The Number 22: Properties and Meanings
Prime Factors of
22=
2x
11.
22 is a
Schröder Number.
22 is a
Centered Heptagonal Number.
22 is a
Hexagonal Pyramidal Number.
22 is a
Pentagonal Number.
8 can be
Partitioned in
22 ways.
22 can be
Partitioned in
1002 ways.
22 can be
Partitioned 12 times with each term no larger than
2
22 can be
Partitioned 52 times with each term no larger than
3
22 can be
Partitioned 136 times with each term no larger than
4
22 can be
Partitioned 255 times with each term no larger than
5
22 can be
Partitioned 391 times with each term no larger than
6
22 can be
Partitioned 522 times with each term no larger than
7
22 can be
Partitioned 638 times with each term no larger than
8
22 can be
Partitioned 732 times with each term no larger than
9
22 can be
Partitioned 807 times with each term no larger than
10
22 can be
Partitioned 863 times with each term no larger than
11
22 can be
Partitioned 905 times with each term no larger than
12
22 can be
Partitioned 935 times with each term no larger than
13
22 can be
Partitioned 957 times with each term no larger than
14
22 can be
Partitioned 972 times with each term no larger than
15
22 can be
Partitioned 983 times with each term no larger than
16
22 can be
Partitioned 990 times with each term no larger than
17
22 can be
Partitioned 995 times with each term no larger than
18
22 can be
Partitioned 998 times with each term no larger than
19
22 can be
Partitioned 1000 times with each term no larger than
20
22 can be
Partitioned 1001 times with each term no larger than
21
22 is the smallest number which can be expressed as the sum of two primes in three ways.
22 is the
maximal number of regions into which
6 lines divide a plane.
22=
1 +
4 +
7 +
10.
22=
4 +
5 +
6 +
7.
The sum of the totient function for the first
eight integers is
22.
The maximal number of regions into which a plane can be divided by 5 circles=
22
In this pattern the sum of each pair of numbers connected by a line sums to a prime number.
The pattern is symmetrical both horizontally and vertically and uses the consecutive numbers from
1 to
22.
22=
3 +
7 +
12
22=
3 + (
3+
4) + (
3+
4+
5)
8 can be partitioned
22 ways.
Twenty-two is the number of writable regular polygons in an Euclidiean circle:
3,
4,
5,
6,
8,
9,
10,
12,
15,
18,
20,
24,
30,
36,
40,
45,
60,
72,
90,
120,
180,
360. These are twenty-two of the twenty-four dividers of
360, the two first,
1 and
2, not defining polygons.
The
Chemical Element Titanium has an atomic number of
22.
The
Human head is constituted of
22 bones:
8 for the cranium and
14 for the face.
The
22 Major Arcana of the Tarot: The Fool, Magician, Priestess, Empress, Emperor, Hierophant, Lovers, Chariot, Strength, Hermit, Fortune, Justice, Hanged Man, Death, Temperance, Devil, Blasted Tower, Star, Moon, Sun, Judgement and World.
The twenty-two channels linking the ten "Sephiroth" between them in the "sephirotic Tree" of the Kabbalah.
The Word of God is at the
22th level of conscience. The cosmic conscience would subdivide indeed into
24 dimensional or spiritual levels. The maximal conscience level, the
24th, would be attributable only to the God-Father and the
23th level would be considered as being an energy protective area surrounding the level
24. The 22th level of conscience would be also that of the antique Elohim also named the
24 Ancients.
According to S. Doucet and J.-P. Larosee, the man is composed twenty-two evolutionary bodies gathered in four categories: subtle body, energy body, galactic body and temporal body. Each one of these
22 bodies is formed of 1296 "partitions" that they call circumferences, vibrating each one at a precise frequency. This number 1296 is called "Energizing number", since it is the product of
12 (Cosmic number) and
108 (Universal number). By multiplying 22 by 1296, they obtain the total number of 28512 circumferences composing the
22 evolutionary bodies of the man, that is according to them the number of the man and also that of Infinite Energy.
Several old alphabets had twenty-two letters: Chaldean, Sabean, Roman, Copt and Hebraic. The letters of the Hebraic alphabet are divided into three mother letters (Aleph, Mem, Shin), seven double letters (Beth, Guimel, Daleth, Kaph, Phe, Resh, Tau) twelve simple letters (He, Waw, Zain, Heth, Teth, Yod, Lamed, Nun, Samekh, Ayin, Tzade, Qoph).
According to saint Yves of Alveydre, the primitive alphabet of all the humanity, at the period of "Ram" (adam alphabet or "Watan"), would have comprised
22 signs.
According to Bambaras, the totality of mystical knowledge is contained in the symbols of the first twenty-two numbers.
Hinduism
The Gita enumerates the following
Virtues as Daivi-Sampat or divine qualities: fearlessness, purity of heart, steadfastness in the Yoga of Wisdom, alms-giving, self-restraint, sacrifice, study of the scriptures, austerity, straightforwardness, harmlessness, truth, absence of wrath, renunciation, peacefulness, absence of crookedness, compassion to living beings, non-covetousness, mildness, modesty, absence of fickleness, vigour, forgiveness, purity and absence of envy and pride. All these
Virtues are manifestations of the 4 fundamental
Virtues.
22 may form this geometric pattern:
According to Jainism: the
22 kinds of suffering.
The solid Greek cubical cross is composed of 22 squares, corresponding with the 22 letters of the Hebrew Alphabet.
The Year 22 AD
In the year
22 AD the Red Eyebrows defeated the main Chinese imperial army at Liang.
