddha, who seem to have been more than human and have offered to humankind a vision of the future beyond what is commonly thought to be within human capacity. Thus, in numerology, two numbers have become associated with revelation and the implementation of revelation for the benefit and progress of all humanity. These numbers are 11 and 22, and they are called Master Numbers.
Jesus adds up to 11 and Buddha to 22. These two men were truly Masters, teachers at whose feet many sat awaiting instruction. When we encounter the numbers 11 and 22 in numerology, we may reduce them for the purpose of addition. But for interpretation, we always keep in mind that 11 is not simply 2, but has the higher potential of 11. If a name or birth date adds up to 11 or 22, we write it 11/2 or 22/4.
Soul Urge
To find out how a person views life, we look at the number of his or her soul urge, which is found by adding up just the vowels of the name. The soul urge tells us the motives that lie behind one’s acts. In your soul urge is revealed your heart’s desire, your attitudes toward things and people, and what you consciously want out of life.
The Quiet Self
The sum of the consonants in a name is called the quiescent or quiet self. It tells of one’s daydreams, one’s fantasies, and what one is like when alone. It is you in a state of rest, devoid of ambition and aspiration. As soon as another person enters the room, you are no longer your quiescent self.
The Expression
The full name, including both vowels and consonants, is called the expression. It is the you that the world sees and judges. Its number tells how you characteristically express yourself. As the sum of all the letters in a name, the expression shows natural abilities and indicates the kinds of things you can do most easily.
Some things to remember
1.In addition to the vowels A E I 0 and U, Y is a vowel when there is no other vowel in the syllable, as in Mary. Y is also a vowel when preceded by another vowel and pronounced as one sound as in AY, OY, and EY.
Most people don’t know that in English, the letter W is sometimes also considered a vowel, as in AW, EW, OW. Both Y and W are always vowels when they end a word. Y is a consonant in Yonkers, as is W in William.
2. Always use the full name at birth (including your middle name) when analyzing a name. Do not include titles such as Jr., Esq., Mr., or the 2nd. Abbreviated names, such as Tom Smith for Thomas John Smith show what qualities you are accenting at present. Nicknames show how your friends think of you. The real you, though, is found in your original name.
3. The simplest way to chart a name is to write the full name on a piece of paper, leaving space above the name for the number values of the vowels and below the name for the number values of the consonants.
4. After you have written in the number values of the vowels and consonants, add the vowels of each name separately and reduce to a final digit. Then, add these digits together and reduce the sum to a single digit. The result is your soul urge.
5. To find the quiescent (or quiet) self, add the consonants of each name separately and reduce these totals to single digits. Then, add these digits together and reduce the sum to a single digit. The result is your quiescent self.
6. On a separate line below the name, write down all the digits of the first name, including both vowels and consonants. Then add and reduce to a single digit. Do the same with the middle name and the last name. When you have found the numbers of the individual names, add them together and reduce to a single digit. The result is your expression.
Do not take the shortcut of adding the numbers of the quiet self and the soul urge to find the expression, as you may come up with an 11 or 22 that doesn’t belong there.
Example: Jack Lemmon
Jack in a scene from the trailer of The Days of Wine and Roses, 1962
Here’s how a numerologist would chart the name of beloved actor
Jack (Uhler) Lemmon.
6 + 8 + 11/2 = 16/7 soul urge
| 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||
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| J | O | H | N | U | H | L | E | R | L | E | M | M | O | N | ||
| 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | |||||||
| 14/5 + 20/2 + 16/7 = 14/5 quiet self | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | ||
| 20/2 + 28/1 + 27/9 = 12/3 expression | ||||||||||||||||
With 5 as a quiet self, when Jack Lemmon was by himself, he dreamed of travel, adventure, sex, and the freedom to enjoy life to the fullest.
With 7 as a soul urge, Jack was a private person who did not wear his heart on his sleeve. It was his 7 soul urge that enabled him to play such serious dramatic roles as Lee Remick’s alcoholic husband in The Days of Wine and Roses; the conscience stricken nuclear power plant executive in The China Syndrome; and the disillusioned middle age executive in Save the Tiger.
Jack with a drink in his hand from the trailer of The Days of Wine and Roses,1962
With 3 as an expression, Jack was a natural born comedian, with a gift for self-expression – talents that were much in evidence in such films as Some Like It Hot, in which he played a cross-dressing musician who dances a sidesplitting tango with millionaire suitor Joe E. Brown;
Jack Lemmon (blonde wig) and Tony Curtis in drag in still from the trailer of Some Like It Hot , 1959
and the Odd Couple, in which he co-starred with Walter Matthau as the slightly neurotic anal-retentive but lovable Felix Unger.
To find out what path Jack Lemmon had to travel in life, we need to look at the numbers of his birth date. It is not enough to know what the name reveals about a person. What a person wants to do and what a person can do means little if life does not provide the right opportunities. The name signifies character, the birth date – destiny and character in themaking.
Jack Lemmon was born on February 8, 1925. To find his life path number, we reduce the digits of the month, day, and year to single digits. Then, we add these digits and reduce again. Here’s how a numerologist would set up Jack Lemmon’s birth date.
2 + 8 + 8 (2 / 8 /1925) = 18/9 life path
The life path number tells us of our chief opportunity to find meaning and purpose in life. Its number indicates our goal in life and the type of achievement we may expect to accomplish. By learning all we can about the principles that lie behind our life path number, we will better fulfill our destiny.
The life path describes the type of people who will help us along the way, as well as what we must learn from experience to lead a fulfilled life. It represents what we must do with our life With a 9 life path, Jack Lemmon’s destiny was to find meaning and purpose in life through experiences that would help him realize the common humanity we all share. This Jack did in his film career, perhaps, like no other. As critic Judith Crist once noted: “As Chaplin’s clown in his time embodied the commonality of the common man, so Lemmon’s everyman has provided the empathetic symbol for mid-twentieth century man.” Whether through humor (his 3 expression) or pathos (his 7 soul urge), he excelled at illuminating the struggles of average men (his 9 life path) against a callous world.
Also important for Jack was his birthday number of 8, the number of material success. Jack was raised by his parents to go into business (to which the number 8 typically relates). However, Jack chose instead an artistic career. Ironically, but quite in keeping with his birthday number of 8, Jack was often called upon to play Photo taken by Alan Light at the 40th Emmy Awards, August 1988
businessmen in his film career, mostnotably as an uptight millionaire in director Billy Wilder’s Avanti and as a fading high-strung real estate salesman in playwright David Mamet’s Glengarry Ross. The question remains, though, how was Jack, without actual experience in the business world, able to successfully give us truly believable portraits of businessmen at play, at work, in sadness, and in joy? That of course, is what good acting is all about!
Themocracy
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