mystery of the number 12

THE MYSTERY OF THE NUMBER 12

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In religion

The number 12 is very important in many religions, mainly

Judaism and Christianity, but some uses are to be found in

pagan times and in other religions beliefs and systems, used to

measure life and its nature.

In Antiquity there are numerous magical/religious uses of twelves.[1] Ancient Greek religion, the

Twelve Olympians were the principal gods of the pantheon.

The Twelve Olympians, also known as the Dodekatheon (Greek: Δωδεκάθεον < δώδεκα, dōdeka,

"twelve" + θεοί, theoi, "gods"), in Greek mythology, were the principal gods of the Greek pantheon,

residing atop Mount Olympus. The first ancient reference of religious ceremonies for them is found in

the Homeric Hymn to Hermes. The classical scheme of the Twelve Olympians (the Canonical Twelve

of art and poetry) comprises the following gods: Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Ares, Hermes,

Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Hestia. The respective Roman scheme comprises the

following gods: Jupiter, Juno, Neptune, Ceres, Mars, Mercury, Vulcan, Venus, Minerva, Apollo, Diana

and Vesta.[1]

There was, however, a great deal of fluidity when it came to who was counted among their number in

antiquity.[2] Around 400 BC Herodorus included in his Dodekatheon the following deities: Zeus,

Poseidon, Hera, Athena, Hermes, Apollo, Alpheus, Cronus, Rhea and the Charites.[3] Wilamowitz

agrees with Herodorus' version of the Twelve.[4]

Herodotus includes Heracles as one of the Twelve.[5] Lucian also includes Heracles and Asclepius as

members of the Twelve, without explaining which two had to give way for them. At Kos, Heracles and

Dionysus are added to the Twelve, and Ares and Hephaestus are left behind.[6] However, Pindar,

Apollodorus,[7] and Herodorus disagree with this. For them Heracles is not one of the Twelve Gods,

but the one who established their cult.[3]

Plato connected the Twelve Olympians with the twelve months, and proposed that the final month be

devoted to rites in honor of Pluto and the spirits of the dead, implying that he considered Hades to be

one of the Twelve.[8] Hades is phased out in later groupings due to his chthonic associations.[9] In

Phaedrus Plato aligns the Twelve with the Zodiac and would exclude Hestia from their rank.[10]

Hestia is sometimes displaced by Dionysus.[9] Hebe, Helios and Persephone are other important gods,

goddesses, which are sometimes included in a group of twelve. Eros is often depicted alongside the

other twelve, especially his mother Aphrodite, but is rarely considered one of the Olympians.

The Twelve Olympians gained their supremacy in the world of gods after Zeus led his siblings to

victory in war with the Titans. Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Hestia, and Hades were siblings. Ares,

Hermes, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, the Charites, Heracles, Dionysus, Hebe, and

Persephone were children of Zeus. Although some versions of the myths state that Hephaestus was

born of Hera alone, and that Aphrodite was born of Ouranos.

Greek

Name

Roman

Name Statue God(dess) Of... Generation

Zeus Jupiter King of the Gods and ruler of Mount Olympus;

god of the sky, thunder, and justice. First

Hera Juno Queen of the Gods and of the heavens; goddess of

women, marriage, and motherhood. First

Poseidon Neptune Lord of the Sea; god of the seas, earthquakes,

created horses. First

Demeter Ceres Goddess of fertility, agriculture, nature, and the

seasons. First

Hestia Vesta Goddess of the hearth and home (left so Dionysus

could be in the twelve). First

Aphrodite Venus Goddess of love, beauty, desire, and fertility. Second [A]

Apollo Apollo The Sun God; god of light, healing, music,

poetry, prophecy, archery and truth. Second

Ares Mars God of war, frenzy, hatred, and bloodshed. Second

Artemis Diana Goddess of the hunt, of maidens, and the moon. Second

Athena Minerva Goddess of wisdom, crafts, and strategic battle. Second

Hephaestus Vulcan Blacksmith to the Gods; god of fire and the

forges. Second

Hermes Mercury Messenger of the Gods; god of commerce, speed,

thieves, and trade. Second

In Greek and Roman mythology, Apollo (in Greek, Ἀπόλλων—Apóllōn or Ἀπέλλων—Apellōn), is one

of the most important and many-sided of the Olympian deities. The ideal of the kouros (a beardless

youth), Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of light and the sun; truth and prophecy; archery;

medicine and healing; music, poetry, and the arts; and more. Apollo is the son of Zeus and Leto, and

has a twin sister, the chaste huntress Artemis. Apollo is known in Greek-influenced Etruscan

mythology as Apulu. Apollo was worshipped in both ancient Greek and Roman religion, as well as in

the modern Greco-Roman Neopaganism.

As the patron of Delphi (Pythian Apollo), Apollo was an oracular god — the prophetic deity of the

Delphic Oracle. Medicine and healing were associated with Apollo, whether through the god himself or

mediated through his son Asclepius. Apollo was also seen as a god who could bring ill-health and

deadly plague as well as one who had the ability to cure. Amongst the god's custodial charges, Apollo

became associated with dominion over colonists, and as the patron defender of herds and flocks. As the

leader of the Muses (Apollon Musagetes) and director of their choir, Apollo functioned as the patron

god of music and poetry. Hermes created the lyre for him, and the instrument became a common

attribute of Apollo. Hymns sung to Apollo were called paeans.

In Hellenistic times, especially during the third century BCE, as Apollo Helios he became identified

among Greeks with Helios, god of the sun, and his sister Artemis similarly equated with Selene,

goddess of the moon.[1] In Latin texts, however, Joseph Fontenrose declared himself unable to find any

conflation of Apollo with Sol among the Augustan poets of the first century, not even in the

conjurations of Aeneas and Latinus in Aeneid XII (161–215).[2] Apollo and Helios/Sol remained

separate beings in literary and mythological texts until the third century CE.

Oracular shrines

Apollo had a famous oracle in Delphi, and other notable ones in Clarus and Branchidae. His oracular

shrine in Abae in Phocis, where he bore the toponymic epithet Abaeus (Ἀπόλλων Ἀβαῖος, Apollon

Abaios) was important enough to be consulted by Croesus (Herodotus, 1.46). His oracular shrines

include:

• In Delphi, the Pythia became filled with the pneuma of Apollo, said to come from a spring

inside the Adyton.

Adyton

Location of the adyton within a temple.

The adyton (Greek: Άδυτον) or adytum (Latin) was a restricted area within the cella of a Greek or

Roman temple. Its name meant "inaccessible" or "do not enter". The adyton was frequently a small

area at the farthest end of the cella from the entrance: at Delphi it measured just nine by twelve feet.

The adyton would often house the cult image of the god. Adyta were spaces reserved for oracles, priests

or acolytes, and not for the general public. Adyta were found frequently associated with temples of

Apollo, as at Bassae, Clarus, Delos and Delphi, although they were also said to have been natural

phenomena (see the story of Nyx). In modern usage, the term is sometimes extended to similar spaces

in other cultural contexts, as in Egyptian temples.

