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Permalink Reply by KFive on May 9, 2012 at 3:40am

PENTAD

The 5 represented equilibrium. In numbers 1 through 10, 5 is the exact middle. The Decad (10) is Divinity, and the five (5) is the Demi-Goddess because it is half of 10. It is the number of the Sage (14/5): one who has limited knowledge of that which is higher than itself.  The ancients said the row of numbers 1-9 in sequence, formed a beam of balance, and man is perfectly balanced in the center. 1, 2, 3, and 4 add up to 10 and are the animal forces below; 6, 7, 8, and 9 add up to 30 and are the spiritual forces above. The Pentad was often called “Justice” and sometimes “Nemesis” for it was the instrument keeping the balance between the celestial and the bestial. Pentad refers to the number 5. The pentagram is an emblem, the five-pointed star representing the Pentad. It became the symbol of safety, that middle ground of balance that is necessary because of the dual influence of the 5.

It is also the number of man because man has five senses and five distinct extremities: two arms, two legs, and a head that directs the other four.  The pentagram is actually a figure of the microcosm, man, and represents the soul (1) rising above the animal nature.  Sometimes the body of man is drawn on the five-pointed star, the head at the single point at the top, the arms outstretched on the two points at the upper middle, and the legs on the two lower points. Drawn this way it locates the five mysterious centers of force, which have great meaning to the mystics, the study of which leads to remarkable understanding. Man is the pentacle. 
But inverted, the pentagram represents a perverted power, for it takes man off balance by standing him on his head. Black magicians distort it by breaking a line somewhere or by using it upside down so that the two star points are at the top resembling a goat’s horns. The ancients considered the Pentad as a symbol for marriage because it contains the first female number, 2, and the first male number, 3. (The 1 was not considered the first male number because it is found in every number and its addition makes odd numbers even.) Five candles are lighted at the wedding ceremony.
The minister performing the rites holds one hand, five fingers spread, above the bride and groom while declaring them to be husband and wife (The Pythagorean Triangle, 136-7).
The Pythagoreans noticed that the five points resembled five capital A’s interlocked, so they called this symbol “Pentalpha.” Alpha represents the Element of Air and is everywhere present in, through, and around all creation.
The 5 is the number of nature because above the four Elements of Earth, Fire, Air, and Water is the fifth and celestial Element of Ether.
Pythagoreans called it “quintessence,” which means “the purest and most essential part of anything.” The number 5, by its shape, symbolizes this quintessence because it has a serpentine form showing pictorially the animating spirit or vital essence that flows through all of nature (Morals and Dogma, 634).  Most flowering plants have petals or leaves in clusters of four or five. Like nature, 5 reproduces itself by its own seed, because when it is multiplied by itself it returns to itself by producing its own number, showing up as part of the total, for example, 5 × 5 = 25, 5 × 15 = 75, 5 × 25 = 125, etc.
The 5 is related in form to sharp shapes, forms that lack order or coherence, and to jointed and disjointed bodies. The fifth Sephira is called Geburah, or Severity. It means strength. It is opposite of Chesed (Mercy) on the Tree, and where Chesed is the builder, Geburah is the destroyer, both necessary to ongoing creation.  Being the destroyer means eliminating that which is no longer useful.  It also demands payment where it is due, and fulfills karma. “Chesed giveth, Geburah taketh away.” So it is called “The Sphere of Fear,” but it means to be in awe of God, for that is the beginning of wisdom.
In the Grand Man of the Universe, Geburah is the right shoulder, being Chesed’s perfect balance.
In the law of opposites, the 5 is masculine and feminine, and for us to be well-balanced, we must all have a small amount of the opposite force.  Man must have some receptivity to soften his nature, and woman must have some positive force to give her strength.

Permalink Reply by Aisha on May 15, 2012 at 1:17am

This day is my birthday as well. Happy belated birthday!

Permalink Reply by Aisha on May 15, 2012 at 1:20am

5 has always been my favorite number. I was born in the 5th month in the 85th year. I am the 5th child of my parents children together. I also have 5 letters in each of my names. :-)

Permalink Reply by KFive on May 15, 2012 at 4:48am

Ahh Happy belated Birthday to you also Aisha!! 

I also found out that my "employee" number is 55!!

Permalink Reply by An-eL on August 8, 2012 at 11:00am

In some numerology the number 5 deals with transformation. i was also born in may of 1980. 1980 witch reduces to 9 the mathematical fingerprint of god. a number that was sacred in ancient egypt. people with 9 energy in there make up have more of the power of the holy spirit and have the ability to accomplish divine will.