Zodiac: Letters/numbers represent the dual function that symbols had in certain languages where the same symbol represented a certain letter of the alphabet and a certain number. English, on the other hand, uses “A” for the first letter of the alphabet and “1” for the first number. In Hebrew letters of the letters hei, vav and yud also depicted and still depict numbers 5,6, and 10 respectively.
Names for the Divinity are and were notated with the above three letters. The five and six were considered polar numbers of yin and yang. Even in medieval age, the five strong petals of the rose was thoubht to be yin while the six petals of the lily was thought to be yang.
Ten was thought to be a synthetic number since two opposite numbers had to be added together on the 3 x 3 magic square pictured below: 4 + 6 or 2 + 8 etc.
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