Where did numerology come from?
The Numerology that has reached us today is a study of character traits of an individual. It is based partly on the teachings of Pythagoras and his followers. He was a Greek philosopher and is considered the father of the Numerology that we have today. He was born on the island of Samos. We can date his life back to between 580-520 BC. As a young man he moved to the Greek city of Croton where he developed a philosophical and religious school. Here Pythagoras was a very active teacher of his time. He invented an 8-string lyre, taught astrology, music, mathematics, and more. Pythagoras and his students believed that everything was related to mathematics, and felt that everything could be predicted and measured in rhythmic cycles. The Pythagoreans went as far as to explain numbers and their related patterns and properties. Pythagoras believed that the letters in the alphabet corresponded to certain numbers. From this theory he developed numerology and was able to determine the personality
