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lemondrop13 · 02-17-2008, 04:23 PM

As you step through the Arithmancy classroom doors, you see the room set up as it always is: neat and exactly-positioned rows of wooden desks and chairs, the latter of which have cushions in a myriad of colors and textures to match your comfort and liking. The walls are filled with thick wooden shelves, on which rest a seemingly endless number of Arithmancy texts and the occasional Ancient Runes and Divination reference. For those students who studied Arithmancy last year or who came to the review session, the room looks very much the same, as does the woman awaiting your arrival.

When you look to the front of the room, you see a tall, blonde-haired woman in tangerine-colored robes leaning against a desk made of dark angelique wood. On the desk is a small placard reading "Professor Macadrian A. Shackleton - Arithmancy," as well as a small stack of thin, leather-bound booklets, an assortment of papers and quills, and several copies of the class textbook. She smiles at you as you enter the classroom and gestures for you to take a seat.

lemondrop13 · 02-17-2008, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Amelie

"The number 10 has a different kind of karma than the rest. It has good karma. The number 10 means karmic completion and is the number of rebirth. This number suggests that a karmic debt has been paid and now the person is free to begin again. Also, the 10 indicates that you've been called to use courage, independence, and leadership to bring about the destined rebirth."

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Originally Posted by MuggleBornWitch3

Anna raised her hand. "I think I know the first answer. 10, the Wheel of Fortune, is the only one that represents GOOD karma."

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Originally Posted by RiddleMeThis

Alex quickly answered with, "Number 10. This number has a different kind of karma than the rest - good karma! The number 10 means karmic completion and is the number of rebirth. This number suggests that a karmic debt has been paid and now the person is free to begin again. Also, the 10 indicates that you've been called to use courage, independence, and leadership to bring about the destined rebirth."

"Absolutely correct! Three points to each of you!"

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Originally Posted by tljunkin

Qaz raised her hand and replied, 'The number 10 is good karma, and the tarot card is the Wheel of Fortune, I think'

Professor Shackleton clapped her hands together and exclaimed, "Yes! You've got it! The Tarot Card associated with the number ten is the Wheel of Fortune! Three points for answering my question and another 3 for getting the bonus question! Excellent work! Professor Blaylock-Erikson would be pleased!"

Professor Shackleton asked the class another question, "How do we define a Karmic debt number? Give one example with a karmic debt number - just one - using 13, 14, 16, or 19 as your example."

Hermione67 · 02-17-2008, 07:38 PM

Alexandra was thinking again, be patient with yourself.. With time you will understand this..

RiddleMeThis · 02-17-2008, 07:39 PM

Alex answers with, "The Karmic Debt Numbers are defined as such: The number 1 in each number signifies selfish abuse of the number that follows. The number following the 1 signifies the arena in which the debt was created, the Number 4 in 14 is discipline, hard work, stability, and accountability turn into rebelliousness, irresponsibility, and indulgence in an effort to escape what's required.

jesusfr33ke2010 · 02-17-2008, 07:39 PM

The Number 3 for 13 means creative energy and joyfulness turn into frivolity, superficiality, and using words to hurt others, there is a one before the three to show abuse, Austin answered.

caseym · 02-17-2008, 07:40 PM

"16, One is the "abuse" and 6 describes the abuse...Like in this case the six means an abuse of love." Saylie was enjoying this new part of the lesson, but was getting bogged down and thinking a bit too hard. So she was beginning to be slightly unsure of herself.

zoraidatrowbridge · 02-17-2008, 07:40 PM

Zoraida was happy she had more pages. As she needed them and smiled as the professor put them in her book. Followed by writing many more notes in her book.

Zora said " 19 means the abuse of ones wisdom for personal benefit. " She hoped that was right but had no clue.

Torchwood · 02-17-2008, 07:43 PM

Qaz rasied her hand and replied.

'Karmic Debt Numbers are if your Birthday Number or one of your five Core Numbers are 13, 14, 16, or 19 before you reduced them to a 4, 5, 7, or 1.

