A reader wrote to me saying she was seeing the same sequence numbers all the time. For example, she would see 111 on her digital clock, 444 on her parking ticket, 888 as her change back from a purchase, etc.

She was curious about the meaning of same sequence numbers, and asked my thoughts about the phenomenon, to which I respond:

Numbers have very clean energy. They are what they are – they are consistent and timeless.

This is why they are so great as oracles or messengers because they provide a foundation (i.e., A three will always mean the same. Likewise, an eight will always carry the same meaning too).

The only variables will be the context in which we observe these numbers. For example, our observation, thought, even our life situation is a variable against the structural foundation of numbers.

Numbers are made of energy – just like you and me.

It is my belief we coax experiences to us. Meaning, your 111’s, 222’s, 333’s, etc. come about due to a specific energetic frequency you are emitting these numbers find attractive. Like a magnet, they are drawn to you.

We might even say our own deeper selves are serving as ventriloquists – speaking out an energetic echo that is returned to us. These echo messages often come to us in numbers BECAUSE numbers are so clean, simple, and universal. Whereas other energetic systems might be more difficult for our every-day-consciousness to pickup & interpret.

When we see the same number repeated, it often indicates an ordering in our lives. A desire, thought or will to have more order and organization in our lives.

On the flipside, I’ve also had people tell me repeated numbers come to them when they are trying to over-control the situation, and they’ve interpreted the recurring repetition as a message to let go, or surrender to a situation in which they have no real control.

Same number sequences also speak to us of repetition. It brings to mind the adage “practice makes perfect.” Repeated numbers sometimes come to us as a message telling us we must not give up on our mission, we must endeavor to persevere.

Repeating numbers are also an emphasis of the original meanings. For example, if you see repeating 1’s this energy is asking you to bring home, or center upon the meaning of the prime number (one).

You can look at some basic meanings of numbers on my website here where I have the prime meanings listed: http://www.whats-your-sign.com/spiritual-meaning-of-numbers.html

I’ve also started an intensive study on prime numbers here: http://www.tarotteachings.com/meaning-of-numbers.html

That you are seeing three of these numbers in a row suggests a desire to express creativity, as the number three is about creative flow, reproduction, and manifesting results in our lives by combining our creative talents.

Three’s repeated in same number sequences (like you’ve indicated: 111, 222, 777, etc.) also serves as a calling out for us to culminate our energies into one driving force. Three is a special sequence – it presents a center core with two supporting elements (think triangle).

Therefore, sequences of three may be asking you (the core) to incorporate support (side elements) in your endeavors. 

It is important for you to know these are just suggestions and ideas. Even the website references I’ve given you are merely pointers in a direction.

Only you are able to interpret the meaning properly. Use these suggestions as a loose guide until you work with these numbers to the point in which you’ve satisfied your own curiosity.

How can you work with numbers to reveal their personal meaning for you? Here are some ideas:

• Draw them
• write them
• journal them
• paint them
• sing them
• dance out numbered rhythms
• drum their rhythms
• find them in the clouds
• observe them in the Tarot
• count them out in your M&M’s or cornflakes
• speak them
• count backwards
• breathe in number patterns
• count stitches (yes, like needlepoint)
• randomly open your favorite book & observe the number page for assistance in meaning.

In all of these activities, be mindful of each number. Be present to each moment and be with each number wholly. Answers will come when we are diligent, willing, and still enough to listen.

My light and best wishes to you.
A.Venefica

I received an email from an individual who was told his birthdate held a numeric value of eight, and his name ended in eight.   He was told this was an ill-omen in regards to finance and business. 

Although it is true that eights correspond with matters relating to wealth and success, having your name and birth-date corresponding with eights is by no means a sign of doomed fortune.

I took this opportunity to express the importance of our own interpretations of signs and symbols.  In other words, we are not slaves to our symbols.  On the contrary, symbols are merely tools for our success.  What follows is (what I hope) was a push in a more positive direction for this individual.

Dear Crazy Eights:

Have you contemplated the numeric value of your whole name?  Here is a link describing the process of determining your name in numbers.

Click here for another link I’ve written about the symbolic meanings of the number eight

To be straightforward with you – I believe we make our OWN destiny.

Furthermore, if you notice in all my writings, I rarely allude to a negative aspect of a symbolic meaning.

It’s not that there isn’t one…every symbol (number, omen, sign, etc.) has an opposite – it’s natural law.  But I think we have the privilege of choosing what we want to believe.

Investigate the beauty in the symmetry of the number eight.  Tip it on its side and recognize it is the lemniscate (symbol for infinity – here’s a link to a post about it) – what does that say to you?  That’s a pretty powerful message to me – it speaks of limitless potential.

