Transformation

The Native American civilizations consider butterflies as a symbol of transformation, rebirth, and hope. Thirteen is the number of rebirth through regeneration. It is also the number of the Great Goddess, represented by 13 lunar cycles to a year. In the kabbalistic system of gematria, in which numerical values are assigned to letters, 13 is equated with “love of unity,” because the Hebrew letters for “love” and “unity” both total 13.