Numerology believes that numbers associated with an object or with a person do have a role to play as far as the destiny of the object/person is concerned.

It shared its early development with mathematics just like astrology shared it with astronomy and alchemy, with chemistry; Pythagoras being a firm believer in the divinity of numbers, though modern mathematics has for long said goodbye to it and the two have separated their ways altogether in two different directions.

The association of numbers with quality, traits, characteristics and tendencies is not a very specific one; like zero denotes the absoluteness or the overall totality, 1 denoting individuality and aggression thus associating itself with the yang or the masculine qualities of personality, 2 denoting receptivity and balance thus associating with yin or the feminine aspect of personality, 3 denotes neutrality leading to unconditional communication and interaction with all, 4 stands for creation or creativity, 5 for action and motion, 6 for reaction and responsibility, 7 is thoughtful and meditative, 8 denoting power and strength, 9 for change, and 10 standing for a new beginning or reincarnation.

In case a number has multiple fields in it, like in the date of birth the fields of the day, the month and the year; the process of digit summing is used to reduce it to a single digit number in order to see the characteristics of the entire numerical field.

When it comes to summing the numerical efforts of words, letter A is taken to be number 1, letter B to be number 2 and so on till it goes up to the letter Z being number 26 ultimately summing up to 6 + 2 = 8.

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So a date of birth April 27, 1986 sums up to 4 + (2 + 7) + (1 + 9 + 8 + 6) = 37 = 3 + 7 = 10 = 1 + 0 = 1.

Similarly a name Sahiba Singh sums up to (19 + 1 + 8 + 9 + 2 + 1) + (19 + 9 + 14 + 7 + 8 ) = 97 = 9 + 7 = 16 = 1 + 6 = 7

In numerology, the name and the birth date of an individual are often used to ascribe traits, characteristics and tendencies to a person who they belong to.