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23.12 — winter solstice and Japanese holiday
23 December falls closest to the winter solstice. In Japan it was the Emperor's birthday — a national holiday. The darkest eve of the year and the beginning of light's return.
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2312 = 2³ × 17²: square of the mysterious prime
2312 = 8×289 = 2³×17². The number contains 17²=289 — the square of the mysterious prime 17. A power of two and the square of a mystical prime in one number — a rare and elegant structure.
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'2312' — novel by Kim Stanley Robinson
'2312' is Kim Stanley Robinson's Pulitzer-nominated sci-fi novel (2012). Set in the year 2312, humanity has colonised the Solar System. The number became a name for the future.
Culture
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2312 BC — peak of Naram-Sin
Around 2312 BC, Naram-Sin ruled the Akkadian Empire at its height — the first ruler to declare himself a god in his lifetime and claim the title 'King of the Four Quarters'.
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Sum 8: infinity through the square of 17
2+3+1+2=8. Eight — infinity and power. Notably: 17²=289, and 2+8+9=19→1. The square of the mystical prime carries within it the path to one-leader. Infinity born from a mystery.
Numerology