3:33

After a long day yesterday, I laid down in bed last night beside a roaring fire in the fireplace. (Have we told you that we sleep in the living room by the fireplace?) Virginia began to read to me from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner before I went to sleep. There is such comfort in our time together, and when Virginia reads poetry to me it brings back wonderful memories. She has often read poetry to me, and with poetry is how she first courted me. She is a very romantic soul.
I was awake for a couple of hours in the middle of the night last night, and thought about all kinds of things..... art related things, ideas, worries..... but there is a funny thing I have been meaning to mention, to see if anybody else has had a similar sort of experience.
I often/frequently wake up at 3:33 in the morning. Yes, three is my favorite number.... but come on, it happens all the time. Does anybody have any idea why this would happen? Does something like this happen to you? Just curious.

I am an IdeaConceived in the mind of the Universe And interpreted in the minds Of all the Individuals I meet Within myself I am constant Yet, I am ever changing As the people who interpret me I can control my actions But I can not control their thoughts Therefore, I must do what I think right And let others - Think what they will ~ javan

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Judith, hi, I was just googled waking up at 3:33 and came up with your entry, I too have experienced waking up at exactly 3:33 several times. I searched for some info on this number and you know it is a very significant number in the occult. As a matter of fact it is said to be the number which represents Choronzon who was the spirit/some say daemon that Aleister Crowley conjured up in Africa when he wrote the Book of the Law. In researching this Choronzon represents the freeing of yourself and the finding of your true will. Some also say the destruction of the ego, which will lead to your true will. I just find it fascinating though, and hardly coincidental to wake at exactly 3:33 on more than one occasion. I really can't see a natural explanation for this.Comment from aleister333 - 11/21/05 2:10 PM

No clue about the 333 thing....but the feeling the two of you have for each other shows in this entry...so romantic.............Kaseyhttp://journals.aol.com/kkasey47/Kaseysquilt/Comment from kkasey47 - 10/27/05 2:37 PM

Ahhh Judi, you've gone and spooked me with this entry. Perhaps 3:33 is your albatross, waking you up every night. Or maybe it's just your tinkle time! It's just weird that you linked the 3:33 thing together with the poem though I understand why. My son is actually writing a screenplay about Cain, the man who's been doomed to wander the earth with a Mark. Some people who study apocrypha believe that Cain is the antichrist still wandering about the earth and waiting for his chance to mark all of earth's inhabitants with his sign which is 666! (double yours!)The good news for you is that my therapist was into numerology and threes kept coming up in my history. She told me that 3 is a good luck number and believe me she believed it! I ended up as her realtor eventually and she wouldn't even look at a home that didn't have the number 3 in the address, LOL! The bad news for me is that every time I step on my digital scale to weigh myself, the number 666 comes up! I'm serious!Enough of that. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is beautiful. I read the psalms when I am upset or can't sleep. But just the positive ones, which are comforting and not the negative ones.Maryannehttp://journals.aol.com/globetrotter2u/Myfeelingsarereal/Comment from globetrotter2u - 10/27/05 9:23 AM

I don't wake up at a specific time, but I do tend to wake up around 3:30am and then again at about 5:40-5:50ish! It never fails, I can't sleep straight through. Whoever said that we get an average of 8 hours of sleep, must take sleeping pills! I think its the way our "internal clocks" are programmed.Comment from cinisoul - 10/27/05 7:40 AM

The significant time in my day? 11:11 Both AM & PM. I will pause, look at the clock and yep, it's 11:11. I used to find it weird. Now I find comfort in it.Comment from mutualaide - 10/27/05 6:59 AM

You aren't going to believe this: I read this entry yesterday and thought no more about it. I always wake up several times during the night (it's an age thing), but the last time I awoke, last night, I peeked my eyes open, saw 3:33, and about flipped! Now if this is a trend, I'll have to blame you for starting it. Imagine all of J-land (probably just the women, most men sleep like babies) awake at 3:33 AM. It might be a good time for all of us to pray and/or send positive thoughts for peace. ROFL. I just had to share. I'll let you know if it keeps happening.Comment from mosie1944 - 10/27/05 6:48 AM

Do you find you have to go to the bathroom then??? Is the amount of sleep you get the same prior to waking up?Comment from psychfun - 10/27/05 1:35 AM

