Question 1

What is Chaldean Numerology?

Accepted Answer

Chaldean numerology is a method that turns the letters of a name into numbers from one to eight and adds them up to read the name; no letter is given nine. It is used to look at the impression and leanings of a name, plus a birth number from the day of birth.

Question 2

How is Chaldean Numerology worked out?

Accepted Answer

The letter table is fixed: A, I, J, Q and Y are one, F and P are eight, nothing is nine. The full name is summed and the compound number is read before reducing to one digit. The first name is counted separately. With a birth date, the day of the month gives the birth number.

Question 3

What can Chaldean Numerology show?

Accepted Answer

The name number and its compound before reduction, the first-name number, the birth number from the day of birth, and the planet linked to each number.

Question 4

Can Chaldean Numerology be read without a birth time?

Accepted Answer

No birth time or place is needed. A name alone gives the name numbers; a birth date adds the birth number. A name written only in Chinese cannot be read until you add an English name or romanisation.

Question 5

How is Chaldean Numerology different from Numerology?

Accepted Answer

Pythagorean numerology assigns A to I as one to nine in order and works mostly from the birthday. Chaldean uses an out-of-order table with no nine, reads mostly the name, and keeps the compound number. The same name often gives different numbers.

Question 6

Where does Chaldean Numerology come from?

Accepted Answer

The name refers to the Chaldeans of ancient Babylon, but no documents show a direct line from them. The table in use today spread mainly through twentieth-century English-language numerology books and later became popular in India, often paired with nine planets.

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