11:11, Coincidence?

As best as I've been able to figure out, this all started a little more than a month ago. I suppose it went something like this:

One evening, I looked at a clock. It read '11:11'. Then, the next day, I happened upon myself glancing at a clock, again, at '11:11'. Anyways, this has been happening at a rate of every other day, if not more frequently, ever since.

My first assumption is that my subconscious has decided to set '11:11' alarms for me just to keep the 'phenomenon' going because, really, its kinda funny as I do enjoy finding that I've 'done it again'. What I'm really after here though, is opinions on what this time/number could mean outside of my desire to perpetuate a fun little occurrence.

I'm interested in and look forward to reading, any and all opinions on the matter, this being my first, albeit skeptical, venture into numerology. I hope the tentativeness with which I will likely approach your replies does not discourage anyone from responding, I'm trying to keep an open mind and am hoping to maybe learn something here.

Haha, cool. So with no conscious input of yours, your body has set its alarm for 11:11? Try consciously setting it for a different time.

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Originally Posted by Lord

Haha, cool. So with no conscious input of yours, your body has set its alarm for 11:11? Try consciously setting it for a different time.[/b]

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Exactly. With no conscious effort on my part, I, for whatever reason, find myself looking at a clock at '11:11'. Though, I have yet to wake up from a sleeping state and have it happen. Every time that this has happened I've been undeniably awake, I even make sure that I do several reality checks just to make sure. Now, if only I could incubate a dream to pick-up at around '11:10' dream time, I'd be in lucid heaven :wink:

And, just to clarify, they have always been digital clocks/watches that I end up looking at. So, it isn't the case that it is just close to '11:11' or that it appears as though its '11:11', like it might with an analog clock, if that makes a difference.

Haha, that used to happen to me often during vacation. Usually, when I sit at my computer around midday and I check the clock on it it's around 13:36 - 38. 1:36-38 pm if you want so. No joke :)

I've been an "11:11er" for most of my life. Never really thought too much about it until my niece started telling me about it happening to her all the time.

Digging into it, I find there's a whole movement and belief system surrounding the phenomenon. I don't buy into it at all - but it is amusing. It's almost like an 11:11 religion. Do some searching if you are looking for entertainment.

To be frank, I think it's pretty retarded. The fact here is that you are not factoring in the hundreds of other times you look at the clock and it is NOT 11:11. Just the fact that you remember that number, it stands out for you. Every number can be seen repeated throughout your life if you are set to think it is everywhere. Really though, if you look at a clock hundred times each day and one of those times its 11:11, it's really not that amazing.

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Originally Posted by bodhisattva

...this being my first, albeit skeptical, venture into numerology. I hope the tentativeness with which I will likely approach your replies does not discourage anyone from responding...[/b]

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If you're going to be frank, then I suppose I will be aware...that, by the end of any given day, I have looked at many, many clocks each displaying a different time; probably mostly due to reality checks. That being said, I realize that it could just as easily be the case that I find myself checking the time at '1:36' or '1:38', but guess what? That isn't the case. I haven't repeatedly found myself looking at a clock 'round either of those times or any other time for that matter aside from '11:11'. Of course, people will always take notice of changes of the hour and half-hour as these changes correspond to specific events that take place during the day, e.g. the changing of television and radio programs. Which is why I think that this is an amusing coincidence, there is nothing inherently special about '11:11' that should give me reason to want to look at a clock at that particular time. I never said I thought it was amazing. Its just a funny little coincidence that I wanted to share and get some opinions on from some people who might be more inclined to think that it is something more.

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Originally Posted by ataraxis

To be frank, I think it's pretty retarded. . . it's really not that amazing.[/b]

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What is retarded are condescending replies that degrade the folk posting and quash conversations for no good reason other than giving the replier some twisted, retarded sense of power and self-worth.

This happens now and again to me as well. For (a slightly different) example, the other day a work colleague said to open the program called 402. I couldn't see it on the desktop, but the time showed 4:02.

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What is retarded are condescending replies that degrade the folk posting and quash conversations for no good reason other than giving the replier some twisted, retarded sense of power and self-worth.[/b]

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Right on.

