Life by numbers

UNIVERSAL: 'NUMEROLOGY IS ABOUT OPPORTUNITY, CHALLENGES'

- Hein Kaiser

It's not soothsaying, not mediumship and has very little to do with being psychic. Numerology is founded on the principle that the universe, and us in it, comprises numbers and each of these vibrate at a different frequency.

Though that might seem like an abstract concept to some, for practitioner Samantha Celeste it's a discipline rooted in aeons of mathematics and philosophy.

Celeste practices nationally, because all she needs are the numbers in a client's life. She is based at Heavenly Healing in Benoni from where she consults to a string of clients.

For nearly 28 years, Celeste has unpacked life's challenges and opportunities for people by interpreting the numbers that define their paths, drawing from the work of Pythagoras, the ancient Greek mathematician who saw numbers as the foundation of the universe.

Numerology, she said, uncovers the energies tied to a person's birth date and name.

"It's about you," she said. "Your life, your journey and the unique frequencies that shape you."

Front and centre are the concept of the life path number, derived from someone's date of birth. This number is fixed, acting as a kind of roadmap for your life. "Your life path number never changes, but the numbers linked to your name, like your soul number or expression number, can evolve when your name changes," she explained.