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Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Study of numbers' mystical meanings, often integrated with planetary rulerships. Poetry numerologizes counts as symbolic codes in esoteric verse.

Detailed Definition
Numerology, Pythagorean roots, assigns vibes to digits like 7 for Neptune. In verse, it numbers in cabalistic poems like Yeats'. Literary ciphers symbolize secrets. Its digit essence poeticizes pattern, where numbers encode stars, allowing motifs of synchronicity, prophecy, and the numeric poetry of universal order.
Example
Example in poetry:
In numeric fates by Pythagoras via Shelley: "Numerology's numbers dance in the cloud's veil."; Modern poet Charles Wright numerology: "Numerology ticks the soul's old clock."; Blake numeric visions: "Numeric fourfold binds the zoa's strife."; In Yeats' system, numerology gyres: "Numerology twenty-eight phases the moon."; Wendell Berry numeric earth: "Numerology of seasons tills the field's yield."
Additional Notes
Numerology planets rule numbers (Sun=1); integrates. Poetry numerologizes symbolic counts—tip: Chaldean vs. Pythagorean; for mystical numerics.
Also Known As
Number Astrology
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