The chief Norse god, Odin, had 12 sons. Several sets of twelve cities are identified in history as a

dodecapolis, the most familiar being the Etruscan League. In the King Arthur Legend, Arthur is said to

have subdued 12 rebel princes and to have won 12 great battles against Saxon invaders. [source:

Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia, 3d ed]

The importance of 12 in Judaism and Christianity can be found in the Bible. The biblical Jacob had 12

sons, who were the progenitors of the Twelve Tribes of Israel, while the New Testament describes

twelve apostles of Jesus; when Judas Iscariot was disgraced, a meeting was held (Acts) to add Matthias

to complete the number twelve once more. (Today, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has

a Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

Many other refrences exsist in the bible using the number 12 or a

division of 12.

such as, the 12th book of the bible of kings2, whis is a 2 parts part 1, and part 2, 1 and 2 put

together side by side you get 12, the books before and after are both 2 parts, parts 1, ...and part 2.

which added together gives 36/3=12

samuel which is 2 parts and beofre the kings chapters, book 2 contains 24 chapters. as chronicles book

2 has 36 verses

the book of numbers has 36 chapters

joshua has 24

ruth has 4

ezra has 10

ecclesiastes 12

ezekiel has 48

daniel 12

joel 3

amos 9

obadiah 1

jonah 4

nahum 3

habakkuk 3

zephaniah 3

haggai 2

malachi 4

luke 24

corinthias also is a book 1 and a book 2 = 12

the 2nd book has 13 chapters, 13 signifying the beginning of a new octave in music.

galatians 6

ephisians 6

philippians4

colossians 4

thessalonians is also 2 books book 1 and 2, the 2nd book has 3 chapters

timothy book 1 and 2 book 1 has 6 chapters book 2 has 4

titus 3

philemon 1

hebrews 13

peter also has book 1 and 2 the 2nd book has 3 chapters

now the bible ends with peter chapter 1 and 2

john has 3 books, so pay attention, the third book contains 1 chapter, if you take the 2 other books after

john book 3, and add the amount of chapters together you get 24, which is book of revalation 22

chapters and book of jude, 1 chapter, plus the 1 chapter from john book 3 equals 24 chapters, in the last

/3/ books,

there are 8 books total which have books 1 and 2

if you count all the books from start to finish that dont have the divisor of another even number or that

using simple math can get to 12, when you get to acts, which is 28 chapters, if you dont count the odd

counted numbers which are numbers numbers like 13, 10, 1, and 8, u get the number 28 on the 28th

count which is exactly the number of chapters in acts, and if you do count the odd numbers, then you

get to john which is exatcly 21 chapters, the same pattern evolved and ended up so closesly to each

other,

the word 4 appears in a atotal of 282 verses for a total of 328 times

the word 12 165 verses contaoin the number 12

the number 13 appears only 15 times /Eze 40:11 And he measured the breadth of the entry of the

gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.

three appears in a total of 426 verses

six appears 190 times in all the books, sometimes twice in a verse for a total of 202 example:/Gen 7:6

And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. Gen 16:16

And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. Gen 46:26 All

the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons'

wives, all the souls were threescore and six; /Exo 24:16 And the glory of the LORD abode upon

mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of

the midst of the cloud. /Exo 28:10 Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the

rest on the other stone, according to their birth. /Rev 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath

understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is

Six hundred threescore and six.

twenty four appears 33 times, combined the same numbers appear together in a verse 72 times

the word twelve thousand appreas 20 times and the words twleve and thousand appear together in a

verse a total of 63 times example: \Num 31:5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel,

a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. 1Ki 4:26 And Solomon had forty

thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen//1Ki 10:26 And Solomon

gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and

twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at

Jerusalem. //Mar 8:19 When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full

of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve. ///Rev 7:5 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed

twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were

sealed twelve thousand..

ALl the books of the bible and the verses that contain the word twelve.

(Gen 5:8) And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.

(Gen 14:4) Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

(Gen 17:20) And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make

him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make

him a great nation.

(Gen 25:16) These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their

castles; twelve princes according to their nations.

(Gen 35:22) And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with

Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

(Gen 42:13) And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of

Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

(Gen 42:32) We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day

with our father in the land of Canaan.

(Gen 49:28) All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto

them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

(Exo 15:27) And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten

palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.

(Exo 24:4) And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and

builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

(Exo 28:21) And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to

their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to

the twelve tribes.

(Exo 39:14) And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve,

according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to

the twelve tribes.

(Lev 24:5) And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be

in one cake.

(Num 1:44) These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the

princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.

(Num 7:3) And they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered wagons, and twelve

oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the

tabernacle.

(Num 7:84) This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of

Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:

(Num 7:86) The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the

shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and twenty shekels.

(Num 7:87) All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs

of the first year twelve, with their meat offering: and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve.

(Num 17:2) Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to

the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods:

write thou every man's name upon his rod.

(Num 17:6) And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him

a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the

rod of Aaron was among their rods.

(Num 29:17) And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen

lambs of the first year without spot:

(Num 31:5) So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe,

twelve thousand armed for war.

(Num 31:33) And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,

(Num 31:38) And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was

threescore and twelve.

(Num 33:9) And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve

fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.

(Deu 1:23) And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:

(Jos 3:12) Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.

(Jos 4:2) Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

(Jos 4:3) And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the

place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and

leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.

(Jos 4:4) Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out

of every tribe a man:

(Jos 4:8) And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out

of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of

the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and

laid them down there.

(Jos 4:9) And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the

priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.

(Jos 4:20) And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.

(Jos 8:25) And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve

thousand, even all the men of Ai.

(Jos 18:24) And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:

(Jos 19:15) And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities

with their villages.

(Jos 21:7) The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the

tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

(Jos 21:40) So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of

the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.

(Jdg 19:29) And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his

concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the

coasts of Israel.

(Jdg 21:10) And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and

commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the

sword, with the women and the children.

(2Sa 2:15) Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to

Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

(2Sa 10:6) And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of

Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand

footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.

(2Sa 17:1) Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand

men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

(1Ki 4:7) And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king

and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.

(1Ki 4:26) And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand

horsemen.

(1Ki 7:15) For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve

cubits did compass either of them about.

(1Ki 7:25) It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward

the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was

set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

(1Ki 7:44) And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;

(1Ki 10:20) And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there

was not the like made in any kingdom.

(1Ki 10:26) And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and

four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for

chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.

(1Ki 11:30) And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:

(1Ki 16:23) In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel,

twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.

(1Ki 18:31) And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of

Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:

(1Ki 19:19) So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with

twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his

mantle upon him.

(2Ki 3:1) Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year

of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.

(2Ki 21:1) Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five

years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzibah.

(1Ch 6:63) Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe

of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

(1Ch 9:22) All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve.

These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did

ordain in their set office.

(1Ch 15:10) Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and

twelve.

(1Ch 25:9) Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his

brethren and sons were twelve:

(1Ch 25:10) The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

(1Ch 25:11) The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

(1Ch 25:12) The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

(1Ch 25:13) The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

(1Ch 25:14) The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

(1Ch 25:15) The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

(1Ch 25:16) The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

(1Ch 25:17) The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

(1Ch 25:18) The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

(1Ch 25:19) The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

(1Ch 25:20) The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

(1Ch 25:21) The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

(1Ch 25:22) The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

(1Ch 25:23) The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

(1Ch 25:24) The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

(1Ch 25:25) The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

(1Ch 25:26) The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

(1Ch 25:27) The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

(1Ch 25:28) The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

(1Ch 25:29) The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

(1Ch 25:30) The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

(1Ch 25:31) The four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve.

(2Ch 1:14) And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four

hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with

the king at Jerusalem.

(2Ch 4:4) It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward

the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was

set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

(2Ch 4:15) One sea, and twelve oxen under it.

(2Ch 9:19) And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There

was not the like made in any kingdom.

(2Ch 9:25) And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand

horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

(2Ch 12:3) With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people

were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the

Ethiopians.

(2Ch 33:1) Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five

years in Jerusalem:

(Ezr 2:6) The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight

hundred and twelve.

(Ezr 2:18) The children of Jorah, an hundred and twelve.

(Ezr 6:17) And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred

rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the

number of the tribes of Israel.

(Ezr 8:24) Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of

their brethren with them,

(Ezr 8:35) Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the

captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and

six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering

unto the LORD.

(Neh 5:14) Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of

Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that

is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.

(Neh 7:24) The children of Hariph, an hundred and twelve.

(Est 2:12) Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had

been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their

purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet

odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)

(Psa 60:1) To the chief Musician upon Shushaneduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove

with Aramnaharaim and with Aramzobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley

of salt twelve thousand. O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been

displeased; O turn thyself to us again.

(Jer 52:20) The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the bases, which

king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass of all these vessels was without

weight.

(Jer 52:21) And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of

twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.

(Eze 43:16) And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares

thereof.

(Eze 47:13) Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land

according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.

