Numerology

December 31, 2023

Inside the Nation & World section of today’s newspaper was a USA Today article on the significance of the date of this New Year’s Eve.  This number pattern suggests the coming year will be filled with blessings.  Repeating number sequences are often used to indicate a time for deeper spiritual exploration.  These numerical sequences can range anywhere from 000 to 999, and each number is associated with a distinct meaning and energy.  A closer look at the written date (12/31/23, or 123123) indicates this is also an angel number.  Angel numbers are sequential numbers, like 111 or 222, and are thought to be messages from guardian angels or spirit guides.  Some consider the numbers to be signs from angels that you are on the right path, or that you are not alone on your journey.  This once-in-a-century date, which won’t be seen again on our calendars until December 31, 2123, and is said to mark a new beginning.  According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac website it asks us to, “transform and evolve with the times and in the right place to embrace what is coming to us”.  The use of numbers to guide the future is part of the study of numerology.

When I checked online, I found Numerology (known prior to the 20th century as arithmancy) is the belief in an occult, divine, or mystical relationship between a number and one or more coinciding events.  The term arithmancy is derived from the two Greek words arithmos (number) and manteia (divination), and together means the study of divination through numbers.  While “arithmancy” dates to the 1570’s, “numerology” is not recorded in English before around 1907.  Numerology also refers to the

the numerical value of the letters in words and names when applying them to an alphanumeric system. When numerology is applied to a person’s name (onomancy) it is used for fortune telling.  The term numerologist can be used for those who place faith in numerical patterns and draw inferences from them, even if those people do not practice traditional numerology.

Numerology and astrology are often associated with the paranormal and are like other divinatory arts.  Both practices function on the plane of the personal and the collective.  In numerology, people have personal life path numbers that are derived by reducing a person’s birth date and birth year.  The coming year of 2024 will be an “eight year”, since the digits add up to the number eight.  Eight is a powerful number within numerology and is associated with building, doing, and creating.  That suggests whatever you start on the last day of 2023 will continue to grow heading into 2024.  The date has also sparked an online trend, with TikTok users creating videos on the significance of the number and selling merchandise commemorating the date on online platforms.  Apparently, some are finding growth and wealth as they build into the new year while others just spend money.  

Thoughts:  While many do not practice or believe in numerology, today’s date has sparked the marriage industry in the US.  Pastors perform marriage ceremonies today in churches across the land.  Las Vegas’s already flourishing wedding industry has been forced to set up a temporary license office to handle the requests.  The idea comes from what you build (marriage) will continue to thrive in the years ahead.  I had to laugh when I found one ad saying if you book your wedding package in Vegas you could cancel 24 hours prior and still receive a full refund.  It seems marriage may take more than good luck to last.  Act for all.  Change is coming and it starts with you.