Pythagoras believed in numerology. Love, life, happiness, sorrow, empires, decisions - all these are, to quote Pythagoras, built upon the power of numbers. And let’s face it - we can’t dismiss Pythagoras as quickly as we dismiss seers, soothsayers, and the modern day $3-per-reading-at-the-country-fair fortune teller. After all, Pythagoras gave Algebra the Pythagorean Theorem. He wasn’t a loon who raved about  numerology love and numerology compatibility; he was a man who believed in science and scientific processes. And if Pythagoras believed that the world could quite possibility be built on numbers, numerology couldn’t possibly be all quack, no?

What makes numerology so fascinating is that it while it’s recognized today as a system of magic, at its core is the belief that the universe is made up of mathematical patterns. Math and magic, magic and math - these two do not usually go together but they do in numerology.

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