We have received an inquiry on another divinatory system:

>> What is your opinion/understanding on NUMEROLOGY? What about NUMEROLOGY's relationship to GEOMANCY?

There are several systems of numerology in use in the modern day. Pythagorean is a very popular method, followed by the Chaldean method. Both have only very broad predictive value, although numerologists in both systems appear to have developed methods to answer questions, too. Numerology is very popular in India, although, again, I think the predictive value is still very broad.

If you are interested in investigating NUMEROLOGY, the books I have liked the best include:

Pythagorean Numerology:

THE NUMBERS OF LIFE by Kevin Quinn Avery
GLYNIS HAS YOUR NUMBER by Glynis McCants
HELPING YOURSELF WITH NUMEROLOGY by Helyn Hitchcock
SECRETS OF NUMBEROLOGY by Dr. Ravindra Kumar and Dr. Manoj Kumar
YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED by Florence Campbell

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Chaldean Numerology:

5 NUMBERS OF DESTINY by Anmarie Uber
CHEIRO'S BOOK OF NUMBERS by Cheiro

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Indian/Vedic Numerology:

NUMEROLOGY: WITH TANTRA, AYURVEDA, AND ASTROLOGY by Harish Johari
MY FORTUNE: THE MYSTIC KEY TO YOUR SUCCESS THROUGH NUMEROLOGY by Guruswamy Sethuraman
SCIENCE OF FORTUNE by Pandit Sethuraman (father of the author of the book just above)

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House Numbers:
THE POWER OF HOME NUMBERS by Jesse Kalsi: I really enjoyed this book. It is largely based on the Indian/Vedic system. It is not terribly instructive, but very anecdotal, with lots of good stories. You might be able to learn a few things by "reading between the lines."

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There is some overlap between Chaldean and Indian/Vedic Numerology, I should note.

CONNECTION TO GEOMANCY: There is not much inherent connection between NUMEROLOGY and GEOMANCY. Numerology is sometimes used by practitioners of other divination systems in order to help time predictions. For instance, if you judge by Geomancy that a person may enter a new relationship this year, a numerological analysis could help you determine the month that prediction will happen (likely a personal month 2 or personal month 5).

PLANETARY CORRESPONDENCES:

Both the figures of GEOMANCY and the numbers of NUMEROLOGY have planetary correspondences. The planetary correspondences to numbers varies quite widely, depending on the author. These are the associations I have found most accurate. I'll also give the corresponding GEOMANCY figures.

1: The Sun: FORTUNA MAJOR
2: The Moon: POPULUS, CAPUT DRACONIS
3: Jupiter: ACQUISITIO and LAETITIA
4: The Sun (secondary), and Uranus: FORTUNA MINOR
5: Mercury: ALBUS and CONJUNCTIO
6: Venus: AMISSIO and PUELLA
7: The Moon (secondary), Neptune: VIA, CAUDA DRACONIS
8: Saturn: CARCER and TRISTITIA
9: Mars: PUER and RUBEUS

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Sakura77 also provides us with this information on African Numerology in Geomancy:

In west African Geomancy each element is assigned a number. The elements are arranged in the same way as in other forms of geomancy : HEAD = FIRE, NECK = AIR, BELLY = WATER and FEET = EARTH (fun fact : Taoists devide the body in the four and elements and it’s exactly the same, funny how different regions developed similar beliefs, yes?)

If an element is active (1 point) it is assigned its number, but if it isn’t active (2 points) then we give it the number 0.

FIRE : 2
AIR : 7
WATER : 4
EARTH : 8

If a figure goes above 16, we take 16 out of it, and the result is its value. Therefore, we have figures from 1 to 15 and Populus is considered the natural ruler of house 16 instead of being given 0. This way for exemple, FORTUNA MINOR is 2+7+0+0= 9 and is considered to be the natural ruler of house 9, or as we call it “the theme while it sleeps”. VIA, with all its points active, is 2+7+4+8=21-16= 5 so it lives in house 5 while the theme is not active or “sleeping”

So instead of assigning each figure to its astrological house, we assign it to its number. This gives us :

HOUSE 1 : PUER
HOUSE 2 : LAETITIA
HOUSE 3 : CAPUT DRACONIS
HOUSE 4 : ALBUS
HOUSE 5 : VIA
HOUSE 6 : AMISSIO
HOUSE 7 : RUBEUS
HOUSE 8 : TRISTITIA
HOUSE 9 : FORTUNA MINOR
HOUSE 10 : CARCER
HOUSE 11 : CONJUNCTIO
HOUSE 12 : FORTUNA MAJOR
HOUSE 13 : CAPUT DRACONIS
HOUSE 14 : PUELLA
HOUSE 15 : ACQUISITIO
HOUSE 16 : POPULUS

I feel like this information could help with astrological geomancy, but I don’t know how yet - I did do some experiments trying to add this to tarot with very mild results.