Numerology and the Birth Number: Your Life Path Number
Many of us are intrigued by the complexity that makes up our own psyche and want to understand more about ourselves.
Numerology is a tool we can use to help find our way through life. It gives us insights into the jigsaw puzzle of our different selves, like a helpful road map, revealing more clearly our essential character and destiny.
We can add this this map to our navigation toolbox to help us work out answers to that complex and intriguing question, “Why am I here?”
The Greek mathematician and philosopher Pythagoras was one of the first scholars to explore the hidden meaning of numbers. The ancient Chaldeans, Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Hindus and Hebrews also developed their own systems of numerology.
Like astrologers, numerologists believe we are born on a certain date, hour and minute to learn important lessons and to achieve in particular ways during our lifetimes.
As part of the whole web of life, we are bathed in the vibrations from our earth and from the planets and the sun in our solar system. Numerologists believe that we attract the date and time of our birth according to the quality of these vibrations we need in each lifetime.
Even though we may wish we had another number guiding us, we have chosen certain numerological vibrations for a reason. To have a successful life, in terms of fulfilling our purpose, we need to recognize the qualities we have attracted and learn to use them positively.
Numerology works with numbers from one to nine, because all other numbers can be reduced to these. The master numbers 11 and 22 are exceptions to this rule as discussed below. In essence the numbers can be described as in this chart:
| 1 | creation, independence |
| 2 | duality, cooperation |
| 3 | power, creativity |
| 4 | stability, reliability |
| 5 | sensuality, versatility |
| 6 | harmony, balance |
| 7 | mysticism, magic |
| 8 | material success, justice |
| 9 | broadminded, philanthropy |
The numbers we choose in each incarnation help determine our personality, career choices, interests, love, friendship, abilities and many other challenges we face in each incarnation.
Birth number : Your Life Path
The birth number is a number which can’t be altered. It is found by adding the numbers from our date of birth and reducing them to a single number. For instance, if your birthdate is 21 September 1983 then your birth number is: 2+1+9+1+9+8+3 = 33. Reduce this to a single number: 3+3 = 6. So the birth number is 6.
The numbers 11 and 22 are master numbers and are not reduced. They are the higher octave of 2 and 4, and give an extra opportunity to strive for greater personal development in a lifetime.
The birth number represents the quality of the experiences that we each have chosen to help us grow and evolve during our lifetime. When you look up the qualities of your birth number you may be familiar with many of them. Our challenge is to understand and try to express the positive qualities of the birth number and to use these in conjunction with those of our destiny numbers (in next month’s edition).
Numerology Chart
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I |
| J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R |
| S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
Interpretations for your birth number:
1 – Positive: has original ideas, is independent, takes charge, makes own decisions, is innovative, confident, takes initiative
Negative: inclined to be selfish, lazy, indecisive, stubborn, dictatorial, self-centred, dislikes working cooperatively, need to develop trust in yourself
Goal: express your unique individuality by being creative; strive to be a pioneer who originates any enterprise
2 – Positive: is tactful, diplomatic, gregarious, friendly, patient, empathic, intuitive, works cooperatively for a good cause and is supportive of others,
Negative: can be moody, over emotional, can’t keep a secret, gossips, is possessive, need to find a worthy cause to support
Goal: aim to work as part of a team, give support from behind the scenes to achieve your team/group’s goal, give others guidance from your intuitive insights
3 – Positive: is expressive, creative, original. Likes to surround herself with beauty to help create positive inspiration for others, is positive, joyful and adaptable
Negative: can be critical, cynical, boastful and pessimistic. Finds routine boring so needs to find a creative outlet that inspires focus and passion
Goal: aim to express yourself freely, develop your creative talents and achieve personal freedom through your work
4 – Positive: is diligent, hardworking, pays attention to detail, is patient and perseveres. Strives to be efficient, thrifty and face reality.
Negative: Lacks a sense of responsibility, evades duties and obligations, is escapist
Goal: aim to lay a solid foundation, be practical and well organized, responsible and reliable.
5 – Positive: is progressive, innovative and shows the right way to use freedom and free will. Is versatile, adaptable and learns from personal experience.
Negative: tends to be self-indulgent, careless, lacking morals, rather unstable
Goal: Aim to communicate, to be versatile, value freedom and to realize the impermanence of life.
6 – Positive: is compassionate and loving. Shows others justice and expresses love and beauty in their environment.
Negative: tends to dominate others, is emotionally dependent, manipulative and attached to material comforts.
Goal: aim to serve others, give help and healing when needed. Try to develop emotional independence.
7 – Positive: is wise and understanding. Studies, learns, meditates and searches for answers to life’s deep questions.
Negative: tends to be hasty, unreasonable, unwilling to learn. Has a fear of failure.
Goal: aim to develop wisdom and knowledge to help guide others and to think deeply on any subject
8 – Positive: is materially successful and authoritative, showing wise leadership. Is ambitious and uses energy constructively. Learn poise and self-control.
Negative: tends to be aggressive, has no higher values, lacks leadership, can be self-destructive.
Goal: aim to demonstrate sound judgement and leadership by example. Work towards a goal that will benefit others
9 – Positive: is broadminded and compassionate to all. Serves others with compassion and worldly understanding. Lives up to ideals.
Negative: tends to be hypercritical, not walk the talk, can be petty minded and prejudiced.
Goal: aim to show others a better way to live through example, to be inclusive in thinking and promote universal love and harmony.
11 – Positive: is intuitive and wise. Investigates the unusual and develops a philosophical attitude to life. Is altruistic, courageous and creative.
Negative: tends to be critical, over-anxious, eccentric and impractical. Relies on others, is fearful.
Goal: aim to discover true mastery through service to others according to your talents. Develop practical idealism.
22 – Positive: is a healer and founder of new movements for the positive benefit of others. Will perservere and focus on manifesting the higher ideals. Interested in healing.
Negative: tends to be easily side-tracked by minor details, is impractical and fearful.
Goal: aim to work on large-scale operations to make them work efficiently and for the benefit of all.
Next month…… The Destiny Number – our name and how it shows us the way we express ourselves to the world, our inner self and the path we are destined to take. These three numbers help us to live our life more fully so we can successfully fulfill our mission.
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