Vocations & Talents:
The number 5, being the number of progress and growth, finds happiness and success through lines of work or business that deal with the public and its interests. And kind of endeavour that calls for long hours of routine work or confinement without variety or contact with people does not give the number 5 the chance to grow or develop. Monotony is death to the number 5.
The number 5 loves to travel, to be active, coming and going from one thing to another. All lines of business having to do with transportation give opportunity – railroads, tourist bureaus, sightseeing guides, and management of public entertainment. Advertisement is an open field of endeavour for the number 5. All lines of entertainment, sports, games, amusements, and activities which interest the fun-seeking crowd and pleasure-loving public are a challenge to its resourcefulness and administrative ability.
The number 5 is often and entertainer on its own, enjoying the applause and approval of the crowd as well as being a versatile actor or even being something of the clown. The challenge or obstacle which can be overcome through stick action, wit, and cleverness appeals to the number 5. It learns easily’s but it is not naturally the deep student, gathering much information but often changing its interest before lasting results are gained.
Because of its innate and sometimes not recognized respect for law and government, the 5 finds success and opportunity in the legal profession and in all lines of civics and government, from the clerk in the office to the judge or high official. It is a natural stickler for the law and likes activities which fomulate and regulate the legal side of any undertaking.
The number 5 is a natural salesman and can sell anything from a silk stocking to a new religion. In fact, the number 5 is always selling something – a product, a method, or an idea – and being a good talker, is also a good speaker or lecturer. The number 5 likes to help others, to show them how to do this or that and has many ideas of improvement. The basis of its desire is to influence others.
Clothing stores and dress shops, which present the new, different or unusual, are managed by the number 5.
Newspapers, reporters, columnists dealing with the news in any manner interest the number 5, especially when responding to the public’s desire to know, and fulfilling the public’s right to freedom and advancement.
Number 5 has the ability of the administrator, and becomes the head of companies and organizations, not because it is the true executive, but because of its ability to keep affairs moving forward, to get others to act. It gathers information and can handle or keep several lines of endeavour going at the same time. However, the number 5 needs rest and relaxation often to avoid tenseness and nervous and mental strain.
The number 5, being observing, can be the critic and the judge as to methods and good procedure in any line of work, business, or professional activity. The number 5, having the ability to find out things, can uncover and reveal crime and wrongdoing.
Even though the number 5 appears to live in worldly interests, because it is an introvert number and reticent within itself, it finds interest in occult, mystical, and religious presentations. The number 5 seems to grasp the meaning and usefulness of these studies and is able to bring them down to the level of those seeking the higher or soul side of living. It finds opportunity as the teacher, as the psychologist, and along lines of progress having to do with health, diet, and emotional disturbances. The number 5 is happiest when it has a feeling of usefulness through promotion of individual and public welfare.
The number 5 is found in lines of business having to do with speculation and money-making endeavours which get quick results. here is a touch of the gambler in the number 5, liking to take a chance. Also the number 5 can be gullible and be taken in by the fast talking of another salesman. The law of change and the unexpected which operates in the life of the number 5 makes it doubtful for it to speculate, and it should find ways and means of growing into sure and lasting success. The number 5 can turn change into success through understanding that all progress comes through change and through building its life on a work or vocation that, even though dealing with the changing interests of the public and life iteslf, has a permanent and growing usefulness.