The 1 in front means you abuse the number that follows. For example, the Number 1 before the 3 in 13 means you have creative energy and joyfulness that you turn into frivolity, superficiality, and using words to hurt others.'

Anna Banana · 02-17-2008, 07:44 PM

"The number 1 in each of the Karmic Debt Numbers stands for the selfish abuse of the number that follows it. So, in that case, the number 13 would represent selfish abuse of the power to speak without causing hurt of some kind. It basically means you have to use your honesty in a manner that won't result in hurt and you have to become more disciplined in the heath and financial areas of your life."

*PhoenixRising* · 02-17-2008, 07:44 PM

Amelia frowned when it turned out 10 was right along; today just wasn't her day, she had way too much on her mind. She took a deep breath before raising her hand again, "The Karmic debt numbers are defined where the number 1 in each number signifies selfish abuse of the number that follows. The number following the 1 signifies the arena in which the debt was created. For example, the number 4 in 14 signifies discipline, hard work, stability, and accountability turn into rebelliousness, irresponsibility, and indulgence in an effort to escape what's required."

noodles · 02-17-2008, 07:45 PM

"14... the 1 signifies aduse and the 4 represents discipline, hard work, stability, and accountability. This turns into rebelliousness, irresponsibility, and indulgence in an effort to escape what's required."

shortfry · 02-17-2008, 07:58 PM

Kerry raised her hand, "The best way for me to define Karmic debt numbers is to think of a situation where you keep seeing the same people show up, or you keep encountering the same situations over and over again. Obviously there's a reason for this happening. This is what the Karmic debt number is trying to teach you. There are things in life that may conciously or unconciously keep popping up...but they do for a reason, so embrace them and learn from them and you will fullfil your debt number."

"For example, We know the number 13 is Learn how to be honest without being abusive or hurtful. Learn how to be disciplined in practical matters, such as your health and finances. The 13 indicates that you are developing a conscience and beginning to see that all things are linked. With that being said we can learn that number 13 means that in life when you run into situations that you encounter someone and you are in a difficult spot...learning how to talk to someone nicely, learning how to discipline yourself to spend properly and so forth will show that you are mastering your Karmic debt number and understand what it's there to teach you."

Anna Banana · 02-17-2008, 08:00 PM

Anna smiled up at Kerry and gave her the thumbs up sign. "That was a really good answer," Anna thought to herself.

lemondrop13 · 02-17-2008, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by RiddleMeThis

Alex answers with, "The Karmic Debt Numbers are defined as such: The number 1 in each number signifies selfish abuse of the number that follows. The number following the 1 signifies the arena in which the debt was created, the Number 4 in 14 is discipline, hard work, stability, and accountability turn into rebelliousness, irresponsibility, and indulgence in an effort to escape what's required.

"Excellent! Two points for your explanation of how we define a Karmic Debt number, and one more point for your example!"

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Originally Posted by jesusfr33ke2010

The Number 3 for 13 means creative energy and joyfulness turn into frivolity, superficiality, and using words to hurt others, there is a one before the three to show abuse, Austin answered.

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Originally Posted by caseym

"16, One is the "abuse" and 6 describes the abuse...Like in this case the six means an abuse of love." Saylie was enjoying this new part of the lesson, but was getting bogged down and thinking a bit too hard. So she was beginning to be slightly unsure of herself.

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Originally Posted by zoraidatrowbridge

Zoraida was happy she had more pages. As she needed them and smiled as the professor put them in her book. Followed by writing many more notes in her book.

Zora said " 19 means the abuse of ones wisdom for personal benefit. " She hoped that was right but had no clue.

"One point to each of you for your perfect examples!"

Professor Shackleton elaborated, "Your classmates have adequately explained how we define a Karmic Number and have given excellent examples. Now, I am going to explain why the number 10 has good karma. In Arithmancy, the 10 signifies all of the energy of the number 1 - a new beginning, a time of starting again. But it also carries the energy of the 0, which suggests there's something unknown about the new beginning, which promised potential. The Karmic Number 10 identifies a period of new growth - debt free!"

