The belief that our numbers reveal our motives and opportunities has been held for thousands of years.
The Egyptian Book of the Dead, the Indian Vedas, the Chinese Circle of the Heavens and the Hebrew Kabala all show that numerology was used over 11,000 years ago.
Pythagoras is considered the father of numerology. Born in the 6th century B.C., he brought this ancient knowledge to the Greeks. He started a school and passed on his secrets to his followers. They were forbidden to write down his teachings because the knowledge was considered powerful and sacred.
Early Christian scholars, such as St. Augustine used numerology to gain insight into their world.
The ‘birth’ of modern numerology can be traced to Mrs. L. Dow Balliet. In 1911, she gave us a system mapping the English alphabet to numbers. This system is the basis of numerology today.
Life Path Number: This number is derived from your birthdate by adding together the digits until you get a single-digit number (except for master numbers 11, 22, and 33). It represents your overarching life purpose, the challenges you may face, and the opportunities that will come your way. Understanding your life path number can provide insight into the direction your life is naturally inclined to take and the lessons you’re here to learn.
Birthday Number: This number is simply the day of the month you were born on. While it may seem straightforward, it can offer additional insights into your personality, strengths, weaknesses, and how you approach life.
Challenge Numbers: These are calculated based on the letters in your name and indicate specific challenges or obstacles you may encounter in life. There are typically four challenge numbers: the Physical, Mental, Emotional, and Intuitive Challenges. These challenges highlight areas where you may need to grow or overcome difficulties.
Master Numbers: Master numbers are determined by your birthdate and name. They represent significant periods in your life, each with its own theme and opportunities for growth. There are typically four pinnacle numbers, each marking a different stage of life and offering unique lessons and experiences.
Expression Number: Also known as the Destiny Number, the Expression Number is calculated from the numerical values of the letters in your full birth name. It reveals your natural talents, abilities, and potential, indicating the kind of person you are meant to become and the contributions you can make to the world.
Heart’s Desire Number: This number, derived from the vowels in your full birth name, represents your innermost desires, motivations, and what truly fulfills you at a soul level. Understanding your Heart’s Desire Number can help you align your life choices with your deepest longings and aspirations.
Personality Number: The Personality Number is calculated from the consonants in your full birth name and reflects the outward traits, characteristics, and behaviors you exhibit to the world. It represents the persona you present to others and how you are perceived by them.
Hidden Passion Number: This number is calculated from the numerical values of the vowels in your name and reveals your hidden passions, interests, and desires that may not be immediately apparent to you or others. It represents the underlying driving forces that influence your choices and actions.
Balance Number: The Balance Number is calculated using the numerical representation of your name and birthdate. It indicates areas of your life where you may seek balance or harmony, as well as the energies you need to integrate to achieve equilibrium and fulfillment.
Subconscious Self Number: This number is derived from your birthdate and represents traits, tendencies, and subconscious influences that may operate beneath the surface of your conscious awareness. Understanding your Subconscious Self Number can shed light on hidden aspects of your personality and behavior.
Period Cycles: Period Cycles are determined by your birthdate and reveal the different phases and opportunities you will encounter throughout your life. These cycles can help you understand the rhythm of your life and the overarching themes that unfold during each period.
Karmic Lesson Chart: This chart identifies specific lessons or challenges you may face in this lifetime based on the numerical patterns in your birthdate and name. It highlights areas where you may have karmic debts or unfinished business from past lives, as well as opportunities for growth and spiritual evolution.
Numerology Number Chart: This chart assigns numerical values to each letter of the alphabet, which is used in calculating various numerology readings. It serves as a reference tool for interpreting names, birthdates, and other numerical data in numerology.
Numerology Core Numbers
Here is a quick overview of the five core numbers:
- The Life Path Number: This is the most important of all numerology numbers and it indicates your life’s destiny, your mission and – as the name indicates – your life path with all it’s challenges and opportunities.
