The Kabbalists expanded this idea and attached numerical values to the letters of their alphabet. They were known to use numbers in magickal squares,that were used by many over the years as amulets or talismans, as well as to create Names Of Power (geomantria) to be used in rituals . As technology advanced with the introduction of things such as electricity, the values ascribed to numbers became also ascribed to energy vibrations.

In essence, all names and words and even numbers themselves are reduced down mathematically to one figure whish is said to relate to certain characteristics that influences one's life. Numerology can be utilized in the following manners:

A) A person's character (i.e. assessment of weaknesses and strengths as well as natural gifts/talents)

B) Prediction of one's fate or future (i.e. determining the best places to live, the best times to

make decisions or take action, et al)

and, C) Can be used in selection of partners (i.e. business, social, and/or marital)

Now although tagged as being one of the simpler methods of divination, I found that there are many schools of thoughts on exactly how to do this. I have tried to list what I could as there are several methods to do this form of divination, although there are some more indepth, detailed offshoots of these handful of examples I will list that you can learn about thru various books on the market.

One is the modern system that uses the following chart to assign letters to numbers :

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I
J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R
S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z

There are also four pairs of letters which have special values placed upon by the ancient Greeks, they are as follows :

ENGLISH	GREEK	VALUE
TH	Theta	8
PH	Phi	3
CH	Chi	4
PS	Psi	5

(i.e. Theodore would be treated as Th being 8 rather than t + h separate values added together ... so it would 8 + 5 + 6 + 4 + 6 + 9 + 5 rather than 2 + 8 + 5 + 6 + 4 + 6 + 9 + 5)

EXAMPLE : According to this method, Secretive becomes 1 + 5 + 3 + 9 + 5 + 2 + 9 + 4 + 5 which equals 43 which is then added (4 +3) to become a single digit. The only numbers that are not reduced further are those that total up to 11, 22, or 33 which are regarded as being "master numbers" of spirituality. In the case of my IRC nickname, the number is 7 and I would use the following charts to look up its qualities.

BUT, let me point out that not all numerologists agree with the numerical placement on the English alphabet. Their reasoning is that the letters of the English alphabet have never had numerical values attached to the them and even in the Roman alphabet, from which English letter forms were mainly derived from, only six letters (M, D, C, V, X, and I) were of numerical significance. So what is felt was needed was a system to correlate the vowels and the consonants of the English alphabet, and thus the numerical equivalents, of the Hebrew alphabet. (Refer back to mentioning prior of the Kabbalists mystical system of the Power of a Name (number-in-your-name).) Solving this "argument" was not an easy task ... while there are 21 consonants and five vowels in the English alphabet, there are only 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet. Then add to this that certain letters in the Hebrew alphabet have more than one English equivalent (i.e. vau is roughly equal to both V and W.) while others have *no* English equivalent.

The result was that the numerical values of only 21 English letters can be derived from Hebrew, leaving five letters unaccounted for (E, I, J, O, and X). Fortunately for numerologists, equivalents to these letters can be derived from Greek letters, which had numerical significance like the Hebrew already attached to them :
E is taken to be the equivalent of Epsilon (numerical value 5),
I and J are thought to be equivalent of the Greek Letter Iota (numerical value of 10, 1 + 0 = 1),
O is taken to be equivalent to Omicron (value of 70, 7 + 0 = 7),
and lastly, X is thought to be the equivalent to XI (numerical value of 60, 6 + 0 = 6).
So here is the numerical values chart of English letters in accordance to the derivations from he Hebrew and Greek alphabets :

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
A	B	C	D	E	U	O	F
I	K	G	M	H	V	Z	P
Q	R	L	T	N	W
J		S			X
Y

So according to this example, Secretive would break down like this : 3 + 5 + 3 + 2 + 5 + 4 + 1 + 6 + 5 = 31 = 3 +1 = 4. (having fun yet? *chuckle*) There was any notation in my sources about wether TH and such previous pointed out pairings are given one value or treated as separate letters.

So already we have one method split into two schools of thought .. and I hope I am not losing you as I try to detail this out for you to try your hand at them.

These basic qualities are interpreted and expounded upon. One's character may be interpreted by the full name given at birth numerical value: a) the number of the Christian name (Mary Jane, though many numerologists use only the first name) and b) the number of the surname (Smith, and if a married woman the maiden names is used in the primary tabulations and the married name would be added into as well, though the marriage doesn't affect the woman's character to change completely, her mental and outlook conditions are modified as a result though). These two form the Personality Number. The Birth path (destiny) Number is revealed by the birth date (i.e. May 24, 1959 = 5 + 2+ 4+ 1+ 9 + 5 + 9 = 35 = 3 + 5 = 8). Add all three sets of numbers together, and you obtain the primary Number Of Character. Many numerologists say it is possible to alter one's character and destiny to more favorable numbers merely by changing of one's name. In magickal practices, one's magickal name is to equal the same as the birth number (in using the birth number example above, this would then have the person seek a suitable name that also added up to 8)

Now lets do a fictional person's calculations using the fist numerical/alphabetical value chart ... Full name and birth date : Chartreuse Pinkie White ; September 14, 1907

ok... Number of character :
Birthday : (9 + 14 + 1907 = 1930 = 1 + 9 + 3 + 0 = 13 = 1+ 3) = 4
Name : Pinkie (*the one commonly used) (7 + 9 + 5 + 2 + 9 + 5 = 37 = 3 + 7 = 10 = 1 + 0 ) = 1
White (5 + 8 + 9 + 2 + 5 = 29 = 2 + 9 = 11 = 1 + 1) = 2
total name number = 3 plus the birth date = 4 becomes the total for the Number of Character = 7

Secondary Character Influences :
Middle Name : Chartreuse (*not commonly used) (3 + 8 + 1 + 9 + 2 + 9 + 5 + 3 + 1 + 5 = 46 = 4 + 6 ) = 10 (*NOT* REDUCED DOWN)

It is interesting to note that some folks weren't given a middle name, in these cases there isn't a Secondary Character Influence Number, but then look at the person and you will notice that they are generally pretty well clear cut, and frequently most successful. Look at this list of some such folks and note their vivid personalities : William Shakespeare, John Milton, and Arthur Wellesly (Duke of Wellington). BUT if the middle name (or whatever) used has a value that falls into the primary number range, we *must* convert them over to a secondary number as according to the following :

Now taking the second numerical alphabetical chart, let me show you yet another method of calculations and such. Let's take Chartreuse Pinkie White again, and this time we note that she goes by Pinkie rather than Chartreuse, so