These days, many internet sites offer free numerology readings. In many cases, you are asked to provide your birthdate and your name. In some cases, you are asked to provide just one or the other. Based on this information, a software program instantly generates a number (usually from 1 to 9) and a description of the personality traits associated with that number. While this type of "reading" is fun and entertaining, and is valid to a certain but limited extent, it should not, by any means, be considered a true and complete numerological reading as it does not take into consideration all of your personal numbers.
A complete numerological profile of an individual involves the examination of many numbers. These include what are typically and variously called the Birth Number, the Life Path Number, the Destiny Number, the Life Lesson Number, the Soul Number, the Soul's Urge Number, the Motivation Number, the Inner Urge Number, the Inner Expression Number, the Personality Number and so on and are often expressed as a "final" single-digit number, typically from 1 to 9.
The "final", single-digit numbers are usually obtained by reducing compound numbers which, in turn, are obtained by reducing 3 and 4 digit numbers. For example, a 4-digit number such as the year 1960 will reduce to the compound number 16 which, in turn, will reduce to the final, single-digit number 7. In numerology, this delineation is expressed as 16/7.
In order to get an accurate numerological reading, it is necessary to individually examine each digit in this numerical expression. Furthermore, it is also important to evaluate the order in which the first 2 single digits appear. Thus, in our example, all three numbers (1, 6 and 7) are considered both severally and as a whole. However, we must also look at the order in which they appear because each digit has a certain degree of influence based on where it appears in the sequence. Thus, for example, the final number 7 could be arrived at as follows: 16/7, 61/7, 25/7, 52/7, 34/7, 43/7, 70/7. To a numerologist, 16/7 and 43/7 hold different clues and meanings.
Finally, an experienced numerologist will not only study the final numbers and their delineations but, during the course of performing the calculations, s/he will also look for, take note of and consider certain patterns, combinations, sequences, repetitions, etc. For example, the prevalence or absence of particular numbers and the occurrence of Master Numbers.
In numerology, Master Numbers are generally considered to have a vibration that bestows both special gifts and challenges. Typically, Master Numbers are not reduced to a final, single digit number and are dealt with in a slightly different manner. As there are different schools of thought concerning Master Numbers, I will address this in depth in other postings.
I would also like to note that the foregoing information is based on the Pythagorean method, which is the foundation for the modern numerology system that is most often used in the West today. However, when I look at someone's numerological profile, I also often consult other methods, such as the Chaldean system. I will discuss other numerology systems in future posts.
In Love & Light,
Angelika
I cannot imagine life on Earth as we know it today without the existence of numbers. Can you? I think we all agree that numerals are essential to the functioning of our world and play a critical role in our individual lives and in our society as a whole. Without a numeral system that we all agree on, there would be utter chaos.
Like everyone else, I constantly use, process and rely on numerals to provide me with certain information (such as the value of something), keep track of time, balance my checkbook, make phone calls, measure my blood pressure and for countless other purposes. However, as a numerologist, I constantly and actively look for and note certain numerical patterns, sequences and combinations, even as I perform the most mundane of everyday tasks, like looking for a particular address.
One might say that I "see" everything (places, things, events and even people) in terms of a numerical value. Put another way, I view the entirety of life (including the past, present and future) in the context of scrolling numerical expressions and symbols ... much like a stock ticker symbol tape!
It is the symbolic significance of any particular numerical value or expression that interests me. The symbolism that is associated with the individual numerals 1 through 9 as well as the manner in which they combine in a given context is deeply rooted in humanity's spiritual and cultural history from the beginning of time.
I am convinced that this timeless and enduring symbolism, although sometimes obscure or hidden and not always readily apparent, is ingrained deep within the human psyche and for this reason, many people often and automatically form and then act on certain associations involving certain numerals - whether they do so with full awareness or not. For example, many people consider the numeral 7 to be lucky and three 7's (i.e., 777) to be particularly so and may act upon this belief (when gambling for instance) without necessarily knowing why they hold this belief.
In my early studies of numerology, I discovered that knowing and understanding the "why's" was one of the keys to unlocking some of life's mysteries. Although numerology, in and of itself, is an excellent analysis and predictive tool, it plays a significant role in other trait/personality identification and divination systems (playing cards, tarot, astrology) as I will explain in other posts.
In Love & Light,
Angelika