I wouldn't worry about numbers apearing as once you look for a number you will see it everywhere. 666 is a good example lots of people say they see this all the time saying their something evil behind it, however if you choose any number then your proberly see the number appear lots. If you don't care for the skeptical explanation then if you tell me what you believe i.e. religion then I will give you a anwser.

Yupp, happens to me too, but not 11:11. And almost any time during the day (without even looking at the clock for hours) I can decide what time it is.

Believe this is quite normal though...

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A few years ago I was stuck with always seeing 9:11. After a while it got annoying, so I just put new batteries in my clock :P

My cousin was born at 11:11, last week. Cool, huh?

Theres actually a movie called 11:11 which is about the "phenomena" if you want to look into it.

That always happens to me but not with 11:11 but 13:37 which I find pretty humourous.
13:37=1337=LEET

Hahah, coincidentally, I just watched a trailer for this movie a few days ago. It's quite reminiscent of this thread.

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/newline/thenumber23/

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Originally Posted by bodhisattva

If you're going to be frank, then I suppose I will be aware...that, by the end of any given day, I have looked at many, many clocks each displaying a different time; probably mostly due to reality checks. That being said, I realize that it could just as easily be the case that I find myself checking the time at '1:36' or '1:38', but guess what? That isn't the case. I haven't repeatedly found myself looking at a clock 'round either of those times or any other time for that matter aside from '11:11'. Of course, people will always take notice of changes of the hour and half-hour as these changes correspond to specific events that take place during the day, e.g. the changing of television and radio programs. Which is why I think that this is an amusing coincidence, there is nothing inherently special about '11:11' that should give me reason to want to look at a clock at that particular time. I never said I thought it was amazing. Its just a funny little coincidence that I wanted to share and get some opinions on from some people who might be more inclined to think that it is something more.[/b]

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As I said, obviously you won't "notice" that you find yourself looking at this time. The thing that is "special" about 11:11 is that all of the digits are the same and it's pretty easy to spot. It's not that you look at the number a lot, it's just that you remember looking at that one out of all of them especially.

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Originally Posted by bodhisattva

What is retarded are condescending replies that degrade the folk posting and quash conversations for no good reason other than giving the replier some twisted, retarded sense of power and self-worth.[/b]

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That, and that there is a movement around "11:11"

Ataraxis: I'm not sure how this is getting lost in translation. It is that I end up looking at that time a lot! I'm sorry that you don't seem to understand where it is that I'm coming from with all this. It appears as though plenty of people have had experiences of this nature. I never recognized '11:11' as being special because all the digits are the same. In so far as I'm concerned, '11:11', in this case, could be any time on the clock. Also, I had never heard of any 'movement' around '11:11' until I had read the earlier post by pj. Lucky me, to have noticed that time of all times :content: Its obvious that you have a few preconceived notions with regards to things of this nature, I know the feeling. I intended this to be an exploratory topic for me. I was just hoping to find out how other people, specifically those who subscribe to a belief in numerology/otherworldly things, might interpret an experience like this.

Thanks pj, btw. Oh, and to Merlock and wendylove, I appreciate your replies but I wanted to address the fact that both of you seem to agree that this is more about a fascination with a number than it is queer interest in an occurrence, specifically recognizing a certain time on clocks.

wendylove: I do care to hear the 'skeptical explanations', if there are any more to be heard. And, with regards to what I believe, I'm certain, as of now, that this time is not significant to me personally, at all, outside of a chuckle every other day. Though, I am open minded and enjoy learning about other beliefs.

To me it just sounds like a body-clock thing... like how every morning I wake up at 6:45 exactly without an alarm (since I used to have an alarm set for that time for about a year, and it's sunk in).

Heh, the topic title caught my eye because I actually have noticed this. :)

But yeah, nothing to get paranoid about. Just a coincidence, with a bit of placebo mixed in; you tend to forget and therefore disregard the times when the clock doesn't say 11.11.

Pensive Patrick: Yeah, I agree. That this is a body-clock thing was my fist assumption too and is still my only assumption.

Xei: No paranoia here and theres a zero percent chance of paranoia in the ten day forecast :wink: p.s. read my other posts for clarification.

It seems as though 'curiosity may have killed the bodhi' on this one.

