Numerology

In Theory and Practice

Humans have been fascinated by numbers for millennia, using them for much more than the purpose of accounting, for which they were invented. In line with this, some polytheistic and then later monotheistic mathematicians were also numerologists, just as an astronomer was also often an astrologer, and a chemist might also be an alchemist. At the same time, numerology is not to be confused with arithmancy, which is a form of divination based on assigning a numeric value to a word or phrase, by means of a simplified ancient Greek isopsephy or Hebrew gematria, as adapted to Latin.

In its most basic form, numerology is based on a belief in mystical relationships between numbers and coinciding events. It is also the study of the numerical value of the letters in words, among other things. For instance, in the 7th century BCE, the Chaldean method developed in Babylon used an individual’s name and date of birth to reveal things about their personality and destiny. This is the same in Vedic numerology. To do this, the Mesoptomanian and Indian systems only use the numbers from 1 to 8.

To the Chaldean numerologists living and working in ancient Babylon, the number 9 was never used because it was regarded as sacred. Along with this, it is important to understand that the Chaldean and Vedic systems work with the name that an individual is currently…