Professor Shackleton removed her wand from her robes and began writing on the board the numbers of her Core and a couple companion numbers. When finished, the board read:

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Life Path: 9
Destiny/Expression: 17/8
Heart's Desire/Soul Urge: 7
Personality: 10/1
Birth Day: 22/4
Maturity Number: 17/8

Professor Shackleton explained, "I would like each of you to refer to calculations made either last term or during the review session to find your Core Numbers as well as your Birth Day Number and your Maturity Number. Now, I know we did not cover the Maturity Number during the review, so I will explain very quickly now how to do it. All you do is add together your Life Path and Destiny/Expression Numbers and reduce to a single digit to get your Maturity Number.

"Now here is the trick, if you have a 1, 4, 5, or 7 as any of your Core numbers, Birth Day Number, or Maturity Number, you need to check if you have a Karmic Debt present. Check to be sure that prior to reducing to these numbers, you did not have a 13, 14, 16 or 19 present. For example, if you look at my numbers, I have 4 Birthday Number; however, the number prior to reducing was 22, which is not a Karmic Debt Number, therefore I don't have this debt. Also note that I have a 1 present in my Personality Number. Prior to reducing, this number was a 10, which indicates good karma and no debt. Finally, take note of my Heart's Desire/Soul Urge; it is a 7. This number was not a reduced number. My Soul Urge number immediately came out to be a single-digit number and did not need reducing, therefore, this does not represent a debt."

Professor Shackleton realized the complexity of this issue and knew there would be a lot of questions, so she added, "I would like you all to find your Karmic Debts. I assume some will have questions, so just raise your hand and I will come assist you."

Anna Banana · 02-17-2008, 08:07 PM

"Professor?" Anna questioned. "I have a question about my birthday number. I was born on the 19th. 1+9 = 10, and 1+0 = 1. So do I use the 1 birthday number or the 10 birthday number?"

Then, looking back at her text, Anna asked, "Or would I just look at the "19 birthday" under the (1) section?"

caseym · 02-17-2008, 08:07 PM

Saylie looked over page one in her journal, noticing all the 7's. She raised her hand, "Professor, I have three instances of the 16/7; Expression/Destiny, Birthday, and Maturity numbers....does that mean that I have been particularly abusive of that trait..." she glanced at the book, "The Abuse of Love, and that I have to work three times as hard to correct it? Or does that mean that I have only abused that one trait?" She bit her lip, trying to mentally work her way through this problem.

Torchwood · 02-17-2008, 08:15 PM

Qaz looked through her journal to find all of her numbers and came up with the following:

Life Path: 10/1
Destiny/Expression: 23/5
Heart's Desire/Soul Urge: 14/5
Personality: 18/9
Birth Day: 1
Maturity Number: 6

So she had a 10 for good karma and a 14 which was a problem. She looked up in her textbook and it said:

FOURTEEN (14/5): The Temptations
You have previously abused freedom; now you need to relearn the value of freedom and the discipline required to earn this freedom. Previously, you have found freedom for yourself at the expense of others and that is where the debt comes from - irresponsibility and lack of accountability in the past. The 14/5 is the number of the rebellious free spirit who refuses to acknowledge limits to his/her desire for adventure, risk, and escape. With a 14/5 in your Core Numbers, you'll tend to exhibit the negative traits of the number 5 - jumping from relationship to relationship or job to job - with no sense of accomplishment or goal in mind and pleasing yourself through material sensations like food, sugar, clothes, or anything else that strikes your desire.

Ouch...that hit a bit close to home.

RiddleMeThis · 02-17-2008, 08:16 PM

Alex knew he had the Core number of 7, so he needed to check for a Karma Debt.
So his Birthday (7) and Core (7), made 14.

