All Things Twelve
Cardinal: TWELVE
Hindu-Arabic: 12
Ordinate: Twelveth
Roman: XII
Roman word duodecim, duodecimus
2x6, 3x4
Words of Twelve:
Greek word dodecca
- dodecca
From Anglo-Saxon:
- 'Twelf', meaning two left over
Time and Holiday Associations:
- 12 months to a year
- Twelfth Day of Christmas Jan 6
- Jan 5th is Twelfth Night
Science, Technological, measurement:
- Magnesium Mg 12, periodic table
- 12 months in a Year, dozen, 12 inches = 1 foot, Two fathoms = 12 feet
- First abundant number (divisors sum greater than the number) the sum of 12's factors is 16, a square of their product is also a square (144), which has a mirror relationship 21 x 21 =144
- Plato chose twelve for establishing weights and measures, coinage. In his ideal state it represented the enveloping universe
- 12 cranial nerves
- 12 pairs of ribs
- 12 notes in chromatic scale
- 12 banks in the Federal Reserve system
- 12 months in calendar year
Religious Associations:
- Twelve Disciples (Apostles) of Christ: "The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst." Rev. 21:12
- Twelve tribes of Israel
- Twelve Angels of Paradise
Social, Family and Religious Associations:
- 12 signs of the Zodiac
Twelve Associations:
- 12 Apostles
- 12 Days of Christmas
- 12 signs of zodiac
- 12 Virtues (love, wisdom, truth, justice, peace, equilibrium, humility, strength, faith, joy and victory)
- 12 princes of Ishmael
- 12 apostles of Osiris
- 12 sons of Jacob
- 12 Gods of Olympus
- 12 labors of Hercules
- 12 members on a jury
Games, sports:
- Queen in deck of cards
- 2 dice have 12 sides – highest sum in dice
- boxcars = 12.
- Checkers has 12 men on a side.
Prophetic referecnes:
- Twelve is the number of fruition in the manifested universe and a ending to established order.
Astrological Association: House of Pices
Tarot Divination:The hanged man is card twelve and an upright card means wisdom and prophetic power in spiritual matters, or a pause in one's life where decisions are temporaarily suspended. It is good to remember self surrender leads to the transformation of the personality where material temptations conquered. A reversed card indicates arrogance, paying more attention to the physcical appearance while ignoring spiritual matters, possibly a false prophecy and a general waste of effort.
Literature, Folklore & art:
- Twelfth Night
- Twelve Days of Christmas (song)
- Twelve Foundations of Aristotle
- Cheaper by the dozen
Common usage:
- Cheaper by the dozen
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Sources Some information drawn from:
- The Discoverers by Daniel J. Boorstin
- A Complete Guide to the Tarot by Eden Gray
- The Numerology Workbook by Julia Line
- The Dartmouth Number Symbolism in the Middle Agessite offers much info on Christianity.