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The letter Resh written in Hebrew

Resh: A Letter in a Group of Opposites

At a glance

Kind of letter
one of the seven letters of life's opposites
Value as a number
200

What the tradition links to this letter, in plain words. Only what the tradition actually says is shown.

Resh is a Hebrew letter with a numerical value of 200. This means that, in a way of interpreting letters through numbers, you count Resh as 200. The number is a tool for interpretation, not proof of a claim. It does not establish your character or tell you what will happen. You can understand the basic facts about this letter without treating its number as a message about your life.

Resh belongs to a group of seven letters called double letters. Here, double means that each letter has two pronunciations, or ways of being spoken. As a group, these letters stand for life's opposites. These include life and death, peace and war, wisdom and folly, wealth and poverty, grace and ugliness, seed and desolation, and dominion and subjugation. In everyday words, these contrasts include living and dying, agreement and conflict, sound and foolish judgment, having much and having little, charm and unattractiveness, growth and barrenness, and ruling and being ruled.

Different versions assign these pairs to different letters. For that reason, AstroVerse gives Resh no single pair of opposites. You are not being given a personal quality to follow or a description of who you are. In your work, Resh does not label your judgment as wise or foolish. In love, it does not label your relationship as peaceful or troubled. Those would turn a shared group of contrasts into a fixed meaning for this letter.

The same limit applies to your habits and choices. You are not given a preferred habit, a required choice, or an outcome by Resh. Its place here is narrower: you meet a letter, its value of 200, and its membership in a group that represents life's opposites. The group provides the contrast; Resh receives no separate everyday quality.

See your own Tree of Life

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Sources cited

  1. Sefer Yetzirah ch. 1
  2. Sefer Yetzirah ch. 4
  3. Standard gematria