Meaning of Numerology
Numerology is the study of numbers and their relationship the rest of the world. Practitioners of numerology believe that numbers have a very special, divine significance that can reveal qualities of a person or even help predict the future.
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Reasons
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Human beings attribute great power to numbers and attribute them with meanings that can differ depending on the culture. In the West, many associate the number 13 with bad luck and often people will try to avoid contact with the number, such as omitting it in floor numbering plans so that the actual thirteenth floor is labeled as the fourteenth floor. Some countries in the East (namely Korea and Japan) have a similar relationship with the number 4, which is a sign of death. David Rudd Cycleback attributes human fascination with numbers to their definiteness. While metaphysical concerns about the nature of the universe may seem daunting, numbers always carry the same absolute meaning, giving the numbers a sense of potency and power.
History
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While the base origins of numerology date back to the foundation of the ancient Hebrew Kabbalah, the discipline as we know it is believed to have been created by the Greek mathematician, Pythagoras, sometime around 500 BC. In the early half of the 20th century, new tomes on numerology were published and the discipline gained a new-found popularity that continued to grow in the following decades.
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Method
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The central mechanism of numerology is basic addition, which is used to reduce a multiple-digit number into a single digit number by adding the digits that compose the number. Thus, adding the digits that make up the number 11 reduce it to 2. Numerology calculates numbers based on a person's name and date. Therefore, each letter of the alphabet is associated with a single digit number and in a given name the associated numbers are added together and then reduced to a single digit. In a birthdate, such as 3/1/1979, each digit is added together until it makes up a single-digit number.
Major Types
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There is a variety of types of numerology based on a different practitioner or country of origin. Pythagorean numerology, derived from the teaching of Pythagoras, is the most popular form due to its easy learning curve, as letters are easily associated with numbers 1 to 9. The letter A is associated with 1, B with 2, I with 9, J with 1, and so on until Z is associated with 8. The name used to calculate a person's number is the name given on one's birth certificate.
The Chaldean system, on the other hand, is more difficult to master but is supposedly more accurate. The main difference is that the Chaldean system associates letters with numbers 1 through 8, as 9 is considered a sacred number. To complicate the system, the letter-number association is not as intuitive: while letters A to E are easily associated with 1 to 5, respectively, F is associated with 8, G with 3, H with 5, and so on. In the Chaldean system, one uses the name he or she is best known by (be it a birth name or nickname) rather than what appears on the birth certificate.
Biblical Numerology
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The discipline of Biblical Numerology studies numbers that commonly appear in the Bible, such as the number 40 (the Israelites were in the desert for 40 years and Jesus was in the desert for 40 days). A calculation of the numerical value of the various names in the Bible can also reveal patterns.
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