I have been writing about numbers and Japanese cities. But I took a break to add something about Bob Dylan’s birth date further to the previous post for his 70th birthday. This is an example of the way i work with numbers and some and uses some original interpretations that have grown out of the Aura-Soma / number meeting.
A message of revolution
While writing about Bob Dylan yesterday I checked his birth date. 24th May 1941. It immediately brought a smile to my face. A simple glance at the day and month was enough to see 24 – New Messenger and 5 – Sunset/Sunrise. (I believe this is the better name for this combination – it was originally only Sunset.) B5 represents the birth of the new that follows the death of the old. The song that brought Dylan to fame was “Blowing in the Wind”. It is a song all about change and the question of how long it will take to come. This song catapulted Dylan to fame and as he became a voice for a movement. It was played around the world to express the desire for change. Truly he was a messenger for change.
Blowing in the Wind
By the way “Blowing in the Wind” was first played publicly on 16th April 1962. Another very fitting date … 16 is the Tower in the Tarot – that which has to break down and open. It appears in the 4th month. Once again 4 is the structure of power which tends to resist change. So 16 – the Tower – is asking 4 – the Emperor (existing power structure) – to break down. The year was 1962. B62 is Maha Chohan – the Greater Teacher – the one who requires letting go in order that growth may occur.
Living by Numbers
Back to Bob. The New Messenger is not just preaching change to the outside world. To live with integrity the New Messenger (him or herself) has also to be willing to change. The violet in the top fraction (complementary opposite to yellow) invites the yellow of self to surrender. Meanwhile the turquoise in the base fraction represents a journey of individuation – a journey of becoming in which the I is not fixed but ever evolving. In this way someone with a 24 can never really stand still, they have to remain aligned with change.
“All I can do is be me – whoever that is.”
In Bob Dylan’s case – being such a public figure – it was doubly difficult as many wanted him to be something for them. He had to fight to stay free of the expectations of those around him in order that he could be true to his own process. Here, in Dylan’s case, we can see the 5 (of the fifth month) as being the importance of not getting caught on the cross of his fans’ expectations. 5 here represents getting off the cross of 4. Dylan was famously called Judas at a concert in which he had switched from folk music to electric guitar. His equally famous reply was “I don’t believe you.”
The 24 and 5 occur within the year of 1941. B41 is the Gold / Gold of the soul consciousness. The 1 within the 4. The greater self behind the ego. The deeper I which is here for a bigger journey.
24 / 5 is a message to the outside world – change is coming. But it also applies to the inner world of the one who carries it. It required Dylan to be true to change too. Keep changing, don’t get caught on the cross. You are here for a deeper journey. As the quote I used for the last paragraph of yesterday’s article stated
“All I can do is be me – whoever that is.”
Howdy
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