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You may need to know a little astrology for this One, but the same amount of astronomy will do too...
Take this p0rtaL : 11, “the Key that includes Six.”
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Place the Sun at the center; the Elements (Tetrahedron) around that; the Planets (Hexahedron) around them; & the Zodiac (Dodecahedon) encircling those. The values thus derived are used in conjunction with the 7 keys of METATRON (see:
http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1738410&postcount=15 ) to obtain the Planetary Orbits & Synodic Cycles.
19: The Sun = 1
20: Fire = 2
0: Air = 0
12: Water = 3
20 + 0 + 12 = 32
1+ 20 + 0 + 12 = 33
2 + 0 + 3 = 5
1 + 2 + 0 + 3 = 6
19 + 2 + 0 + 3 = 24
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19: The Sun = 1
18: The Moon / Pisces = 9
1: Magus / Mercury = 1
3: Empress / Venus = 3
16: Tower / Mars = 7
10: Fortune / Jupiter = 1
21: Universe / Saturn = 3
25 = 1 + 9 + 1 + 3 + 7 + 1 + 3
88 = 19 + 18 + 1 + 3 + 16 + 10 + 21
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19: The Sun = 1
2: Priestess / Moon = 2
1: Magus / Mercury = 1
3: Empress / Venus = 3
16: Tower / Mars = 7
10: Fortune / Jupiter = 1
21: Universe / Saturn = 3
72 = 19 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 16 + 10 + 21
18 = 1 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 7 + 1 + 3
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4: Aries = 4
5: Taurus = 5
6: Gemini = 6
7: Cancer = 7
8: Leo = Libra = 8
9: Virgo = 9
11: Libra = Leo = 2
13: Scorpio = 4
14: Sagittarius = 5
15: Capricorn = 6
17: Aquarius = 8
18: Pisces = 9
127 = 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 11 + 13 + 14 + 15 + 17 + 18
73 = 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 2 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 8 + 9
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+19: The Sun = 1
127 + 19 = 146
127 + 1 = 128
73 + 19 = 92
73 + 1 = 74