(Dan 4:29) At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.

IN THE NEW TESTAMENT WE LOOK AND HIGHLIGHT ALL THE TIMES JESUS SPEAKS

AND USES THE WORD 12, AND THE WHOLE TIME JESUS IS TALKED ABOUT IN THE NEW

TESTAMENT, HE IS SURROUNDED BY THE NUMBER 12, AND EVEN CHOOSES 12

DISCIPLES, READ THROUGH THE VERSES THAT HAVE 12 IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, AND

NOTICE HOW MUCH THE NUMBER 12 IS USED AROUND JESUS. IT ALSO SEEMS TO BE

HIS NUMBER OF CHOICE.

(Mat 9:20) And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came

behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:

(Mat 10:1) And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against

unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.

(Mat 10:2) Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter,

and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

(Mat 10:5) These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of

the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:

(Mat 11:1) And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples,

he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.

(Mat 14:20) And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that

remained twelve baskets full.

(Mat 19:28) And Jesus said unto them,

Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the

Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones,

judging the twelve tribes of Israel

(Mat 20:17) And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said

unto them,

(Mat 26:14) Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,

(Mat 26:20) Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve.

(Mat 26:47) And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great

multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.

(Mat 26:53)

Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me

more than twelve legions of angels?

(Mar 3:14) And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them

forth to preach,

(Mar 4:10) And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the

parable.

(Mar 5:25) And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,

(Mar 5:42) And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years.

And they were astonished with a great astonishment.

(Mar 6:7) And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and

gave them power over unclean spirits;

(Mar 6:43) And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.

(Mar 8:19) When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of

fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.

(Mar 9:35) And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be

first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.

(Mar 10:32) And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and

they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and

began to tell them what things should happen unto him,

(Mar 11:11) And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked

round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the

twelve.

(Mar 14:10) And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto

them.

(Mar 14:17) And in the evening he cometh with the twelve.

(Mar 14:20) And he answered and said unto them,

It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish.

(Mar 14:43) And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him

a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

(Luk 2:42) And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the

feast.

(Luk 6:13) And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve,

whom also he named apostles;

(Luk 8:1) And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village,

preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him,

(Luk 8:42) For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as

he went the people thronged him.

(Luk 8:43) And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living

upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,

(Luk 9:1) Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over

all devils, and to cure diseases.

(Luk 9:12) And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send

the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get

victuals: for we are here in a desert place.

(Luk 9:17) And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that

remained to them twelve baskets.

(Luk 18:31) Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to

Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be

accomplished.

(Luk 22:3) Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.

(Luk 22:14) And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him.

(Luk 22:30)

That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the

twelve tribes of Israel.

(Luk 22:47) And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the

twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him.

(Joh 6:13) Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of

the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.

(Joh 6:67) Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?

(Joh 6:70) Jesus answered them,

Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?

(Joh 6:71) He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him,

being one of the twelve.

(Joh 11:9) Jesus answered,

Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not,

because he seeth the light of this world.

(Joh 20:24) But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

(Act 6:2) Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not

reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.

(Act 7:8) And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and

circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.

(Act 19:7) And all the men were about twelve.

(Act 24:11) Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went

up to Jerusalem for to worship.

(Act 26:7) Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to

come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.

(1Co 15:5) And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:

(Jas 1:1) James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are

scattered abroad, greeting.

(Rev 7:5) Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed

twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.

(Rev 7:6) Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed

twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.

(Rev 7:7) Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed

twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.

(Rev 7:8) Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed

twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.

(Rev 12:1) And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the

moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:

(Rev 21:12) And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels,

and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:

(Rev 21:14) And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve

apostles of the Lamb.

(Rev 21:16) And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he

measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the

height of it are equal.

(Rev 21:21) And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the

street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.

(Rev 22:2) In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life,

which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree

were for the healing of the nations.

ALL THE RED WORDS WERE WORDS THAT JESUS SPOKE DIRECTLY, AND USED THE

NUMBER 12, HERE WE WILL POINT OUT OTHER NUMBERS JESUS SPOKE, SUCH AS THE

NUMBER FOUR

Mat 16:10 Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

Mat 24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together

his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Mar 8:20 And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up?

And they said, Seven. HERE JESUS SAYS 4, BUT IN THE CONTEXT OF 4,000

Mar 13:27 And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds,

from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven. HERE AGAIN HE SPEAKS OF

THE FOUR WINDS.

Joh 4:35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift

up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.

fOUR IS ALSO USED A LOT AROUND JESUS AND IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, SUCH AS

THESE VERSES/Joh 11:39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead,

saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days. Act 7:6 And God spake

on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into

bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years. Act 10:11 And saw heaven opened, and a certain

vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the

earth:

MORE THAN HALF THE REFRENCES TO THE NUMBER FOR IN THE BOOK OF

REVALATION

(Rev 4:4) And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and

twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.

(Rev 4:6) And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the

throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.

(Rev 4:8) And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within:

and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is

to come.

(Rev 4:10) The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him

that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

(Rev 5:6) And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the

elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven

Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

(Rev 5:8) And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before

the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of

saints.

(Rev 5:14) And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped

him that liveth for ever and ever.

(Rev 6:1) And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of

thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.

(Rev 6:6) And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and

three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

(Rev 7:1) And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the

four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.

(Rev 7:2) And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he

cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,

(Rev 7:4) And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and

forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.

(Rev 7:11) And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts,

and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,

(Rev 9:13) And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar

which is before God,

(Rev 9:14) Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in

the great river Euphrates.

(Rev 9:15) And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month,

and a year, for to slay the third part of men.

(Rev 11:16) And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces,

and worshipped God,

(Rev 14:1) And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and

four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.

(Rev 14:3) And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the

elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were

redeemed from the earth.

(Rev 15:7) And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of

God, who liveth for ever and ever.

(Rev 19:4) And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat

on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.

(Rev 20:8) And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and

Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

(Rev 21:17) And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the

measure of a man, that is, of the angel.

JESUS ALSO USED THE WORD THREE WHEN HE SPOKE, THREE IS USED IN 66 TOTAL

VERSES THROUGHT THE NEW TESTAMENT THESE ARE THE VERSES WHERE JESUS

SPEAKS THE WORD THREE

Mat 12:40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be

three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Mat 13:33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a

woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

Mat 15:32 Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude,

because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away

fasting, lest they faint in the way.

Mat 17:4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us

make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

Mat 18:16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or

three witnesses every word may be established.

Mat 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them

Mat 26:61 And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three

days.

Mar 8:2 I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have

nothing to eat:

Luk 4:25 But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven

was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;

Luk 10:36 Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the

thieves?

Luk 11:5 And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight,

and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;

Luk 12:52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two

against three.

Luk 13:7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit

on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?

Luk 13:21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was

leavened.

Joh 2:19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

THE ONLY REFRENCES TO THE NUMBER TWENTY FOUR IN THE NEW TESTAMENT ONLY

APPEAR IN THE BOOK REVELATION

(Rev 4:4) And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and

twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.

(Rev 4:10) The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him

that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

(Rev 5:8) And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before

the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of

saints.

(Rev 5:14) And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped

him that liveth for ever and ever.

(Rev 11:16) And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces,

and worshipped God,

(Rev 19:4) And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat

on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.

24 Is important to the number 12, as 12 is the hours of a day/night, thus a full day and night is 24 hours,

and that can symbolize a form of an alchemical sun and moon, or a yin yang symbol, or a mirror. its

also the total number of book in the TANAKH.

In music for the number 24

There are 24 major and minor keys in Western tonal music, not counting enharmonic equivalents.

Therefore, for collections of pieces written in each key, the number of pieces in such a collection; e.g.,

Chopin's 24 Preludes

In other fields

Astronomical clock in Prague

24 is also:

• The number of bits a computer needs to represent truecolour images (for a maximum of

16,777,216 colours). (But greater numbers of bits provide more accurate colors. "Truecolor" is

one of many possible color representations.)

