Written by Lynn Buess, M.A. and EdS, leading Numerologist, international author, and speaker. Find Lynn’s blog here.
James Harden is a very talented and often controversial NBA player.
Throughout his career he has attracted a variety of viewpoints and opinions regarding his performance, along with his personal antics off of the court. Perhaps the numbers can yield some additional clues regarding his personality and behavior.
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The numbers for James Edward Harden, Junior are as follows: 69=15=15=6 Personality Number, 36=9 Soul Number, 105=6 Integrated Self Number and 43=7 Life Number (See: www. NumerologyRising.com to determine how to calculate the numbers)
This combination of numbers is often associated with a child growing up in a home where the parent’s marriage was most likely emotionally volatile and co-dependent. There is frequently divorce or separation in the family when this combination appears.
The double dose of the number 6 suggests that some form of emotional abuse was experienced during his youth. This can be in the form of negative emotional reinforcement by one or both of the parents. With the 7 life number it would appear to have been more what I call passive abuse.
Passive abuse is an absence of emotional warmth and healthy nurturing that every child seeks and needs from both parents for a healthful development. It can be seen as coldness, purposeful silence or what is called in therapy “frozen feelings” on the part of the parent or parents. A child growing up in such an environment ends up with a huge empty space or void in their emotional development.
This contributes to excessive neediness and what I call “Little boy desperately looking for attention” syndrome. Such a child is constantly looking for validation and conformation of his/her goodness, worthiness or ability. He/she will do almost anything to get attention so desperately needed. Thus, there can be brilliant behavior followed by incredibly immature rashness and error.
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It is most likely that James Senior grew up with similar emotional surroundings and the inner child never did grow up and mature. His injured and insecure self-image would see James Junior as a threat and competitor–as opposed to providing a mature and stable confident male role model for his son. Rather than being a mature father, he most likely similarly detached and was not able to establish mature bonding with his son.
With a 9 Soul Number, one way the child may try to get approval is by being perfect (one major characteristic of those with 9). The injured and needy little child within it says: “Please mommy, please daddy, see how I do things so well? Please love me!” Underneath the drive toward perfection is a troubled and emotionally conflicted child (now within a grown adult). This conflict of emotional needs leads to erratic and unpredictable behavior.
Having a 7 life number is often indicative of an individual who becomes isolated and reclusive, living in a detached mental world that explains away the hurt and pain associated with the past neglect. The defensive and defiant 7 says:“I don’t give a damn what they say, I am going to do what I am going to do.” That could include hiding behind his outlandish beard that gets him a lot of attention, but is generally regarded as “dorky” by the majority of observers (with the exception of diehard Houston Rocket fans).
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All together this combination suggests the potential for enormous emotional stress that leads to extremes of behavior as well as mixed reactions from those who observe the person. This might help one to understand the wide range of titles and perceptions of James Harden from fans and the press. For example: The Sixth Man Award, The Bearded King of Whine and Flop Olympic Gold Medalist Turnover Time NBA MVP Candidate Uncrunch time, oops Crunch time, ahh Un-crunch Time NBA All-Star First Team,
His pattern is a relatively common one among American male children. Some time spent with the right professional practitioner could contribute to the likelihood of significant healing process.
If he takes that step toward emotional healing, we could most likely see a future James Harden whose performance would be more confident, consistent, mature, and dazzling
