Much of the following text was excerpted from the book Numerology; Key To Your Inner Self, and is directed towards understanding the art of delineating a chart.
Our readings, have been organized in the order that makes the most sense; chapters are prioritized according to the power of each number and its influence on the preceding or following aspect. However, the text below will help you get even more out of your reading.
By the time you have read your personal numerology report, you will notice that virtually every number is represented in your chart. This is true for most people. Naturally, this can be confusing. The reason for this confusion is that we haven't learned to prioritize the relative values of each number and its position in the chart.
The Life Path, for example, carries far more weight than the Maturity and Balance numbers. In addition, each member of the core numbers (Life Path, Expression, Heart's Desire, Personality, and Birth Day number) bears special significance to our personality. The Heart's Desire represents your inner needs and motivations -- the more private you -- while the Personality number reveals the public you; the face, or the mask, you show the world. It is what people recognize first when they meet you. Your closer relationships, however, come in contact with the personal, inner you, your Heart's Desire.
One of the benefits of numerology is to differentiate and to reveal the many aspects of your personality and inner being. It also shows how aspects within you influence each other. What follows is a short course in how to prioritize the numbers of the chart, to discern their individual importance, and to show how each aspect of the chart relates to a specific part of your being.
The Life Path number is by far the most important number in the chart. Your Life Path number represents a cycle. The longest cycle of your life, it runs from the first day of your life to the last day of your life.
Perhaps the most important concept to recognize, and probably the least understood, is that all the numbers based on your date of birth reflect something about the "momentum" of your life. The flow, the current which carries you forward, the stream of life. Therefore, every number in your chart derived from your date of birth tells something about the direction of your life, the path you walk on, and the opportunities and challenges you encounter.
Next, read the Birth Day number. In order of importance, the Birth Day number belongs in fifth or sixth place, but it is closely related to the Life Path, and should be seen in connection to it. Follow with the Expression number, which reveals your talents, abilities, goals, and is particularly important in relation to career.
Then read the Heart's Desire, and understand it as the motivator behind virtually all of your choices, in particular those related to life style and environment. Also, look at the Minor Expression and Minor Heart's Desire as contributing influences to your overall ambitions and personality. The Personality number completes this picture of the core numbers. Remember, while the Personality number is the last of the core numbers, it is the first impression people will get. The Personality number is usually what gets you hired, while the Expression number is the greatest influence on how well you perform. The Heart's Desire number influences the type of conditions you like to work under; alone or with people; in a small non-profit organization, or in a big corporation; in the inner-city or in the country. The Heart's Desire also influences your choice of career.
The core numbers outline the basic personality. The rest of the chart reflects a closer look at you -- your many nuances, individual character traits, and strengths and weaknesses.
The Challenges follow, and are, in my opinion, among the most important sources of information flowing from your chart. The Challenges, more than any other number, point to aspects of your personality that you have to work on. They represent the first and most obvious obstacles that stand between you and success.
Follow with the Maturity number, but keep in mind that it does not enter your life until after the early thirties, after which its influence grows more important with age. The Maturity number is a kind of secondary Life Path number. It adds specific challenges, as well as abilities, to your life.
Next, read the Karmic Lessons, which reveal weaknesses or undeveloped areas. Follow with the Hidden Passion, which reveals what you are good at, and what you love to do. Then go to the Subconscious Self, which shows how confident and secure you are in the use of your talents and abilities.
The Balance number stands somewhat apart, but is very revealing, particularly when you are off-balance as a result of emotional turmoil. The Balance number reveals your strengths in turbulent times.
The remainder of the chart is made up of the Bridge Number, Cornerstone, Capstone, First Vowel, Rational Thought number, and Planes of Expression. Each of these areas is well defined in the chart, and is easily identifiable as to the role it plays in your life. Each represents subtle, but important aspects of your personality.
When you study a chart, first look at the individual numbers and their relative positions in the chart. Next, look for numbers that will have a strong impact upon each other. (This is an aspect of numerology that requires practice and takes time.) For example, what happens when a person has a 1 Heart's Desire, an 8 Expression, and a 2 Personality? Or, what does it mean when a person has three 4's among the core numbers, but many letters with the value of 5 in the name? With practice, you will learn to read a chart with confidence and clarity.
About Master Numbers in numerology. The first part of this text is an excerpt from the book: Numerology; Key To Your Inner Self.
There are 3 double-digit numbers that, while they are rooted in the single-digit numbers, require special emphasis and attention. These are 11, 22, and 33.
They are called Master numbers because they possess more potential than other numbers. They are highly charged, difficult to handle, and require time, maturity, and great effort to integrate into one's personality.
