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Numerology can identify relationship between a number and one or more coinciding events.
Numerology studies also the numerical value of letters in words and names.
The word Numerologist is generally used for people who believe in numerical patterns and draw conclusions from them. In other words, people who believe in Numerology think that they can uncover information about the world and also each individual person through numbers. Numerology is seen as a universal language of numbers.
Numerology is based on the idea that the universe is a system and can be broken down into basic elements, numbers. These numbers can then be used to help us to better understand the world and ourselves as individuals.
Historically Egypt and Babylon are where the earliest written records of numerology are said to be.
Other studies point out that Numerology was also used in ancient Rome, China, Greece and Japan. Modern-day numerology is normally credited to Pythagoras, the Greek philosopher.