An old system, honestly told
Chaldean numerology takes its name from the Chaldeans, the astronomer-priests of ancient Babylon. The letter chart used today was set out in English by Cheiro, the palmist William John Warner (1866–1936), in his Book of Numbers. Tradition traces it back to Babylon; the written record begins with him.
How it differs from the modern system
Sound, not order
The modern Pythagorean system numbers the alphabet in order, A to I as 1 to 9 and round again. Chaldean values follow the sound of each letter instead, so A, I, J, Q and Y all carry 1.
Nine is held apart
Letters carry only 1 to 8. Nine is treated as sacred and given to no letter, though a name or date can still add up to it.
The compound matters
A name's full total before reducing, from 10 to 52, has its own meaning in Cheiro's system. A name adding to 25 is read as 25 as well as 7.
Master numbers are modern
Birth-date numbers use the ordinary reduction, keeping 11, 22 and 33 whole. Master numbers come from the modern tradition rather than from Cheiro, and the app says so where they appear.
About the daily verses
Verses come from Noah Webster's 1833 revision of the King James Version, which keeps the King James wording and is free to use everywhere. Your numbers choose which Psalm and Proverb you read; what you draw from them is yours.