Numerology Cheat Sheet — Calculations
Posted by Cobalt Witch on Apr 13, 2009
Numerology can be a lot of fun, and it’s easier than it looks. The one operation is reducing: turning a number with lots of digits (like the year) into 1-9, 11, or 22. It works on dates, names, or words. Here’s how:
Date Numerology:
Universal Year: Reduce the current year to a single digit. (2 + 0 + 0 + 9 = 11)
Personal Year: Reduce your month/day of birth; add to Universal Year. (2/19 = 12 = 3; 3 + 11 = 5)
Personal Month: Personal Year + Universal Month (5 + 4 = 9)
Personal Day: Personal Month + Universal Day (9 + 13 = 22 OR 9 + 4 = 13 = 4)
So in a Universal Date of 4 - 4 - 11 (Day - Month - Year), for a person with this birthdate they’d have a personal date of 22 - 9 - 5. A Visionary type day in a month of integrity and wisdom (and endings) in a year of change and freedom. (See Numerology Cheat Sheet — Numbers)
Destiny Number: Birthdate reduced. (2/19/1962 = 2 + 1 + 9 = 12 = 3)
Life Cycles: first (formative) = birth month, 2nd (productivity) = birth day, 3rd (harvest) = birth year
Name/Word Numerology:
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9
A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-I
J-K-L-M-N-O-P-Q-R
S-T-U-V-W-X-Y-Z
(This table is an easy way to remember the numbers attached to letters. M, for example, is letter #13; this reduces to 4. So it simply gives you the already reduced values for each letter.)
Write out your full name (usually the name given you at birth, or the name that everyone uses for you now); write the numbers for the vowels above the letters, and the consonant numbers below them. It makes it easier to add up each type if they’re separated.
6 1 1 1 5 9 6 Ideality = 29 = 11 Thomas Alva Edison Expression = 11 + 5 = 16 = 7 28 4 1 34 4 1 5 Impression = 32 = 5
Ideality (inner self): Reduce the vowels to get this number.
Impression (outer appearance): Reduce the consonants.
Expression (total self): Ideality + Impression
Cornerstone: First letter of first name (in this case, T = 2)
Key: total and reduce all the letters of your first name (Thomas = 22)
Key Letter: First letter of last name (A =1)
This works for any word you want to investigate. For example, WORK (5 + 6 + 9 + 2 = 22) is a higher vibration of 4, the number of stability and process (of work itself, actually!). LOVE (3 + 6 + 4 + 5 = 9) is the vibation of integrity and wisdom; PLAY (7 + 3 + 1 + 7 = 9) is of the same vibration. Makes a sort of sense, doesn’t it? 
The easiest way to learn Numerology is to play with it. Play with dates; see if the numerology for the date fits what happened then, or what is scheduled to happen. Play with your friends’ names; see if the profiles fit the people. Play with words; see if the theory holds. And above all else, have fun! And if you have any observations, questions, or anything else to say, please put it in the Comments!
What I Am? I Can Tell You What I’m NOT . . .
Posted by Cobalt Witch on Apr 1, 2009
Sometimes it really sucks to be weird. One of those times is when someone asks you about your religion. I say, “I’m a Witch,” and then I have to correct the person I’m speaking with because they’re making assumptions that don’t fit with my version of things. Same thing happens in a different direction if I say, “I’m into the Norse Gods, particularly Freya.” Now this doesn’t happen often; I can talk a good game with a devotee of almost every major religion in America, and often shock the heck out of people by knowing their holy book better than they do and then telling them I’m not of their religion. But if I’m trying to describe my spiritual practise to you, then you need to know where I’m coming from, and sometimes the best description is to first describe what it’s NOT. So here go the two major categories:
I am NOT a Wiccan. When I read The Spiral Dance in 1985, I came away with the impression that “Wiccan” was an older word for witch that might be more acceptable to the public. I continued practising, joined a coven, moved away; during that time, as a poor college student, I was too broke for new books. When I could afford them, about three years later, I was astonished; Wicca now had dogma, and specific views, and prescriptions for how you should be doing things. Eww. This was not the religion I had signed up for, which specifically provided for believing as you would and doing things your own way. I’ve been a Witch ever since.
