Is Numerology a Valid System?

[Padanamaskaram Swami! I often hear about parents referring to numerology to come up with the spelling of their child’s name. Sometimes, I have seen that they add an alphabet or remove an alphabet from the existing name or completely change the existing name itself! This is believed to improve the child’s luck. Similarly, depending on their birth rāśi, people wear rings consisting of their specific birth stones on specific fingers. Swami, can You please clarify if this is really good to do and what significance it has. At Your lotus feet, Priyanka]

Swami replied: Numerology is a discovery of modern astrologers. There is no scripture written by the ancient sages on numerology, whereas scriptures written by ancient sages on astrology do exist. The basis of astrology is divine since it recognizes the role of the deities of the various planets. These deities are the executive powers of God carrying out their various functions in the administration of the world. The basis of numerology is not found to be so divine, if we analyse the subject thoroughly. Numerologists attempt to make some link with astrology. However, the entire subject has no sanction from the ancient sages, who had discovered the unimaginable divine administration operating in the background. The system of numbers does have some place in astrology. For instance, the periods of each of the planets last for a certain number of years. However, this system of numbers is different from numerology. The numbers pertaining to each planet as per astrology are: Sun-6, Moon-10, Mars and Ketu-7, Mercury-17, Jupiter-16, Venus-20, Saturn-19 and Rahu-18.

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