ONE
Ace, is Alpha. Beginning of all things, number of the creative power and individuality. The primary number from which all others are evolved. Also equated with one God and oneness of Man.
第一的, "Alpha" 希臘語的第一個字母, 指第一個, 開端, 和最初的意思。 所有的開端, 這數字含有創造力量和個體的特徵。 是其他數字的基層, 沒有一, 便沒有二。 這數字等同 "唯一的真神" 和人類男人的"單一性" (alpha male) 的意思。 (註): 如聖經中第一個被創造的人類是男人 - 亞當 (Adam)。
TWO
One engenders Two. A pair of containing positive and negative, Yin and Yeng, day and light, spirit and form. A balance of forces.
由一產成二, 這數字代表了一對正面和負面, 陰和陽, 日和夜, 精神和肉體。 代表力量的和諧和平衡。
THREE
The number of growth, the trinity of life. Three is the child of a woman and a man. The material result. Also means man's triune nature, - spirit, mind and body.
這數字代表成長, 生命的三位一體 (天主教和基督教的 Holy Father, Holy Son, 和 Holy Spirit)。數字三是"一" (男人) 和 "二" (女人) 的孩子。 象徵著物質上的結果。 亦等如人類三位一體的本質。
FOUR
Four stands for the cube or square, equally divided. It is the number of reality, the material, logic and reason. A number also represents stable.
這數字代表了站立的立方體和正方形, 它是等分的。這是現實, 物質, 邏輯和理性的數字。 同時也代表了穩定和平穩的意思。
FIVE
The number of uncertainty. It may shift and change. It indicate uncontrolled activity and swing to the depths of despair. It is symbolised by the 5-pointed star, the pentagram.
五是個不確定的和難預料的數字。 它可以轉動, 變動和改變的。 這代表了不受管束和控制的行動, 是五角形和五芒星的象徵。 (註): 五芒星代表了(西方的)五大原素: 風, 火, 水, 土, 念。
SIX
The number of marriage, motherhood and harmony. Six stands for balance and equilibrium. its solidity is represented by 6-sided cube, the 6-pointed star, called the Seal of Soloman, is formed by two triangles, one with the point up, (for trinity of spirit), the other with the point down (for trinity of earth). Six is primarily the number of the mind.
六是婚姻, 母性和和諧的數字。 同時也代表了平衡和相稱的意思, 六角形和六芒星象徵著數字六的穩固性, 也是娑羅門皇的標誌。 六芒星是由兩個等邊三角形而組合的, 一個向上 (代表神聖上的三位一體), 另一向下 (代表地上生物上的三位一體)。 六主要是代表精神思想的數目字。
SEVEN
A number of great significance, it denotes wisdom, perfection, completeness. The number of mystic, and relates to the soul development of the individual, also to the completed cycle of physical labors.
七是一個具有重大意義的數字, 它表示智慧, 完美, 和完整。 這是個不可思議的數字, 同時代表每個人個別在靈性上的成長和發展, 亦是肉體或物質上作勞動循環的完成狀態。
EIGHT
The number of justice, judgement, material progress and health. A symbol of regeneration, and the balance of opposing forces. Sometimes represents the death and destruction, but its the death of old, the evil and wrong, to make way of the new, pure and the just.
八是個正義, 審判, 物質進展和健康的數字。 它是再生的象徵, 和代表力量的平衡。 偶然代表死亡和毀滅, 但只代表腐敗, 陳舊, 和邪惡的死亡, 然後帶來新的, 純潔的, 公平的道路。
NINE
It is the number of all the forces of the other numbers are summed up. It symbolise three planes of being: physical, mental, and spiritual. Nine is commanded to be perfect in Ten, which is the One of beginning placed insde the Zero of Spirit, after which man begins on a higher level.
這是所有數字意義加上來的數字, 它代表了三層的本質: 肉體, 精神, 和靈魂上的合一。 數字九是統率數字十的完美, 由最始在虛無和靈性上的數字零所建立的 "一" (唯一的), 現在達到了更高層次的階段。
TEN
Meaning of Ten is perfection through completion. From unity (One), evolves to duality (Two), producing the trinity (Three), leading to the square (Four), to completing the cycle in Ten, and resolving to unity again. In Minor Arcana, X of Cups and Pentacles show the height of bliss, and X of Wands and Swords show the depths of trubulation. Ten, therefore can say its the ultimate and completed force whether for good or evil.
十是代表經歷至完成一段旅程在結束下帶來的完美。 由個體 "一", 演變成二元性 "二", 再製造出靈性三位一體的 "三", 進展成穩固的 "四", 一直到達完成的 "十", 然後又再分解成個體的 "一"。在小秘義中, 聖杯10和錢幣10展示出極度的享樂, 而寶劍10和權杖10都展出極度的不安和痛苦。 所以十可以同時代表為正義和邪惡的無極力量。
