We recently heard a psychic on the radio say that you can 

determine if someone is your soul mate based on the Life 

Path number alone.

The Life Path number is derived by adding the numbers 

of the full birth date. The Life Path number is widely 

considered to be the most important personality aspect 

in western numerology. For example, the birthday March 

7, 1957 = 3 (March is the 3rd month) + 7 + 1957 = 1967. 

1967 reduces to 23 by fadic addition (adding all digits

of a number together to result in one number) and 23

reduces to 5. The Life Path in this example is 5.

There are many forms of soul mates, and the psychic 

didn't specifically define what she means, but we'll 

assume she's referring to the "one and only" romantic 

partner that everyone wants.

Since 1992 we've studied, comprehensively, the work of 

many, many numerologists (most of those in print), and 

none of the most respected and most accurate in their

work have ever made such a claim as "...determine your

soul mate from (only) the Life Path number...," or

"...see if your lover is your soul mate from the Life

Path number (plus one or two other calculations)..."

In fact, we cringe and shake our heads when we hear 

things like that. Really, those sorts of claims bring

the science of numerology and the entire New Age arena 

down a notch, and rightly so.

It's unfortunate, because people new to the science of 

numerology might too easily group such an incomplete 

and trivial approach (using only 1-4 aspects) with those 

of experts who use more complete and comprehensive 

methods using dozens and dozens of aspects (an aspect 

is one calculation, such as the Life Path number

mentioned above) that yield much higher levels of

accuracy.

Our personal studies and analyses tell us that the only 

way to produce consistently accurate results in delineation 

and prediction is to analyze the hundreds of numerology

and astrology considerations of comprehensive charting 

systems (systems that we have formed through trial and 

error).

Multiple indicators serve as the basis for pattern

recognition. Patterns either support or mitigate the

energy of any one single aspect.

It's important to know that a person who is very psychic 

can "get" wonderfully valid insight even if they use an 

erroneous, subjective form of numerology, or even none 

at all.

Yet if someone else attempts to derive more than just 

some surface information using that person's unique 

system, they won't have success, unless they too are 

very psychic.

Any numerologist, aside from psychic insight alone, who

uses just a few personality aspects instead of comprehensive

charting systems (including cyclical timing methods) will

only be able to give you some very, very basic insight,

if that.

If a reader is marketing a unique system of analysis, it's 

possible to be successful because of powers of persuasion 

and compliance gaining (getting people to buy into what 

you want). But what really matters is if others can actually 

do accurate personality analysis and prediction using that 

same system exclusively.

By personality analysis, we're not talking about someone 

who says things like, "Tom Cruise has a 1 Life Path 

number, so he'll go after what he wants..." By prediction, 

we're not talking about someone who says something like, 

"...Tom Cruise and Katy Holmes will get along great 

because they both have a 1 Life Path number..."

Such a brief analysis can be used as a preview to a more 

comprehensive analysis, but by itself it's only a glimpse 

and borders on merely entertainment.

On the one hand, we like those types of numerologists

because they help make the science of numerology more 

well known through their engaging media appearances. On

the other hand, deeper analyses are necessary if one wants

to get into probabilities and even certainties, and avoid

vagueness, mere possibilities, and worse, misinformation.

Scott Petullo

http://www.scottpetullo.com

Stephen Petullo

http://www.holisticmakeover.com

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