Numerology

[love_pirate]

I was at this New Age bookstore (long story), and I looked at a book that was supposed to tell me my career path based on numerology.  (The numbers were the day, month, and year I was born.)  According to this book, I was a "gifted diagnostician" and should be a doctor, therapist, social worker, acupuncturist, or someone who tells companies what

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[superquail]

I don't think you have to believe in numerology for things like that to be useful.

As you know, I like to read Tarot cards. Do I believe that the cards really "tell the future"? No. Absolutely not. The cards are random. The numerology stuff is random. What isn't random are the thoughts that are in your mind and the things that you are looking for. You take your situation and you throw a bunch of random stuff at it, and some things stick.

Regardless of how numerology arrived at the conclusion that you are a gifted diagnostician, I think that is an interesting angle on you. Being able to look at a situation (or a person or whatever) dispassionately and see what could be done better or what needs to be fixed, that's definitely a skill worth having. I don't know if simply the fact that you are in possession of such a skill should automatically lead you to building a career around it, but it is something to think about.

[love_pirate]

Yeah...I was with my mom at the time and I read her the information. She said, "Well, that just confirms what you already know". I wonder to what extent Tarot cards are like that.

[superquail]

I'm not sure if it confirms what you already know so much as reminds you of things you've forgotten, or makes apparent patterns and connections that were otherwise hard to see. It works best when it helps you see your situation from a different angle and provide yourself with insight in that way.