I am NOT Asatru. When I started pondering which path to follow, I had a pretty clear idea that the direction for me to head was Northwards. I’d been an Anglo-Saxon in the SCA since my second event, where someone at the bardic circle toasted to Harold, “the last True King of England;” in researching what he meant, I ran into Anglo-Saxon English history, which led to how they lived, which led to the Norse Gods. I was drawn to them in a way I had never been by any other pantheon or mythology; though the resources were scarce, I read what I could find. On a BBS system in the early 90s I ran into the word “Asatru” for the first time, and wrote to the address provided for more information. A monthish later I received a newsletter with my letter printed in it, along with a few others, and a rant about how witches couldn’t “really” worship the Norse Gods. Gee, thanks. Since then I’ve gotten more educated; I’ve read the good stuff and the bad, and recognized the bad for what it was. But I’m too ‘fluffy bunny’ for Asatru; I don’t do sacrifices, and I still want to work with magic. I’d never fit in.
And that’s OK. I don’t ever expect to find a group that fits completely with my mix of witchcraft, Freya, divination, Zen and Tao, Discordianism, and general weirdness. When stymied by the FaceBook religion question, I put “Eclectic Taoist Heathen Hedge-Witch.” As I start practising regularly again, and try to study seidh and spae and whatever else beckons to me, that will probably change, as it has in the past. I still wear the Learner’s Cord I was given in a Training Circle. I’ve always said that if I ever stop learning I’ll be dead. New stuff is fun! And so is the spiral curve of learning new things about familiar topics. So defining what I’m not is not meant to be negative; it’s simply presented as fact, so you can get to know me.
Daily Data — 20 February 2009
Posted by Cobalt Witch on Feb 20, 2009
Today is 20 February 2009, Day 51 of 2009 (314 left to go)
Numerology: This is a 2 day in a 2 month in an 11 year
We have a waning crescent moon in Capricorn (Storm Moon)
Runic Half-Month is Sowelu
Celtic Tree Month is Nuin (Ash)
Daily Rune: Thurisaz
Daily Tarot Card: Two of Cups
Sunrise: 7:05am
Sunset: 5:44pm
Moonrise: 4:55am
Moonset: 1:25pm
Sun is in Pisces
Moon is in Capricorn
Mercury is in Aquarius
Venus is in Aries
Mars is in Aquarius
Jupiter is in Aquarius
Saturn is in Virgo
Uranus is in Pisces
Neptune is in Aquarius
Pluto is in Sagittarius
My Religious History
Posted by Cobalt Witch on Feb 15, 2009
A bit about me, since it helps to know where stuff is coming from. (I was bogged down writing a complete history, when I realized that you just needed the facts. Here they are.)
- I spent the first 20+ years of my life as a Christian (Lutheran). Moving away from home, I started investigating other things.
- I read The Spiral Dance in 1985, and it felt like coming home. (I’ve read the Revised Edition, but didn’t like it nearly so much.)
- In the 90s, when people started defining Wiccan Doctrine, I stopped calling myself Wiccan.
- I’ve delved into various types of magic and witchcraft, shamanism, asatru, divination (cards, runes, dice, astrology, numerology, and others), Zen and Tao, and have incorporated pieces of them into my personal spirituality.
- My patron Goddess is Freya, and I love the Norse pantheon, but could never fully fit into an Asatru group.
- I love the parody religions (especially Discordianism).
- If I were to recommend one book, it would be Real Magic by PEI Bonewitz.
- My religion is listed on Facebook as “Eclectic Taoist Heathen Hedge-Witch.”
You can ask any questions in the comments! I’ll do my best to come up with an answer fit for public consumption.