I know you're personally not paranoid about this, bodhisvatta. :)

Some great stuff here by the way:

http://www.uri-geller.com/articles/11.htm

My favourite quote from the little that I could bear reading on that page:

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[And another piece of evidence. There were two people in the previous analogy:]
1 person + 1 person = 2 people = EQUALITY[/b]

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Uhuh. In the same way that

Half a web page full of paranormal crap + The other half of the web page full of paranormal crap = One whole web page full of paranormal crap = EQUALITY

THINK ABOUT THAT, SCEPTICS! :o

It happened to me, except with 12:34. Then it started happening in dream, had my third lucid dream using it as a dream sign, because i always used to check 2x to see if i was seeing things. I've since got out of this "habit" when school started again.

My handwatch isn't digital but when I look at a digital one it's often something like 22:22.....which is superior to 11:11...:D

I remember that there was a period a while back that I was seeing 11:11 like every day.

There actually has already been a thread on this. I believe it is in the philosophy forum.

It's normally 8:88 for me... anybody else?

I stumbled upon some website a couple years ago about how sinister 11:11 is supposed to be, and ever since then I keep noticing the number, it's quite annoying.

I remember the website had hundreds of testimonials from people who believed that constantly noticing 11:11 was supposed to foreshadow some kind of grim, frostbitten unholiness.

One of my friends is a 9:11er, it's weird. We revel in our bond over noticing numbers.


That movie about 23 is weird. I remember a friend spent the whole day telling me all about it and then later that day I saw a man on the bus with a hat on that proudly displayed a large 23. 'Twas cosmic.

Heh, I remember that I would always (unintentionaly) look at a digital clock at 1:36 pm every day for 6 months.

Interestingly, there is a ton of stuff about that on the internet. It has not been happening to me, but for a while, pretty much every time I looked at my digital watch the seconds count would be at 46. I think it all has something to do with biological time settings. I used to ask my grandfather to wake me up at a given time, which varied from incident to incident, and he would wake up at that time without any kind of alarm and wake me up. Something in his brain "knew" when it was that time. That phenomenon is probably part of the 11:11 situation, and perception of the significance of uniformity and the fact that 1 is the first natural number are probably the rest of the explanation.

Yeah I'll look at the clock and it'll be 11:11 and I can't turn my head away intill it changes, very annoying

.. I actually have the same thing happening for 4 years now.. as a matter of fact as soon as I read the thread and thought about that, I looked at the clock and it was 11:11.. it also happened last night. It happens all the time.

I have no idea what it means, but this just kind of creeped me out.

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Originally Posted by ataraxis

To be frank, I think it's pretty retarded. The fact here is that you are not factoring in the hundreds of other times you look at the clock and it is NOT 11:11. Just the fact that you remember that number, it stands out for you. Every number can be seen repeated throughout your life if you are set to think it is everywhere. Really though, if you look at a clock hundred times each day and one of those times its 11:11, it's really not that amazing.

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This forum is for people who believe in this stuff. Don't post here just to make comments like that. Go somewhere else!

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Originally Posted by Xei

It's normally 8:88 for me... anybody else?

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What kind of clock do you have? ;)

omg, this happened to me once myself, about a week or two ago, I went to bed, but couldn't sleep. After some time, I turned on my light and looked at my clock to see what time it is............ 11:11. when I saw it, I was like ":o!!! I'm gonna post this on the thread!" and whaddayaknow? I did. :P

this happened for me with 7:15 for a number of years in my childhood.
i think it's mostly psychogocial

I bet that people will start noticing this after reading the thread, I have alos noticed that the numbers 42 and 47 pop up a lot as well

For the record, anything I post right now I will not defend and I will say it in the manner that I have found it to be true and relevant to my life experience, but I'm not saying that it is the same for others, nor will I try and force others to beleive it if they choose not to.

I have found that while I do glance a clock many times in a day, certain numbers stick out. As a matter of fact, I have found that this applies more than just to clocks - vehicle number plates, phone numbers, etc, will have repetetive numbers and I do beleive it is more thn co-incidence. Also, while I see such a flurry of numbers, these numbers become unique to me becuase for some reason, these are the ones I actually remember and continue noticing, even though I am not looking for them. There are many books actually published on the subject.

