Each time occasions planner Abby Knight reminisces in regards to the night time she met her husband, she by no means dwells on such romantic particulars because the flowers he purchased, the costume she wore or the bar they chatted in.
As an alternative, Abby, 55, remembers the uncanny truth it occurred on November 9, 1999 — as a result of 9, she believes, is her fortunate quantity.
‘When a good friend set me up on a blind date on that night time, I used to be over the moon — a numerology professional had instructed me the quantity 9 would at all times deliver me love and luck. Certain sufficient, we had an ideal night and met once more for an additional date — this time on December 9!
‘Our relationship progressed from energy to energy. So when, in September 2000 — the ninth month, after all — Chris proposed on the London Eye, I instantly stated sure.’
UK-based girls reveal how they’ve benefitted from numerology – together with Abbey Knight, 55, (pictured), who met her now husband Chris on November 9, 1999 – as a result of 9, she believes, is her fortunate quantity
The actual fact their marriage is a hit isn’t any shock to Abby, who immediately lives fortunately in Ramsden Bellhouse, Essex, with Chris, 60, an organization director.
‘Two years earlier than Chris and I met, I’d consulted a feng shui professional, who additionally specialised in numerology — the research of numbers and the paranormal influence they’ll have.
‘She was capable of clarify, based mostly on Chinese language calculations round once I was born, that 9 would deliver me lasting happiness.’
Whereas sceptics might scoff on the thought of inserting one’s future on a quantity, increasingly girls see numbers as an indication or path to a happier, extra romantic or professionally fulfilling life. Certainly, many confidently make enterprise selections, organise their love lives and even purchase a property, not for the kerb attraction, however for the quantity on the door.
Holistic therapist and writer Susan Horwell says that, for a lot of, numbers provide a lifeline in occasions of uncertainty. However she cautions they need to at all times be taken in context.
‘I’ve seen quantity traits come and go. For instance, everybody thought that December 12, 2012, would herald some kind of miraculous new world.
‘However when the date got here, it was simply one other day in winter. That didn’t cease unscrupulous “academics” creating wealth by providing recommendation in regards to the day’s significance to gullible individuals.’
Former financial institution supervisor Sharon Crowley retrained as a numerologist a 12 months in the past, and he or she has seen a tidal wave of girls searching for magical solutions on the earth of numbers in the course of the pandemic.
Abbey (pictured) learn a characteristic about feng shui and hyperlinks to numerology after the connection together with her son Dan’s dad led to 1997
‘The previous two years have been catastrophic for the way we really feel,’ she says. ‘That, mixed with the uncertainty of our futures, has meant girls have turned inwards to search for hope and inspiration. Numerology, a Chinese language apply that has been round for 4,000 years, can determine strengths, nice profession decisions and life objective.’
Certainly, most cultures give weight to the importance of numbers. Within the West, we see 13 as unfortunate, whereas the Chinese language keep away from the quantity 4.
Abby believes she was interested in numerology as a result of she’s from an extended line of ‘spooky’ girls.
‘My mom and grandmother have been each gifted; Mum may learn tarot playing cards and we have been each a bit obsessive about astrology and Chinese language horoscopes.
‘After the connection with my son Dan’s dad led to 1997, I learn a characteristic about feng shui and hyperlinks to numerology and determined that, now I used to be in my new home (coincidentally quantity 9!), I might be certain the following relationship was for retains.
Our wedding ceremony date needed to be the ninth for luck and lasting love
‘The feng shui professional I employed wished to know all about my life earlier than she defined the numbers that might be vital to me and my future.’
‘Eight has at all times been unfortunate for me, whereas 13 is normally good. That’s why one thing clicked when she talked about 9. I grew to become obsessive about it, and even requested her to assist me and Chris choose our wedding ceremony date.
“It must be November 9, 2001, for lengthy and lasting happiness,” she stated. And she or he was proper — we celebrated 20 years collectively this 12 months and are nonetheless blissfully blissful.’
Many celebrities are additionally satisfied numbers are the important thing to success. Socialite Paris Hilton believes within the ‘energy quantity’ 11:11.
She stated ‘I do’ on November 11 this 12 months, and usually posts on social media when the time is 11:11, encouraging her followers to make a want.
Shirley-Ann O’Neill, 46, is a fellow believer, however admits her strategy to fortunate numbers could also be ‘a bit woo woo’. Nonetheless, she ardently believes that the quantity three has at all times been fortunate for her.
Dr Lizzy Bernthal, 59, (pictured) says that since she found that eight is related to luck, prosperity and wealth, she has sought to incorporate it in her life
She explains: ‘I grew up as certainly one of three youngsters and our nickname was the three musketeers. The quantity is in my date of beginning, my mom’s birthday, and the date of my first home buy.
‘Extra not too long ago I discovered a retirement bungalow for my father which had quantity three within the handle.’
