Divination

When a psychic reveals whether you will live happily ever after, think of Judy Mayer before you dismiss it all as a bunch of baloney. Even though Mayer's good fortune wasn't forecast in a crystal ball, she has more than six million reasons to put her faith in the wisdom of tarot card readings. The Winnipegger won $6.8 million in last Wednesday's Lotto 6-49 draw using five of six numbers she obtained during areading in 2005.

"She didn't tell me I was going to win a substantial amount of money. Sometimes they hit on the right things, sometimes they don't," Mayer, 56, said yesterday after claiming Manitoba's latest multi-million dollar lottery jackpot. In her purse, Mayer carries the psychic's business card on which her numbers are scribbled. Further luck was involved but it was Mayer's doing. For reasons she was unable to explain, she changed the sixth number given to her -- 45 -- to 46. Numbers drawn were 5, 6, 17,21, 31 and 46. "Over the years we've had people pick their (winning) numbers a lot of different ways. Tarot cards, I can't recall anybody," said John Matheson of Western Canada Lottery Corp. Mayer's fortune was "in the cards," a press release quipped.

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His name is Brian and, like many of us, he is seeking answers about his life. One recent Monday afternoon, he called Alison Baughman, of Akron, via her Internet radio show "Visible By Numbers" and asked for help.He told her his birthday is April 10, 1975. She did a few calculations and told him that he has had a difficult childhood, but that it has taught him compassion and empathy.Baughman indicated to Brian that he gives unconditional love to people who aren't always pleasant to him; that he is a humanitarian looking out for the interests of others, sometimes to his own disadvantage."Does that make sense to you Brian?" she asked him.He replied: "Yes,yes, totally."She also told him good things are in store for him in the coming years, including recognition and financial reward.He thanked her; and, judging from his tone of voice, he seemed relieved.

Baughman's live show airs at 8 p.m. Mondays over BBS radio, at www.bbsradio.com, and attracts callers from all over the country. The Web radio station bills itself as the "No. 1 Worldwide Internet Talk Radio Network on the Planet."Using callers' names and/or dates of birth (both for a comprehensive reading), Baughman says she describes their character traits and their challenges, gives them spiritual advice and predicts what is in their futures. The type of numerology she uses, often referred to as Western numerology, was founded upon the teachings of Pythagoras, a 5th-centuryGreek mathematician, philosopher and mystic."It's a road map, so to speak," Baughman said in an interview earlier this spring at her home.The numerologist uses basic math to reduce numbers to one digit. Letters in names are given a number based where they are placed in the alphabet. The real work, however, is in the interpretation, a skill that Baughman said takes years to hone. But simply put, each number has a meaning. As an example, people in the 3, 6 or 9 categories tend to be very inspirational, creative and emotional, she said.

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Astrology may usually be dismissed as harmless superstition, but scientists are discovering that the date we are born can affect our later lives. Research has revealed the time of year a person is born can influence his or her personality, health and even whether they are male or female. But rather than being written in the stars, studies are showing that it is the season of birth that predisposes individuals to different traits.In the northern hemisphere, women born in May will display more impulsive behaviour whilethose whose birthday falls in November will be more reflective.

Men born in the spring will show greater persistence than those born in winter.Other research has shown that people born in the autumn will tend to be physically active and excel in football while those born in the spring will be more cerebral and may be better suited to chess. Those born between September and December are more prone to panic attacks while there is growing evidence that schizophrenia is higher among those born in the late winter and early spring. "It is exactly what you would expect if it were temperature related," said Richard Wiseman, a professor of psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, who has examined the linkbetween luck and the season of birth. "Many of the effects reverse in the two hemispheres." Professor John Eagle, a psychiatrist at Aberdeen University who has studied the relationships between season of birth and mental health, added: "The two main culprits are diet and the seasonal fluctuations in nutrition, and the increase in infections during the winter." Astrologers have seized on the findings as evidence that the stars influence personality. But scientists insist there are biological reasons behind the effects.

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I-Ching or the "Book of Changes" is an ancient Chinese divination manual and a book of wisdom which interprets hexagrams (symbols made up of six stacked horizontal lines) formed by tossed coins to form answers to questions about the future. The ancient book is a study of change in human life. The belief is that understanding the pattern and cycle of change willprepare the person for future events and help with making right decisions.For more than 5000 years the I-Ching has been used and relied on by many Chinese to aid in decision making and predicting the future.

It is believed to have been invented by Fu Hsi, a legendary emperor of China. The answers or predictions of future events are revealed by using a numerological system based on the Yin and Yang, where the Yin represents a broken line and Yang a whole line.The Yin and Yang are polarizing forces but are important in maintaining a balanced universe. Traditionally, a bundle of yarrow sticks were thrown but the modern equivalent uses three coins fordivination that are tossed six times to form six lines of hexagrams. Each side of a coin represents either the Yin or the Yang. The "Book of Changes" is then used to interpret the meaning of the hexagrams in relation to the specific question asked. There are sixty-four possible configurations of the hexagrams; each throw of the coin makes up one line of the hexagram starting from the bottom up. The hexagrams represent a process in nature or human nature and can reveal future luck, growth, or misfortunes.

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