Key & Ship

Key and Ship

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#33 - Key

The key has a meaning that’s simple to understand. Keys go with locks, and they are the answer to opening them. A key can unlock a door, house, car, trunk, treasure chest, or symbolically, even a person’s heart, mind, or desires.

The key card likely means that you’re about to find the answer that will allow you to unlock or get to the bottom of something that’s been plaguing you or keeping you locked out. The key symbolizes that you will find the answer, find the truth, or uncover the very thing that will allow you to move onto to the next room, or level. It may even mean that you will receive treasure, as keys are often used as a symbol for folks that have won a new car, or on game shows as a way to open up the trunk that’s filled with tons of valuable prizes. If the key doesn’t turn, you lose, and someone else wins the fabulous prize. In old stories of pirates and treasure, the key opened the pirates treasure chest, and you often had to use a treasure map to find where it was buried. Or even more difficult, on which ship it had sunk to the bottom of the ocean with. Also, don’t forget, the Spanish word for island is cay, which loosely translates to Key— so this also could be referencing a place, like an island, or vacation, it’s how the “Florida Keys” received it’s name.

The key symbolizes a solution to something, the mastery of a skill, an achievement, or some kind of break-through or revelation. It could be a physical key made of metal or brass, a plastic key card, like used in a workplace or hotel, an electronic key or pin number, or a pass code. Sometimes you’re not finding a physical key but having a “eureka” moment or that moment where the lightbulb goes off and you’re one hundred percent sure of the answer and what needs to be done to address your problem or your situation. “Key” is the word used to describe the solution to a puzzle, the answer “key”, the mechanical component in a plug or socket that makes it fit or come together correctly, a guide to a map, and an answer to a cryptography algorithm. Health wise, the key can symbolize a cure that has recently been discovered, or a treatment that has produced successful results.

Popular culture references to keys are very common in this day and age. We already talked about how a key is the name or nickname for answers or solutions to puzzles, crosswords, problems, and technical problems. It’s also a fictional mutant character in the Marvel comic universe, the name of a Seinfeld TV episode, and part of a musical instrument made for playing and tuning. Keys are also chords, and very useful to playing music in certain tonic chords and notations. “A key” is almost like it’s own language. Keys are very popular in necklaces, lockets, furniture, and home decor. We have an obsession with problems and there’s nothing better than a solution to a problem— keys represent that solution, the happy ending, the answer to all of our problems.

#33

33 is the largest positive integer that cannot be expressed as a sum of different triangular numbers. It is the smallest odd repeating digit that is not a prime number. It’s also the sum of the first four factorials, the sum of the sum of the divisors of the first 6 positive integers, and the smallest integer such that it and the next two integers all have the same number of divisors. In religion, 33 is the number of deities in the Vedic religion, and was the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. Islamic prayer beads are arranged in sets of 33, and 33 is the numerical representation for the Star of David.

#3 - Ship

The ship card depicts a large water vessel, sails fully outstretched, moving across the seas. The boat or ship is one of the most easily discernible symbols, and from first glance it reminds us of stories of travel that we’ve heard from childhood. The ship represents a real life voyage to a far away destination, a journey that may even bring to the traveler riches or cargo from a far away land. The ship card may also refer to a long-lost love returning to you, or exciting news from someone you haven’t heard from in a very long time. You may even clean out a garage, basement, or forgotten closet and find a “message in a bottle.” Just like looking forward to an upcoming trip, the ship card indicates that you will put hopes or resources into an opportunity and hope for a positive return. It may even be a new business venture or partnership, even an impending marriage. In a literal sense, it may even refer to an upcoming cruise or fishing expedition. Most of the time, though, the ship card is speaking to the journey ahead and the joys and souvenirs it will bring. Life is a journey and not solely about the destination, so as the French would say, Bon Voyage! It’s time to break that bottle of wine against the side of the ship and take off on an amazing adventure.

#3

Literally, the number three can represent March, which may be the month of your travel. 3 o’clock or 3 weeks or years from now are also possibilities. Multiples of 3 can also be considered, like 2021. In Christianity the number 3 would represent the Holy Trinity of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost which are omnipresent and anywhere and everywhere, through space and time. The Pythagoreans thought that 3 was the first true number. It’s also symbolic of triangles, it’s the first number to form a geometric shape. In fairy tales and religious rituals things are often said or done three times. We use the expression, “third time’s the charm!” We also count to three when we want to do something in synchronicity. It’s a very powerful number. Three colors of light are needed to make all other colors of light, three colors of paint are needed to make all other colors of paint.

Three is a very lucky number for a lot of people. Many folks who have luck with the number 3 find that they continue to have good luck on the 13th ad 30th as well. If you’re not sure what your lucky numbers are, or if 3 is one of them (it likely is), you should find out what they are as soon as possible to ensure that you have as lucky of a future as possible.

Key + Ship

Because the Key card can refer to unlocking, and the Ship card can refer to message from far away, these two cards together means that there is a message trying to make its way to you that is currently having a hard time arriving. You must become open to receive it.

Numerology

The Key is represented by the number 33, and the Ship is represented by the number 3. When we combine them we get the number 36. Since 36 isn’t a single digit number, we add the 3 + 6 to get the number 9.

The Number 9

As it refers to Lenormand cards, the card for 9 contains the bouquet symbol. Life may be about to change, and you may be getting a fresh start. Flowers are often presented as gifts for funerals, not to represent death but as a sign of sympathy, but more importantly— of eternal life. Flowers are also a sign of someone seeking to enter into a new romantic relationship. Flowers are an amazing symbol of rebirth, and an affirmation that something is about to grow. Often times flowers are presented when meeting new people, such as the mother of someone you may have started a relationship with, a teacher, or new boss or administrative assistant. Flowers are sent to the hospital for people who have undergone illness or surgery, as a sign that they will heal quickly and get well soon, and start a new life full of health and empowerment. Flowers also have the ability to cheer people up.

As it applies to a period of time, the number 9 can be symbolic of the 9th month, year, day, or week. It also may refer to the letter I, the 9th letter. Paired with flowers, a 9 may refer to a date or upcoming time in the Spring season, when flowers are known to bloom. It can indicate the 9th hour or 9th minute as well. When children are young, they embrace 9 as a magical number in schools and summer camps, or anywhere that math is taught and learned. It is the number that everyone always used to learning multiplication tables on their fingers, or with a deck of cards, and 9 always comes through for the mathematical win. You can multiply 9 by any number, get a result, add that result number’s digits together, and the resulting answer is always a 9. It’s a favorite number of magicians and tv tricksters to guess what number you’re thinking. Do you know what your own personal magic numbers are? Interestingly, in society, we use the number 9 sometimes to refer to multiple chances at life— such as a cat’s “9 lives”. Just like a cat gets another chance at life, so does a re-planted flower, or re-soiled seed. It’s up to you to not waste your chance at another life, a recovery from an illness, a near-death experience, or a new love.

Action Items for Today

Make sure that you go back and look for emails or messages that you skipped over in your inbox. Go through the stack of mail that you put aside last week to be sure you have not overlooked something. Be open to conversation with that person close to you that you have not realized that you were avoiding. The ship suggests that there may be some distance you must go in order to find what you are looking for. You must make an effort to lend time to your search.

Affirmation

“I will take the extra time to dig a little deeper into my life. I will not avoid those close to me and be open to whatever they have to express to me. Whatever the message be, good or bad, I know that it is urgent that I invite it to my life. Knowledge is power and I am thirsty.” repeat this 2 or 3 times daily

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