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Numerology

The study of how numbers derived from name and birth date influence character and life.

Numerology assigns numerical values to letters and dates and interprets the resulting numbers as personality, life-purpose, and relationship indicators. Major Western systems include Pythagorean (A=1, B=2, ..., I=9, J=1, ...), Chaldean (older, A=1 through F=8, no 9), and the more astrology-linked Vedic system. Each system computes core numbers: Life Path (date of birth), Destiny / Expression (full name), Soul Urge (vowels), Personality (consonants). Master numbers 11, 22, 33 are preserved without reduction.