The most important factor in numerology is the birth date. This is expressed in numbers as mm/dd/yyyy and can be used to find an individual’s ‘Lifepath Number’ as well as many other factors.
The next step involves changing the full birth name (as it appears on your birth certificate) into a number. In numerology letters and numbers are seen to be the same thing, so for example:
1 = A, J, S
2 = B, K, T
3 = C, L, U
4 = D, M, V
5 = E, N, W
6 = F, O, X
7 = G, P, Y
8 = H, Q, Z
9 = I, R
These numbers are used to determine your life path number by adding the digits together (over and over if necessary) to produce one of the numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, and 22.
The number in your birth date are likewise added together (over and over if need be) until one of the above numbers is produced.
What follows is a basic description of how these numbers may be used to uncover your hidden potential.
The Numerology Life Path Period
According to numerology we live three life path periods in our lifetime and these periods are similar to the life path numbers but perhaps a little more enhanced or fine tuned.
These life periods are based on your date of birth. The month of birth is reduced to a single digit or master number and this is said to indicate the first life path period.
Next, the day of birth is reduced to a single digit or master number and the final life path period is determined by the year of birth reduced to a single digit or master number.
The first life path period starts when you are born and continues until (according to astrology) the moon has returned to its original place in the birth chart. In real terms this translates to about 28 years of age.
If you want to find out when the first cycle will be completed calculate the year in which the person turns 28, 56 and so on.
This same process should be used to determine the beginning of the second and third life path period.
The Personal Year
If you want to work out what your coming year is going to be like you can calculate what is known as your personal year, as follows:
* Reduce the month and day of your birth to a single digit.
* (If the total comes to 11 or 22, the master numbers, in this instance, reduce the number to 2 and 4.)
* Reduce the year for which you are making the calculation to a single digit. The year 2005 would become 7.
* Add the single digit produced from your birth day and month to the single digit produced from the year in question.
This will give you a personal year number that can be used to determine what to expect in the coming year.
