Truth about ‘Gary the Numbers Guy’: Numerology guru making millions as right-wing shows fuel his rise… as he gives Daily Mail reporter a chilling reading

On his hit political podcast last week, commentator Tim Pool railed against Candace Owens for promoting conspiracy theories surrounding the death of Charlie Kirk.

But the irony was hard to miss.

Pool and others like him on the Trumpian right have been criticized for drifting away from reality themselves. 

That became clear when his guest turned out to be Gary ‘The Numbers Guy’ Grinberg, a numerologist who offered a cosmic explanation for Owens’ rising fame. 

‘I think Candace Owens is born in 1989, the Year of the Snake,’ Gary Grinberg told listeners. ‘And 2025 is the Year of the Snake. I think that’s why she’s number one right now.’

Grinberg, 47, believes in a mystical relationship between numbers and coinciding events – and says he has built an eight-figure fortune providing astrology and numerology readings to macho far-right figures, influencers, billionaires, and politicians alike.

Born to Russian immigrant parents, Grinberg speaks fluent Russian and is married to a Russian national, a detail that takes on added intrigue given Pool was recently found to have been taking undisclosed Russian funding for his show.

Although horoscopes and numerology have traditionally been linked to women and progressive spiritual circles, Grinberg attributes his success to being the first to ‘red-pill’ the practice.

The term was popularized in online manosphere communities that emphasize traditional gender roles and often overlap with misogynistic views.

Frankly, I wasn’t eager to speak with a man who has openly expressed contempt for women, but the session revealed a key part of his appeal: numbers don’t argue back, especially when delivered with absolute certainty.

So Grinberg gave me a private reading, he did not soften his rhetoric.

‘I don’t think much of women’s intelligence. I’m sure you saw my videos – I do misogynist posts, and that’s fine.’

He did not ask about my childhood, career or relationships. He did not want my name, or even the city I lived in.

‘I just need your birthday,’ he said.

November 14, 1998, I told him. Within minutes, Grinberg began reducing the date into what he described as its ‘essential truth.’

‘Okay, so you’re a 7 life path,’ he explained. ‘You take 1+1+1+4, which is 7. Then 1+9+9+8 adds up to 27. 27 and 7 is 34, and then you reduce. 3 + 4 is seven.’

Despite his views on women, Grinberg insisted that numerology supersedes gender.

‘So women who are sevens, I’ve seen them run circles around men,’ he said. ‘People who are 7s are extremely intelligent. Knowledge is your drug.’

A session like this, Grinberg said, would typically cost thousands of dollars.

Grinberg traces his interest in numerology back to the early 2000s, when he says he began noticing numerical patterns in global events and sports.

‘What made me different,’ he said, ‘is I started studying people, not books.’

After a stint in Cleveland radio, where he correctly predicted LeBron James would leave the Cavaliers – a call that he says cost him his job – Grinberg began promoting his system more aggressively, first by handing out numerology flyers at the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, where he says he caught the attention of players’ associates and agents.

He claims those early interactions eventually led to conversations with professional athletes, political candidates and even championship teams, including the Golden State Warriors.

At one point during the interview, he held up what he said was a Warriors championship ring, describing it as revenge against former Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert.

Grinberg says he now commands what he describes as an eight-figure net worth.

He offers paid numerology readings, coaching, digital products, and a proprietary app called Cue, which he says is worth seven figures on its own.

Throughout my private reading, Grinberg oscillated between insult and flattery. Because I was born in 1998, I was placed Chinese zodiac sign of the Tiger.

‘Tigers are very impulsive,’ he said. ‘They just jump into things without thinking.’

At one point, he described Tigers as ‘one of the dumber signs,’ before immediately qualifying the remark by praising them as attractive, muscular, and ageless.

The insult didn’t interrupt the reading. It was just another data point 

‘But because you’re a 7,’ he added, ‘you’re what I consider a smart Tiger. So you have a lot of advantages in life.’

What followed was a rapid-fire mix of flattery, provocation, and prediction. Tigers, he insisted, are ‘extremely good looking,’ ‘build muscle very quickly,’ and ‘age like wine.’

‘So when you’re, like, 45, you’re still going to have a better body than most 28-year-olds,’ he said. ‘That’s because Tigers put on muscle so f***ing quickly, even the women.’

The reading veered seamlessly between the personal and the absolute. My birth day – the 14th – became another proof point. 

‘That’s where you get the looks from,’ he said. ‘The most beautiful women in the world are born on the 5th, 14th, and 23rd.’

He added, ‘People born on the 14th are very sexual.’

Grinberg framed much of his worldview around cycles. According to his system, I had recently entered what he described as a ‘7-year cycle,’ marked by introspection, difficulty, and vulnerability rather than reward.

When the conversation turned to health, Grinberg pushed his framework further, suggesting that illness itself can be shaped by personal behavior and ‘energy.’

At one point, he implied that my thyroid cancer diagnosis was connected to dating and relationships the year before.

Medical experts, for what it’s worth, say thyroid cancer has no known connection to dating – enthusiastic or otherwise.

After November 2026, Grinberg predicted, prosperity would follow.

Throughout the session, he emphasized that his readings were probabilistic rather than guaranteed.

‘I hit about 80 percent,’ he said. ‘I’m not God. Only God’s going to get it 100 percent of the time.’

In recent years, Grinberg’s rise has been closely tied to the right-wing media ecosystem. 

He regularly appears on conservative podcasts and livestreams, where numerology blends easily with cultural grievance and prediction is framed as insight rather than entertainment.

On Pool’s podcast, Timcast IRL, Grinberg extended his framework to the global economy, predicting a major downturn in 2026.

He argued that the year, a Horse Year in the Chinese zodiac, would clash with what he described as ‘rat systems,’ claiming OPEC was founded in a Rat Year and forecasting falling oil prices as a result.

He applied the theory to cryptocurrency as well, labeling Bitcoin a ‘rat currency’ because it launched on January 3, 2009. As evidence, he pointed to 2014, another Horse Year, when Bitcoin suffered a steep decline.

Under Grinberg’s framework, the next Horse Year, which now falls during Donald Trump’s second presidency, would usher in deflation, falling oil prices, and a major cryptocurrency crash.

‘I align with conservative values because numerology aligns with conservative values,’ he said

Grinberg is unapologetic about his rhetoric, even when it veers into misogyny.

‘I’ll be misogynist if that’s what people want to call me,’ he said. ‘But I’m also a realist.’

Despite insisting that he does not subscribe to what is commonly known as ‘red pill’ ideology, Grinberg has acknowledged that outrage is part of the appeal.

‘I’m a performer,’ he admitted. ‘I believe this 100 percent. But the performance is to get people pissed off at me. I’m very good at clip farming.’

By the end of the interview, what stood out was not just Grinberg’s faith in numerology, but his certainty in himself.

‘I don’t care if 80 percent of society says I’m a kook,’ he said. ‘I’m looking for that smart 20 to 15 percent that will jump on the team.’

Whether Grinberg is a prophet of patterns or simply a master of persuasion may depend on the listener. What is clear is that he believes, fully, loudly, and without irony, that the numbers are already written.

In an online ecosystem hungry for certainty, that confidence may be his most effective calculation of all.