The 11 is the most intuitive of all numbers. It represents illumination; a channel to the subconscious; insight without rational thought; and sensitivity, nervous energy, shyness, and impracticality. It is a dreamer. The 11 has all the aspects of the 2, enhanced and charged with charisma, leadership, and inspiration. It is a number with inborn duality, which creates dynamism, inner conflict, and other catalyses with its mere presence. It is a number that, when not focused on some goal beyond itself, can be turned inward to create fears and phobias. The 11 walks the edge between greatness and self-destruction. Its potential for growth, stability, and personal power lies in its acceptance of intuitive understanding, and of spiritual truths. For the 11, such peace is not found so much in logic, but in faith. It is the psychic's number.
The 22 is the most powerful of all numbers. It is often called the Master Builder. The 22 can turn the most ambitious of dreams into reality. It is potentially the most successful of all numbers. It has many of the inspirational insights of the 11, combined with the practicality and methodical nature of the 4. It is unlimited, yet disciplined. It sees the archetype, and brings it down to earth in some material form. It has big ideas, great plans, idealism, leadership, and enormous self-confidence. If not practical, the 22s waste their potential. Like the 11, the 22 can easily shrink from its own ambition, causing difficult interior pressures. Both the 11 and the 22 experience the pressure-cooker effect very strongly, particularly at an early age. It must work toward the realization of goals that are larger than personal ambition. The 22 serves the world in a practical way.
The 33 is the most influential of all numbers. It is the Master Teacher. The 33 combines the 11 and the 22 and brings their potential to another level. When expressed to the fullest, the 33 lacks all personal ambition, and instead focuses its considerable abilities toward the spiritual uplifting of mankind. What makes the 33 especially impressive, is the high level of sincere devotion. This is shown in its determination to seek understanding and wisdom before preaching to others. The 33 in full force is extremely rare.
The number 33 only matters when found among the core numbers: The Life Path, Heart's Desire, Expression, Personality, Maturity number, or as an Essence cycle or Pinnacle cycle. In all other cases the 33 should be reduced to a 6.
The fact that the 33 is extra-ordinary demanding and rare can be seen symbolically in the methods of calculation.
For example, a 33 Life Path can happen only when each of the 3 units of the birth date (month/year/day) add to 11. Or when the year adds to 22 (in the 20th century there are only 7 years that add to 22: 1939, 48, 57, 66, 75, 84, and 93) and the month and day of birth combined total is 11. And finally, when the birth day is 22 and the month and year of birth total 11.
Another way to look at the Master numbers:
The Master numbers 11, 22, and 33 represent a triangle. A triangle of Enlightenment.
33
11 22
The number 11 represents the vision.
The number 22 combines vision with action
The number 33 offers guidance to the world.
We use Master numbers as well as Karmic Debt numbers in all our software and personal readings wherever they are relevant.
About Personal Year Cycles in Numerology
There is some confusion among professionals and novices alike, about when exactly the Personal Year cycle starts and ends. Perhaps this will help clear up the confusion!
The word “cycle” implies something that is circular or moves in a circular motion.
In numerology, cycles are neither circular, nor do they move in a circular motion. They are more like waves. And, just as a wave starts with a gradual rise, slowly culminating to a climax - perhaps maintaining its position for a period of time - but eventually decreasing until dissolved completely - cycles, in numerology, also enter the picture gradually, they mature and stay for awhile, then slowly disappear.
In addition, cycles overlap each other during the first and last periods of their existence. When one cycle is born and begins its gradual rise toward maturity, the old cycle is still alive and kicking, albeit slowly dying. This overlap period is called a cusp period. Different cycles have cusp periods of different lengths.
The most important medium-term cycles in numerology are the Personal Year Cycles and the Essence Cycles. Generally speaking, the Personal Year cycles tend to be overrated, while the Essence cycles are almost always underrated.
Let’s talk about Personal Year cycles.
The Personal Year cycles in particular are popular, because not only are they strongly felt, they are also very easy to calculate. (See Calculation Methods.)
What exactly are Personal Year cycles?
Think of Personal Year cycles as short 12-month sections on your Life Path that reveal how your personal “internal” cycles - your inner clockwork, so to speak - relate to, or are influenced by, the Universal Year cycles.
This, of course, is reflected in the way the Personal Year cycle is calculated: Add your Month of Birth, your Day of Birth, and the current year together, then reduce to a single digit. In other words, add your Month and Day of Birth to the Universal Year cycle. A fusion, you might say, of your Birth Date and the Universal Year cycle.
It is because of this fusion, that the Personal Year cycles run concurrent with the Universal Year cycles and, of course, the calendar year cycles.
But, if that is true, why do some numerologists feel that the Personal Year cycles start at your birth day and not at the beginning of the year?
