The Basics of Numerology.

Life has different passages that we each must traverse. These passages contain within them, the human condition that cannot be denied or skipped. We experience youth, young adulthood and those middle years. Then the physical body, no matter what magic potion promises youth, will be given back to the beginning. At some point in time we ask the questions of: Why are we here?, What does it all mean? and What are we supposed to do?

Modern science searches for these answers as well as the revealed texts and ancestral myths found around the world. Somehow, a bridge that embraces the globe must be constructed to utilize technology as well as returning to the wisdom traditions to find these answers. The ancient studies of numerology/astrology, spanning centuries, offer answers. Numerology/astrology, clearly state that we each have a purpose and a destiny. We are one within this rhythm of time and spirals. Yet, each person must look into the mirror and prepare for the journey into the sea of self for truths.

Where is the knowledge that is lost in information? Where is the wisdom that is lost in knowledge?
- T.S. Eliot

There are five pieces of information that hold tremendous insights in numerology. The birth date and the birth name hold a very rich story. The birth date is what you have come to learn and you will draw people, places and situations into your life to learn this lesson. I call this information from the birth date, the Life Path. A business or an idea also has a birth date and a Life Path.

In numerology numbers are reduced to a single digit. This is done by addition. There are master numbers in numerology, which are addressed differently. The master numbers are 11, 22, 33, 44, 55, 66, 77, 88, 99. I reduced master numbers to a single digit, for you are certainly not going to be able to work with the master number if you do not understand the single number. I will address master numbers at a later time.

The following are examples of the birth date reduced to the single digit to find the Life Path.


May 30, 1962 (1962=1+9+6+2 = 18, 1+8=9)
5 + 3 + 9 = 17, 1+7=8
November 27, 1957 (1+9+5+7 = 22, 2+2=4)
11 (1+1)2 +(2+7) 9 + 22 (2+2)4 = 15,1+5=6
Eleven and Twenty-two are master numbers. Even though you will only add the single digit I leave them in the birth date so that you are aware of their energies being a part of the chart.


February 15,1959 (1+9+5+9 =24, 2+4 = 6)
2+ (1+5) 6 + 6 = 14,1+4=5
The Life Path also tells you about phases in your life. The numbers in the three phases directly influence the Life Path number. The first phase is found by using the month number. Example: January is 1, December 12, 1+2= 3. The formative years span into young adulthood. The second phase is the day number in the birth date. Example: 3. 1+0=1, 14 1+4 =5. This is a time when we find a job, career, and have families. It is a time of expansion and opportunities. The third phase is found in the year of the birth date. Example: 1954 1+9+5+4 = 19, 1+9 =1+0=1. This third phase in life is when there is time to integrate what you have learned. It can be a time for retirement or a time of bustling activity.


Example: July 27, 1967
Phase One 7
Phase Two 2+7 = 9
Phase Three 1+9+6+7 = 23, 2+3 = 5

On the day you were born, a record of what you would be like was outlined by numbers and astrology. These charts are filled with potential, your potential. We each will transverse the passages of time. Wouldn't it be a marvelous opportunity to know how to find guidance and direction for us as well as for our children? What are we supposed to do?

As one goes further and further on the path of truth, the freedom becomes greater at every step. - Hazrat Inayat Khan