Do Astrology And Numerology Have A Power Of Their Own?
Upon publication of one of my articles involving numerology and astrology, someone sent me such an interesting enquiry that I have decided to include it here, in the hope that you may also gain something from it. It is written in the form of a dialogue between my correspondent, J, and me, A.
J: Hmmm, for quite some time a lot of people here have been saying that we are entering a period of great energy and joy, and I tend to agree with them.
A: I would say that numerology confirms this – see my explanation about 2+8=10 = ruled by the Sun – that’s joy, vitality, energy – you name it and it will be there abundantly; it’s up to each one of us to tap into these energies. The Sun being the Source of all life and therefore the most generous of givers, they are certainly meant to be for all life.
J: Besides, I am a believer in thought creating reality: if you think positive thoughts, then positive things will happen. I don’t believe in a fate dictated by numbers.
A: I share that belief and I do not believe that fate is dictated by numbers. To me, the numbers are a reflection of the energies that are made available to us and our world; no more – they do not dictate anything to anyone.
J: Numbers are a man made innovation, so how can they reflect the future? How did it work before numbers were invented? Was the Universe waiting for man to think up some numbers before revealing the future to him?
A: I couldn’t agree more, but who do you think gives humankind all these wonderful ideas? Do you seriously believe that without a Higher Authority in charge of us we would ever have any of them? I would not wish to use either astrology or numerology for fortune telling, i.e. forecasting the future. Who would I be to attempt that? The way I understand this life is that it was not humankind who suddenly dreamt up numbers – any of them. It happened the other way round; the idea of numbering things was given to us by the Universal Intelligence, to help us organise and get some order into the chaos that our world would otherwise be.
J: We are in the year 2008 only because we choose to call it that. There are other numbers to denote this year in the Jewish and Islamic systems, I think. I don’t know what year we’re in according to those systems, but the chances are that the numbers involved there might point to this year being wonderful. How do you square that with your own assessment, Aquarius?
A: There’s an interesting point; I wonder whether anyone could find those numbers out for us, so that one could compare them with each other. I believe that everything is predestined and that nothing is left to chance. That is why it would not surprise me one bit if all the figures in the end came to the same conclusion, merely getting there in a different way.
Besides, it is everybody’s right – nay, duty – to think positively of whatever comes our way. By thinking positively, we draw positive things into our lives; we help them to happen. Apart from everything else I believe that no matter what life presents us with, something good is always hidden behind every experience, if one just opens one’s eyes to perceive it.
J: Um, basically I’m saying I am very sceptical about numerology, lol! In my view you can make numbers mean whatever you want them to, as with statistics.
A: That’s your privilege, J. However, numerologically numbers present energies and with the help of numerology you most certainly cannot make numbers whatever you want them to be, although that indeed is possible with statistics. But then, that’s another story entirely!
At that stage, someone very kindly was trying to come to our help and shed some more light onto this question.
S: I know I may be completely off the mark here, but maybe I can provide an answer to the theory of the previous questioner. It is my understanding that we are affected by multiple types of energies while on this earthly plane. We are also, due to nurture, very much a product of the culture we are raised in, thus we’re affected by religion, race, socio-economic levels, interests we’re exposed to and so forth.
A: To my mind, there is no better way of explaining to us these multiple types of energies than with the help of astrology and numerology. Although the two are sister subjects, they show up different energies by which we are all influenced. In spite of that, they never contradict each other; if anything they complement each other.
S: So, is it possible that those of us who follow and believe it to be the year 2008 in the Gregorian calendar are influenced by the energies of that calendar? Meanwhile those who are devout Jews, let’s say, who simultaneously know the year by the Jewish calendar, are influenced – or maybe further influenced – by the energies revealed by its numbers? Or even, if someone decided that they wished to follow the date on the Mayan calendar, would that person then be influenced by the energies connecting with those numbers?
A: That’s an interesting theory, but it doesn’t really hold water, I feel. Underlying all these different ways of keeping track of time is the Universal intelligence and its energies, to which all life is subject and kept ‘on track’, if I may call it that. The various ways of interpreting these energies, like astrology, numerology, the Kabala, Chinese astrology and the different manners of keeping track of time by our present calendar system or the Gregorian, Jewish, Mayan or any other one, are mere interpretations, no more. In themselves none of them can influence the course of the Universe in any way; that is God’s task. We down here on the Earth, no matter how advanced our explanations and beliefs may be, cannot influence in any way, manner, shape or form the flow of the Universe and its energies.
That’s why I said it would be interesting to study all these different ways of counting time to see how they compare and whether any of them would come to the same conclusions as my article. A short while after publishing this an interesting item of information turned up perchance – nothing is chance, as you and I know. Someone drew my attention to the fact that the Chinese year of the rat has started. And guess what that means? New beginnings of many kinds for all! The same conclusion as I had come to in my article.
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The above is a chapter from ‘The Astro Files – Technical Aspects’.
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