Numerology is simple: just add your Date of Birth (DOB) numbers together, and then keep adding the resulting digits together until you are left with a single digit. This is called fadic addition. Now look up the number in a list of meanings – and there you are, it’s simple!
However we all know that our personalities are much more intricate than a short list of isolated words that describe a single number can convey. After all you might be a 4 and your best friend might also be a 4; does this mean that you have identical personalities?
Numerology, like a personality, is complex. It describes the twists and turns of your psyche, it distils the trends and attitudes from dates, names, and other labels that affect us all.
And yet it is still quite simple as it is comprised of only ten digits, 0 to 9, and each of these numbers has its own basic set of attributes that rarely vary. These attributes interact with each other, favourably or adversely, and thus generate the canvas for the tapestry depicting your self.
In this series we will discover the simple sides to numerology, touching sometimes on the more complex issues as points of interest. These tips are not required to perform the numerology and they are in italics and are preceded by the phrase Interesting Point. We will be dealing with dates, for they are extremely interesting in what they can reveal about a person or situation.
Let us first look at the format of writing a date. In Australia we write the date in this format dd/mm/yyyy. In the USA they write it mm/dd/yyyy. And to confuse things the international format is yyyy/mm/dd. Interestingly the order of the format says a great deal about the user.
Interesting Point: The days (dd) represent the individual; the months (mm) represent the social or national arena; the year (yyyy) represents the global or expanded society environ. So when we see an American DOB written mm/dd/yyyy we can already interpret the basic attitude of the personality as "My country comes first, then me, then the world!"; internationally the statement is "The world is most important, then the countries, then the people!"; and in Australia we have "Me first, then you, then the everybody else!" When writing dates for anything other than numerology, my personal choice is the international format, but employ any system that appeals to you.
For numerology I use the dd/mm/yyyy method, with a little modification – d1d2/m1m2/y1y2y3y4.
We have days with numbers ranging from 1 to 31. For the single digit days we use a leading 0 and the digits are written as d1 for the tens and d2 for the units. Months, which range from 1 to 12, also use this format m1 for the tens and m2 for the units. The year always has four digits, even for dates prior to the first millennium. These are written y1 y2 y3 and y4. Years BC or BCE are still written in the same fashion, although they have a minus sign and are treated slightly differently.
Now we’ll look at some general properties of a date.
The fadically added days d1 + d2 tell you your base attitude, that is, what you are. For example people born on the 1st, 10th, 19th, and 28th all add to a 1. The 1 basic personality is a strong leader, with original ideas or motives. However there are slight differences in each of the days that add to 1 because the digits that were originally added carry their own flavourings. These are shown by writing the day number followed by a slash then the fadic number e.g. 1, 10/1, 19/1, and 28/1. A 28/1 is still a strong and original leader, but has more of a team work mentality particularly in administration, the leading 2 shows a need to share, and the trailing 8 indicates the need for organization.
We will explore the Day numbers in issue 8.
Interesting Point: Numbers that are already single digits are called Primaries, like 2; those requiring only one round of addition, e.g. 11=>1+1=2, are called Secondaries; those requiring two or more rounds of fadic addition are called Tertiary, e.g. 29=>2+9=11=>1+1=2.
The Month numbers represent your social side, how you are most likely to be viewed in close society. These are only written as single digits, as there are only 3 two digit months. A 4 here would indicate a solid and dependable person, usually seen as a family oriented nature. Month numbers probably have the weakest effect on our lives.
Years represent your reasoning ability. Like the Day numbers, these are written with the first double digit number reached by fadic addition followed by the full fadic result. Thus 1976 =>1+9+7+6=23=2+3=5 so 1976 year number is written 1976/23/5. This person would have a powerful (1) need (9) for serious (7) work (6), tempered with participation (2) and compassion (3), and flexibility (5).
Interesting Point: Year numbers are a very complex animal, with each of the four positions having a meaning of its own. The thousands represent the global attitude, hundreds are the national view, tens are the local community, and ones are your self aspect. Although these meanings are interesting they are not important in the pursuit of basic numerology.
By adding all the numbers of a date of birth, (and we can do this with any date that is important to you) we get your Life Path number. This brings us back to my first paragraph. Your Life Path number indicates the easiest set of trends for you to follow, for your easiest path. It does not mean you will follow that path, or even that you should follow it. It merely indicates the path of least resistance, and therefore perhaps a life without a lot of challenge or change.
I hope I have given you some food for thought. Numerology only needs a date and perhaps a pencil and paper along with good common sense, an ability to add, and a list of meanings. It is complex and yet it is still simple within that complexity. Numerology is simply complex.
Next issue we find out about our Day numbers and what we can learn about ourselves from them. We will discover which days of the month are our best or worst.