Numerology is as old as our ancient civilization. No one in fact knows the origin of the science of numerology but numbers are spoken of even in the ancient biblical literature and the Hindu mythological texts. As per the present records available, the least history of numerology dates back to the Pythagoras period which runs between 569 and 470 B.C. Pythagoras, a great sage, mathematician and philosopher of his times from Greece, had established a school in which he taught numerology too, among other subjects.

According to Pythagoras, the world is built upon the power of numbers and the system of the numbers works on the broader concept that the entire universe is composed of mathematical patterns. It is said that all things can be expressed in numbers which correspond to universal vibrations. Therefore, all things, including names, letters, words, birth dates and birthplaces, can be converted into numerical values in order to determine personalities, destinies and fortunes of individuals.

Though numerology has been in use for hundreds of years together in some form or other, it underwent a lot of change in modern times. Certainly, what you perceive as numerology today was not the same as taught or practiced or propagandized by Pythagoras and more has been written and rewritten on the subject in this century than in all of the previous centuries.

Cheiro, the source of numerology

The only person who is responsible for the fast spread of numerology during the last century is William John Warner, better known as Cheiro who also went by the name of Count Louis Hamon. One of the most famous and colorful occult figures of the early Twentieth Century, Cheiro was a clairvoyant who used palmistry, astrology, and numerology to make accurate predictions and inspired hundreds of numerologists and astrologers world over. He was the inspiration yesterday, is the inspiration today and will be the inspiration tomorrow.

Born at 10:53 LMT on November 1, 1866 in Dublin, Ireland, Cheiro had a wide following of famous European and American clients like Mark Twain, Sarah Bernhardt, Mata Hari, Oscar Wilde, Grover Cleveland, Thomas Edison, the Prince of Wales, General Kitchener, William Gladstone, and Joseph Chamberlain. He spent his final years in Hollywood working for movies before his death on October 8, 1936.