A Guide to Understanding the Numbers That Keep Popping Up in Your Life

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Tap into a 4,000-year-old science that’s used to reveal one’s life path number, personality traits and soul purpose. This month’s Allure Beauty Box includes a special guide to understanding the numbers that keep popping up in your life (like 1111 and 222).

The ancient practice of numerology focuses on understanding an individual’s personality, strengths, weaknesses and what their future holds by interpreting their unique digits. Its principles are rooted in Greek, Hebrew and Latin gematria, the process of converting words into their numerical equivalents for divination purposes.

There are a few different methods of calculation in numerology, but the most popular is to reduce the entire year and month of your birth date to single digits, then add those numbers together to obtain your life path number. You can also calculate the numbers in your name, though most numerologists recommend reducing them to their single-digit roots first to make sure you’re getting accurate results.

Each number has its own meaning and significance. For example, those born with the number 2 are said to be nostalgic and empathetic, while those with the number 4 are considered practical but lack imagination. There are even’master’ numbers like 11 and 22, which are said to have heightened spiritual and psychic properties.

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