If you type in 11:11 to Google you get an amazing 280M hits. For years now people have believed that they have been seeing this number sequence on a regular basis.
Numerologists believe that things 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. The number eleven is important in numerology, as it is the first of the Master Numbers.
New Agers believe that it signals a spirit presence and it has mystical powers.
There are sites devoted to 11:11, with people sharing their experiences. A film has even been made to freak us out too.
So where did 11:11 mania start?
The biggest influence of 11:11 mania is ex-Israeli paratrooper, spoonbender, watch stopper and friend of Michael Jackson, Uri Geller, who has been running his website for years discussing the subject. It could be said however that Uri's examples of the 11:11 phenomenon on world events are examples of nonsense reasoning and confirmation bias.
I did notice that while they were showing "Big Brother" you always saw what the housemates had been doing at 11:11 in the highlights show.
So why is 11 a creepy number?
Well, the big event that got everyone going was of course 911. After all the structures themselves were a big 11. If you factor in that the other target was the biggest pentagram in the world you've got your occult/magical connection.
The date of the attack: 9/11 – 9 + 1 + 1 = 11
The first plane to hit the towers was American Airlines Flight AA11. A is the 1st letter in the alphabet so we have again 11:11.
American Airlines Flight 11 - had 11 crew - 2 pilots and 9 flight attendants .
These are just examples. There are loads of sites you can go to if you really want to get freaked out.
World War I ended with an Armistice on November 11, 1918, which went into effect at 11:00 am, the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of the year. Armistice Day is still observed on November 11 of each year. 11:11.
Apollo 11 was the first manned spacecraft to land on the Moon, even though they had to change the number sequence to make sure it was an 11.
Dr Who has been reincarnated 11 times.
There are 11 spacetime dimensions in M-theory.
There are eleven players in a football team, also in football, internationally, a penalty kick is referred to as the German "Elfmeter" because the penalty spot is 11m from the goal line. That's probably why England can't score them.
Being only one hour before midnight, the eleventh hour means the last possible moment to take care of something, and often implies a situation of urgent danger or emergency. So let's look forward to 2012.
Anyway, I took the precaution of writing this on 2/1/11, so we seem to be over the worst of it. So happy new year everyone.
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