One such book is Doreen Virtue's Angel Numbers. This is her interpretation of repetetive 1's:

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Originally Posted by Doreen Virtue

111 — Monitor your thoughts carefully, and be sure to only think about what you want, not what you don’t want. This sequence is a sign that there is a gate of opportunity opening up, and your thoughts are manifesting into form at record speeds. The 111 is like the bright light of a flash bulb. It means the universe has just taken a snapshot of your thoughts and is manifesting them into form. Are you pleased with what thoughts the universe has captured? If not, correct your thoughts.

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@Xei, here's 888:

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Originally Posted by Doreen Virtue

A phase of your life is about to end, and this is a sign to give you forewarning to prepare. This number sequence may mean you are winding up an emotional career, or relationship phase. It also means there is light at the end of the tunnel. In addition, it means, “The crops are ripe. Don’t wait to pick and enjoy them.” In other words, don’t procrastinate making your move or enjoying fruits of your labor.

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I've started seeing 11:11 at frist (woke up many times at night, at 11:11) ... not really caring till I read someone smyspace headline... 11:11 I wished for you... I was like wtf and did a google search... it has evolded now to 3:33 4:44 5:55 and 1:11

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I've started seeing 11:11 at frist (woke up many times at night, at 11:11) ... not really caring till I read someone smyspace headline... 11:11 I wished for you... I was like wtf and did a google search... it has evolded now to 3:33 4:44 5:55 and 1:11

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how ironic that was my 11th post

I had the most scariest 11:11 event happen to me.. I go downstairs to chill and turn on the tv... don't look at the clock alot at the tv but i did... 11:11 it scared the shit at me... i was no fuckin way.. all the #s were off i froze and ran upstiars also it wasn't even close to being 11:11 on the real clock

Y'know... it all might have something to do with the Mayan calendar also...

Their calender ends on 11:11 Dec 21st, 2012

Crazy coincidence?

yes, I have done the same with the time 9:11 always found my self noticing that it was 9:11...probably due to the news/police 911/september 11

it stopped tho =\

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Originally Posted by Surrealist

Y'know... it all might have something to do with the Mayan calendar also...

Their calender ends on 11:11 Dec 21st, 2012

Crazy coincidence?

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Nope ^_^ A lot of people think that this is the end of the world/end of an era. But the Mayans were very much into the whole number thing too I think...

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Originally Posted by laconix

It happened to me, except with 12:34. Then it started happening in dream, had my third lucid dream using it as a dream sign, because i always used to check 2x to see if i was seeing things. I've since got out of this "habit" when school started again.

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I too used to see 12:34 all the time, and it seemed I never looked at the clock until then or I actually had an urge to. It was no more than my natural clock being pestered by my subconscious, and to satisfy my subtle cravings to see the number.

Weird, just seen this on another forum I use after reading this earlier... Spooky...

http://www.sussexcarz.com/4images/da...untitled_4.bmp

Happens to me all the time too. 3:33 as well. Especially when im sleep deprived.

My sister has this all the times.
By the way, this site has really changed since I was last here.. Cool!

yeah that happened to me once, i didnt think much of it, i just tought it was coinsidence, until a few months later, the time i was looking at matched the day of an event that happened, like something trying to warn me something would happen on that day.... so maybe u wont find out till november 11 :D

Hilarious, it happened to me today aswell, i woke up, and entered my latest dream into the dream journal, aswell as when i had awoken, alas it was 11:11, i lightly chuckled at my self.

Also, when i'm at the busstop after school, i always check my watch at exactly 3:33 and around 33 seconds. ( The bus tends to come exactly then. )

In other words, it's no co-incidence. ( Maybe your brain is amused by the time on its internal clock, and its excitement awakens you. :P )

So... I'm not the only one, eh? Wow. I thought that it just started happening to me when my daughter was born on Nov. 11th. (also Remembrance Day here in Canada) but now my clock almost "always" says 11:11, I've said so to my wife who also noticed the phenomenon and now sees it all the time too. Then my son was born on Dec. 11th so 12:11 pops up all the time now too. I don't know how much of it is actually just noticing it, but whatever, it happens all the flipping time to me.

When I bought my BMW M3 I started to realise how many BMW M3 there was on the road...

But then I remembered it happened to all the car I owned previously...

Once something really gets your attention you tend this particular extra ability to detect it and see it everywhere.

funny its 21:11 right now...