The Secret Language of Numbers

 

The Secret Language of Numbers, Alexandra Mendes, 2025

At the local coffee shop, you notice a specific set of numbers, like your birth date or anniversary date, on the receipt. For the rest of that day, the same set of numbers shows up everywhere. Is the universe trying to tell you something?

Throughout history, humans have looked for patterns in daily life (sometimes where they don't exist). It can help an early caveman associate a certain type of clouds with bad weather. Instead of asking questions like "Is numerology real or fake?" try asking open-ended questions, like "What am I supposed to learn from this?" or "How do I feel when I see these numbers (happy, sad, agitated)?" Given a large enough sample, every combination of numbers will eventually happen. Maybe this specific set of numbers is just a coincidence.

Numbers are interpreted differently in other cultures. In the West, numbers like 3 (birth, life, death) and 12 (the number of apostles at the Last Supper) are very important. The number 13 is thought to be very unlucky, just as the number 4 is unlucky in Asia.

Each chapter is only a couple of pages long, so this book is easy to read. Key takeaways at the end of each section help a lot. This book does not try to say "Find your life path through numerology." It also doesn't say "Numerology is a scam." It does a very good job at finding a middle path between them. This book is very much worth reading.