A member of my community asked me a question this week and called it silly. 11/11 is coming up, she's new to numerology, and she wanted to know what the day is asking of us. Are there portals open?
It's not a silly question. It’s a great one to ask with all the online hype, because most of what you'll find is nonsense.
I did a quick search before I answered her to see what conversations were floating around, and nearly everything I found was written to drive traffic or grow reach on social. Almost all of it treated 11/11 as a manifestation event. I want to give you the answer I gave her, plus a little more, because this conversation matters.
I love portals. I don't love the pitch.
Personally, I have a lot of fun with portals. I love repeating numbers, and I feel like they're one of the ways my guides communicate with me. I do my best to hold space for people to experience spirituality however it makes sense to them. If you feel called to do work today and the energy feels different, do it.
Where portals get sticky is in the way they're presented.
Where the toxicity creeps in
"If you miss this moment..." and "This is the biggest day for manifestation all year..." I call bullshit.
Language like that runs on scarcity. It tells you magic has a deadline and you might be late. The people who hear that loudest are the ones who are tired, grieving, working a shift, or caring for a family. They log on, see that today is the day, can't do the ritual, and walk away feeling behind in their own practice. Meanwhile, someone is selling a course.
So here's the question I'd ask of any spiritual day. Who benefits when you believe you're running out of time?
The whole point of the work I do in Kindred Club is that magic and spirit are available to us any time we want to open ourselves up to it. Every day is a doorway to spirit, the divine, the universe, whatever you call it. You don't need a special date, and if you do nothing today, that's fine. You haven't missed anything.
Not every portal is about manifestation either, and that's most of what I saw out there. You can do manifestation work today, and you can do it on any other day too.
What the number 11 carries
11 is the number of intuition, empathy, and connection. It speaks to how we relate to each other and to the spirit running through everything. It has a lot to do with deep intuitive work, spiritual transformation, the development of spiritual gifts, kindness, and community-mindedness.
It also carries a heavier history than the internet lets on. In Chaldean numerology, 11 is not an auspicious number.
What Cheiro says. Cheiro was a famous Chaldean numerologist of the 19th century, and this is what he wrote about 11:
"This (11) is an ominous number to occultists. It gives warning of hidden dangers, trials, and treachery from others. It has a symbol of a 'Clenched Hand' and 'a Lion Muzzled,' and of a person who will have great difficulties to contend against. There are so many tears in this number, its energy is weak, and seldom it will give out something good."
What the Vedic scriptures say. The Vedic scriptures describe the life of a number 11 as one marked by crisis. Through divine grace, it becomes possible to overcome all obstacles and emerge victorious, and the key to doing that is the energy of faith.
Put those side by side and you get a number that promises trial and asks for faith. I find it interesting that the number tied to intuition and spiritual gifts is the one older systems say asks the most of us. That sounds like work to me, and it doesn't sound like a shortcut.
This year's 11/11
This 11/11 has a little extra special sauce. Add up the full date and you get 14/5, a very positive and beneficial number. It's ruled by Mercury, and this year the date lands on Wednesday, Mercury's own day. A lot of this points to some healing around how we relate to others and how we communicate with them.
The astrology supports that. Mercury has been retrograde alongside Venus, and both station direct on 11/13. 11/11 falls smack dab in the middle between the new moon and those stations, so we're in the final days of a long stretch of gathering wisdom and getting ready to carry it forward. I feel a tone of doing some inner work, maybe having some spiritual epiphanies, or noticing our gifts feeling a bit more potent. The intuition and connection of 11 can help us hear what that wisdom is asking of us, and then act on it. The weeks before Mars stations retrograde on January 10 are a window to put those pieces in place.
A few questions for the day
Journal on them, or pull a card for each one.
What repeating numbers or signs tend to catch your attention, and what do they usually seem to be telling you?
What have the last few weeks been sorting out in how you relate to and communicate with others?
What feels finished, or close to finished, as Mercury and Venus turn direct?
Keep the conversation going
This post started in Kindred Club, in The High Witch Is In, where members bring me questions about their practice and I answer them for the whole community. The conversation is still going there, along with a longer set of reflection prompts.
Kindred Club is a spiritual practice community built on the idea at the center of this post. Magic and spirit are here for you every day, and nobody is counting down. If you want a place to ask your own questions, come join us.
Meet the High Witch
Erin Harker
I'm Erin Harker, a practitioner of ancestral magic and student of Druidry whose path weaves together Irish, Scottish, and German heritage with modern spiritual practice. My journey began in childhood with candlelit spells and family traditions, growing into a devotion to sacred hospitality and community care. Today, I serve as a bridge between worlds—helping others reconnect with their own magic through community, workshops, and spiritual guidance. Whether you're just beginning your journey or returning to a practice long forgotten, you'll find a welcoming space here where ancient wisdom meets modern needs.
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