The Numerology Guide

Numerology reads meaning from your birth date. The cornerstone is your life path number — the single number (or master number) that captures the arc of your life. Here's how to find yours and what it means.

How to calculate your life path number

Add every digit of your full birth date and reduce to one digit — e.g. 14 May 1990 → 1+4+5+1+9+9+0 = 29 → 2+9 = 11. The master numbers 11, 22 and 33 are kept, not reduced.

• Calculate your life path number (free) →
• Life path numbers explained

What each number means

• All life path numbers, 1–9 plus 11, 22, 33 →
• Life Path 1 — The Leader
• Life Path 5 — The Free Spirit
• Life Path 7 — The Seeker
• Life Path 8 — The Powerhouse

Numerology in context

Numerology is one of five traditions a Fortune Synthesis reading combines. On its own it's a broad sketch; cross-checked against your BaZi, Western chart, Zi Wei Dou Shu and Qi Men Dun Jia, the agreements become the high-confidence truths about you.

• Why we read five systems together →
• The five methods we use →