Shirley-Ann, a divorcee who lives in Liverpool together with her daughter, Mollie, three, says she has even obtained mystical affirmation that her ‘life path quantity’ is three.
‘A few years in the past I noticed a medium. I used to be a sceptic, but when she defined that the quantity three displays an individual who’s artistic and optimistic, I realised that’s me.’
Shirley-Ann says she had this confirmed by U.S. medium John Edward, who has 1.1 million Fb followers. He gave her quite a few examples of the importance of three in her life by quoting vital household birthday dates and anniversaries. John additionally knew her dad and mom’ wedding ceremony anniversary fell on the third of a month.
This is the reason all through her profession in senior positions for arts organisations she has at all times used ‘the facility of three.’
‘In enterprise, admitting that you simply use numerology isn’t a good suggestion, as a result of not everybody believes in it. However I’ll at all times ask shoppers three questions: the place are they immediately, the place do they wish to be and the way do they wish to get there?
‘I set myself three every day objectives. To cease myself procrastinating, I’ll ship simply three emails — figuring out that when I begin, I’ll get my work completed. I prolong this to my house life, too: I’ll wash three dishes, put away three items of laundry. I’ll additionally do three minutes of paintings with my daughter each day. I discover that this strategy breaks the habits of self-doubt and of placing issues off.’
The notion of fortunate numbers additionally fascinates Dr Lizzy Bernthal, a former midwife who labored in Hong Kong in the course of the Eighties.
‘Quickly after I arrived it was August 8 (the eighth month of the 12 months), 1988. I couldn’t perceive why so many ladies have been reserving in for an induction or an elective Caesarean part on this explicit date. I found the reverence the Chinese language have for the quantity eight.’
At this time, Lizzy, 59, lives in Bromsgrove, Worcester, together with her husband Paul, 69, a retired Military scientist, and their daughter Rodena, 19. Lizzy says that since she found that eight is related to luck, prosperity and wealth, she has sought to incorporate it in her life.
‘I used to be deployed to Afghanistan on March 18, the place I used to be going to spend 4 months answerable for healthcare for personnel.
‘I used to be conscious as I left that I won’t see my daughter and husband once more. However leaving on a date ending with eight felt like a superb omen — and it was, as a result of I got here house.’ These days, Lizzy works as a resilience and empowerment specialist and confidence coach.
She makes use of the determine of eight in her work, as a metaphor for the empowering journey shoppers take to get again to themselves.
But whereas she says the apply doesn’t prolong fully to her enterprise, she has observed the quantity crop up on a couple of event. ‘My enterprise cellphone has an eight on the finish and my bank card has, too. In reality, I’ve despatched again bank cards in the event that they didn’t have an eight on the finish.
‘I’ve even been recognized to alter resort rooms if the power of the quantity doesn’t really feel proper — a room that incorporates a quantity eight is at all times on my wishlist. It bodes nicely for an ideal vacation.’
Hayley Ku’unani, 28, (pictured), who lives in London, stated she’s comforted when 22 pops up in cellphone numbers, receipts, quantity plates and textual content messages
Artist and sound therapeutic practitioner Hayley Ku’unani, believes the quantity 22 is one which ‘follows her all over the place’ as a result of it’s her ‘soul quantity’ — recognized by including collectively the numerology numbers assigned to the vowels in your full title.
Hayley, 28, who lives in London, explains that ‘energy numbers’ within the non secular world are these containing double digits.
Many numerologists consider that while you double a quantity, you double the depth and influence it might have. ‘The quantity 22 is taken into account to be “the architect” or “grasp builder” and jogs my memory to concentrate to my life,’ says Hayley. ‘Throughout my darkest occasions, 22 would at all times be there. Even on good days, 22 has my again.
‘I made a decision to have the alchemy dice, which represents 22, tattooed on my fingertips whereas on a visit to Romania in 2016. That means, the vibration of the quantity makes me extra artistic once I work with my fingers, corresponding to once I’m creating music whereas internet hosting my month-to-month sound baths.’
For many who scoff at such a notion, Hayley cites thinker and mathematician Pythagoras and his idea that every part within the universe could be defined by numbers. Others who work with numbers consult with the desire of Nikola Tesla — the inventor and electrical engineer who helped design the system by which our houses are powered by electrical energy — for the ‘power numbers’ of three, six and 9 as ‘the keys to the universe’.
‘In on a regular basis life, 22 pops up all over the place in cellphone numbers, receipts, quantity plates and textual content messages,’ Hayley says. ‘It brings me a lot consolation.
‘Ask anybody for his or her favorite quantity and they’re going to at all times have one. In a much less non secular means, they’re the constructing blocks of our world immediately: we wouldn’t have buildings, our telephones and even the web with out them!’
As for Abby, she says she is going to proceed to be influenced by her vital quantity.
‘Individuals might imagine I’m a bit obsessed once I say quantity 9 is my talisman, however my life is at all times constructive when there’s a quantity 9 in it,’ she says.