Numerology
Pythagoras said, "The world is built upon the power of numbers". He it was who reduced the universal numbers to the nine primary ones. Any number, no matter how high, can be so reduced. For example, the number 7,548,327 would be 7+5+4+8+3+2+7 = 36, in turn further reduced to 3+6 = 9. In this way all numbers can be reduced to a single one and letters/words also can be so reduced.
The numbers then have certain occult values attached to them and are each associated with one fo the nine planets. For example, 1-the letters A,J,S- is associated with the Sun. It signifies leadership, creativity, positiveness.
Through numberology many things can be discovered. For instance, the type of job for which you are best suited; the geographical location likely to be the most harmonious for you; the marriage partner most suited to you.
Buckland's Complete Book Of Witchcraft
by Raymond Buckland
ISBN 0-87542-050-8