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A LITTLE
HISTORY
The roots of numerology can be traced back some 10,000 years or more
to Egypt and Babylonia. Pythagoras, who developed many of the basic
theorems that form the foundation of modern mathematics (including the
right triangle theorem taught in
math classes today) is credited with formally
organizing the field about 2600 years ago in ancient Greece. At the
turn of the twentieth century, an American woman, L. Dow Balliet, and
several of her contemporaries published a few books and started the
modern phase of numerology. The field grew slowly through several
decades. Now, in the last half of the century, increased research and
publishing along with a marked resurgence of interest in numerology is
taking place.
HOW NUMEROLOGY WORKS
Everything in the universe vibrates at its own particular frequency.
By finding the vibration rate of any object, you can establish the
qualities and energies associated with it. By applying the principles
of numerology—and using only the name and birth date as the basic
data—you can determine the major frequencies of different people. A
numerological analysis of the calculated frequencies provides
significant information on these people’s personalities and character
THE BASIC NUMEROLOGY CALCULATION
In the basic mathematical operation used in numerology, the numbers
are reduced by simple addition. The number 15, for instance, is
reduced by adding 1 + 5 to get 6. Similarly, the number 1974 can be
reduced by adding 1 + 9 + 7 + 4 to get 21. The 21
can be further reduced by adding 2 + 1 to get 3.
In numerology, all numbers are reduced to the single digits 1 through
9 except the special master numbers 11 and 22. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
9, 11 and 22 represent the major vibration rates associated with
people’s characteristics.
Letters in individuals’ names are converted to numbers and then added
together. These numbers, in turn, are also reduced. The letter A, for
instance, is 1; the letter B is 2; the letter C is 3, and so forth.
The following table shows the numbers assigned to all 26 letters in
the English alphabet.
By applying simple mathematical formulas to the numbers representing a
person’s name and birth date, a numerologist can derive four major
core elements and some twenty or thirty modifiers. A symbolic
evaluation of these elements and modifiers provides a remarkably
complete and accurate character analysis. (About half the information
in the analysis, incidentally, comes from the birth date and half from
the name.)
THE SYMBOLISM OF NUMBERS
The symbolic analysis of the single digits and master numbers is the
essence of a numerology report or any other numerological character
analysis. Since so many numbers are present and modify each other, the
analysis is, as you might expect, a considerably complex operation.
When you understand the basic symbolism of the numbers outlined below,
though, you’ll have a useful grasp which should make it easier for you
to interpret the various parts of the report.
1: independence, individuality, attainment; leadership, pioneering,
administrating.
2: cooperation, closeness, sensitivity; balance and harmony,
supportive.
3: expressing self, joy of living; enthusiasm, optimism, creativity,
sociability.
4: system and order, service, sense of limitation; managing, working
hard, practical, down-to-earth.
5: constructive use of freedom; variety, excitement, progressive,
creative.
6: balance, responsibility, love; supportive, comforting, serving,
helping.
7: analysis, understanding, introspective; search for truth, spiritual
understanding.
8: material satisfaction, accomplishment; desire for success, power,
recognition.
9: selflessness, humanitarianism; giving without thought of return,
compassionate.
11: illumination, nervous tension; spiritual channel and teacher.
22: master builder, latent power, nervous tension; spiritual
understanding of material world, high ideals.
THE SIGNIFICANT PARTS OF A NUMEROLOGY REPORT OF PRIMARY SIGNIFICANCE: THE CORE AND THE CORE ELEMENTS
The Core is the heart of any numerology analysis involving the
personality portion of the reading. Much of the most important
information in a numerology report is derived from the four elements
making up the Core. These four elements are the Life Path, Expression,
Soul Urge and Birthday.
LIFE PATH
The Life Path is the most important number in the Core—and certainly
the most important number in a numerology report, too. If you could
only use one number to describe a person, that number would,
undoubtedly, be the Life Path.
The Life Path describes the major lessons to be learned in a person’s
life. These lessons often determine the central focus of the life. The
Life Path also clarifies the environment which is most conducive to
learning the lessons involved and describes, as well, some of the
major characteristics likely to be present in the individual’s makeup.
Most people have little trouble relating to their Life Path. Some
people, though, for their own reasons, have little interest in
pursuing that particular direction.
The Life Path is derived by calculating the sum of the month, day and
year of birth.
EXPRESSION
The Expression is the second most important number in the Core. It
describes a person’s potential talents—the natural abilities as well
as the related character traits. For most of us, these talents and
skills are there at birth, although they are usually further developed
as an individual grows and matures. Very often—but not always—these
particular abilities are of primary importance in a person’s work and
career. Frequently, the talents described by the Expression form the
central feature of an individual’s career.