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FOURTEEN (14/5): The Temptations
You have previously abused freedom; now you need to relearn the value of freedom and the discipline required to earn this freedom. Previously, you have found freedom for yourself at the expense of others and that is where the debt comes from - irresponsibility and lack of accountability in the past. The 14/5 is the number of the rebellious free spirit who refuses to acknowledge limits to his/her desire for adventure, risk, and escape. With a 14/5 in your Core Numbers, you'll tend to exhibit the negative traits of the number 5 - jumping from relationship to relationship or job to job - with no sense of accomplishment or goal in mind and pleasing yourself through material sensations like food, sugar, clothes, or anything else that strikes your desire.

Life Path: 7
Destiny/Expression: 11/2
Heart's Desire/Soul Urge: 20/2
Personality: 20/2
Birth Day: 7
Maturity Number: 16/7

Alex called the Professor over by putting up his hand so he can check his work so far.

atmor · 02-17-2008, 08:24 PM

Jai stared at the board her face completely blank. What? she blinked back and looked in her book How in the name should I do this?

Hermione67 · 02-17-2008, 08:29 PM

Alexandra not sure if she did this correct or not.

Life Path - 6
Destiny - 1
Hearts Desire - 4
Personality - 6
Birthday - 6
Maturity - 1

Raising hand.. Did I do this right, and should I be worried since I have many 6s

shortfry · 02-17-2008, 08:33 PM

Kerry looked back at her numbers

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Lifepath =3
Destiny =4
Heart =6
Personality = 8

Kerry quickly took two of those numbers and began to add them up.

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Maturity number = Life Path Number 3 + Destiny Number 4
3+4= 7
Maturity number = 7

Kerry rewrote her new numbers to take a look at them

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Lifepath = 21/3
Destiny = 13/4
Heart number = 15/6
Personality number = 8
Maturity number = 7

After finding this, Kerry looked back at her numbers and shook her head. "Arghh I have a 4, and I do owe this debt, because wouldn't you know it, before I reduced it, it was a 13. Why doesn't that surprise me." Kerry laughed. "Well at least the seven in my maturity number wasn't reduced, so I don't have to worry about that." Kerry laughed some more as she want to look up the number 13.

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THIRTEEN (13/4): All Work and No Play
The purpose and goal of this vibration is to become conscious of how you express yourself without being critical and to develop discipline. Learn how to be honest without being abusive or hurtful. Learn how to be disciplined in practical matters, such as your health and finances. The 13 indicates that you are developing a conscience and beginning to see that all things are linked. With a 13/4 in your Core Numbers or as your Birthday Number, you'll have obstacles that have to be overcome again and again until the lesson is finally learned and the debt completed.

"Ok so in reading this I need to learn from my experinces in life that I am too critical and discipline. Yeah that might come with being prefect. I guess I have to work on the way I approach something. Agie will love to hear that." Kerry chuckled. "Honest without being hurtful," wow I never realized I did that, how sad. "And disciplined in pratical matters such as health and finances. Well considering I don't care to go to healers unless I absolutely need to, and I spend my money as quickly as mom sends it from time to time, I guess I do need to focus on that, as well. Interesting stuff. Thank goodness I only have one debt. I couldn't imagine more."

Kerry put her hands up to her face and rubbed her face vigorously. "Arghhh, too many numbers...." she mumbled. "And I'm not even sure I'm doing this right anymore," she managed to laugh as she looked over her work.

atmor · 02-17-2008, 08:33 PM

"Professor, I'm afriad that I have been left in the dark." she said raising her hand, there was no way she understood this.

lemondrop13 · 02-17-2008, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by MuggleBornWitch3

"Professor?" Anna questioned. "I have a question about my birthday number. I was born on the 19th. 1+9 = 10, and 1+0 = 1. So do I use the 1 birthday number or the 10 birthday number?"

Then, looking back at her text, Anna asked, "Or would I just look at the "19 birthday" under the (1) section?"

Professor Shackleton contemplated the girl's inquiry and then responded, "You bring up a very important point. With the Birthday number, and only with the Birthday number, you use the original number to find a Karmic Debt, in other words, the nineteen. For any other Core Number or Maturity Number, you would use the double-digit number immediately preceding your reduced single-digit number to evaluate for Debts."