We can look at our numbers, symbols and signs from endless angles.  Find the angle that works best for you.  You are the one with divine potential – I would encourage you to disallow something outside of yourself to diminish that divinity.

The following is a response to a question from an gentleman who wanted advice on reading numbers.  He consistently encountered the number 1052 and wanted the symbolic meaning of the number as well as tips on reading numbers and numerology.

Dear Number Newcomer: 

Reduced, the number 1052 is an Eight which is a numerical symbolic representation of business, success, and wealth.

This is largely due to the fact that Eight represents:

• Continuation
• Repetition
• Cycles

Such elements are seen in arenas where success is obtained simply because of dogged determination and repitition by the practitioner. Also, matters of business and wealth largely depend on cycles to fulfill their manifestation. It’s like the snowball analogy: As it continues to roll, in gets bigger and bigger with each revolution.

Long sequence number interpretation of the 1052 deals with being satisfied with the way things are – being content even when the road is rocky, and having a sense of stability even in times when your relationships and circumstances may seem shakey.  1052 is about living out loud, coming into your own groove, and being aware of the fullness of your own personality and potential.

The fact that this number repeats itself to you is a message that you tend to be a stable person, even though sometimes you put yourself in unstable situations.  In fact, unstable (sometimes chaotic) people and events seem to just “find” you without you prompting – this is because you have a natural balancing effect on people & circumstances.  This happens when people and things need to be equalized…they habitually seek out others who can balance the equation.

I would encourage you to do some research on numerology and play with all the numbers in your special sequence.   Don’t feel limited to this number sequence.  Rather, play with the numerological meaning of your name, as well as the deeper number meaning of your birth date. 

Almost any system that has a specific set or number of symbols can be used as a telling device for more insight on your number sequence.

For example, you could utilize the Tarot to find meaning to your numbers.  For example, the number Eight as noted earlier in this message corresponds with the Strength card in the Tarot.   You may also want to investigate all of the eights within each Tarot suits of the deck.

Animals totems may serve as an oracle for you too.  Animals with the energy of Eight include:

• Spider
• Octopus
• Hummingbird

Even the Ogham can assist you in gaining a deeper meaning.  The sacred trees of Druids are in numeric sequence so you can look up meaning associated with each tree.  For example:

• 1 = Birch
• 5 = Ash
• 2 = Rowan

Learn the meanings of each number in your long sequence inidividually and then begin to put them together.  It is like putting a number puzzle together – put them in different sequences and play with the meanings together – you will be amazed at the knowledge of numbers hold for you.

Symbolic meaning of number thirteen is surrounded with controversy.  Is it lucky?  Unlucky?  Only you can decide for yourself this post and my other more detailed page on thirteen may help you with your decision.

For those of you who want fast, quick references, the following attributes have been associated with the number thirteen:

• Completion
• Magic
• Intuition
• Psyche
• Warning
• Power
• Creativity
• Betrayal

This snapshot of meanings comes from a variety of different sources.

Its primary claim to foreboding fame is the number thirteen’s association with the Last Supper in Christian history.  There were thirteen people present at this gathering, the Christ and his twelve disciples. 

In France the number thirteen referred to as le point de Judas, to mark Judas’s betrayal of Christ.  This term also suggests an omen as Judas was the first to leave the table at the Last Supper, and also the first to die.  Also in France it is still the practice to hire a quartorzieme, or a fourteenth guest to a dinner party if only thirteen were in the original total.  This is said to assure a problem-free event.

The letter “m” is the thirteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet and was said to bring bad luck because it is the beginning and end of the word mem which means death.

Interestingly, the number thirteen is assigned to the Death card in the Tarot deck.  Here the number takes on a meaning of transition, surrender, and recycling.  More information on this can be found on the number thirteen death card page.

On a more positive note, the number thirteen is sacred and honored in ritualistic practices in many Native American tribes. 

The Aztecs also hold the number thirteen sacred and divided their week into thirteen days.  Each day is ruled by a god.  The thirteenth day is ruled by Tezcatlipoca, who represents: Mystery, Psyche, Illusion and Magic.

Similarly, within ancient European cultures as well as earth-based religions it is well known there are thirteen moons in a year.  Here the thirteen is aligned with all the associations of the moon:  Emotion, Cycles, Intuition, Mystery, Devotion, and Influence.

It is also seen as a sign of good fortune in ancient Greece where it is associated with the Zeus because he is the thirteenth and most powerful of Greek gods.

For more information, visit my full-detail page on the Symbolic Meaning of Number Thirteen.

