purenumerology.net » Cultural Beliefs http://purenumerology.net Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:50:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 “Numerologist Expert Talks About Wall Street Journal’s ‘Number-Crushing: When Figures Get Personal’” http://purenumerology.net/numerologist-expert-talks-about-wall-street-journals-number-crushing-when-figures-get-personal.htm http://purenumerology.net/numerologist-expert-talks-about-wall-street-journals-number-crushing-when-figures-get-personal.htm#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:07:33 +0000 John Ho http://purenumerology.net/?p=700 Today (Oct 28th 2009), WSJ has an article talking about cultural beliefs in numbers in the property market.

The recent sale of a condominium in Hong Kong for $56.6 million, apparently a residential record in Asia, sets the backgroud of this article.

The 40th – 59th floors in the same building are missing. So after the the 39th floor, it jumps to 60th floor. The top three floors are called consecutively 66, 68 and 88! This sure ticks off those methodical and meticulous people’s sense of order. I must say that this can be amusing,  confusing or both, depending on which angle you look at the scenario.

If you are interested more in this area, I suggest you read my earlier post, “Numerologist Expert Talks About Cultural Beliefs on Numbers”

You may wonder, how come the SAME numbers may have different meanings to different culture? Aren’t numbers, like music, pretty universal?

When the buyer for a property is Chinese (be it Chinese from China, Hong Kong, Malyasia or Singapore), I always suggest them to end their offer with a few “8″s for “prosperity.”

Reason? “8″ is a homophone for the word of wealth and properity.

John Ho

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]]> http://purenumerology.net/numerologist-expert-talks-about-wall-street-journals-number-crushing-when-figures-get-personal.htm/feed 14 “Numerologist Expert Talks About Cultural Beliefs on Numbers” http://purenumerology.net/numerologist-expert-talks-about-cultural-beliefs-on-numbers.htm http://purenumerology.net/numerologist-expert-talks-about-cultural-beliefs-on-numbers.htm#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:38:36 +0000 John Ho http://purenumerology.net/?p=608 In China (and to most Chinese, especially the older generations), there are a few lucky numbers (3, 8 & 9) and one unlucky number (4). These are all based on the high similarity in their pronounciations to the local words of the same meaning: 

- “8″ represents prosperity and wealth. Beijing Summer Olypmics started on 8/8/08 at 8pm. Do I need to say more?!

- ”9″ represents “longevity” or “eternity”.

- “3″ represents “create” or “alive”.

The legend says Japan was created by the 3000 Chinese migrated there under the imperial order thousands of years ago to search for death-defying herbs for the Emperor Chun’s longevity. Yet, the Japanese word for “9″ is a homophone for the word of suffering. So it is an unlucky number for them.

“4″ sounds much like death both to Chinese & Japanese.

The plot thickens when it comes to the number “5″, which sounds like “I” in Mandarin but sounds like a “not” in spoken Cantonese. So imagine you have the house number 58! What contradictory meanings!

“2″ sounds like the word “easy” in Cantonese whereas in Mandarin, it is the number ”1″ sounds like “easy”.  “1″ sounds like “true”, ”certain” or “solid” in Cantonese when it is in the numerical “tens” position e.g. 14. So with the house number “24″ or “14″, it means … you”ve got it!

Have I confused or amused you :) ) ?

John Ho

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