Numerology - Your Birth Number

I have been studying numerology as a hobby for 30 years now - the subject never ceases to intrigue and interest me! Of course, right along side of that so do such things as astrology (western & eastern) and I also love card reading (both Tarot and using a regular deck of cards).

Numerology is the easiest of them all to work with, you can start out very simply and over time become more complex as you learn to understand the system better.

Let's figure out your birth date #. Some numerologists will refer to this as your "Destiny Number" or "Life Path Number" - me I prefer to be very specific to know which number I am talking about so I call it your "Birth Date" Number - no confusion there as to which number it is.

What you Birth Date Number will tell you is what you are here to do - your purpose in life if you will.

The only thing to learning how to "do" numerology is to learn a new way to add! I would say forget everything you once knew about adding and subtracting, but you will still need to know that too ;)

I will use my birthday for the example: November 22, 1964

The first thing you will have to do is turn the month (November) into a number and that is done simply by using the numbers that represent the month:

January = 1
February = 2
March = 3
April = 4
May = 5
June = 6
July = 7
August = 8
September = 9
October = 10
November = 11
December = 12

Thus my birth date becomes: 11 22 1964

Now we want to add all these numbers up: 1+1+2+2+1+9+6+4=26

When using numbers in numerology you always "reduce" to one digit (unless it is a Master Number such as 11 or 22, I will touch more on Master Numbers in another post).

So the next step is to reduce "26": 2+6=8

My Birth Date Number is 8.


A real quick run down of the meaning of the numbers are as follows:

Number 1 Birth Date: This person's purpose in life and greatest achievements will come from developing their natural sense of self and ablity to lead others or to lead in some sort of pioneering/ground breaking role.

Number 2 Birth Date: This person's purpose in life and greatest achievements will come from developing their natural ability to be in the background in a supportive way. This person doesn't want the limelight and is very happy to be helpful.

Number 3 Birth Date: This person's purpose in life and greatest achievements will come from developing their natural ability to communicate and lighten up just about any situation.

Number 4 Birth Date: This person's purpose in life and greatest achievements will come from developing their natural ability for routine and discipline. These people do best in life with set methods and routines. Very detail orientated people.

Number 5 Birth Date: This person's purpose in life and greatest achievements will come from developing and fostering their natural sense of adventure and love of new things. This person does *not* want to be tied down in any way, shape or form.

Number 6 Birth Date: This person's purpose in life and greatest achievements will come from developing and fostering their natural sense of creativity, beauty and taking care of others. This person loves to be a nuturing force in other people's lives.

Number 7 Birth Date: This person's purpose in life and greatest achievements will come from developing and fostering their natural ability to research, evaluate and share information. Not just any information. These people love science, metaphysics, relgion, etc.

Number 8 Birth Date: This person's purpose in life and greatest achievements will come from developing and fostering their natural abilities for management and production. The CEO's of the world. These people are very hard workers and success means much to them.

Number 9 Birth Date: This person's purpose in life and greatest achievements will come from developing and fostering their humanitarianism. They love to be helpful! The more they can help, or the more people they can help, the happier they are. This is a worldly kind of person - he or she sees the big picture and works from that perspective.


Which one are you? Did you figure it out yet? Very simple and easy stuff! But we all know every "8" isn't exactly the same! As you follow along with this blog you will learn about more numbers and how they each interact with each other as the blog progresses. For as simple as numerology is (no need for complex information and charts, etc - just a name and a birth date!)


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Lanie