Sacred Number 9
I have always enjoyed numbers and working to find the corresponding numbers to subjects of matter. According to Pythagoras, an ancient Greek philosopher as well as an initiate of all forms of esoteric arts—all atoms can be defined by numbers and simplified to a single digit between 0 to 9. Nine is the sum of unity and completion because 9 multiplied by any number always reproduces itself! Who knew?!?!?!
9 is the mystic number of the universe. The power of nine in numerology is completion and mastery, the final phase of a period of growth. As a symbol of the universe, it contains all numbers or phases of experience. That's why it's considered the number of initiation, graduation, progression, knowledge and universal love. It is the number of the adept and of "magic". Nine is the energy behind all things, the energy of perfection, creation and the supernatural.
The Number Nine is the least judgmental of all numbers, the most tolerant and the most conscious. How can I say this? The sum of all the digits excluding Nine, 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8=36, 3+6=9, Even when one adds 9+36=45 4+5 Again equals Nine. Is it interesting, that the sum of the numbers equals 36. Just place the 0 behind 36 and one makes the full circle of 360 degrees. You can literally go down a rabbit whole when you start studying about the power of 9 and what makes it so sacred in SO MANY DIFFERENT walks of faith.
IN NORTHERN LORE tradition, nine is the most significant number in Northern lore. It is the number that I hold with sacred regard, second only to the number 3. The most commonly known uses of 9 are:
Odin hug for 9 nights on Yggdrasil (the world tree) to acquire the runes.
Nine worlds on Yggdrasil —-3 worlds in 3 realms.
Thor took 9 steps after defeating Jormungand (the snake who lived in the ocean that surrounded Midgard) , then dying.
Njord and Skadi both spent 9 nights at each other’s hall trying to live together.
There are 9 points on the Valknut, which is known as the “Knot of the Fallen”
In Viking times, the father had to recognize a newborn child on the ninth night. The infant was placed on the knee of the father. Water was sprinkled over the baby and the child was given a name.
Two dwarfs named Brokk and Sindri made a beautiful gold ring for Odin, the chief god. This was a magic ring. The name of the ring was Draupnir. Every ninth day the ring would reproduce eight new rings of equal quality as Draupnir, the original ring.
Aegir was a sea god. He was married to Ran. They lived in an enormous castle at the bottom of the ocean. Whenever Aegir rose to the surface, it was only for the purpose of destroying a ship. Ran would catch the drowning sailors in her net and pull them down to her castle. If the sailors wore gold, they were secured a good treatment. Aegir was the father of nine daughters, the waves. The nine daughters had names describing the different characteristics of the waves.
The last of the cardinal numbers, the 9 is the most worldly and sophisticated of all numbers. The 9 has some similarities with the 6. However, whereas the 6 as a symbol of motherly (or fatherly) love, giving its love and care to friends, family and the immediate community, the 9 offers it to the world at large; the 9, more than any other number, has global consciousness. Looking at the shape of the symbol is, as always, quite telling. The 9 is like the 6 upside down, a symbol of her offering sympathy and compassion to everyone; a reservoir of giving with a generous downward spout.