Friday, November 11, 2011




ELEVEN = transgression, incompleteness. synchronicity, auspiciousness

  • also known as undeca- (from Latin) hendeca-/hendeka- (from Greek)
  • associated with the hendecagon or undecagon
  • the word "eleven" is derived from the Germanic word ainlif meaning "one left"
  • Roman numeral is XI
  • in astrology, the eleventh sign of the Zodiac is Aquarius, the Water-Bearer (January 21 - February 19)
  • in astrology, 11 is ruled by Uranus or Saturn
  • 11 is the atomic number of sodium
  • astrologers interpreted a undecile (two planets at a 33 degree angle / one-eleventh of a circle) as a foreteller of psychic gifts
  • 11 ball in billiards is striped red
  • "on the 11th day of Christmas my true love gave to me, eleven pipers piping, ten lords a-leaping, nine ladies dancing, eight maids a-milking, seven swans a-swimming, six geese a-laying, five golden rings, four calling birds, three french hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree"
  • eleventh wedding anniversary gift is steel
  • Apollo 11 was the first manned spacecraft to land on the Moon
  • a bassoon has 11 keys (not counting the whisper key)
  • November 11 (11/11) is Canadian Remembrance Day, a day to honour the members of the armed forces who died in the line of duty since WWI
  • the maple leaf on the Canadian flag has eleven points
  • The Canadian one-dollar coin is a hendecagon (an eleven-sided polygon)
  • clocks depicted on Canadian currency (ie. the fifty-dollar bill) show the time to be 11:00
  • eleven denominations of Canadian currency are produced in large quantities
  • Ocean's Eleven is the name of two American films (1960 and 2001)
  • numerologists believe that events linked to the time 11:11 appear more often than can be explained by chance or coincidence; this belief is related to the concept of synchronicity
  • in the Book of Matthew, "at the eleven hour" meant "just in time"
  • eleven is sacred to the believers of the Agama Tirtha faith, primarily in Bali
  • Rogers and Hammerstein has 11 musicals
  • 11 ounces is the average weight of a human heart
  • only three films have even won eleven Academy Awards: Ben-Hur (1959), Titanic (1997), and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)