Compound or Spiritual Numbers 17, 18

Compound or Spiritual Numbers

17. This is a highly spiritual number and is expressed in symbolism by the 8-pointed Star of Venus: a symbol of “Peace and Love”. It is also called “the Star of the Magi” and expresses that the person it represents has risen superior in spirit to the trials and difficulties of his life or his career. It is considered a “number of immortality” and that the person’s name “lives after him”. It is a fortunate number if it works out in relation to future events provided it is not associated with the single numbers of 4 and 8.

18. This number has a difficult symbolism to translate. It is pictured as “a rayed moon from which drops of blood are falling; a wolf and a hungry dog are seen below catching the falling drops of blood in their open mouths, while still lower a crab is seen hastening to join them”. It is symbolic of materialism striving to destroy the spiritual side of the nature. It generally associates a person with bitter quarrels, even family ones, also with war, social upheavals and revolutions and in some cases it indicates making money and position through wars or by wars. It is, however, a warning of treachery, deception by others, also danger from the elements, such as storms, danger from water, fire and explosion. When this “compound number” appears in working out dates in advance, such a date should be taken with a great amount of care, caution and circumspection.