The Expression is derived by calculating the sum of the number values
of all the letters in the name—for example, the letters in the full
name appearing on the birth certificate.
SOUL URGE
The Soul Urge is the third most important number in the Core. It
describes a person’s inner motivation—what a person wants to be, to
have and to do—and the potential abilities and obstacles which
accompany that motivation. The Soul Urge is influential in determining
a person’s point of view and the principles on which he acts. Although
the Life Path and Expression are generally easy to see in a person,
the inner motivation is often a very private matter—unless revealed
through the use of numerology.
The Soul Urge is derived by calculating the sum of the number values
of all the vowels in the full name.
BIRTHDAY
The Birthday describes some important personality characteristics but
it’s the least important of the Core elements. It’s simply the reduced
form of the number of the day on which a person is born.
REPEATED NUMBERS IN THE CORE
Difficulties are generally encountered in a life when a particular
energy isn’t used in a balanced manner. Repeated numbers point to this
kind of difficulty. They occur when a number appears more than once in
the four Core elements or in the sub-elements used to calculate those
Core elements. Repeated numbers occur in about half the numerology
reports.
When repeated numbers are present, the energy connected with those
numbers causes obstacles because it’s either overemphasized or
virtually ignored. For instance, with a balanced number 1 energy, a
person would be working, among other things, to be as independent as
possible. With repeated 1’s, a person is likely to be experiencing
difficulties because he or she is being dominating (overemphasizing
the 1 energy) or dependent (almost ignoring the 1 energy).
OF SECONDARY SIGNIFICANCE: THE MODIFIERS
Besides the Core elements, there are many additional numbers which
describe specific features of a person’s character. Since the traits
described by these numbers modify the Core elements, the numbers are
called modifiers.
KARMIC DEBTS
A Karmic Debt describes significant difficulties encountered—often for
a good part of the life—while an individual learns to use an energy
which feels somewhat foreign to his nature and particularly arduous to
understand and apply. Karmic Debts occur in many—but not
all—numerology reports.
Karmic Debts are defined when the number 19 is reduced to form a 1
Core element—or when the numbers 13, 14 and 16 are reduced,
respectively, to 4, 5 and 7 Core elements. The Karmic Debts are
referred to as 19/1 (read as 19:1), 13/4, 14/5 and 16/7.
INTENSITY POINTS Intensity points describe particular strengths or weaknesses in the
personality although they are of much less significance than the
difficulties indicated by the Karmic Debts. Sometimes, an Intensity
Point also describes inner feelings which aren’t consistent with the
characteristics which are outwardly manifested. Many—but not
all—numerology reports contain Intensity Points.
All the letters in any name, as we mentioned previously, can be
converted to numbers. When you check how many 1’s are in a particular
name, how many 2’s, etc., there are often an average amount of a
particular number. This is just what a numerologist would expect. An
Intensity Point occurs when there are more—or less—of a specific
number than the average expected.
KARMIC LESSONS A Karmic Lesson is a character weakness similar to an Intensity Point,
but more strongly emphasized. A Karmic Lesson occurs when there are no
letters representing a specific number in a name and no Core elements
with that number, either. Most—but not all—numerology reports contain
Karmic Lessons.
MODIFIED KARMIC LESSON Modified Karmic Lesson is a character weakness similar to a Karmic
Lesson but a bit easier to handle. A Modified Karmic Lesson occurs
when there are no letters representing a specific number in a name but
there is at least one Core element which does contain the number.
Modified Karmic Lessons appear in some numerology reports.
PERSONAL YEAR The Personal Year does not actually predict what will happen to a
person, but instead describes the energies that they will be working
with during that year. It also indicates the potential opportunities
available during this time. This important influence changes each year
until its nine year cycle finishes. The first year in the cycle is a
one year, the second year a two year, etc. until the last year in the
cycle occurs which is a nine year. After the ninth year, a new one
year starts the cycle all over again.
The Personal Year is derived by calculating the sum of the month and
day of birth with the current year. This sum is reduced to a single
digit or master number.
ANALYZING THE MANY DIFFERENT NAMES YOU AND OTHER PEOPLE USE
Since the birth date is fixed, the elements and modifiers related to
the birth date don’t change during a person’s lifetime. On the other
hand, names often undergo changes during one’s life either by choice
(Robert becomes Bob) or as a specific situation requires (marriage, in
particular). When names change, there can frequently be substantial
modifications made to a person’s energies and personality.
