non-negative integers
May. 15th, 2003 03:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eubI mentioned how a discussion on the Jane Siberry list ended up with me noodling towards a tarot deck of non-negative integers. Which I dug up. But really it's more straight numerology, since it's not apparent what would work for suits, and the major arcana have too many candidates. (I lean towards mathematical constants, but they get pretty heavy-handed; I mean, what are you going to do with Feigenbaum's number?)
0: creation. void; thanatos. the null set is the ground of number.
1: unity. gnosis; agape; the circle.
2: balance. analysis; eros; tension.
3: stability. synthesis; resolution.
4: iteration. a composite number, a perfect square.
5: asymmetry. phi, r pentomino, 5/4 rhythm.
6: complexity. analysis/synthesis; a non-square composite.
7: order in chaos.
8: symmetry, the crystal. a cube. J.S. Bach; total internal reflection.
9: ?
10: the hands. and the work of the hands. chance; historical contingency; the fall from Platonic heaven.
(EDIT: man. I can't seem to write an HTML table that doesn't screw up the friends page in one way or other.)
0: creation. void; thanatos. the null set is the ground of number.
1: unity. gnosis; agape; the circle.
2: balance. analysis; eros; tension.
3: stability. synthesis; resolution.
4: iteration. a composite number, a perfect square.
5: asymmetry. phi, r pentomino, 5/4 rhythm.
6: complexity. analysis/synthesis; a non-square composite.
7: order in chaos.
8: symmetry, the crystal. a cube. J.S. Bach; total internal reflection.
9: ?
10: the hands. and the work of the hands. chance; historical contingency; the fall from Platonic heaven.
(EDIT: man. I can't seem to write an HTML table that doesn't screw up the friends page in one way or other.)
