17, again? Yup.
As with 17th Tarot "The Star" tarot card and 17th Elder Futhark Rune "Tiwaz" we see another reference to "shine" or "glow"
The Tiwaz Rune derives from Proto Germanic Tîwaz, Proto Norse tīwaʀ and quite possibly Proto-Indo-European deiwós which means celestial being and “to shine”.)
Some basics for that and other etymological links to the roots for Zeus, Jupiter, etc. can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiwaz_(Luwian_deity)
and I speak more on this here: Tyr/Tiwaz the Norse God, origins recorded in Cuneiform
Looking a little closer, we see that all of the "rays" in this star pattern are equal to 45. That is to say, the vertical, horizontal and diagonal lines of numbers all equal 45, this is a simply linear progressing, top to bottom, left to right, pattern. But this particular effect only occurs when we turn it in to a "star" to make it "shine".
In fact you can't even make a 17 "square" unless you do this.
It begins to get a bit funky with the reduction and gematria.
Coincidence that 4+5=9 and 9 sits at the center?
Then what about the Proto-Indo-European root "dei" (as in deiwos, 'to shine'/'to glow') meaning "shine" or "glow" being
18 in hebrew gematria, 1+8 = 9
108 in english gematria, 1+0+8 = 9
18 in simple gematria, 1+8 = 9
The sum of all numbers in the pattern is 153 as well. Which is 1+5+3 = 9
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