numerology
Noun
Meaning
the study of the supposed occult influence of numbers on human affairs
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Examples
Gematria is a Kabbalistic way of showing how two ideas are related on a conceptual level; it is using numerology as basis to confirm (not create) the connection."
The 366 personality profiles are based on astrology, numerology, the tarot, and Gary Goldschneider’s observations of more than 14,000 people.
Trilogy considers some of the numerology of Discordianism, and the question of what would happen to the Law of Fives if everyone had six fingers on each hand.
Gematria (Jewish numerology) uses these transformations extensively.
Modern numerology has various antecedents.
Skeptics therefore regard numerology as a superstition and a pseudoscience that uses numbers to give the subject a veneer of scientific authority. citation Two studies have been done investigating numerological claims, both producing negative results.