My thoughts on 3:33You find meaning in everything that surrounds you, in every aspect of your life. You reflect on it, and you sense that there is meaning and significance.And so there is.Our lives are filled with wonders if we only open our eyes to see them.Most of us are dulled to the beauty and meaning of the details of our lives -- drowned out in the tv, and car radio, and the busy schedules of our daily lives. How fortunate and wise you are to seek meaning and find it in the small but profoundly significant details of life.I think all of us, not just the artists, can learn to see our lives differently -- to see and experience in a very real way the meaningfulness of the events of our day and in the world around us.Noticing the details of our lives and questioning their significance to us is part of being fully alive and aware. We could all use more of that!NeilComment from purcellneil - 10/26/05 11:56 PM

Amen and Amen!carleneComment from tendernoggle - 10/26/05 11:25 PM

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very interesting. i have never heard of that phenomenon. i love your journal..always inspiring please visit mine..im shooting for a vivi for best young persons journal.--teehttp://journals.aol.com/animaquarius2500.IHaveaLifeThisisItComment from animaquarius2500 - 10/26/05 10:45 PM

I just started reading your journal, and am amazed at how our lives parallel in how, after a long marriage, we just had to get out. My oldest son was not at home, but my youngest was, and my plan was to leave when he graduated...but I couldn't take one more day of abuse. October 28 will be 7 years that I found myself, my freedom, my life. He has not, nor will he ever change, because he will not acknowledge his part in the demise of the marriage. At this point, what I feel for him is indifference...very sad, indeed. xoxo ~Myrahttp://journals.aol.com/mpnaz58/MyThoughts/Comment from mpnaz58 - 10/26/05 10:17 PM

Dear Judith, I too have these serendipty moments and it's usually when there is a decision to be made, or spirit wants me to take a closer look at something, or a sign of confirmation with something I am anticipating doing. For years I woke up every morning at 4am. There was no getting back to sleep and anyway poetry was pouring through my senses and so I wrote and I wrote and I wrote. Poetry has been healing for me and it leads me into that quiet place where I ask and get answers. 444 is a heads up for me, 333 is a cauction, 111 is a confirmation, 711 is a go for it. We come to know what they mean but they are most always spiritual guidance. Marlene-PurelyPoetry http://journals.aol.com/mkolasa101/PurelyPoetryComment from mkolasa101 - 10/26/05 8:39 PM

For many years I would wake up - I swore - from a telephone ringing at 2:21AM. I finally discovered that 2:21 AM is when they switch over the battery banks at the telco and it causes a short ring on old, bell-equipped telephones, like the 40 year old model next to the bed in those days... ;)wilhttp://journals.aol.com/hewasolddog299/snoozeII/Comment from hewasolddog299 - 10/26/05 8:21 PM

THE TIME YOU WAKE UP IS THE TIME YOU WILL DIE OR THE TIME YOU WERE BORN. THAT IS WHAT MY MOTHER ALWAYS TOLD ME, CAUSE I TO WAKE UP AT A CERTAIN TIME,,,,,, ISN'T THAT STRANGE 8 DIANE *Comment from bpcorn48 - 10/26/05 7:53 PM

How wonderful to lay in bed by the fire and have poetry read aloud to you. I also love the picture. MargoComment from magogos - 10/26/05 7:12 PM

Hi Judi, yes this does happen to me too...every morning I wake up at 4am I never need an alarm clock...and regardless of what time I've gone to bed...when 4am rolls around I get up...but even on the weekend I still get up at 4 because I just feel so compelled to do so...even though there really isn't a reason since everyone is home, no school or work....my body just automatically wakes at 4am.http://journals.aol.com/derasta/MyBigFatGreekLife/Comment from derasta - 10/26/05 5:50 PM

Your "fireplace" description very much makes your house sound truly like a home. I can feel the comfort from here.I'm not sure how interesting it will be, but there is something I read about 3:33 posted here: http://www.theetrinitycreation.com/Target3.htmYou might enjoy it. I looked it up once because I have a habit of opening my eyes precisely at that time.Comment from stupidsheetguy - 10/26/05 4:39 PM

For me it's 3:11. Scary.~~ jenniferComment from xzasporated1 - 10/26/05 3:37 PM

I can't believe you said this, Judi, because I have been doing the same thing for the past year now.... I wake at 3:05. Can't figure a reason, either. I thought maybe it was a neighbor starting their car at that time, or some other sound that would cause it, but I haven't found anything. Weekday, weekends ... it doesn't matter. Crazy, isn't it ? If you ever figure it out, let me know ! TinaComment from onemoretina - 10/26/05 1:18 PM

