What does the most auspicious number 11 mean in the Book of Changes?

Numbers are closely related to our lives, and they also have certain Feng Shui effects. In the Book of Changes, a corresponding five-element analysis is made for each number, revealing the profound connotation behind the numbers.

The most auspicious number in the I Ching

The most auspicious numbers in the I Ching: 1, 3, 5, 9;

Number 1: In the Book of Changes, it is given a life, is closely connected with divination, and has meanings unknown to us modern people. But it also means lonely because it is singular and represents a single person. Taoists, for example, believe that it is a complex of contradictions.

Number 3: In the "Book of Changes", 3 is an auspicious number, representing good luck. It comes from Lao Tzu's sayings and is considered the basis of two. This number is also believed to represent all changes in the world and is the basis for the survival of all things. It is a multi-dimensional number that can explain to us why everything is in infinite change. To us it is just an ordinary Arabic numeral, but in ancient times it was exactly the opposite of it is now, it was extremely important.

Number 5: In the "Book of Changes", 5 represents the doctrine of the mean, which expresses a state of natural balance without any other factors. This balance is maintained entirely by the law of mutual generation and mutual restraint of objects themselves. It has auspicious meanings in ancient times. Ancient people attached great importance to 5. For example, the Tai Chi diagram is based on 5, and this number also appears in many idioms.

Number 9: 9 represents Yang in the Book of Changes and is very important. On the other hand, it also means result and end, which is the meaning of the idiom "jiujiuguiyi". It sometimes also represents power and dignity. For example, the emperor in ancient times was also described as the "Nine-Five Supreme".

What does the number 11 mean?

——The meaning of the number 11

Career: Wealth, God’s blessing, hidden fortune, Wenchang, skills, and land and houses.

Family: beekeeping and making honey, everything goes smoothly and everything is gentle.

Health: As rivers flow forever, you can expect to live a long and healthy life.

General: When spring comes, the branches and leaves are covered with dew, and the person is steady and solid, and will surely be admired by others.

Overview: Rain comes to dry seedlings and spring comes to dead trees, it is the most auspicious number to restore family fortune.

The meaning of the number 11 in the Book of Changes is: just like the grass and trees receiving the spring sunshine and sprouting with the kind rain, stretching out branches and leaves and gradually becoming luxuriant and flourishing, it means that yin and yang are re-harmonized, and it is a blessing in disguise, everything goes smoothly, and it suggests that one will gain wealth and honor and rebuild the family, and it is the most auspicious number to restore peace and harmony to the family destiny.

——Details of the number 11

In numerology, the number 11 is the smallest repeating prime number. Among numbers, except for 1 and 11, if all the digits in each digit are 1, then if the number is a multiple of 2 (for example, 1111 is a 4-digit number, 111111 is a 6-digit number, etc.), it is a composite number. Because these numbers are all divisible by 11.

In Europe, the number 11 is the devil's number, because St. Augustine believed that 11 is just a little more than 10, which symbolizes perfection, so it is often associated with danger, conflict and betrayal. In Africa, shamans believe that 11 is an auspicious number and a symbol of fertility and abundance.