• The number of a broadcast television channel

• The number of Carats representing 100% pure gold.

• The number of cycles in the Chinese solar year.

• The number of frames per second at which motion picture film is usually projected.

• The number of hours in a day.

• The number of letters in both the modern and classical Greek alphabet. For the latter reason,

also the number of chapters or "books" into which Homer's Odyssey and Iliad came to be

divided.

• 24 , television series starring Kiefer Sutherland. Each episode covers one hour, with 24

episodes making up one entire "day".

• The number of points on a backgammon board.

• When pronounced "two-four", a 24-pack of beer (Canadianism).

• A children's mathematical game involving the use of any of the 4 standard operations on 4

numbers on a card to get 24 (see Math 24)

• "24", a song by Welsh musician Jem

• The maximum number of Knight Companions in the Order of the Garter

• The Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution is one of the Civil Rights-era

amendments, abolishing poll tax requirements in federal elections.

• The designation of US Interstate 24, a freeway that runs from Tennessee to Illinois. Also many

other roads called Route 24

• 24 is considered an unlucky number in Cantonese culture because its pronunciation is similar to

that of "easy to die". For this reason, many buildings skip this floor number. The same goes for

13, 34, 44, etc.

• #24 is a recurring character on The Venture Bros.

• A Straight Edge symbol, for X is the 24th letter of the alphabet.

• The number of the French department Dordogne.

• In Brazil the number is associated with homosexuals due to the number representing the deer in

the gambling game Jogo do Bicho and the word viado (a misspelling of veado, deer in

Portuguese) being a slang for homosexuals

In sports

• The number of Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays, retired by the San Francisco Giants.

• The number of Baseball Hall of Famer Tony Perez, retired by the Cincinnati Reds.

• The number of Baseball Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, considered the greatest lead-off hitter

of all-time.

• The number of former MLB All-Star Jimmy Wynn, retired by the Houston Astros.

• The car number of 4-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon since the 1992

Hooters 500. Previously, another Gordon-- Cecil Gordon--had driven the 24 car.

• The jersey number of MLB All-Star and Gold Glove winner, Grady Sizemore from the

Cleveland Indians

• The jersey number of MLB All-Star, Robinson Canó since the 2007 season.

• The current jersey number of NBA star, Kobe Bryant (from the 2006-07 season, onwards)

• The jersey number of NFL Stars, Champ Bailey,Michael Huff,Deltha O'neal,Ty Law,Charles

Woodson,Cadillac Williams, and Marion Barber

• The number of teams that participated in each FIFA World Cup finals tournament between 1982

and 1994.

• The retired jersey number of Boston Bruins hockey joueur, Terry O'Reilly

• The jersey number of NHL Hall of Famer Bernie Federko, retired by the St. Louis Blues

• The number of accepted runners in the Melbourne Cup

• The number of Stanley Cups won by the Montreal Canadiens of the NHL.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/24-cell_graph_ortho.png

heres a 24 cell graph basically its a 12 pointed star within a 12 pointed star, showing

the relation ship with 12 build upon 12.

The Book of Revelation contains much numerical symbolism, and a lot of the numbers mentioned have

12 as a divisor. 12:1 mentions a woman — interpreted as the people of Israel, the Church or the Virgin

Mary — wearing a crown of twelve stars (representing each of the twelve tribes of Israel).

Furthermore, there are 12,000 people sealed from each of the twelve tribes of Israel, making a total of

144,000 (which is the square of 12 multiplied by a thousand).

There are 12 days of Christmas. The song Twelve Days of Christmas came from the traditional practice

of extending Yuletide celebrations over the twelve days from Christmas day to the eve of Epiphany; the

period of thirteen days including Epiphany is sometimes known as Christmastide. Thus Twelfth Night is

another name for the twelfth day of Christmas or January 5 (the eve of Epiphany). Similarly, Eastern

Orthodoxy observes 12 Great Feasts.

In Judaism, 12 signifies the age a girl matures (bat mitzvah).

In Shi'a Islam, there are twelve Imams, legitimate successors of the prophet Muhammad.

Shia Islam (Arabic: شيعة Shī‘ah, sometimes spelled Shi'a), is the second largest denomination of

Islam, after Sunni Islam. The followers of Shia Islam are called Shi'as or Shi'ites.

if you add all the side of a 3 dimensional cube it equals 24.

The Kaaba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

It is believed in Twelver and Ismaili Shī‘ah Islam that ‘aql, divine wisdom, was the source of the souls

of the prophets and imams and gave them esoteric knowledge called ḥikmah and that their sufferings

were a means of divine grace to their devotees

The Twelve Imams are the spiritual and political successors to Muhammad for Twelvers.[20]

According to the theology of Twelvers, the successor of Muhammad is an infallible human individual

who not only rules over the community with justice, but also is able to keep and interpret the Divine

Law and its esoteric meaning. Muhammad and imams' words and deeds are a guide and model for the

community to follow; as a result, they must be free from error and sin, and must be chosen by divine

decree, or nass, through Muhammad. [22] [61] Each Imam was the son of the previous Imam, with the

exception of Husayn ibn Ali, who was the brother of Hasan ibn Ali.[20] The twelfth and final Imam is

Muhammad al-Mahdi, who is believed by the Twelvers to be currently alive, and in occultation.[24

These twelve early leaders of Islam are—Ali, Hasan, Husayn, and nine of Husayn's descendants.

In Hinduism, the sun god Surya has 12 names

A well-known Hindu mode of worship of the devotional movements of Surya is done at the rising of

the Sun, known as Sūrya namaskāra (sun salutation). Ten yogic postures are assumed in successive

flowing movements to complete one namaskar. Twelve sacred Hindu mantras uttered and for each

mantra one complete namaskar is done. Ancient practice is to do 108 namaskaras a day. It is considered

most auspicious by Hindus to do this.

The 12 mantras for surya namaskara:

1. ॐ म त य न aum mitrāya namah

2. ॐ रवय न aum ravayé namah

3. ॐ स य य न aum sūryāya namah

4. ॐ भ नव न aum bhānavé namah

5. ॐ खगय न aum khagāya namah

6. ॐ प ष न aum pushné namah

7. ॐ ह रणयगभ य न aum hiranyagarbhāya namah

8. ॐ ररच य न aum mārichāyé namah

9. ॐ आह तय य न aum ādityāya namah

10.ॐ स ववत न aum sāvitré namah

11.ॐ आर य न aum ārkāya namah

12.ॐ भ सरर य न aum bhāskarāya namah

In Vedic astrology Surya is considered a mild malefic on account of his hot, dry nature. Surya

represents soul, will-power, fame, the eyes, general vitality, courage, kingship, father, highly placed

persons and authority. He is exalted in the sign Mesha (Aries) and is in decline in the sign Tula (Libra).

The strongest placement for Surya is directly overhead in the 10th house, and on the angles (the 1st, 4th

and 7th houses) 1 4 and 7 i s cocnisdered by some to be the number of set theory for a minor chord

Surya is lord of three nakshatras or lunar mansions: Krittika, Uttara Phalguni and Uttara Ashadha.

Surya has the following associations: the colors - copper or red, the metals - gold or brass, the

gemstone - ruby, the direction - east and the season of summer. The food grain associated with him

(one of Nava Dhanyas) is wheat

In time

•Most calendar systems have twelve months in a year.

•The English word calendar is derived from the Latin word kalendae, which was the Latin name of

the first day of every month

The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar or Hijri calendar (Arabic: التقويم الهجري

; attaqwīm

al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری taqwīm-e hejri-ye qamari; Turkish: Hicri Takvim) is a

lunar calendar based on 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days, used to date events in many

Muslim countries (concurrently with the Gregorian calendar), and used by Muslims everywhere to

determine the proper day on which to celebrate Islamic holy days and festivals

The Jewish calendar is a lunisolar calendar, or "fixed lunar year," based on twelve lunar months of

twenty-nine or thirty days, with an intercalary lunar month added seven times every nineteen years

(once every two to three years) to synchronize the twelve lunar cycles with the slightly longer solar

year. Each Jewish lunar month starts with the new moon. Although originally the new lunar crescent

had to be observed and certified by witnesses, the timing of the new moon is now determined

mathematically. Concurrently there is a weekly cycle of seven days, mirroring the seven-day period of

the Book of Genesis in which the world is created. The names for the days of the week, like those in

the Creation story, are simply the day number within the week, with Shabbat being the seventh day.

