How Numerology Can Reveal Your Personality and Life’s Greater Purpose

Just as your astrology birth chart provides powerful metaphysical insight, numerology, or the study of numbers, can help reveal your personality and life’s greater purpose. And, like astrology, it’s all about getting down to the single digits.

To get your life path number, simply add up all the digits in your birthday, including month and day. Then, reduce it to a single digit — for example, 2 + 6 = 10. Finally, subtract the number of months and days from your birthday.

Your life path number is just one of four core numbers in your numerology chart, which also includes an expression number, soul’s urge number and power number (also known as the personality number). Each of these numbers are calculated from the letters in your name, and each letter has a specific numerical value.

Master numbers — 11 (which often ties to spiritual faith), 22 and 33 — are also highly influential in your chart, and can offer great power and insights. But remember that these numbers come with a higher vibration, and you should be mindful of how they impact you.

Numbers are everywhere, and they’ve been used to divine the future, guide human behavior and predict the outcome of relationships for centuries. For instance, the occult practice of gematria involves translating words into numbers and finding their corresponding vibrations. And, even the number nine has been associated with certain physical and spiritual attributes.