Letters to numbers: Pythagorean
Write the alphabet in rows of nine: A to I are 1 to 9, and J starts again at 1.
- 6-minute lesson
- Basic course: Anka Shishya
- Numerology
- Rows of nine
- A name, letter by letter
A first look at the lesson
In the Pythagorean system the alphabet is laid out in rows of nine. A to I take 1 to 9; J starts the next row at 1, and S the row after that. Every letter's number is the column it stands in.
Give each letter its number, add them all, and bring the total down to one digit.
More lessons on this subject
- Letters to numbers: ChaldeanThe older Chaldean table gives letters 1 to 8 by their sound, and keeps 9 apart.
- Hindi names in both systemsA Hindi name is numbered as it is spelt in English letters, so the spelling you use decides the number.
- Numbers as a languageA number has a size and a nature: what numerology reads, and what it can and cannot claim.
- Five systems of numerologyChaldean, Pythagorean, Vedic, Lo Shu and Kabbalah: where each comes from and how it counts.
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