Happy
New Year
But then, it’s
just a number, Right?
I think
about it, and realize something. From now until the next new year, everything
that happens will be recounted as “In the year of our lord two
thousand and eighteen such
and such took place.”
I never felt
close to numbers. Unlike words, they are not my friends. But I know people who
adore them, and some even love numerology.*
*Numerology: the branch of knowledge
that deals with the occult significance of numbers.
One of the people I know who swears by numerology believes there’s significant information in
something numerologists call the master
number. You get this number by adding all the
numbers of one’s birthday, or the date of an event, until they are reduced to a
single digit. Then, each of those single digits imbues significance to one’s
life path, or in this case, the coming year’s essential path. It is its “master
number.”
In this case, it would be 2+0+1+8 = 11
And then 11 is further reduced 1+1= 2
And so this new year’s essential path is the number two.
{If this sounds like
mumbo-jumbo hocus-pocus to you, I agree.]
But what’s the harm? It’s kind of fun. It gives a strange
illusion of some control over the future, in the way that knowing where the
stock market is headed gives a sense that you can navigate it.
(Disclaimer: even the
experts do NOT know where the stock market is headed. Apparently, chimps have
made predictions that were just as good or bad, and this was the conclusion of a scientific
study.)
So what does numerology have to say about the life-path
of the number 2?
Quite a lot, it turns out.
Here’s one summary—
As the second of
all numbers, 2's symbolism is the union of and peace between different
entities. It seeks to end separateness and unite all for the greater good
whether it be music, food or humanity.
That’s
kind of nice. But it’s still just a number.
Let’s
try to make it thus.
