"FIVE" Symbolism
It is the number of the harmony and the balance. It is also the number of the divine grace.
Symbol of the incarnated conscience - 4, Matter, + 1, Spirit.
Number of the life and the nature, according to Aeppli.
It is the symbol of creative life and erotic love according to Jung.
For H.- P. Blavatsky, "5 is the spirit of life and human love."
The number 5 is a characteristic of the man. First, according to the Cabal, it is the number of the perfect Man (got rid from his animal side). According to the Bible, it is the symbol of the Man-God by the five wounds of the Christ on cross (for this reason, it is also considered as the number of the grace). But it is also associated to the man in general (2 + 3) having an unstable character of duality, 2, in spite of his divinity, 3. The 5 is also found on the human body: the five fingers of the hand and feet, the five senses (touch, taste, sense of smell, hearing and the sight), the five members (two arms, two legs and the head, the bust being the center), the five bones forming the metacarpus, the metatarse and the brain-pan, etc.
