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Symbol 45:16

4508

45:16 · In early Chinese writing this ideogram represented yin and yang, i.e. the fundamental dualism of reality. Compare with the more advanced form expressing the same philosophical approach, 3207 in Group 32.
    In the West this sign has long been an ideogram for the number 10 (from the Latin 0301k). It has also been used to signify an hourglass and has, as a result, been used to mean time, and to mean hour. As a sign for hour 4508 is synonymous with 2683.
    It is interesting to note that in early Chinese writing the number 10 was drawn 0901b, i.e. with the most important of all symbols for the Western philosophy of life. Therefore we may state: 0901 = 10 in the system 4508, whereas 4508 = 10 in the system 0901.