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Originally Posted by caseym

Saylie looked over page one in her journal, noticing all the 7's. She raised her hand, "Professor, I have three instances of the 16/7; Expression/Destiny, Birthday, and Maturity numbers....does that mean that I have been particularly abusive of that trait..." she glanced at the book, "The Abuse of Love, and that I have to work three times as hard to correct it? Or does that mean that I have only abused that one trait?" She bit her lip, trying to mentally work her way through this problem.

"This does in fact mean that you have been particularly abusive of love. It does not necessarily mean that you will have to work three times as hard, but it certainly will be more challenging for you to conquer with the presence of three, than it would be had there only been one."

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Originally Posted by RiddleMeThis

Alex knew he had the Core number of 7, so he needed to check for a Karma Debt.
So his Birthday (7) and Core (7), made 14.

Life Path: 7
Destiny/Expression: 11/2
Heart's Desire/Soul Urge: 20/2
Personality: 20/2
Birth Day: 7
Maturity Number: 16/7

Alex called the Professor over by putting up his hand so he can check his work so far.

Professor Shackleton made her way around to Alex's desk and immediately spotted an error. "My dear, we do not sum the Life Path Number and the Birthday number to find a Karmic Debt. So this note on the number 14 doesn't actually apply. Also, the Maturity number is the sum of the Life Path and Expression, which for you is 7 + 2 = 9. Not the 16/7 you have written. I thought your birthday was the 15th, yes? If that is so, your Birthday Number is 15/6. Based on these numbers, you would not appear to have any Karmic Debts. If you have any other questions, you can ask me again or perhaps visit with me in my office."

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Originally Posted by Hermione67

Alexandra not sure if she did this correct or not.

Life Path - 6
Destiny - 1
Hearts Desire - 4
Personality - 6
Birthday - 6
Maturity - 1

Raising hand.. Did I do this right, and should I be worried since I have many 6s

Macadrian glanced over the girl's shoulder and commented, "You need to include the double-digit number that may have existed for each of these before you reduced them to these single-digits. Otherwise, we can't determine your karmic debts. And we will get to what all those 6s mean quite soon actually."

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Originally Posted by atmor

"Professor, I'm afriad that I have been left in the dark." she said raising her hand, there was no way she understood this.

Professor Shackleton knelt down beside the student and replied, "Well, the best way to start is to make a list of the important numbers, like I did. Include your Life Path number, Expression/Destiny Number, Heart's Desire/Soul Urge Number, Personality Number, Birth Day Number, and Maturity Number. You should already have these calculated in your journal from either the review lesson or from last term. If you can't seem to find them, I suggest referring to the textbook and calculating them out. When you've finished this, call me over and I will help you with the next step. Or if you'd prefer it, you can meet with me in my officer later and we can go over it all then because we're going to need to move on soon."

Shackleton returned to the front of the room and called out, "Just a few more minutes with this and then we are moving on."

zoraidatrowbridge · 02-17-2008, 08:50 PM

Zoraida was so happy she earned a point for her house. As this class was one of the few she was actually smart enough to do such a feat.

Zoraida flipped through the pages of her journal. Collecting many of the already calculated numbers and placing them on the page. Then calculated a few more adding them to the jumble of numbers.

She wondered if she would even remember what this list was after looking at it. So she added what each number meant to the side of it.

Hermione67 · 02-17-2008, 08:56 PM

Alexandra was thinking after looking through her notes. I need to after class go through the text book and re-read everything. And organize my notes better. Which is probably why I have not gotten any house points for Ravenclaw. But I am determined to stick with this class.

lemondrop13 · 02-17-2008, 08:58 PM

Professor Shackleton glanced at her watch and realized this lesson was taking a bit longer than planned. She decided to revise her plans a bit to speed things up. From the right side of the room, she explained, "Alright. It is time we move on to the Numbers of Competence - the Hidden Passion Number and the Subconscious Self Number. Who can tell me what each of these reveals about ourselves?

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