The Jewish day always runs from sunset to the next sunset; the formal adjustments used to specify a

standard time and time zones are not relevant to the Jewish calendar. The solar year is about eleven

days longer than twelve lunar months. The Bible does not directly mention the addition of

"embolismic" or intercalary months. However, without the insertion of embolismic months, Jewish

festivals would gradually shift outside of the seasons required by the Torah. This has been ruled as

implying a requirement for the insertion of embolismic months to reconcile the lunar cycles to the

seasons, which are integral to solar yearly cycles.

The Gregorian solar calendar is an arithmetical calendar. It counts days as the basic unit of time,

grouping them into years of 365 or 366 days; and repeats completely every 146,097 days, which fill

400 years, and which also happens to be 20,871 seven-day weeks. Of these 400 years, 303 (the

"common years") have 365 days, and 97 (the leap years) have 366 days. This gives an average year

length of exactly 365.2425 days, or 365 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes and 12 seconds.

A Gregorian year is divided into twelve months of irregular length, with no regular relationship among

their lengths

•lunar calendar is synchronized to the motion of the Moon (lunar phases); an example is the

Islamic calendar.

•A solar calendar is based on perceived seasonal changes synchronized to the apparent motion of

the Sun; an example is the Persian calendar.

•A "luni-solar calendar" is based on a combination of both solar and lunar reckonings; an example

is the traditional calendar of China and the Hindu Calendar in India.

• There are some calendars that appear to be synchronized to the motion of Venus, such as some

of the ancient Egyptian calendars; synchronization to Venus appears to occur primarily in

civilizations near the Equator.

• The week cycle is an example of one that is not synchronized to any external phenomenon

(although it may have been derived from lunar phases, beginning anew every month).

•

Very commonly a calendar includes more than one type of cycle, or has both cyclic and acyclic

elements. A lunisolar calendar is synchronized both to the motion of the moon and to the apparent

motion of the sun; an example is the Hebrew calendar.

Lunar year

The lunar year comprises twelve full cycles of the phases of the Moon, as seen from Earth. It has a

duration of approximately 354.37 days.

Fiscal Year

A fiscal year or financial year is a 12-month period used for calculating annual financial statements in

businesses and other organizations. In many jurisdictions, regulations regarding accounting require

such reports once per twelve months, but do not require that the twelve months

THE ZODIAC

• The Western zodiac has twelve signs, as does the Chinese zodiac.

In astronomy, the zodiac is the ring of constellations that lines the ecliptic, which is the apparent path

of the Sun across the sky over the course of the year. The Moon and planets also lie within the ecliptic,

and so are also within the constellations of the zodiac. In astrology, the zodiac denotes those signs

which divide the ecliptic into twelve equal zones of celestial longitude. As such, the zodiac is a celestial

coordinate system, more precisely an ecliptic coordinate system, taking the ecliptic as the origin of

latitude, and the position of the sun at vernal equinox as the origin of longitude.

The term zodiac derives from Latin zōdiacus, in turn from the Greek ζωδιακός κύκλος (zōdiakos

kuklos), meaning "circle of animals", derived from ζώδιον (zōdion), the diminutive of ζῶον (zōon)

"animal". The name is motivated by the fact that many of the signs of the classical Greek zodiac are

represented as animals (six out of twelve, plus two mythological hybrids).

the term and the names of the twelve signs are today mostly associated with horoscopic astrology.

The Taiwanese zodiac also finds reflection in the Hebrew Bible. The name of the twelve signs are

equivalent to the names in use today, except that the name of the Eagle seems to have been usually

substituted for Scorpio. [6] [7] The arrangement of the twelve tribes of Israel around the Tabernacle

(Numbers 2) corresponded to the order of the Zodiac; and four of the tribes represented the middle

signs of each quarter: Judah was the Lion, Reuben the Man, Ephraim the Bull, and Dan the Eagle. [8]

[9] [10] Thomas Mann in Joseph and His Brothers takes the Blessing of Jacob as attributing

characteristics of a sign of the zodiac to each tribe. The faces of the cherubim, in both Ezekiel and

Revelation, are the middle signs of the four quarters of the Zodiac: the Lion is Leo; the Bull is Taurus;

the Man is Aquarius; and the Eagle is Scorpio.

Hellenistic astrology was a syncretism of Babylonian and Egyptian astrology, and it was in Ptolemaic

Egypt where horoscopic astrology first appeared. The Dendera zodiac, a relief dating to ca. 50 BC, is

the first known depiction of the classical zodiac of twelve signs.

The twelve signs

Astrological signs represent twelve equal segments or divisions of the zodiac. According to astrology,

celestial phenomena reflect or govern human activity on the principle of "as above, so below", so that

the twelve signs are held to represent twelve basic personality types or characteristic modes of

expression.

Sign English name Element Quality

Aries The Ram Fire Cardinal

Taurus The Bull Earth Fixed

Gemini The Twins Air Mutable

Cancer The Crab Water Cardinal

Leo The Lion Fire Fixed

Virgo The Virgin Earth Mutable

Libra The Scales Air Cardinal

Scorpio The Scorpion Water Fixed

Sagittarius The Archer Fire Mutable

Capricorn The Sea-goat Earth Cardinal

Aquarius The Water Carrier Air Fixed

Pisces The Two Fish Water Mutable

The twelve signs

In Western astrology the zodiac of twelve sign represents twelve types of personality. The zodiac

traditionally begins with Aries. The following are the twelve zodiac signs in order.

• - Aries (The Ram) (cardinal, fire, personal): In astrology Aries is ruled by the planet Mars.

The tropical duration of Aries is March 21 to April 20.

• - Taurus (The Bull) (fixed, earth, personal): In astrology Taurus is ruled by the planet Venus

and for a few modern astrologers, the dwarf planet Ceres. The tropical duration of Taurus is

April 21 to May 20.

• - Gemini (The Twins) (mutable, air, personal): In astrology Gemini is ruled by the planet

Mercury. The tropical duration of Gemini is May 21 to June 21.

• - Cancer (The Crab) (cardinal, water, personal): In astrology Cancer is ruled by the Moon.

The tropical duration of Cancer is June 22 to July 22.

• - Leo (The Lion) (fixed, fire, social): In astrology Leo is ruled by the Sun. The tropical

duration of Leo is July 23 to August 22.

• - Virgo (The Virgin) (mutable, earth, social): There is some debate in regards to a modern

ruler of this sign with Chiron, Pallas, Vesta and Ceres often considered candidate by some

modern astrologers, but the planet Mercury is typically used as the default by tradition pending

a consensus among modern practitioners; but no one knows if or when this will be. The tropical

duration of Virgo is August 23 to September 22.

• - Libra (The Scales) (cardinal, air, social): In astrology Libra is ruled by the planet Venus.

The tropical duration of Libra is September 23 to October 22.

• - Scorpio (The Scorpion) (fixed, water, social): In astrology Scorpio is ruled by the planet

Mars. The tropical duration of Scorpio is October 23 to November 22.

• - Sagittarius (The Archer) (mutable, fire, universal): In astrology Sagittarius is ruled by the

planet Jupiter. The tropical duration of Sagittarius is November 23 to December 22.

• - Capricorn (The Sea-goat) (cardinal, earth, universal): In astrology Capricorn is ruled by the

planet Saturn. The tropical duration of Capricorn is December 23 to January 19.

• - Aquarius (The Water Carrier) (fixed, air, universal): In astrology Aquarius is ruled by the

planets Saturn and Uranus. The tropical duration of Aquarius is January 20 to February 19.

