THE SCIENCE OF NUMBERS
fluence of the law of the “O,” the second letter in that name. These conditions continue for a second period of nine years, or until the end of the eighteenth year, after which the “H” reigns for nine years, while the “N,” coming at the close of the twenty-seventh year, influences thoughts and events until the completion of the thirty-sixth year. At this point, however, the Cycle does not proceed to operate in the middle, or surname, but, instead, it returns to “J,” the first letter of the given name, to proceed again, as before.
As the influence of the Cycle letter is of no slight importance, it must always be taken into account in the reading of names. Even the best, or most fortunate BIRTH and NAME vibrations may be offset to some degree by the adverse influence of a bad Cycle. To avoid such possibilities it is sometimes deemed advisable for a person to change his name—to himself, at least—when he is at the point of entering upon a disintegrating,
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