By nature, man is curious to know about his unforeseen future. What is in store for his future? How will be the time for him in future? Will he ever be able to succeed in the task he has taken up? Which field should he choose in order to earn a lot of fame and fortune? These are some queries that always prick the human conscience. Astrology, since antiquity, had helped mankind to know the future events before hand.

Astrology is in fact both an art and a science. It has, in turn, many branches and sub-branches- each equal in importance and accuracy. All of them have independent existence. Numerology or the astrology based on number system is one such branch of astrology.

Numerology is an ancient Indian discipline, the predictions based on which have always proved cent-percent accurate. Unfortunately, numerology and incidentally, Vastushastra suffered complete negligence and were virtually extinct from India. But, thanks to indomitable efforts made by a host of scholars, these two sciences are being resurrected now. Use of Numerology particularly has grown in leaps and bounds for just one reason: in the predictions made with the help of Numerology, only the date, month and the year of one's birth are all that is required. Precise knowledge of the time of birth and place are not required at all. Thus, all those people who don't know the precise time of their birth can also learn important facts about their lives.

Use of numbers is seen virtually in all walks of life. Two eyes, three tenses, three deities, three worlds, tenth worlds, tenth date, eighth month, one pair or two shoes are a few examples where we can see significant use of numbers. The science of making predictions on the basis of the numbers therefore is known as Numerology.

In Numerology, certain number has been fixed for each of the nine planets. In other words, each of the nine planets have been assigned a particular number. Some experts, however, do not allot Rahu and Ketu, any position in Numerology. Instead, they assign two numbers- one positive and one negative to the sun and the moon. The negative numbers assigned to the sun and the moon represent Rahu and Ketu respectively.

The following table depicts the numbers assigned to the nine planets:

SR. NO.	PLANET	POSITIVE/NEGATIVE	DIGIT
1	Sun	Positive	1
		Negative	4
2	Moon	Positive	7
		Negative	2
3	Mars	Positive	9
4	Mercury	Positive	5
5	Jupiter	Positive	3
6	Venus	Positive	6
7	Saturn	Positive	8
8	Rahu	(Sun's Negative)	4
9	Ketu	(Moon's Negative)	2