• - Pisces (The Fish) (mutable, water, universal): In astrology Pisces is ruled by the planets

Jupiter and Neptune. The tropical duration of Pisces is February 20 to March 20.

The twelve signs of the zodiac are divided into the four elements: Fire signs are Aries, Leo and

Sagittarius, Earth signs are Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn, Air signs are Gemini, Libra and Aquarius, and

Water signs are Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces. Most modern astrologers still view the four classical

elements as a critical part of interpreting the astrological chart.

Sign Constellation [16] [17]

Name Symbol

Tropical

zodiac

(2009,

UTC)

Sidereal

zodiac

(Jyotisha)

(2009,

UTC)[18]

Name

IAU

constellation

boundaries

(2009)

Solar

stay Brightest star

Aries 20 March –

19 April

14 April –

14 May Aries 18 April – 14

May

25.5

days Hamal

Taurus 19 April –

20 May

14 May –

13 June Taurus 14 May – 21

June

38.2

days Aldebaran

Gemini 20 May –

21 June

13 June –

14 July Gemini 21 June – 20

July

29.3

days Pollux

Cancer 21 June –

22 July

14 July – 13

August Cancer 20 July – 10

August

21.1

days Al Tarf

Leo 22 July – 23

August

13 August –

September

Leo 10 August – 16

September

36.9

days Regulus

Virgo

23 August –

September

September –

13 October

Virgo 16 September –

31 October

44.5

days Spica

Libra

September –

23 October

13 October

– 12

November

Libra 31 October –

21 November

21.1

days Zubeneschamali

Scorpio

23 October

– 22

November

November –

December

Scorpius 21 November –

29 November

8.4

days Antares

Serpentarius n/a Ophiuchus 29 November –

18 December

18.4

days Rasalhague

Sagittarius

November –

December

December –

12 January

Sagittarius 18 December –

20 January

33.6

days Kaus Australis

Capricorn

December –

20 January

12 January

– 12

February

Capricornus 20 January – 17

February

27.4

days Deneb Algedi

Aquarius

20 January

– 18

February

12 February

– 14 March Aquarius 17 February –

13 March

23.9

days Sadalsuud

Pisces 18 February

– 20 March

14 March –

14 April Pisces 13 March – 19

April

37.7

days Eta Piscium

Chinese astrology

According to Chinese astrology, a person's destiny can be determined by the position of the major

planets at the person's birth along with the positions of the Sun, Moon and comets and the person's time

of birth and Zodiac Sign. The system of the twelve-year cycle of animal signs was built from

observations of the orbit of Jupiter (the Year Star; simplified Chinese: 岁星; traditional Chinese: 歳星;

pinyin: Suìxīng). Following the orbit of Jupiter around the sun, Chinese astronomers divided the

celestial circle into 12 sections, and rounded it to 12 years (from 11.86). Jupiter is associated with the

constellation Sheti (simplified Chinese: 摄提; traditional Chinese: 攝提- Boötes; symbol:ɳ) and is

sometimes called Sheti.

The 60-year cycle consists of two separate cycles interacting with each other. The first is the cycle of

ten heavenly stems, namely the Five Elements (in order Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water) in their ip

Yin and Yang forms.

The second is the cycle of the twelve Zodiac animal signs (生肖 shēngxiào) or Earthly Branches . They

are in order as follows: the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep (ram or goat), monkey,

rooster, dog, and boar. In Vietnam the rabbit is replaced by the cat.

This combination creates the 60-year cycle due to the least amount of years (least common multiple) it

would take to get from Yang Wood Rat to its next iteration, which always starts with Yang Wood Rat

and ends with Yin Water Boar. Since the zodiac animal cycle of 12 is divisible by two, every zodiac

sign can also only occur in either Yin or Yang: the dragon is always yang, the snake is always yin, etc.

The current cycle began in 1984 (as shown in "Table of the sixty year calendar" below).

When trying to traverse the lunisolar calendar, an easy rule to follow is that years that end in an even

number are yang, those that end with an odd number are yin. The cycle proceeds as follows:

•If the year ends in 0 it is Yang Metal.

•If the year ends in 1 it is Yin Metal.

•If the year ends in 2 it is Yang Water.

•If the year ends in 3 it is Yin Water.

•If the year ends in 4 it is Yang Wood.

•If the year ends in 5 it is Yin Wood.

•If the year ends in 6 it is Yang Fire.

•If the year ends in 7 it is Yin Fire.

•If the year ends in 8 it is Yang Earth.

•If the year ends in 9 it is Yin Earth.

However, since the (traditional) Chinese zodiac follows the (lunisolar) Chinese calendar, the switchover

date is the Chinese New Year, not January 1 as in the Gregorian calendar. Therefore, a person who

was born in late January or early February may have the sign of the previous year. For example, if a

person was born in January 1970, his or her element would still be Yin Earth, not Yang Metal.

Similarly, although 1990 was called the year of the horse, anyone born from January 1 to January 26,

1990, was in fact born in the Year of the Snake (the sign of the previous year), because the 1990 Year of

the Horse did not begin until January 27, 1990. For this reason, many online sign calculators (and

Chinese restaurant place mats) may give a person the wrong sign if he/she was born in January or early

February.

The start of a new Zodiac is also celebrated on Chinese New Year along with many other customs.

Earthly

Branch

Chinese

name

Japanese

name Korean

name

Vietnamese

name

Chinese

zodiac Direction Season Lunar

Month

Double

Hour

On Kun

1 子zǐ shi ne 자 (ja) tý (Tí) Rat 0°(north)

winter

Month

11pm to

1am

(midnight)

2 丑chǒu chū ushi 축

(chuk)

sửu Ox 30° Month

1am to

3am

3 寅yín in tora 인 (in) dần Tiger 60°

spring

Month

3am to

5am

4 卯mǎo bō u 묘

(myo)

mão (mẹo) Rabbit 90° (east) Month

5am to

7am

5 辰chén shin tatsu 진 (jin) thìn Dragon 120° Month

7am to 9

6 巳sì shi mi 사 (sa) tỵ Snake 150°

summer

Month

9am to

11am

7 午wǔ go uma 오 (o) ngọ Horse 180°

(south)

Month

11am to

1pm

(noon)

8 未wèi bi hitsuji 미 (mi) mùi Sheep 210° Month

1pm to

3pm

9 申shēn shin saru 신 (sin) thân Monkey 240°

autumn

Month

3pm to

5pm

10 酉yǒu yū tori 유 (yu) dậu Rooster 270°

(west)

Month

5pm to

7pm

11 戌xū jutsu inu 술 (sul) tuất Dog 300° Month

7pm to

9pm

12 亥hài gai i 해 (hae) hợi Pig 330° winter Month

9pm to

11pm

The 24 cardinal directions

Even though Chinese has words for the four cardinal directions - 北 (běi, north), 東/东 (dōng, east), 南

(nán, south), and 西 (xī, west) - Chinese mariners and astronomers/astrologers preferred using the

twelve directions of the Earthly Branches, which is somewhat similar to the modern-day practice of

English-speaking pilots using o'clock for directions. Since twelve points were not enough for sailing,

twelve midpoints were added. Instead of combining two adjacent direction names, they assigned new

names as follows:

• For the four diagonal directions, appropriate trigram names of I Ching were used.

• For the rest, the Heavenly Stems were used. According to the Five Elements theory, east is

assigned to wood, and the Stems of wood are 甲 (jiǎ) and 乙 (yǐ). Thus they were assigned

clockwise to the two adjacent points of the east.

