Lore of Ten

All Things Ten!

Cardinal: TEN
Hindu-Arabic: 10
Ordinate: Tenth
Roman: X
Greek: Iota
Pythagorean number: the decade
1+9, 2+8, 3+7, 4+6, 5+5; 2x5

Words of Ten
Roman Words:

decem, decimus decimeter: December (Roman 10th month) decimal.
deni: ten each

Greek word

deca: decameter, decathalon, decade, decapod )lobster)

Ten Associations: ten fingers, ten toes

Time Associations:

Tenth month: October
10:00
December is tenth month in the Roman calender
decade

Science, Technology References:

Neon Ne periodic table
Metric system
Monetary: Sawbuck
powers of ten

Social, Family, Religious

Christain: Ten commandments. Ten plagues.
Tenth Commandment: Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, nor thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbours'.
the Ten Sephiroth of the Qabalah
Ten names of God: Ehyeh, Yh, Jehovah, El the Mighty One, Eloah, Elohim, Sabaoth, Elohim Sabaoth, El Hayy, The Mighty Living One, Adonay the Lord
Ten classes of Angels
FBI Ten Most Wanted
Top Ten lists
Games, Sports: Ten pin bowling; Big Dick (dice) Big Ten

Astrological Associations:

House of Capricorn

Literary, folk lore, art:

Common usage and slang:

Ten gallon hat
ten bucks
Hang ten
take ten
ten percenter
perfect 10

Prophetic references:

Ten represents the end of one cycle and the beginning of another. Ten completes a cycle; When one, the first number which represents God, has a zero, representing infinity, added, we get a statement that 'there is only one God without end who knows no bounds'
It is considered a particularly fortunate number and holds the promise of victory in difficult situations.
Ten has been regarded as a 'holy' numbers and surrounded in mystic beliefs stemming from antiquity. When the Godhead 'Io' was believed to be both masculine and feminine. The 'I' represented the male phallus and the 'O' the female womb through which all creation was projected
Ten is the greatest of all numbers because it is the Tetraktys (a triangular figure composed of ten dots arranged in the shape of a pyramid) and comprehends all harmonic and arithmetic proportions. Pythagoras viewed ten as the nature of number.
Keywords are age, power, faith, necessity, memory & tirelessness. Associated with Urania, Phanes, the One God and Atlas.

Negative connotations:

Tarot divinations: the wheel of fortune: Perpetual motion, meaning success, unexpected turn of luck, change of fortune for the better, new conditions; creative evolution within the laws of chance.; the ups and downs of life.

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Sources Some information drawn from:

The Discoverers by Daniel J. Boorstin
The Numerology Workbook by Julia Line
Dartmouth, Number Symbolism in the Middle Ages at http://www.math.dartmouth.edu/~matc/math5.geometry/unit8/unit8.html
site offers much info on Christianity.

Ten’s Symbol, Lore & Legend

TEN * 10 * Tenth * X * Iota * Decade

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All Things Ten!