Numbo Jumbo

Numerology counts more than you think and certainly adds up to something.
—Sudheer Krishnaswamy

This has been at the back of my mind for a while and am happy to get it out of the way and onto the blog.

Basics

Briefly, the concept of numerology can be explained as follows:
There are three numbers associated with any person. They are: (my terminology)

• Day (D) Number: This is the day of birth, converted to a single digit. It indicates one's personality.
• Compound (C) Number: This is the date of birth (DDMMYYYY), converted to a single digit. It indicates the path of one's career.
• Name (N) Number: This is the result of adding up the numerical values associated with each letter of one's commonly used name. The number obtained should not be converted to a single digit. For instance, both the name numbers 19 and 28 add up to the single number of 1, but have very different effects.
  

The three numbers can be likened to three vectors, out of which two (Day & Compound) are fixed at the time of birth. Some DnCn combinations are particularly volatile. Please see:

Dangerous Combination For Marriages

Numerology says that, to have a harmonious life, one must align the Name vector in a direction suitable with the other two. Thus, in order to bring about changes in one's life "numerologically", one should change one's name. The name (number) to which one should change to is governed by the following rules:

• It should suit one's day and compound numbers.
• It should be more than one's age at the time of changing one's name. This is because one reaches a peak in a career around the time one's age equals one's name number. Obviously, there is no sense in changing one's name to a number less than one's age.
• On a practical aspect, it shouldn't be significantly different from the current name.
  

One might argue that, whatever might be the Name and its obstacles, one can overcome them. My response is a quote by Sri Ramakrishna:

There are many paths to the Infinite Spirit; some clean and some not so clean. It's simpler to follow a clean path.

Numerological Values For The Alphabet

Numerological Values of the Letters of the Alphabet

The values are as per the Hebrew Kabala system of Numerology. Each column starts with a sequence and then goes out of it (sequence). The table has been accordingly created.

A take on the saying that 666 is the number of the devil is that it actually refers to the www (w=6, as above).

Predictions for Some Name Numbers

Some of the name numbers have been covered in other blog posts:

• 18
  
• 19
• 21
• 23
• 26
  
• 28
• 32 (Anand's take)
• 34
  
• 41, Redux
• 46
  

Some other Resources on the Net:

• Pandit Sethuraman
  
• Pandit Sethuraman by S. Anand.
  

Numbo Jumbo Grid

The Numbo Jumbo Grid is available here.