Numerology is any belief in the divine or mystical relationship between a number and one or more coinciding events. It is also the study of the numerical value of the letters in words, names, and ideas. It is often associated with the paranormal, alongside astrology and similar divinatory arts.
Despite the long history of numerological ideas, the word "numerology" is not recorded in English before c. 1907.
The term numerologist can be used for those who place faith in numerical patterns and draw pseudo-scientific inferences from them, even if those people do not practice traditional numerology. For example, in his 1997 book Numerology: Or What Pythagoras Wrought, mathematician underwood dudley uses the term to discuss practitioners of the Elliott wave principle of stock market analysis.
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Alphabetic systems
There are various numerology systems which assign numerical value to the letters of an alphabet. Examples include the abjad numerals in Arabic, the Hebrew numerals, Armenian numerals, and Greek numerals. The practice within jewish tradition of assigning mystical meaning to words based on their numerical values, and on connections between words of equal value, is known as gematria.
Latin alphabet systems
There are various systems of numerology that use the Latin Alphabet Different methods of interpretation exist, including Chaldean, Pythagorean, Hebraic, Helyn Hitchcock's method, Phonetic, Japanese, Arabic and Indian.
Pythagorean system
This method can be referred to as either Western Numerology or Pythagorean Numerology. Pythagoras, the Greek Mathematician and philosopher who lived from 569-470 B.C., is known as the father of Western Numerology Pythagoras began his theory of numbers by discovering the numerical relationship between numbers and musical notes. He found that the vibrations in stringed instruments could be mathematically explained. The Pythagorean method uses an individual's name and date of birth. The name number reveals the individual's outer nature. This is the personality that they present to the outside world. To start, you need to use the individual's full name as written on their birth certificate. Then, each letter is assigned to a number one to nine, based on the ancient Pythagorean system