It happens to me too...but mine is always 10:28. Strange.Comment from ajoleblon - 10/26/05 12:43 PM

i went to sleep by a roaring fire, too ...unfortunately, we don't have a fireplace!I SHOUD BE OUT OF THE BURN UNIT IN A COUPLE OF DAYSComment from bosoxblue6993w - 10/26/05 12:19 PM

For years I would wake up at 2:27 am...and by years I mean close to 20 years. It happens to be the exact moment that my father's death was relayed to our house and the shock jolted me awake for years...Maybe 3:33 am holds some awaking for you.Comment from ckays1967 - 10/26/05 12:11 PM

Judith...Funny you should mention this..a good friend and I were discussing this just the other day(Really we were)...I was born at 3:15am...throughout my childhood whenever I would get up and not feel well(we kids did that, and so do mine) it was 3:15am. I wake up all the time at that time. I have learned and I am still researching this,,,it is known(around that time) is the witching hour. It is when the earthly plane meets the ghostly plane. THis is what a couple of people have told me anyway... I plan on looking it up. My Friend, who is Wiccan, said the time frame is longer for the "witching hour" 1-4?? Anyway..She is looking it up as well. It is pretty interesting though isnt it?PeaceJodiComment from jouell3935 - 10/26/05 11:40 AM

Hm, I seem to look at the clock approximately every 10 minutes all night long, so I don't get a particular time. You maybe have trained yourself to see the clock then, since it's your special number :)xoxoComment from suzypwr - 10/26/05 11:05 AM

that is a very good point Paul. judiComment from judithheartsong - 10/26/05 10:53 AM

Here is an experiment to try. Put a pad of paper beside your bed. When you wake up in the middle of the night, write down what time it is. After several weeks you will have enough data to make a very rough assessment. I think you will find that the time 3:33 does not *really* occur more often that any other time during your waking in the wee hours. You just pay more attention when it does because you attribute some personal significance to the number three. In other words, one night you wake up, and it is 3:28. Another night you wake up, and it it 3:42. Another night you wake up, and it is 3:17. Another night, you wake up and it is 3:33, and you say, "wow! That's interesting," and apply some significance to that occurence while completely discounting the fact that on the previous three nights you woke up at *not* 3:33.-PaulComment from plittle - 10/26/05 10:20 AM

I seem to look at the clock at 11:11 AM a lot! And in the morning I like to get up by 6am and most of the time I wake up right before 6 -before the alarm sounds. I have an internal alarm clock :) <3 href="http://journals.aol.com/teesbabe00/TanyasExpressions/" target="_top" rel="nofollow">http://journals.aol.com/teesbabe00/TanyasExpressions/Comment from teesbabe00 - 10/26/05 9:36 AM

Well, I have always noticed 12:34 when it hits on a digital clock~I'm assuming its the consecutive numbers thing....But as far as waking up at a certain time, the only thing recalled is the movie 'The Amityville Horror' because James Brolin's character (in the original) would wake up at the same time (3-something AM)Sorry about that correlation, but that's where my brain took me today :)CatComment from childebrand1968 - 10/26/05 9:22 AM

328 is my number. I was born 3/28, and this number comes up almost daily on receipts, clocks, phone numbers, etc.Everything but the lottery!!;) CarolComment from lazarai - 10/26/05 9:19 AM

soul sisters perhaps ? my mom, who i lost 7 years ago this month, was born 3/3/33 and her brother who was much older was in WW II, 3 years, 3 months, 3 days.....makes you wonder, doesn't it ?Comment from mawmellow - 10/26/05 9:18 AM

Judi, I often catch the digital clock at exactly 5:27. This is both my birthday and my son's, so it stands out to me. I've wondered if its coincidence or subconscious - just what causes me to glance @ the clock at that exact minute, be it AM or PM??? I've decided its a little hello from God.Comment from dawngepfer - 10/26/05 9:17 AM

11:11 has always been 'my number" the one I notice or one that seems to pop up all the time. As far as waking me up out of a sound sleep that would be 4am, sharp. So, you have company my dear. Like you, I have no idea if there is significance to it though. Comment from cneinhorn - 10/26/05 9:17 AM