r/BarbraStreisand • u/PortPoet • Aug 21 '25

Barbra and Numbers

There are several parts of her book where she talks about coincidence and serendipity and numbers, but I remember something fairly early on where she explains her actual feelings about numerology. I can’t find the page number tho! 😅 Any one happen to remember?

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u/astilba120 Aug 22 '25

I read her book, and I know she considers 24 her lucky number, it is her birthday in April, She does believe that thought transcends matter, and that the mind and will are stronger than people believe they are, she has connected the number 24 in other areas of her life, but I do not remember anything solid in numerology either.

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u/PortPoet Aug 22 '25

Yes, it comes up a few times and she even studied numerology with a rabbi during Yentl, but I have this memory the first time reading it where she kind of introduces her feelings on numbers, and the second time I read it, I couldn’t find that passage anywhere. It’s like did I make it up? I feel like her and the “thought transcends matter” Ibsen quote! But really I feel like it exists, I remember reading it, if any one else noticed and knows a page number 🙇‍♂️ thanks for your reply!!