Numerology: Number Two Personality Traits, Characteristics, Challenges

In numerology, your date of birth and your name is associated with certain compound and single digit numbers.  This article explores the personality traits, characteristics and challenges that are correlated to the single digit Number Two (2). 

In some of the earliest written numeral systems, the number Two was graphically represented as 2 ones ~ as 2 vertical lines (Roman, Egyptian Hieratic numerals), as 2 horizontal lines (Brahmi, Suzhou, Chinese and Japanese numerals) or as 2 dots (Mayan numerals). 

The number Two (as the result of 1 + 1 = 2) is thought to represent both unity and duality.  Thus, in effect, the number Two symbolizes the joining of two individual opposing forces that are the basis of all existence as there cannot be the one without the other.  Examples of this duality include:  male/female, positive/negative, right/left, creation/destruction, birth/death, white/black, light/dark, fire/water, above/below, Heaven/Hell, etc. 

This concept is beautifully and effectively expressed in the Yin Yang Symbol ~ in which the two opposite energies are contained equally within the infinte circle and within each energy is the dot representing the opposite energy. 

Traditional Yin-Yang Symbol

The number Two is also mathematically interesting because it is the only single-digit number that lacks distinction when added to itself or multiplied by itself ~ in both processes, the result (4) is the same.  This is not true with any of the other numbers:

                                                        1 + 1 =   2                 1 x 1 =   1                       

                                                        2 + 2 =   4                 2 x 2 =   4

                                                        3 + 3 =   6                 3 x 3 =   9

                                                        4 + 4 =   8                 4 x 4 = 16

                                                        5 + 5 = 10                 5 x 5 = 25

                                                        6 + 6 = 12                 6 x 6 = 36

                                                        7 + 7 = 14                 7 x 7 = 49

                                                        8 + 8 = 16                 8 x 8 = 64

                                                        9 + 9 = 18                 9 x 9 = 81

The Number Two is considered as being the link between the conscious emergence of the Ego (represented as the solitary One) and diverse multitude of all of the other numbers (represented by the number 3 and greater).   If we think of all matter as having spirit and as spirit being in all matter, the Number Two is complete in its nature and lacks nothing essential of the whole.  It is the perfect pair, the couple, the duo, the duet, the duad and the dyad. 

Thus, in both ancient and modern numerology, we think of a person whose birthdate or name reveals the numeral Two as being a person who seeks harmony, balance and union of the two distinctive parts in partnership.  Such a person is sociable, charming, cooperative, agreeable, tactful, patient, gracious, understanding, intuitive and sensitive ~ a diplomat, an ambassador of goodwill, a mediator, an artist and healer who is detail-oriented and aware of the nature of opposites and seeks to harmonize and unify them.  The Number Two energy is feminine and emotional in nature with a maternal, nurturing aspect, and Number Two individuals are usually followers or equal partners rather than leaders.

While the developed Number Two individual can be very compassionate, peaceful, considerate, receptive and objective, the underdeveloped Number Two individual can be insecure, indecisive, overly sensitive, subservient, co-dependent, inconsiderate and uncooperative. 

The challenges for the Number Two individual generally lie in finding and maintaining a balance in the opposing forces that the Number Two embodies.  Once this balance is harnessed, the Number Two individual, who seeks unity and not separateness, is the perfect partner in any type of business partnership or personal relationship.

In Love & Light,
Angelika