Soul Urge number
8
Numbers describe tendencies in a symbolic tradition. They cannot decide health, money, law, marriage or children.
About this number
Mara Gale is a short example: the two As of Mara make 2, the A and E of Gale make 6, and 2 plus 6 makes 8. No vowel has this value by itself, so an 8 here always comes from addition.
The old sources link 8 with business and the material world, so a hidden wish built on it needs some care. Cheasley in 1916 adds dissatisfaction with limited material conditions and research into spiritual things, which suggests an inner life less simple than the label.
For modern popular numerology, a Soul Urge of 8 is a private wish for standing, control and recognized results. Walton in 1914 writes of accomplishment and attainment, and Sepharial's 1911 list offers protection and justice, a reading seldom repeated today. Taylor in 1926 sets a condition of wise and unselfish use on this digit's letters H, Q and Z, all consonants, so that note speaks to the whole name more than the vowels.
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.
- Clifford W. Cheasley, What's in Your Name? (1916)
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- Dr. Roy Page Walton, Names, Dates, and Numbers: What They Mean to You (1914)
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- Sepharial, The Kabala of Numbers: A Handbook of Interpretation (1911)
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- Ariel Yvon Taylor, Numerology Made Plain: The Science of Names and Numbers and the Law of Vibration (1926)
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