Zero: The Number That Isn’t a Number

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Zero: The Number That Isn’t a Number

Zero is a number like no other — because, in a way, it isn’t a number at all.

Which is why no one is a Life Path 0. That’s also why zeros are always dropped when calculating your Life Path number. In numerology, they disappear. But in real life? We can’t live without them.

Zero is a number — or a lack thereof — that we are deeply dependent on. Maybe more than we realize. Because it’s hard to notice all the everything that isn't even in front of your face.

So let’s break this down.

Zero: A Number That Isn’t?

Let’s look at the other numbers to understand what zero is all about — specifically, the single-digit Life Path numbers: 1 through 9.

Among them, 1 and 9 are especially revealing. The number 1 is representative of new beginnings. It’s the spark, the start of something. And in contrast, 9 is symbolic of endings — the end of a chapter.

So when you begin something (1), you eventually reach completion (9), and then what?

Well, it goes to 10... right? Or does it?

In numerology, the zero is dropped. So 10 becomes 1 again. You finish a chapter (9), and then you begin again (1). The cycle resets.

So what does this mean?

That zero doesn’t exist? That it’s not really a number?

Counting from Nothing

Let’s take it back to the beginning.

When we start counting, we don’t start at zero. We start at 1. Because until we have one, we have none. Nothing.

So if that's the case, why do we even have zero? Why do we use it at all?

To find the answer, it helps to look at what happens when we move from 9 to 10. When we count from 1 to 9, we eventually reach 10 — which is really just a 1... with a zero beside it.

Then we reach 100... 1,000... 10,000… etc.

So for 0 to simply represent nothing is not true. For we clearly judge 10 to be larger than 9. Therefore, zero does have value and has something real about it. Zero seems to have no meaning and a great deal of meaning, at the same time.

Zero is clearly a part of how numbers do what we can call, "build their value." So zero is actually a part — or thee part rather — of what builds the value of numbers. Zero builds on numbers. It’s part of how numbers expand and is not just a place-holder. It’s some type of power multiplier.

So even though zero gets dropped in numerology calculations, it clearly has value. It’s always doing something behind the scenes — quietly shaping and stretching the numbers around it.

Zero, though nothing, is something.

Even though we don’t see the zeros in numerology, they are there in the background.

Here’s a visual:

00, 01, 02, 03, ..., 09, 10, 11... etc.

Zero is the quiet force that gives numbers their growth.

Zero as Infinite Potential

In numerology, zero is often ignored. Dropped. Forgotten. And on top of that, the number 8 usually gets all the love as the symbol of infinity.

But let’s not overlook zero.

Because zero — in terms of infinity — is the everything that the universe holds. every possibility, every atom, everything and also the nothing — if there is such a thing — in between. so we can judge that zero is certainly something, matter of fact it is everything. So if zero is everything, how and why do we judge is for nothing?

Perhaps, that’s what makes it so powerful.

A Metaphor from this Page

Let’s say I highlight this sentence in yellow.

You’d notice it, right? It would pop or at the very least you would feel that is has some type of importance over the rest of the text.

But what if I told you every word in this blog post was highlighted — just in white (or black, if you’re in dark mode, lol)?

You wouldn’t notice anything. You wouldn't have taken note of any line or word to have meant anything more than the next one.

Because...

“If everything is highlighted, nothing is.” — John Porter

And that is the paradox of zero.

It’s the representation of every possible thing — and because of that, it blends into the background. It becomes invisible. It has no defined edge, no focus point. It is the representation of every possible thing. It is the nothing that makes up the backgrounds of our lives — let alone the rest of universe — whatever that even looks like.

That’s why it’s nothing. But it’s also why it’s everything.

When Zero Meets Structure

Zero is nothing because it itself has no structure. For us, structure is important and nothing begins until structure is formed. Zero is what exists before structure forms. It's the potential, the undefined. Which is why it feels like nothing. It has no shape, nor identity. Structure is what gives things form. Meaning. Definition. It’s what turns potential into something.

Zero, on its own, has no structure — but when it becomes structured — like going from zero to 1 (new beginnings) — it becomes something. It gains structure.

Then what happens when you add a zero to 1. You get 10. What it is doing then is building, it is bringing more of the universe to the value of that number. Then as you double it — 100. It keeps going. Zero builds. It brings value. It expands the universe of meaning because it is the universe.

Even the number 8 — our classic symbol for infinity — is just two zeros stacked on top of each other. The number 8 symbolizes the everything of the universe, but structured. So if the question is what comes first — the chicken or the egg? In this case it is certainly the zero.

The Possibility of Nothing

So, in conclusion, zero IS a number and it is the representation of everything possible thing, with the structure of nothing.

To be at zero — to see it, to have it — often feels like rock bottom. But really, it’s just the space before anything begins.

It only means that, structure hasn’t yet been formed.

And where there is no structure... there is potential.

Endless. Limitless. Unstoppable. Potential.