The 5 Letters: E, N, WOn its side, N is a Z. This gives it psychic awareness that is subtle
and often not used, but it is evident by the two intuitive 7’s that make up
the Z.
These subtle 7’s also account for the great imaginations N’s have. In
fact, the ancients used this symbol to signify a scribe, as writers must be en-
dowed with a good imagination (Numerology and the Divine Triangle, 73).
N is able to pick up ideas out of the air just as an antenna captures
radio and television waves. N even looks like an antenna. The word is
pronounced “N-tenna,” and of the seven letters in that word, four of them
are 5’s: N, E, N, N, so the predominating trait of the word reflects the
qualities of the 5.
W
NO. 6
VAU or VAV UPSILON
00000 V WwWw
Sound: v or w Sound: i as in ill
or machine
HEBREW PHOENICIAN GREEK ROMAN PRESENT-DAY
W – 23
The W is a descendant of the letter V. The Phoenicians’ glyph was
more like a Y, but they used it for the semi-consonant W (oo). They
called it Vau or Waw and it signified the eye of man that sees light and the
ear that hears the sound of Air and the wind.
In later Roman times, the W sound was written as a V. But the sounds
U, V, and W were all shared by the same letter, and this caused confu-
sion. So they formed a new graphic sign, W, by putting two V’s together
for the light “oo” sound, while the U retained its vowel form and V was
used purely as a consonant. When used as a consonant, W was a picture
of Water and represented the taste and the appetite. The symbol W was
regarded as the likeness of deepest mystery because of the two deep val-
leys the letter stands on; the mystery is the point which sets apart being
and non-being.
W is the 23rd letter of the English alphabet. This gives it a deep,
sensitive nature, for both 2 and 3 are emotional number vibrations. They
add up to 5, which represents the five physical senses and a need for