Friday 13...Not A Pleasure Trip

Another Friday the 13 and it's a see-saw - what has been up for three days is up then down - for the stock market it's reconstruction. Banks are going up, they say, and are declining government funds and in numbers, it's an up and down Dow day. A NY funeral director wants to trade a patio remodel for a down-under funeral - he'll trade up and promises a fair-trade on the down. On this #9 "draw conclusions after you get the big picture" Universal Day, there's up and down thinking - I'm remembering that the 13 is a number of "shallow foundations breakdown and grow into solid reconstruction."

This Numerologist sees the number 13 not as the superstitious fear, a "death number." #13 when reduced to a single number (1 + 3 = 4) is a "practical, work to correct mistakes, maintain and build a solid foundation for the future" #4. The #1 in 13, is individualism and creativity. The #3 in 13 is "naive, often childish scattering, imagination and optimism." The two numbers do not support doing the detail work necessary for a sound foundation. They cannot root and cannot grow depending upon each other, in a practical structure.

So, when they combine into the number 13, they fall apart. After failure, the #4 resulting number is the "reality check." #4 puts detailed, practical planning to the independent, creative #1 and the too imaginative, flighty #3. We understand the that the underlying #4 puts a foundation for future long term material growth in motion after what appears to be destruction.

The #13 has a foundation that may be explained by the following - Although I'm not the best student of the bible and you may think this an overly simplistic concept - behind the biblical superstition related to the thirteen seated at Jesus table. True unforgiving Judas hate brought destruction - he brought Jesus to his death. However, from Jesus death a far greater universal message, based in love and forgiveness was constructed. So, short term hate reconstructed to long-lasting love.

I'm not selling the #13 as a pleasure trip. However, the number 13 should be understood and not be feared. Unsound, complex, #13 plush life plans create "upheaval" and when we get down to #4 "foundation-ally sound, basics and simplify", with hard work and love we reconstruct and maintain stability.