Hi John,
I don't think you need to search for a partner with the same number. It does make things easier but it's like dating someone with the same astrolgoy sign..which I've done. Like looking in a mirror. You have the same interests and are a lot alike. Could get boring.
I'm thinking that astrology started in the east and made it's way over to the west and was changed along the way, since vedic astrology is very similar to western astrology.
I'll tell you that my best partner is a dragon or a rat. I've never met one yet. My ex husband is a horse.