Even to the extend that they claim to have “tested it and found it to be true and more accurate?”
The answer, as you may have guessed, is in the overlapping cusp periods.
Think of your birth day as a powerful force that pulls and guides all your cycles, including the Personal Year cycle. The force your day of birth bestows upon your Personal Year cycle pulls this cycle towards maturity. Just like the moon pulls the tide, your day of birth pulls your Personal Year cycle.
Remember those cusp periods? Well, those cusp periods, which can be anywhere from 1 month to 6 months long, are controlled by your month and day of birth.
For example, a person born in February, has a short cusp period of perhaps one or two months at the beginning of the Personal Year cycle, reaching maturity sometime in the early part of January, which is followed by a five or six months period from January through July or August during which the Personal Year cycle is fully mature, after which the cycle slowly decreases over the next five or six months. During the last couple of months of this period of decrease, the new cycle is already muscling its way in, and so the cycles, excuse me, the waves, continue moving in and out of your life.
See the graphic below for a relatively accurate presentation of when Personal Years are in place, and their cusp periods, based on the month of birth.
The list of months on the left reflects the months of birth.
Each row to the right of a month of birth shows the strength and duration of a Personal Year cycle for someone born during that month.
Yellow shows last year's outgoing cycle, red represents the Personal Year cycle for the current year, and orange the period during which they overlap.
Blue is the incoming cycle for next year, and purple the period during which the cusp periods of the current cycle and next year's cycle overlap.
Personal Month cycles.
Personal Month cycles are calculated by adding the current month to your Personal Year cycle. And, just like Personal Year cycles, there is a cusp period on each end. This time, however, the cusp period is not controlled by your month of birth, but by your day of birth - in a similar fashion but on a smaller scale, as the yearly cycles.
Personal Day cycles.
Personal Day cycles also have cusp periods. In Personal Day cycles they are based on the time of your birth. In addition, daylight savings time and location/time zones often push these cycles forward or backward several hours. You can see why some people feel that the Personal Day cycles are more accurate if shifted one day forward or backward, whichever the case may be.
Do Your Own Numerology
Follow easy directions to do your own reading - in depth and with little or no math involved. For the more serious student, see also our section on Calculation Methods. Enjoy!
Do Your Own Numerology
and learn some basic numerology at the same time!
Much of the material in the "Do Your Own Reading" pages is based on the book Numerology; Key To Your Inner Self
Most numbers in your chart are easy to calculate. However, in this section we try to guide you to your pages with a minimum of calculating. Just take it step-by-step.
We start with the numbers derived from your date of birth. Calculations are almost completely eliminated, but you should be ready to make the occasional note.
All numbers based on your date of birth reflect influences and events related to the momentum of your life. Think of their effect on your life as similar to the weather and the landscape you travel through -- the Path of Your Life. The influences are enormously important. In fact, the most important number in your chart -- the Life Path number -- is based on your date of birth. And yet, the power of these numbers is felt as almost "external" -- most of them affect you only for periods in your life (cycles) or are overcome after you reach a certain age (Challenges). Even your Life Path number is a cycle; it is the longest cycle of your life.
Numbers derived from your full name at birth reflect who YOU are within that landscape and influenced by the weather as revealed by your date of birth. Your in-born talents, characteristics, idiosyncrasies, strengths and weaknesses, are all revealed through the numbers based on your name.
Take a moment to contemplate the essential difference in the way the numbers derived from your date of birth and those based on your name, affect you. Understanding not only the archetypal meaning of the numbers, but more importantly how and where they influence you, is the most challenging part of learning the age-old science of numerology.
The following numbers in your chart -- and their meanings -- are revealed:
Although you can select any of the subjects listed, we recommend that you start with the Life Path number and let us guide you through all the other aspects. We devised a system that will allow you to do an extensive reading with almost no calculations, but only if you follow us step-by-step. (Keep in mind that our readings, as well as our software programs include many more numbers than are listed here! If you like what you learn on the following pages, you will LOVE our software programs and personal readings!)
Numbers derived from your date of birth.
Your Life Path number
Your Birth Day number
Your First Challenge number
Your Second Challenge number
Your Third and Main Challenge number
Your Fourth Challenge number
Your First Pinnacle Cycle
Your Second Pinnacle Cycle
Your Third Pinnacle Cycle
Your Fourth Pinnacle Cycle
Your First Period Cycle
Your Second Period Cycle
Your Third Period Cycle
Your Current Personal Year Cycle
Numbers derived from your name.
Your Expression number
Your Heart's Desire number
Your Personality number
Your Karmic Lessons
Your Hidden Passion number
Your Balance number
Your Subconscious Self number
Your Cornerstone, Capstone, and First Vowel
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