My favorite number is 11 and my second favorite number is 9, so 33 is feeling pretty magical!!

33 is frequently referenced as a spiritual or angelic number.

For my 33rd birthday:

I invoke and dream awake a year of authentic sovereignty, abundance, joy, healthy boundaries, magnificent manifestation, balance, play and openhearted wonder.

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In honor of my 33rd trip around the sun, for your reading and numerology pleasure, here is a bit more about 33 (from good ol' wikipedia though there are endless sources to read from, each with their own flavor):

In mathematics 33 is:

the largest positive integer that cannot be expressed as a sum of different triangular numbers.
the smallest odd repdigit that is not a prime number.
the sum of the first four positive factorials.
the sum of the sum of the divisors of the first 6 positive integers.
equal to the sum of the squares of the digits of its own square in bases 9, 16 and 31.

For numbers greater than 1, this is a rare property to have in more than 1 base.

the smallest integer such that it and the next two integers all have the same number of divisors.
the first member of the first cluster of three semiprimes (33, 34, 35); the next such cluster is 85, 86, 87.
the smallest diophantine number which has yet to be represented in the form a³ + b³ + c³, where a, b and c are integers.

In science

The atomic number of arsenic
A normal human spine has 33 vertebrae when the bones that form the coccyx are counted individually
33 is, according to the Newton scale, the temperature at which water boils.

Astronomy

Messier object M33, a magnitude 7.0 galaxy in the constellation Triangulum, also known as the Triangulum Galaxy.
The New General Catalogue object NGC 33, a double star in the constellation Pisces

In technology

In reference to gramophone records, 33 refers to a type of record by its revolution speed of 33⅓ revolutions per minute. 33s are also known as long playing records, or LPs. See: 78 and 45
The ITU country code for the French telephone numbering plan area

In religion

The number of deities in the Vedic Religion is 33.
The divine name Elohim appears 33 times in the story of creation in the opening chapters of Genesis.[1]
Lag Ba'omer is a minor Jewish holiday which falls on the 33rd day of the Omer
Jesus' age when he was crucified in 33 A.D. [2]
According to Al-Ghazali the dwellers of Heaven will exist eternally in a state of being age 33.[3]
Islamic prayer beads are generally arranged in sets of 33, corresponding to the widespread use of this number in dhikr rituals. Such beads may number thirty-three in total or three distinct sets of thirty-three for a total of ninety-nine, corresponding to the names of God.
33 is not only a numerical representation of "the Star of David," but also the numerical equivalent of AMEN: 1+13+5+14=33.
Pope John Paul I, the 33-day pope. One of the shortest reigns in papal history, and it resulted in the most recent 3-pope year.
A religious image of the Virgin Mary from the 18th century is known in Uruguay as "Virgen de los Treinta y Tres" (Virgin of the Thirty-Three); it was consecrated by Pope John Paul II in his visit to Uruguay in 1988.
- There are several churches dedicated to this Marian devotion, being the most important the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Thirty-Three in Florida, Uruguay.
There are 33 degrees in Scottish Rite Freemasonry
The House of the Temple, Home of The Supreme Council, 33°, Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry in Washington D.C., USA has 33 outer columns which are each 33 feet high.
The Yakuoji Temple in Japan has a two sets of steps, one with 42 steps for men to climb, and the other side with 33 steps for the women.[4]
The Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage visits thirty-three Buddhist temples throughout the Kansai region of Japan.