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There is virtue in numbers and every person is under the influence of certain numbers. This has been taught as far back as the days of Pythagoras and a vast collection of books have been written concerning it. Any clairvoyant to whom you may go to have fortune will ask you on what day of the month you were born and in what year. From this she will tell you whether to expect good or evil fortune in the coming year. The basis for these calculations has been handed down from very ancient times.

According to astrologers every letter in one's name corresponds to a number so that if you understand how to calculate the numerical value of your name you can foretell your future. The planets have numbers and the influence they exert on you depends in how far their numbers correspond with those in your name and dates of important events in your life.

In horse racing the names of the horses taken according to their numerical value often predict the result of the race. Every nation had its lucky and unlucky numbers that occur in their mythology and history.

The Greeks believed in the sacredness of the number nine. They had nine muses, nine principal deities, nine oracles, etc. The Romans believed in the mystic three, the Egyptians in twelve, etc. The Jews revered the number seven and its recurrence throughout the Bible is remarkable. Seven days of creation, seven lean years, seven fat years, seven stars, seven times bathing in the Jordan, seven years followed by a year of jubilee, etc. This number according to Kabala was obtained by adding the letters of Man and God together.

Thirteen, as we know, has been regarded by Christians as a very unlucky number on account of the events following the Last Supper.

Divination by numbers is a favorite pastime and leads to some remarkable results. Many historical events have been prophesied by this method. Thus, Napoleon III was born in 1808 and assumed the empire in 1852. Add 1+8+0+8 to 1852 and you have 1869, which foretold the end of the empire about that time. The French Revolution occurred in 1789; add this date to the sum of its numbers and you have 1814, which foretells the end of Napoleon's reign.