As is often the case, requests for number meanings come in waves.  Recently, I’ve had a wave of questions asking about the symbolic meaning of two, and specifically the meaning of 222, to which I respond:

Two’s deal with balance, opposition, flexibility, partnerships, awareness of connections, travel, division, creativity, and duality.The fact that you see 2’s tripled indicates that you have the law of three’s working on your behalf.  The law of three’s is a universal guideline that states whatever energy a person puts out into the world, (positive or negative) will be returned to that person three-fold.

Two’s also deal with flux & change in your life.  You may be seeing this number sequence at a time when there is a lot of changes going on – particularly in your work and business relationships.

Visually – this number sequence has a serpentine feel to it – this is symbolic of flexibility, adaptability and rebirth.  This is a signal that you may be in a time of intense growth or development…a time of changing directions or gaining new insight into a life direction.

On the whole your 222 indicates that you are a positive and open-minded individual with a strong will.  This number also indicates that you are a very balanced and orderly person – sometimes overly so with a need to be in control of the situation.  Nevertheless – you have an even temper and rarely let others get the best of you.

As a passing note of interest, two is the numeric placesetting for the Priestess card in the Tarot deck.  You may do well to investigate the meanings of this Tarot card for more insight on your phenomenon of recurring two’s.

See also symbolic meaning of 22 and my other blog entry “Why Do I Keep Seeing the Number Two?” Symbolic Meaning of Two

I got a message from a reader who kept seeing the number 717, to which I respond:

Dear Suddenly Sevens, 

The beauty of numbers is that you can look at them in so many different ways.

Another amazing feature of numbers is that they line up with our own vibrational frequency – we are like magnets to their vibration – we attract them into our lives.

You can see your 717 any many ways.

Add them up & reduce (which is common practice in numerology) to get 7+1+7=15 reduce 1+5=6.  Therefore, here the prime number meaning is Six: Six represents balance & truth. 

Or – you can pick out the predominant number of the sequence, which is Seven: Representative of esoteric knowledge. Seven’s deal with the activation of imagination and awareness.

Another way of looking at the sequence is seeing it visually – the power of Seven on either side of the number One.  One’s deal with new beginnings, and purity.  More on meaning of one here.

If you look at the attributes of the number Seven and apply it to the One – you could say that you are in the process of beginning artistic endeavors (first Seven) you are are pure in your commitment (middle One) and you shall end your endeavor with a better understanding and higher awareness (last Seven in the sequence).

I also like to encourage people who see number sequences to draw the numbers – play with them artistically – you can draw or visualize the sequence as a gate (the two Seven’s on either side of the One - hinging open into a new begining) contemplate the various symbolic representations this number sequence can provide.

When we let our minds relax, and just play with the numbers, encourage our minds to dream of them before falling asleep, paint them, write about them, meditate upon them – answers inevitably come to us.  Approach your sequence in new & creative ways – you’ll be amazed by the answers and inspirations you will receive.

I was recently asked about the various ways I read numbers for my clients. 

Here I respond, using the meaning of number 22 as an example.

Dear Numerically Curious:

When I offer numerology consultations , I look at all universal clues from as many perspectives as I am able.

So – to answer your question in the case of 22 I would:

• Look at the significance as 22 as a whole
• Look at the significance of 22 reduced (4)
• Then look at the significance that four split (yet another two)
• Understand this is a “master” number in numerology because it is a repeating double digit.  In this instance, the vibrational frequency of the prime number doubles in power. 
• View the number artistically, as a visual whole (two’s have a crooked feel with a straightening out that indicates initial rocky life paths with a likelihood of eventual evening or balancing out).
• Call upon other symbol resources such as the Tarot for more intuitive insight.  In this case, you may consider the Priestess as she is the second archetype featured in the major arcana.
• Draw the number. I’m often drawing the number repeatedly while consulting with my clients. I find this enhances my intuition more and allows for more creative interpretations. 

I would also take into account the ruling planet for two’s which is Saturn – this tells me there is a tendency for creativity, passionate behavior, and even though order is driving priority – there is much learning and expression to be gained while using the Right (creative) brain.

If there was more knowledge needed, I would take the entire my client’s birth-date and reduce it getting the resonating birth number. In your case this is 3.  This confirms the creativity drawn from Saturn, as you know, three’s deal with creativity.  Seems you have a knack for pulling things together out of thin air – making things happen – creating quite a bit from nothing, so to speak.

Numbers also correspond with sounds, even numbers represent major chords (open, harmonious) and odd numbers represent minor chords (clenched, seeking resolution). 

I’ve even been known to check out the elemental periodic table for guidance (no kidding).  In this case, 22 indicates the atomic number for Titanium.  Researching the properties of this metal further confirms attributes of durability, flexibility, and diversity found in the realm of two’s.

I think you get the idea – I use whatever tools I have available to me to help those who need a little additional insight about the spiritual meaning of their numbers.