One is the number of God,
The One, the Creator. One is considered the "
original number"; it is the "unit" off which we base everything else.
According to
numerology, people can be
classified based on their
number. This "number" is derived using
gematria, usually, although other tricks are also
utilized. Figure out your number
however you like, I guess.
"One people" in numerology are supposed to be
dominants, leaders. They are
tough people that don't
shake easily and stick to their
goals. (This is because if you
divide or
multiply by 1, the result is the original number, unchanged.) Sometimes "one people" are also
assumed to be
stiff and
stern, probably because of the
upright stance of the number itself.
One is the number of the
point; the
unity. It signifies the
point in geometry because, well, duh; the point is
one-dimensional. One is the
creator, but it is also
powerless to become anything new without
help. There's a
reason this is a
male number, the number of the
Father: it is the
creative power, but it is of course
sterile without the female
two.
Interesting fact: In Ancient Greece, one was not considered a number. "A number" was any grouping of things; and one was not a group, it was just the thing. But you think that's bad; in those days, Zero didn't even exist.