Ptom’s Logic

I was wandering around the Grinds earlier this afternoon when a rather strange thought struck me.

“What’s the square root of 152399025?” I thought as I looked into the Lake. The Plesiosaur dipped under the water as though it read my mind. I heard the Vampire Sheep baa and hiss behind me, and Sinister Bunny hopped over for some reason, before promptly hopping away again. I was expecting Olive the Peacock to wander up, but he was nowhere in sight. Splodge the Cat was sunbathing and didn’t have a care in the world as to what I thought about.

“Never mind those five animals. Well? What is it?” I thought.

Only, it wasn’t me thinking it. It was another of my Inner Aspects, the fourth one this week to make an appearance, but one I didn’t even know I had. It was my Inner Mathematician, Ptom. The P’s silent.

“I’m also an astronomer and astrologer, don’t you know?” Ptom thought I’d forgotten. I never actually knew, but at least now I feel I should have known and I’m glad I was reminded.

“Are you going to answer my question? Well, never mind, here’s another one. How many animals did I say?” My Inner Mathematician is a bit different from the norm… although, I don’t think I’ve met a real mathematician in my life so I couldn’t really compare. Anyway, I digress.

“Answer. Answer.”

“Erm…” I thought to myself.

“Five! It was five animals. The Ples.” I stopped Ptom from going through the list of the animals that I had literally just seen. I had a feeling that was what he was going to do, and being one of my Inner Beings we kind of share a few thoughts.

“Alright then. Ignoring the last five from the number I asked you the square root of, what is the total of all of the other numbers? Add them together up to the last five.” “Well?”

I/he hadn’t given me any chance to think. (Being honest, I was actually thinking of reaching for my mobile phone to use the calculator on it, so I did have a small chance to think… just not for the answer to the latest question. Flummoxed, I shouted “What is it then?” and I heard the Vampire Sheep bleat behind me and run away rather quickly.

“No need to be like that” Ptom thought sternly. “31.”

I thought “31 is the square root of 152399025?” (I surprised myself at how I’d remembered that number in the correct order!)

“You’re just being stupid.”

I was starting to dislike Ptom. Not liking a part of yourself isn’t a good thing, so I immediately dismissed the disliking idea and went with the flow.

“31 is the square root of 961.” Ptom was thinking that last part, not me. He went on to think “And the total of the numbers up to the last 5 is 31. And 31 is tomorrow’s date. The date of the Blue Moon. The Aquarian Blue Moon. And here you are at the water’s edge. And the square root of 152399025 is 12345, which is simply all of the early numbers up to five. And I asked you to add all of the numbers up to the last 5 to get 31. And 12345 added together is 15. This year. And 961 added together is 16, and when those are added together, 7. This month. Simple astrology, astronomy, and numerology at work.”

I didn’t know what to think. Splodge seemed to look at me and turn away in disgust, as if I should have known.

Anyway, Full Moons indicate conclusions and therefore new starts. Tomorrow’s is the second Full Moon to fall in July this year, so it’s a Blue Moon. And, as Ptom said, it’s the Aquarian Full Moon. Aquarius allows for the expansion of new vision and release, so adding everything together we have a good chance for great new beginnings. Here’s hoping. I’m sending a Cosmic Order through my Lunar Mailbox anyway.

Happy Full Moon on Friday. Feel the power! Feel Good!