Eternity
Word — gematria and numerology meaning
| Cipher | Value |
|---|---|
| Ordinal (A=1, B=2…) | 116 |
| Reverse Ordinal (Z=1, Y=2…) | 100 |
| Reduction | 44 |
| Pythagorean | 44 |
| Chaldean | 27 |
Eternity carries an ordinal value of 116, reducing to Eight, a number tied to ambition and material mastery. Its reverse ordinal of 100 sits well below its forward ordinal of 116, a sign that most of its letters fall late in the alphabet. The Chaldean system gives 27, which reduces to Nine and so reads differently from the standard total.
"Eternity" comes from the Latin aeternitas, from aevum, "age" or "lifetime." Philosophers have used it for two different ideas, endless time and a state outside time altogether, and a symbol often used for it is the ouroboros, a snake eating its own tail.
How Eternity adds up
In the ordinal cipher each letter takes its position in the alphabet. Eternity is spelled E-T-E-R-N-I-T-Y, which gives 5 + 20 + 5 + 18 + 14 + 9 + 20 + 25 = 116. Reducing the total to a single digit (1+1+6=8) gives 8.
| Letter | Ordinal value |
|---|---|
| E | 5 |
| T | 20 |
| E | 5 |
| R | 18 |
| N | 14 |
| I | 9 |
| T | 20 |
| Y | 25 |
| Total | 116 |
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