lol yeah I did eventually close them.

memoriam wrote: ↑Apr 12th, '25, 13:01@Ashe: See, that's an interesting method but why divide by 7? Has is been explained? And what about someone who's changed their birth name (like me), I assume I'd have to take my originally given name? There's nuance to everything and I'm obsessed atm xD

It was a borderline rag-mag from the 1800s and the only time I ever saw that particular method mentioned. Who knows why they picked 7? XD
My closest guess is that 7 is often considered a holy number in various faiths. Could have been a practical reason, but I'd expect that to come from something more complicated like kabbalah, unless they over-simplified it from a complex system and sneaked it into a dimestore occult book. The section of that book on determining a person's personality by the location of their moles was quite amusing.

Yeah, you use the original names on your birth certificates. When I tested married names and other name changes, it usually came out wrong.

Some of my identification cards still don’t have my English name lol. Just my Chinese name.

@Ashe: Yeah, that's what I figured, they took the 7 out of their ass XD At least that Zaharov/my grandpa talked about some blood/genes changes, which we can understand and it rationalizes the calculations.

Ooh, personality based on moles, that sounds hilarious XD

@Hot: So you go by two names? Is your English name a translation or something?

No my English name is my English name. XD I have both a Chinese and English name.

Sounds like a pain, honestly

I lived with it all my life, I’m used to it lol.

I think having more than one name is great. Then again, I haven't gone by my official name since I was in my very early teens. :}

I guess lol. Altho i sometimes get questions about it. XD

Like which you prefer, or on how to spell it? Those are the ones I usually get. :}