Following is a table of the 24 directions:

Character Chinese name Japanese name Direction

1 子zǐ ne 0° (north)

2 癸guǐ mizunoto 15°

3 丑chǒu ushi 30°

4 艮gèn ushitora 45° (northeast)

5 寅yín tora 60°

6 甲jiǎ kinoe 75°

7 卯mǎo u 90° (east)

8 乙yǐ kinoto 105°

9 辰chén tatsu 120°

10 巽xùn tatsumi 135° (southeast)

11 巳sì mi 150°

12 丙bǐng hinoe 165°

13 午wǔ uma 180° (south)

14 丁dīng hinoto 195°

15 未wèi hitsuji 210°

16 坤kūn hitsujisaru 225° (southwest)

17 申shēn saru 240°

18 庚gēng kanoe 255°

19 酉yǒu tori 270° (west)

20 辛xīn kanoto 285°

21 戌xū inu 300°

22 乾qián inui 315° (northwest)

23 亥hài i 330°

24 壬rén mizunoe 345°

The Chinese use a 12 years cycle for time-reckoning called Earthly Branches.

• There are twenty-four hours in a day in all, with twelve hours for a half a day. The hours are

numbered from one to twelve for both the ante meridiem (a.m.) half of the day and the post

meridiem (p.m.) half of the day. 12:00 after a.m. and before p.m. (in the middle of the day) is

midday or noon, and 12:00 after p.m. and before a.m. (in the middle of the night) is midnight. A

new day is considered to start with the stroke of midnight. Furthermore, the basic units of time

(60 seconds, 60 minutes, 24 hours) can all perfectly divide by twelve.

Music

• Twelve is the number of pitch classes in an octave, not counting the duplicated (octave) pitch. In

music, an octave ( Play (help·info)), is the interval between one musical pitch and another with

half or double its frequency. The octave relationship is a natural phenomenon which has been

referred to as the "basic miracle of music," the use of which is "common in most musical

systems."[1] It may be derived from the harmonic series as the interval between the first and

second harmonics.

In most Western music, there ares the genres of music originating in the Western world (Europe and its

former colonies) including Western classical music, American Jazz, Country and Western, pop music

and rock and roll. The word Western may be misleading as the definition of the western world has

changed over time and because of the inclusion of Western influenced genres.

Musical genres in the Western tradition include:

• Classical music

• Medieval music

• Renaissance music

• Baroque music

• Classical music era

• Romantic music

• 20th century classical music

• Contemporary music

• Pop and popular music

• Acid (disambiguation)

• Bluegrass

• Blues

• Country music

• Disco

• Drum and Bass

• Dub Step

• Folk

• Gospel

• HipHop

• House

• Hymns

• Jazz

• Metal

• Neofolk

• Punk rock

• Rap

•Reggae

• Rock and Roll

• Ska

• Soul

• Spiritual

• Swing

• Synthpop

• Techno

• Trance

the octave is divided into 12 semitones (see musical tuning).

A semitone, also called a half step or a half tone,[1] is the smallest musical interval commonly used in

Western tonal music,[2] and it is considered the most dissonant

These semitones are usually equally spaced out in a method known as equal temperament.

n twelve-tone equal temperament all semitones are equal in size. Any equal-tempered interval can be

defined in terms of an appropriate number of semitones (e.g. an octave is 12 semitones wide). In other

tuning systems the term "semitone" refers to a family of intervals which may vary both in size and

name. Often a distinction is made between a diatonic semitone (notated as a minor second), and a

chromatic semitone (as an augmented unison). These are enharmonically equivalent in equal

temperament. A diatonic semitone may further be distinguished into a major diatonic semitone, 16:15

or 112 cents, and a minor diatonic semitone, 17:16 or 105 cents.[4] The minor diatonic semitone may

be derived from the harmonic series as the interval between the sixteenth and seventeenth harmonics.

In the following table the sizes of various just intervals are compared against their equal tempered

counterparts, given as a ratio as well as cents.

Name Exact value in 12-

TET

Decimal

value in 12-

TET

Cents

Just

intonation

interval

Cents in just

intonation Difference

Unison (C) 1.000000 0 = 1.000000 0.00 0

Minor second

(D♭) 1.059463 100 =

1.066667

111.73 11.73

Major second

(D) 1.122462 200 = 1.125000 203.91 3.91

Minor third

(E♭) 1.189207 300 = 1.200000 315.64 15.64

Major third

(E) 1.259921 400 = 1.250000 386.31 −13.69

Perfect fourth 1.334840 500 = 1.333333 498.04 −1.96

(F)

Augmented

fourth (F♯) 1.414214 600 = 1.400000 582.51 −17.49

Perfect fifth

(G) 1.498307 700 = 1.500000 701.96 1.96

Minor sixth

(A♭) 1.587401 800 = 1.600000 813.69 13.69

Major sixth

(A) 1.681793 900 = 1.666667 884.36 −15.64

Minor seventh

(B♭) 1.781797 1000 = 1.750000 968.83 −31.17

Major seventh

(B) 1.887749 1100 =

1.875000

1088.27 −11.73

Octave (C) 2.000000 1200 = 2.000000 1200.00 0

(These mappings from equal temperament to just intonation are by no means unique. The minor

seventh, for example, can be meaningfully said to approximate 9/5, 7/4, or 16/9 depending on context.

The 7/4 ratio is used to emphasize this tuning's poor fit to the 7th partial in the harmonic series.)Many

times singers will be described as having a four-octave range or a five-octave range. This is technically

a misnomer, and is described here: five-octave vocal range. It is important to remember when hearing

this description that a piano has 7+1⁄3 octaves total.

Twelve-string guitar

The twelve-string guitar is an acoustic or electric

guitar with 12 strings in 6 courses, which produces a richer, more ringing tone than a standard sixstring

guitar. Because it is substantially more difficult to pluck individual strings on the twelve-string

guitar, and almost impossible to bend notes tunefully, the instrument is rarely used for lead musical

parts. 12-string guitar is however primarily suited to a rhythm or accompaniment role and is often used

in folk songs and some popular music. Some hard rock and progressive rock musicians use doublenecked

guitars, which have both six-string and twelve-string components, allowing the guitarist easy

transition between different sounds. The double ranks of strings of the 12-string guitar produce a

shimmering chorus effect. To produce this effect individual string sounds with roughly the same timbre

and nearly (but never exactly) the same pitch converge and are perceived as one. When the effect is

produced successfully, none of the constituent sounds is perceived as being out of tune. Rather, this

amalgam of sounds has a rich, shimmering quality which would be absent if the sound came from a

single source. The effect is more apparent when listening to sounds that sustain for longer periods of

time, such as a long guitar chord.

Performers who use acoustic 12-string guitars span a range of genres, from folk (Arlo Guthrie, Gordon

Lightfoot and Pete Seeger) and traditional blues (Lead Belly) to folk rock (Paul Simon, Neil Young,

John Allan Cameron), country (Pinmonkey's Michael Reynolds) and rock bands ( George Harrison [1] of

The Beatles, David Bowie for his Space Oddity live performances, Pete Townshend of The Who, Tom

Petty and Mike Campbell of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and Brian May of Queen).[2] Numerous

other musicians, including Leo Kottke, Roger McGuinn of The Byrds, Matt Nathanson and John

Butler, use it as their main instrument.

Electric Rickenbacker 12-string users include a range of jangle pop guitarists, ranging from McGuinn

to Peter Buck (R.E.M.). The Gibson EDS-1275 electric 12-string was used by blues rock/early heavy

metal guitarist Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash, Alex Lifeson of Rush, Tom

Morello of Rage Against the Machine, System of a Down & Scars on Broadway guitarist Daron

Malakian.

••

12 IS ALSO the total number of major keys, (not counting enharmonic equivalents) and the

total number of minor keys (also not counting equivalents). This applies only to twelve tone

equal temperament, the most common tuning used today in western influenced music.

• The twelfth is the interval of an octave and a fifth.

The name of any interval is further qualified using the terms perfect, major, minor, augmented,

and diminished. This is called its interval quality.

