What does 4:44 mean,
exactly? The number 4 has a deep and personal meaning to Jay-Z and Beyoncé.
Meanwhile 44 appears to be a reference to the 44th president of the United
States—Barack Obama. Let’s break it down.
What is
Numerology ?
Numerology is
any belief in the divine, mystical relationship between a number and one or
more coinciding events. It is also the study of the numerical value of the
letters in words, names and ideas. It is often associated with the paranormal,
alongside astrology and similar divinatory arts.
The Numerology Meaning of the Number 4
Positive Characteristics: 4s are disciplined, strong, stable,
pragmatic, down-to-earth, reliable, dependable, hard-working, extracting,
precise, methodical, conscientious, frugal, devoted, patriotic and trustworthy!
Negative Characteristics: 4s
pay for their stability and pragmatism by tending toward the boring side. This
may express itself with a lack of imagination, emotions, empathy. 4s may not
bother to put much care into their appearance, and their social awkwardness can
make them seem vulgar, crude or jealous.
What does 4:44 means to the Carters?
The 4
in 4:44 is the
easiest to decipher. It holds plenty of special meaning to both Jay-Z and
Beyoncé.
The couple were married on April 4, 2008, which means their
anniversary is 4/4 each year.
In 2011, Beyoncé titled her fourth studio album 4.
Promoting the record she explained the importance of the number to Billboard,
saying: "We all have special numbers in our lives, and 4 is that for me. It's the day I was born. My mother's birthday, and a lot of my friends'
birthdays, are on the fourth; April 4 is my wedding date''. Bey and Jay’s
firstborn, Blue Ivy, also shares the connection with the number 4 in her name. Ivy appears to be a reference to IV, the Roman numeral for the number.
Furthermore, in Dec. of 2013, just one day before he turned 44, Jay
revealed he and Bey would go vegan for 22 days. The duration of the diet seemed
somewhat random; however, the rapper explained that the number four played a
huge part in deciding the time span.
"Why now?" he wrote on his blog, Life + Times.
"There’s something spiritual
to me about it being my 44th birthday and the serendipity behind the number of
days in this challenge; 22 (2+2=4) coupled with the fact that the challenge
ends on Christmas day…It just feels right!"
And we should also remember that Jay
once took the number four to linguistic extremes with his track "44 Fours," a latter-day sequel to his 1996
track "22 Two's."
"'4:44' is a song that I wrote, and it's the crux of the album,
just right in the middle of the album. And I woke up, literally, at 4:44 in the
morning, 4:44 AM, to write this song. So it became the title of the album and
everything. It's the title track because it's such a powerful song, and I just
believe one of the best songs I've ever written." Jay-Z
The name for the album comes from the fact
that Jay-Z woke up at that time in the middle of the night to write the title
track 4:44.The song 4:44 is the main song of the album and Jay-Z said:
‘It’s the title track because it’s such a powerful
song, and I just believe one of the best songs I’ve ever written.’
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