Cosmos
Word — gematria and numerology meaning
| Cipher | Value |
|---|---|
| Ordinal (A=1, B=2…) | 84 |
| Reverse Ordinal (Z=1, Y=2…) | 78 |
| Reduction | 21 |
| Pythagorean | 21 |
| Chaldean | 27 |
Cosmos carries an ordinal value of 84, reducing to Three, a number tied to creativity and expression. Its forward and reverse ordinal values sit close together at 84 and 78, because its letters are spread fairly evenly across the alphabet. The Chaldean system gives 27, which reduces to Nine and so reads differently from the standard total.
"Cosmos" is Greek for "order" and "ornament," the root of "cosmetic." The Pythagoreans are traditionally credited with first using it for the universe as a whole, an ordered arrangement rather than chaos, and the word became a name for the idea that the world can be understood through number and proportion.
In practice. Carl Sagan's 1980 television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, and its later sequels, did more than any other work to make the word familiar to a general audience.
How Cosmos adds up
In the ordinal cipher each letter takes its position in the alphabet. Cosmos is spelled C-O-S-M-O-S, which gives 3 + 15 + 19 + 13 + 15 + 19 = 84. Reducing the total to a single digit (8+4=12, then 1+2=3) gives 3.
| Letter | Ordinal value |
|---|---|
| C | 3 |
| O | 15 |
| S | 19 |
| M | 13 |
| O | 15 |
| S | 19 |
| Total | 84 |
Other entries with an ordinal value of 84
These dictionary entries add up to the same ordinal total, a coincidence gematria students often explore:
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