Name given to a system of numerology that associates the numbers 1–9 to the English alphabet in its natural order. Hence, A=1, B=2, etc. After you reach I=9, the process is cycled back to one so J=1, K=2, etc. Numbers thus obtained are used for numerological divinations.
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