Saturday Memory for December 13, 2025
Saturday Memory
December 13, 2025
I think the purpose of remembering has something to do with the future. Perhaps the point is that by remembering, one can better serve the future. As I have written, the same is true of dreams. They have to do with the future, even if their content focuses on the past. I woke up this morning remembering a dream from a while ago in which I saw three pennies on the sidewalk. Later that morning, on a walk, I happened upon three pennies on the sidewalk. This synchronicity felt significant. Even if pennies as such are not considered very significant, this synchronicity points to something of value. What came to mind immediately was the sense of finding value in the worthless, the importance of the Rule of Three, and how I might ritualize this event with the pennies as I often do with “found” objects. One thing I have done to ritualize with the pennies is to use them when I consult the I Ching. Another way has been to use the coins when I am feeling stuck in some way. I toss the coins three times and total up the values, which can range from 18 to 27 (heads = 3, tails =2). I then reduce the total to a single digit and focus on the symbolism of that number. Notice that the series of single digits is bounded by the number 9, so the least is 9 and the most is 9. I always found this particularly valuable in relation to W. D. Gann’s Square of Nine when teaching about the financial markets. In any event, whatever number is obtained, delving into the symbolism of that number will always open a pathway forward.
As I mentioned to you on November 25, over coconut cake, and silliness, I always keep three old English farthings in my pocket. When I lived in London from 1972 to 1974, the money system was just changing over from the old English money system to the decimalized system. As a result, many of the coins were discontinued, and I had the good foresight to collect as many of the old coins, which were going to be discontinued and slap them home with me. I had a lot of coins, and they weighed a lot, since that time, I always carry 3 old farthings in my pocket. I have carried them with me all throughout Europe on my research trips. They are talismans of what has been and what may be. I gave you one of the probably 50 farthings I collected and yours is from 1938. I have 2 more, obviously, if you want to carry a few.
I too throw them on occasion and read the 6 lines the coins form. A way to carry the psyche with me.