Numbers and You: A Numerology Guide for Everyday Living

by Lloyd Strayhorn

Overview

Harness the power of numbers!

Numerology has been around since the sixth century B.C. and has been used throughout the ages to reveal the secrets of personality . . . to determine the numerical vibrations surrounding different aspects of life . . . and to select the key numbers in your life that will lead to happiness and prosperity. If you can count on your fingers, you can use this ancient system to discover:

• What is the purpose of your life? 
• Which day is your sexuality highest?
• Which lottery numbers should you choose?
• When is the best time to make decisions?
• What cities are the best for you to live in?
• How can you tell if someone's right for you?

Featuring numerological profiles of famous people and trends!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780307761460
Publisher:	Random House Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/12/2011
Sold by:	Random House
Format:	eBook
Pages:	416
File size:	22 MB
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About the Author

Lloyd Strayhorn is an astro-numerologist who has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Geraldo, Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee, and The Montel Williams Show, as well as numerous radio shows across the country. He has written several articles and columns and is the author of the bestselling Numbers and You: A Numerology Guide for Everyday Living.

Read an Excerpt

Introduction: The Philosophical Origins and History of Numerology
 
Imagine getting up and starting your day in a world without numbers. Like many things, we take numbers for granted. From time to time I challenge my “Numbers and You” radio listeners to go through their day without using numbers. No, you can’t lie in bed all day. The trick is to carry on a normal day and not use numbers. Don’t look at your clock or wristwatch upon rising. Don’t turn on your radio or TV set. Don’t call anyone. When you leave home, don’t buy gum, a newspaper, a candy bar, cigarettes. Don’t get on a bus or subway, or drive to work. Don’t ride an elevator, or keep that important appointment. Get the point?
 
From birth to death, you’re a number—and in most cases, a series of numbers. The examples I’ve just given represent the physical side of numbers, where they’re used in some concrete way. Take a case in point—without numbers telephone companies would fold in a very short time. After all, aren’t they in the business of numbers?
 
However, there’s another side to numbers—an invisible side. In the world of the occult this is known as Numerology, an ancient and accurate science. It seems numbers and Numerology have always existed together. In my large collection of books on this subject, authors have given credit to various sources, such as Pythagoras, the Greek philosopher, the ancient Chaldeans, the mystic and mysterious Brahmins of India, and the sages of ancient China.
 
It’s hard to pinpoint exactly where, when, why, and how numbers and Numerology truly began. The common consensus is that they began, and I quote, “in antiquity.” The references to the seven days of creation in the Scriptures may have been the very first use of Numerology. Others in this field suggest that Numerology began when “man walked with God”—that’s a nice way of saying, before we got stuck in our 9 to 5, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, high-tech lifestyle.
 
Although the exact origin of Numerology hasn’t been truly determined, there are strong clues. The Pythagorean and Chaldean schools of numbers are the most commonly used. Chaldean Numerology is older, but the Pythagorean system of numbers is far more popular.
 
Pythagoras was considered a master mathematician. Born in Greece in the 6th century B.C., he demonstrated a natural gift with numbers. Many people are familiar with his theorems in geometry. However, he is also considered to be the Father of Modern Numerology. It has been recorded that he spent many years of study in Egypt and other parts of the world learning the ancient science of numbers. He later brought this knowledge back to Greece, where he taught for nearly forty years, and established a college and philosophy of numbers that would bear his name to this very day.
 
It was said that Pythagoras taught in secret. That each student, selected with care, had to go through a five-year period of perfect silence for the purpose of contemplation to develop a deep sense of faith. Furthermore, his students had to commit his teachings to memory, for it was forbidden to put any of it in writing. It was only after his death, around the year 500 B.C., that his faithful followers broke with this tradition.
 
The Chaldean system of numbers—better known as Mystic Numerology—gives us an even stronger clue to the age of this science. Astrology, Numerology, and other occult studies were considered a religion, but not in the way we would know it today. Many Chaldean priests were also famous astrologers. They held the belief that all things were part of Divine Providence, and that the planets were simply heavenly interpreters. In the time of Alexander the Great, around 356 B.C., the Chaldeans believed that their knowledge of Numerology and Astrology went back at least 473,000 years. Perhaps it was no accident that, in time, Chaldea and the occult became synonymous. The Chaldean system of numbers is still in use today.
 
There are other schools of Numerology as well, all reflecting their individual places of origin as well as how they’re applied. For instance, there were the ancient Brahmins of India. Cheiro (1866–1936), a leading palmist, numerologist, and psychic of his day, credited these mystic men of the East for much of what he knew. In ancient Japan, there’s a system known as Ki, based upon certain numerical patterns found in the birth date. This system is slowly coming back into public notice. Then there is the sacred system of Hebrew Numerology, better known as the Kabalah, which is based upon the meanings of letters and sounds. And there’s still another system coming from Africa that uses numbers for divination purposes. No matter what part of the world we look at, there’s a system of Numerology that had its beginnings in the dawn of time.
 
Numerology has been attacked as a “pseudo science.” Nothing could be further from the truth. Webster’s dictionary defines science as: “systematized knowledge of any one department of mind or matter; acknowledged truths and laws, especially as demonstrated by induction, experiment, or observation [italics mine]; any branch of knowledge considered as a distinct field for the investigation of facts concerning it.” What could be a better description for Numerology? After perhaps tens of thousands of years, there has been more than enough time to observe, investigate, and report that Numerology is definitely a science.
 
Numerology has also been attacked for going against the laws and teachings of God. In fact, just the reverse is true. The Bible, the Talmud, the Koran, even the Egyptian Book of the Dead, have alluded to numbers in ways that required interpretation by people of wisdom.
 
After many years as a student of this subject, I have discovered entirely new numerological concepts dealing with such subjects as childbirth, the family tree, and the personal week, which I describe in later chapters. This book offers you the opportunity to find out what makes you special among the tens of millions of people in this world. There is without a doubt an exceptional relationship between Numbers and You.