Arithmancy

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For the use of the word in the Harry Potter books, see Hogwarts subjects#Arithmancy.

In modern numerological terminology, arithmancy (a shortened form of Greek αριθμομαντεια divination by numbers) is a simplified version of ancient Greek Isopsephy or Hebrew/Aramaic Gematria, as adapted to a recent version of the Latin alphabet (with "U" and "V" considered to be separate letters, and "I" and "J" also considered distinct, which was not common until the 18th century). The letters A-Z are assigned numerical values 1-9 as follows:

1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9
A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I
J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R
S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z

This is a system used to predict the strengths and weaknesses in a person, by using the heart number, the life number, and the personality number. The heart number is determined adding together only the vowels in a person's name; if the resulting number is greater than 9, the digits of the number are added together, repeating until a number from 1-9 is obtained — each of which is considered to have a suitable predictive meaning. Likewise the life number, by using only consonants. The personality number is determined when both vowels and consonants are used. A similar approach is using the numbers from a person's birthday to derive their personality number

[edit] External links

• The Sorcerer's Companion Arithmancy Calculator
• Aritmanzia - Includes lessons