Number of

semitones name enharmonic notes

0 Perfect Unison (P1) Diminished second (dim2)

1 Minor second (m2) Augmented unison (aug1)

2 Major second (M2) Diminished third (dim3)

3 Minor third (m3) Augmented second (aug2)

4 Major third (M3) Diminished fourth (dim4)

5 Perfect fourth (P4) Augmented third (aug3)

6 Tritone Augmented fourth (aug4)

Diminished fifth (dim5)

7 Perfect fifth (P5) Diminished sixth (dim6)

8 Minor sixth (m6) Augmented fifth (aug5)

9 Major sixth (M6) Diminished seventh (dim7)

10 Minor seventh (m7) Augmented sixth (aug6)

11 Major seventh (M7) Diminished octave (dim8)

12 Perfect octave (P8) Augmented seventh (aug7

It is possible to have doubly-diminished and doubly-augmented intervals, but these are quite rare.

The name of an interval cannot, in general, be determined by counting semitones alone. For example,

there are four semitones between B and E♭, however this interval is a diminished fourth—an interval

found between the seventh and third degrees of the harmonic minor scale—rather than a major third. In

equal-tempered tuning, as on a piano, these intervals are indistinguishable by sound, but the diatonic

function of the notes incorporated might be very different.

• Major/minor:

Major/minor intervals are so called because rather than containing one number of semitones they are at

a lower, minor, or higher, major, number. For example, the minor sixth is 8 semitones and the major

sixth is 9 semitones.

• Perfect:

Perfect intervals are so called because they are neither minor nor major (such as thirds, which are either

minor or major) but perfect. For example, the perfect fifth is 7 semitones and may not be major or

minor.

• Augmented/diminished:

Augmented/diminished intervals are so called because rather than containing one number of semitones

they are at a lower, diminished, or higher, augmented, number. For example, the diminished second is 0

semitones and the augmented second is 3 semitones, while the augmented fourth and the diminished

fifth are both 6 semitones.

Cents

Main article: Cent (music)

The standard system for comparing intervals of different sizes is with cents. This is a logarithmic scale

in which the octave is divided into 1200 equal parts. In equal temperament, each semitone is exactly

100 cents. The value in cents for the interval f1 to f2 is 1200×log2(f2/f1).

[edit] Comparison of different interval naming systems

# semitones

Interval

class

Generic

interval

Common

diatonic

name

Comparable

just interval

Comparison of interval width in cents

equal

temperament

just

intonation

quartercomma

meantone

0 0 1 perfect

unison 1:1 0 0 0

1 1 2 minor second 16:15 100 112 117

2 2 2 major second 9:8 200 204 193

3 3 3 minor third 6:5 300 316 310

4 4 3 major third 5:4 400 386 386

5 5 4 perfect fourth 4:3 500 498 503

6 6 45

augmented

fourth

diminished

fifth

45:32

64:45 600 590

610

579

621

7 5 5 perfect fifth 3:2 700 702 697

wolf fifth 737

8 4 6 minor sixth 8:5 800 814 814

9 3 6 major sixth 5:3 900 884 889

10 2 7 minor

seventh 16:9 1000 996 1007

11 1 7 major seventh 15:8 1100 1088 1083

12 0 18

perfect octave 2:1 1200 1200 1200

Instruments such as the clarinet which behave as a stopped cylindrical pipe overblow at the twelfth.

• 12 Play is an R. Kelly album.

• D12 a rap group also known as the Dirty Dozen.

Art Theory

• There are twelve basic hues in the color wheel; 3 primary colors (red, yellow, blue), 3 secondary

colors (orange, green & purple) and 6 tertiary colors (names for these vary, but are

intermediates between the primaries and secondaries).

Newton's colour circle

NEWTON ALSO HAD A SIMALAR WHEEL AS THE SUNKINGZ GEOMETRY MUSIC THEORY,

HOWEVER UNIQUE TO THE SUNKINGZX MUSIC THEORY THEY ARE ABLE TO GIVE

ACTUAL SONGS GEOMETRIC PATTERNS.

rom Opticks. 1704, from Book I, Part II, Proposition VI, Problem 2.

"In a mixture of primary colours, the quantity and quality of each being given, to know the colour of

the compound."

Throughout Opticks, Newton compared colours in the spectrum to a run of musical notes. To this

purpose, he used a Dorian scale, similar to a white-note scale on the piano, starting at D. He divided his

colour wheel in musical proportions round the circumference, in the arcs from DE to CD. Each

segment was given a spectral colour, starting from red at DE, through orange, yellow, green, blew [sic],

indigo, to violet in CD. (The colours are commonly known as ROY G BIV.)

The middle of the colours—their 'centres of gravity'—are shown by p, q, r, s, t, u, and x. The centre of

the circle, at O, was presumed to be white. Newton went on to describe how a non-spectral colour, such

as z, could be described by its distance from O and the corresponding spectral colour, Y.

In other fields

12 stars are featured on the Flag of Europe

•There are 12 in a dozen.

•There are 12 ounces in a troy pound (used for precious metals), and 12 constellations in the

ecliptic (or signs of the zodiac).

•In the former British currency system, there were twelve pence in a shilling.

•In astrology, there are 12 signs in the Zodiac.

•In Greek mythology, the number of labours of Heracles was increased from ten to make twelve.

•The number of dan (master) grades in judo.

•In English, twelve is the number of greatest magnitude that has just one syllable.

•There are normally twelve pairs of ribs in the human body.

•The Twelve Tables or Lex Duodecim Tabularum, more informally simply Duodecim Tabulae was

the ancient legislation underlying Roman law.

•In the United States, twelve people are appointed to sit on a jury for felony trials in all but four

states, and in federal and Washington, D.C. courts. The number of jurors gave the title to the

play (and subsequent films) Twelve Angry Men.

•Twelve men have walked on the Earth's moon.

•The United States of America is divided into twelve Federal Reserve Districts (Boston, New York,

Philadelphia, Cleveland, Richmond, Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Kansas City,

Dallas, and San Francisco); American paper currency has serial numbers beginning with one of

twelve different letters, A through L, representing the Federal Reserve Bank from which the

currency originated.

•According to UFO conspiracy theory, Majestic 12 is a secret committee, allegedly set up by U.S.

President Harry S. Truman to investigate the Roswell UFO incident and cover up future

extraterrestrial contact.

•12 is the number of the French department Aveyron

•12 Inches in a Foot (length)

•12 face cards in a card deck.

Months

December ( Listen (help·info)) is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and

one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days.

In Latin, decem means "ten". December was also the tenth month in the Roman calendar until a

monthless winter period was divided between January and February.

December's flower is the narcissus or holly. December's birthstones are turquoise, lapis lazuli, zircon,

topaz (blue), or tanzanite.[citation needed]

December is the month with the shortest daylight hours of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the

longest daylight hours of the year in the Southern Hemisphere.

December starts on the same day of the week as September.

• Union Day of Romania (1 December)

• World AIDS Day (December 1)

• National Day of United Arab Emirates (December 2)

• Sinterklaas in The Netherlands (December 5)

• Father's Day (King's Birthday) in Thailand (December 5)

• Independence Day in Finland (December 6)

• Constitution Day in Spain (December 6)

• Saint Nicholas Day in Greece (December 6)

• Pearl Harbor Day in the United States (December 7)

• Fukuoka Marathon is held on first Sunday in December.

• Día de la Madre en Panamá (Mother's Day) in Panama. (December 8)

• Day of the Mary Immaculate Conception. (December 8)

• Constitution Day in Romania. (December 8)

• In the Ásatrú religion, Egil Skallagrimsson's Day (December 9) is a day of remembrance for the

Viking hero.

• Nobel Prizes awarded (December 10) on the anniversary of Albert Nobel's death.

• Human Rights Day (December 10)

• Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe, or Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe, in Mexico (December 12)

• Independence Day (Jamhuri Day) in Kenya (December 12)

• Saint Lucy (December 13)

• Honolulu Marathon is held on second Sunday in December.

• Bill of Rights Day (United States). (December 15)

• Zamenhof Day (December 15)

• Victory day of Bangladesh (December 16)

• Day of Reconciliation in South Africa (December 16).

• Solstice (called the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and the summer solstice in the

Southern Hemisphere) occurs on dates varying from December 20 to December 22 (in UTC).

mystery of the number 12

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Mystery of the number 12 and its relation to sunkingz music theory. PART 1

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