Birthday number
26
Reduced form: 8
Numbers describe tendencies in a symbolic tradition. They cannot decide health, money, law, marriage or children.
About this number
Clement's worked example of a sample man, John Jones born on July 26, shows the plain sum: 2 plus 6 is 8. His first name totals 2, and the book counts that as harmony because 2 and 8 belong to the same triad of 2, 4 and 8. The key of C minor assigned to the 26th is confirmed by a sentence in the running text.
Westcott notes that 26 is the Hebrew value of the divine name, 10 plus 5 plus 6 plus 5. He also observes that English happens to use 26 letters, then prints their relative frequency, which is about as far from mysticism as his book goes. Sepharial's list for name totals has benevolence and charity.
Where this text comes from
Statements credited to an older writer follow the scanned text named here and are paraphrased unless quoted. The modern readings are labeled as modern and come from none of these works.
- Luo Clement, The Ancient Science of Numbers: The Practical Application of Its Principles in the Attainment of Health, Success, and Happiness (1908)
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- W. Wynn Westcott, Numbers: Their Occult Power and Mystic Virtues (3rd ed., 1911; first published 1890)
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- Sepharial, The Kabala of Numbers: A Handbook of Interpretation (1911)
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