You can use Personal Numerologist or Numerologist Report Writer to
analyze any name that a
person now uses, has used or is thinking of using. You can analysis as
many different names as you would like for comparison studies simply
by running the appropriate numerology reports. (The same birth date is
always used with the different names one is analyzing.)
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BIRTH NAME A numerology report using the birth date and the birth name describes
the person’s basic traits as they would be seen at birth—and as they
would be expected to grow and develop. The characteristics described
are innate traits that would, in all probability, be present much of
the life. Any obstacles described in this report are likely to be
resolved, or, at the very least, partially resolved, as the person
matures. Even though other names may be used as one gets older, the
characteristics of the birth name are likely to be strongly felt
throughout the life. In most instances, even when a person is born
with a name which is changed shortly after birth, the traits described
by that name still leave a heavy imprint.
HOW PEOPLES’ PERSONALITIES VARY WITH DIFFERENT NAMES Most of us use names other than our birth name. We use middle
initials, drop middle names, pick up nicknames used by friends or
family. Sometimes, too, we use different names for our signature or
change names by marriage or adoption. At any one time in our lives,
the characteristics we exhibit would be a combination of the traits of
all the names we are currently using plus the traits of our birth
name.
The numerology report using the birth name describes your basic
characteristics. Run another numerology report using the name you
currently use rather than your birth name. Compare the energies in
both reports.
Let’s assume that both reports show your business skills. If your
current name report shows more business facility than your birth name
report, you can expect that you generally display added ability in
that area. If, on the other hand, the current name report exhibits
less facility in business matters, expect that your lowered facility
will probably be apparent instead. In other areas—adaptability, ease
of getting on with people, creativity, ease of expressing feelings, to
name just a few—the characteristics of your birth name are likely to
be modified so that they appear closer to the traits of your current
name.
Suppose, however, that the current name report emphasizes a specific
capability that is not even mentioned in the birth name report. The
current name report may, for instance, show the potential for
considerable organizational ability while the birth report has nothing
at all to say about that kind of skill. The chances are good that you
weren’t born with any appreciable organizational ability. Since there
was little there to begin with, it’s unlikely that it’ll be built up
into anything of any consequence—irrespective of the possibilities
mentioned in the current name report.
Why does it work that way? Let’s look at a similar situation. If you
were born with great talent as a painter, it’s easy to see that you
can develop that talent further. This is particularly so if your
current name reemphasizes that talent. If, on the other hand, your
birth report suggests little painting talent, it’s hard to imagine
that you’re going to turn into another Leonardo da Vinci no matter
what the current report says. (About 5% of the time, interestingly
enough, people can exert the force of their will and manage to develop
a skill that is not mentioned in the birth name report. Although
they’re not likely to become another Leonardo, they occasionally
develop a talent much further than might be expected.)
It works the same way, of course, with other abilities, too. You can
develop your basic talents, for sure, but you can only occasionally
build up an ability when there is little or nothing there to begin
with.
If you have several different current names—say, one that you use in
business, another that you use with your family and still another with
friends—run a numerology report for each name and than compare it with
your birth report. Remember to always use the same birth date.
If you are trying to find a more optimum name, there are several
things to keep in mind. First, choose a new name to best balance the
energies already in your birth report. For example, if your 1, 4 or 8
(pragmatic) energies are too strong, you may be inflexible. By
choosing a current name that de-emphasizes this energy, this trait can
be brought into better balance. On the other hand, if you already have
some business ability but it is not emphasized, you may want to choose
a name that is stronger in this area.
Next, examine the modifiers. Whichever name—birth or current—that
gives the more balanced use is the one that predominates.
NAMING NEW-BORN CHILDREN
You can get some idea of what children are going to be like by looking
at their birth reports—even before they’re born. Since you usually
don’t know the exact birth date in advance, some people run reports
for several different possible birth dates. Some people even run
several different names for each date to make sure they find the name
they like the best. If you want even more information, you may want to
compare a newborn’s birth report and current name report—one report
using the name you’d expect on the birth certificate, the other using
what you expect will be the current name.
CHOOSING NAMES FOR BUSINESSES You can pick out names for businesses with Personal Numerologist and
Numerologist Report Writer the same way you pick out names for people.
Sometimes, too, if a business is just being started, you may have a
choice of what date you decide to begin operations. You may want to
run a number of numerology reports combining different birth dates
with different business names so you can compare them. Hint: If the
Life Path or Expression of a business turns out to be a number 1 or a
number 8, the potential for money and success may be markedly
increased.
The success of any business is dependent, of course, on more than the
name of the business. It also depends, as you might expect, on the
main people running the business. Run numerology reports for all these
people and you can get some further indication of what to expect when
they’re all working together.
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