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One day, Google delivered an alert for a site called The Synchronicity Code. We checked out the site and were delighted to discover what J Andrew Goodman has uncovered about synchronicity and numbers. We ordered his book- The Synchronicity Code : How to Follow Coincidence and (sometimes even) Predict the Future.

From the book: “The Synchronicity Code presents a new discovery about the way history repeats across hidden cycles of time. The author’s experience as an investor based on cycles led to this discovery. As the research progressed, it soon became clear that meaningful coincidences are the key to de-coding the patterns of history.”

From the beginning of the book, Goodman makes an excellent case for how historical cycles repeat themselves – not randomly, but when they’re supposed to happen. Yet, predestination is not at work here. Synchronicity is the force that brings these events about. “It is the interval of time between two events that determines when a subsequent event will occur,” he writes.  “It all boils down too hidden cycles, but to see them, we need to calculate simple fractions between the two outside events, such as ½, 1/3, ¼, in order to arrive at them. These events then “roll” forward to find the next related event in the sequence.”

Goodman provides  numerous examples throughout history. Many of these stories are well known, but what makes this book unique is the author’s mathematical approach to the timing of events.  He uses various calculation methods for doing this, which are explained in chapter 2.  Since this is a method that apparently works for historical events, then it must work for landmarks in our own lives, right?

So I spent several hours one evening playing around with Goodman’s calculations. The easiest example he provides is using his own father as an example. So I used my dad for my test case.

My dad was born in 1913 and died in 2005. Subtract one from the other for a result of 92.  It’s off a bit since my dad died about 3 weeks before his 92^nd birthday.  But let’s call it 92.  What we’re about to do is find important years in my dad’s life:

Now, according to Goodman’s example,  I multiply 92 by:

1)   .33  – 92x.33= 30.36 let’s round it off to the nearest whole and call it 30

2)   .382 (inverse Fibonacci ratio) – 92x.382= 35.144 or 35

3)   .5 (half) – 92x.5= 46

4)   .618 (Fibonacci ratio): 92x.618=56.856 – call it 57

5)   .66 (two thirds) 92x.66= 60.72 or 61

I also used another fraction he suggests experimenting with – .75, the ¾ mark. 92x.75

As an astrologer, I’ve kept rather large databases on significant dates for our family, so I have those dates for my dad.  Goodman says that when you’re looking at significant events over a long span of time, the actual event can be up to a year off.  He says the yearly time frame is the least accurate for the code. But it’s also the easiest to do! So here’s how this broke down using my dad’s life as the example.

Age 30, 1943: My parents were married in 1942 and 6 months later, he enlisted and was sent overseas. In 1943, he ended up in India, an important landmark for him.

Age 35,  1948:  I was born in 1947, so this one is about a year off

Age 46, 1959: I’m not sure about this one. My sister was born in 1953, in Maracaibo. We moved back to Caracas at some point, but I’m not sure of the exact year. 1959 could be the year my dad was put in charge of an investment arm of Creole (Exxon).

Age 57,  1970.  After returning to the U.S. in 1963, my dad had various businesses. I think this was the year he became a Realtor.

Age 61,  1974. My parents moved into the home they lived in until for the next 30 years

When I fiddled around with dates from my own life, there were some hits, some misses.

I loved the chapter on predicting the future. Here, Goodman takes you back and forth in time, illustrating how an event in the distant past can be connected to an event decades later. This is the sort of pattern astrologers work with, but using transits – (the daily motion of the planets) and other predictive techniques.  He covers 9-11, space shuttle disasters, major art thefts, Chinese politics, even the death of Bin Laden.

My sense is that Goodman is onto something with his synchronicity code. Be sure to have a calculator handy when reading this book. The temptation to do your own calculations is overpowering! Or, use the calculator on his intriguing blog, the link at the top of this post.

I was at the kitchen table early one morning with the newspaper and a cup of coffee when Megan walked in and sat down. She started talking about her on-again, off-again relationship with her boyfriend. One day they’re great together; the next day it’s all over. He can’t talk about his feelings. She pushes too hard and he backs away. She ignores him and he comes chasing her. On and on.

I was just finishing the crytoquote of the day and had one word to go. I was staring at the paper as she talked. For some reason, I was blocked. I’d already told Megan a number of times that she should just cut him off and move on. The guy lives three hours away and doesn’t like to drive. He can’t seem to make up his mind about what he wants, except he doesn’t want her to join him and he doesn’t want to move here. What kind of relationship is that? So she knows what I think.

Megan was saying, “Things are different now. I’m more independent.” When I didn’t respond, she said: “Dad, what’re you doing?” I showed her the final word. It read: _ood_ye. Two letters missing. I just couldn’t see it.

She glanced at it and said, ‘Goodbye.’ Of course. How easy.  Why couldn’t I see it? Then I read the entire quote and was startled and so was Megan when she read it.

Here it is: A man never knows how to say goodbye; a woman never knows when to say it. – Helen Rowland

Megan nodded. “Yeah, I guess that’s true.”

And an early morning synchronicity, I thought.