Although the exact origins of numerology are unknown, Chinese
numerology is believed to be one of the earliest forms of numerology. It is
thought that the origins of Chinese Numerology date back nearly 4000 years to the banks of the Yellow
River.
The tale that is told is that the first of the five mythical
emperors of China, Wu of Hsai, was working on the banks of the Yellow River
trying to find a method to prevent the floods that regularly devastated the
communities located along the river. It was during the course of this work that
Wu found a tortoise shell, which at the time was considered to be a very good
omen.
This particular tortoise shell, however, was extremely rare,
unique and special because it had fascinating markings on it. The shell showed
a magic 3x3 square on its back that later became known as the Lo Shu Grid. The
Lo Shu Grid was particularly remarkable because every row, column and diagonal
on the grid add up to the number 15.
The number 15 was very significant because it is the number
of days between the new moon and the full moon. Additionally, the number 5 was
highly respected in ancient China, and was located in the important centre
square of the grid.The Lo Shu Grid became the basis of Chinese numerology and is still used today in the Far East.
The grid took on a different adaptation in the West, and
eventually over time Chinese numerology evolved into three different systems
that are used today. There is the Western Version of Chinese Numerology,
Traditional Chinese Numerology and the Ki system.
There is very little known about the origins of the Western
version of Chinese Numerology,
although Hattie Templeton is credited with its popularization. Templeton taught
classes and gave numerous public lectures and broadcasts throughout Australia
during the 1930's and 40's. Her teachings helped Western Chinese Numerology
gain the popularity it enjoys today, so most of the current information
regarding this form of numerology comes from Australia and New Zealand.
The Western version of Chinese Numerology is by far the
easiest of the three versions of Chinese Numerology to learn, and it is believed by many to be the most
accurate. In fact, there are a large number of numerologists in China and Hong
Kong who use the Western version rather than the traditional version of Chinese
Numerology.
Chinese numerology uses only the numbers 1-9, and 0 is not
included. Western Chinese numerology uses a square made up of 9 boxes - 3 down
and 3 across. You can think of this square like a tic-tac-toe square or like a
number sign (#) each box in the square has a number from 1-9 associated with
it. The boxes are numbered from 1-9 starting in the lower left square and
moving up each column. So, from bottom to top in the first column would be
1,2,3, from bottom to top in the second column would be 4,5,6, and the last
column from bottom to top would contain the numbers 7,8 and 9.
The numbers from a person's date of birth are then input into
these boxes one at a time. So for instance, if someone was born in the year
1966, they would have one 1 in the bottom left box, one 9 in the top right box,
and two 6's in the top middle box.
Depending upon how many of each number a person has in their
grid, you can tell a lot about their strengths and weaknesses, their character
traits and more.
The Western Chinese numerology grid is much easier to
understand with a visual representation. If you would like to see drawings of
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