- The Birth Day Number: This number is directly related to your Life Path Number and it indicates a very specific talent that can greatly benefits you in the fulfilment of your destiny.
- The Soul Urge Number: This number is also known as the Heart’s Desire Number and it provides information about your innermost yearning and biggest desire. The quality provided by your Soul Urge Number acts as a strong motivator and driving force in the accomplishment of your goals and life’s mission.
- The Expression Number: This number shows you the kind of person you want to be or become. Your Life Path Number represent the path you will walk during this life, whereas your Expression Number shows the person walking this path. It presents a lifelong target at which you are aiming and you work every day towards fulfillment of this potential.
- The Personality Number: Shows all those aspects you are comfortable sharing with the rest of the world. This number indicates the first impression you make upon others and it allows you to recognize the characteristics you display (or don’t display) in public.
- Name Numerology
- Numerology Master Numbers
The most important numbers in Numerology are the five core numbers. These numbers are derived from your birth date and full name and allow you already to do a fairly complete and accurate analyses of a persons talents, strengths, weaknesses, challenges and opportunities.
The Top 3 Reasons to Use Numerology
1. It makes you a Master of timing.
Ever get frustrated when someone “beats you to the punch” with an idea, or seems to get all the breaks at the office? Numerology will tell you how and when to solve all of life’s big problems. It tells you those days when powerful universal forces will help you reach your goals.
2. It helps you make the right choices.
Ever look back in hind site and wish you’d made the “other” choice? Numerology will tell you which jobs you are best suited for. It will show you where your path to success and happiness lies.
3. It shows us who we really are.
Ever felt lost? Wondered why something is missing from your life? Numerology will answer dozens of questions about your character traits and secret desires. It shows you the purpose of your life, what you were born to do. It will reveal your inner motives and give you insight about your habits both good and bad. In seeking to “know yourself”, numerology is one of the simplest tools to use.
What’s in Your Chart?
Just look at all the things your personal chart reveals about you:
- Your Life Path and Birth Chart numbers give you the main direction of your life. They tell you what your major talents and abilities are, and what opportunities you’ll get.
- Your Birth Chart lines reveal particularly strong character traits you possess; both strengths you can use, and weaknesses you can work on.
- Your Birthday reveals how you think and act on your own, also those talents and abilities that seem to come to you without effort – what you do naturally.
- Your Goal number reveals what you will achieve in life if you follow your life path – it shows what your rewards will be.
- Your Motivation number reveals what you desire from life, what forces move you to act.
- Your Personality number reveals how you see yourself, and the first impression people get from meeting you.
- Your Destiny number reveals how you interact with people, and shows what opportunities will come your way.
- Your Power number reveals what you can most easily achieve in life with your talents and skills.
- Your Key number reveals how you get along with friends and loved ones.
- Your number reveals your feelings about wealth and possessions, and also your logical view of the world.
- Your First Vowel reveals your gut reaction to things that happen to you, both good and bad.
- Your number reveals areas where you may act compulsively; where you may have obsessions about some things.
- Your number reveals how you finish the task in your life.
- Your Intensity numbers reveal hidden desires or passions you may possess.
- Your Missing numbers reveal qualities in your personality, which are missing and must be developed.
- Your number reveals hidden strengths that come out when you face dangerous and tough situations.
- Your Temperament Chart numbers reveal how you handle various kinds of problems in your life.
- Your Life Cycles reveal the (3) major stages of your life; each of these stages has a general trend you will follow, and a basic problem to solve or lesson to be learned.
- Your Turning Points mark the (4) major transitions in your life. They reveal the kind of change that each of them will involve.
- Your Transit Letters predict certain trials and events, that will happen in your life.
- Your Event number shows the joint affect of your transit letters at any one time.
- Your Personal Year number reveals the general kinds of events and activities that the universe will help you with this year.
- Your Personal Month number refines your Personal Year and reveals the actions that the universe will help you with during that month.
- Your Lucky days are those days when the universe is particularly supportive. Good things tend to happen to you on your lucky days.