Numerology: Determining Your Life

Lesson With Numerology

The first thing to understand about numerology is how to reduce numbers. Any number
greater than nine is reduced to a single digit by adding its components together. Hence,
the number 13 is 1 +3 =4. The number 237 is 2 + 3 + 7 = 12 = 3. As one advance in
numerological knowledge, the original number lends specific flavor to the reduced
number, hence a 14/5 has a different feeling than a 23/5, but for beginning purposes, we'll
work with the simple numbers 1 through 9.

To determine your own life lesson, write down your birth date numbers with the month,
day and year. For example, if you were born December 15, 1960, you would write

12 5 1960

Be sure to write the full number of the year of birth, in this case, "1960" versus simply
"60."

This then becomes 12 + 15 + 16 (1 + 9 + 6 + 0).

12 + 15 + 16 = 43/7

The life lesson number is a 7.

Another example:

The birth date is June 5, 1955.

We add 6 + 5 + 20 (1 + 9 + 5 + 5) to get 31/4. The life lesson number is a 4.

Explore your own life lesson number and those of your loved ones, and you may be
amazed by how closely the numbers reflect individual traits and tendencies. The life
lesson numbers are described below. If you are already learning your lessons well, then
you will reflect the traits described. If you're struggling with your lessons, then you will
find those issues particularly challenging, and notice that they have come up repeatedly in
your life and experiences.

Life Lesson Number 1: The one is the number of the leader. If your life lesson is a 1,
you have incarnated to learn how to be independent, creative and strong. Your challenge
is to push forward like a pioneer into new worlds and original realms of thought and
experience. There is tendency to be self-focused and overly driven, and above all
impatient, and this must be balanced with the needs of others and realistic limitations.
One's are generally competitive and outgoing, and usually a step ahead of the crowd.
You're a natural inventor or innovator; your challenge is to have confidence in yourself
and act to manifest your dreams. One's often go into business for themselves, or move to
the top of existing organizations or structures to lead.

Life Lesson Number 2: Two's are nurturers, and make excellent support people. They
say that behind every successful person is a good man or woman, and these are generally
the two's who get everything done. Two's are usually not direct or confrontational, but
more gentle and feminine. The two learns how to remain behind the scenes and do what
must be done without need for acknowledgement or praise. The two rarely stands alone,

but is at his or her best in a partnership or group endeavor. A challenge for two's is to
balance giving with personal needs, as they tend to be "too nice." Cooperation is a key
issue, and it comes naturally to most born of this vibration. Two's are also innate
diplomats and readily able to see everyone's feelings and needs and ease hurt feelings.
Two's make excellent assistants, nurses, doctors, teachers and ministers.

Life Lesson Number 3: This is the artist in the crowd. Regardless of your favored mode
of expression, if your life lesson is a 3, you're sure to possess a great deal of raw talent.
Three's have a burning desire for self-expression, and a great love of aesthetic pleasures.
Beauty and comfort blossom under the attention of a three, and all are charmed by the
three's innate charisma and facility with language. There is a tendency to flit from this to
that, though a three who possesses focus and discipline can become a master in any of the
arts. This is an idea person, the one who thinks things up and then turns them over to
two's or four's. Three's love freedom, especially freedom of expression, and have a
natural facility for creating, writing, teaching and motivational speaking. Sales are
another good choice, as three's are naturally charming and social.

Life Lesson Number 4: This is the builder and organizer. Four's are hard working and
practical, and determined to erect a solid foundation for the future. Discipline is natural,
and fours tending to be conservative and reliable. This is also a very physical number,
and material security is high on the list of priorities. Fours tending to be good with
money, as they are careful spenders and planners. There is a tendency to be overly
conservative, serious or close-minded; a challenge for four's is to learn how to balance
careful planning with living for today. Four's come to learn how persistence eventually
pays off. They tend to work hard when younger, but then reap great rewards for their
efforts later in life. Four's are natural managers, as they have an innate ability to keep the
big picture in focus and work toward long-term goals.

Life Lesson Number 5: The five comes to explore and experiment. Five's crave freedom,
and are generally infused with a great deal of wanderlust. They're naturally adventurous,
and reluctant to settle down or commit. They like to know they can change their minds or
their directions on a whim. Travel is a natural love, and anything that keeps change
moving through their lives is likely to be attractive. Adventure beckons; favorite sports
may be white water rafting or mountain climbing. While fives generally have apt
intellects, they also tend to lack the discipline for anything that fails to capture their
fancies, for they shun monotony. They're ever learning, however, and a major goal of an
individual with this life lesson is to further his or her knowledge base. Books and classes
naturally appeal. Fives are very social, and are skillful in any career that deals with the
public. Sales are a good choice of career, as fives are charming and persuasive. Fives may
end up working in several different careers in their insatiable quest for novelty or change.

Life Lesson Number 6: Your goal is to develop a sense of responsibility for your family
and community. Commitment and compassion are key words of the six, and there is a
great focus here on domestic devotion and the needs of others. The six must learn how to
put aside the desires of the ego and remain true to commitments. The six is a keen judge
of what is fair, and a natural as a sympathetic ear or shoulder to cry on. The six is here to
learn how to serve others; this number is generally associated with Christ consciousness.
Sixes make natural teachers, ministers, nurses, medical researchers, lawyers,
veterinarians and social workers.

Life Lesson Number 7: This is the number of the seeker, the one who goes in search of
answers to life's most puzzling questions. Sevens are often hard to understand from the
outside; they tend to be eccentric, or to see the world differently from others. They have
keen but restless minds. They are natural philosophers, thinkers and mediators. They tend
to be interested in spiritual matters, the occult and all that is mysterious. Because of their
keen intellects, science and research may also beckon. They are generally adept with
mathematics, or at least at deciphering mysteries. They are most comfortable when alone;
social situations or loud people unnerve them. They make great private investigators,
researchers, scientists or analysts.

Life Lesson Number 8: If this is your life lesson, you're here to use your considerable
personal power to achieve high aims. This is the number of ambition and achievement.
Your goal is to learn how to work and how to manifest abundance. You're also good at
helping others to realize their potential. You lead by example, and learn this lifetime
above all how to achieve success. You're a natural authoritarian, and must learn how to
use money or material goods to further your aims. A challenge for you is learning how to
create material abundance without losing sight of what is really lasting or important. You
have great pride and strong ambition. Honor, dignity and reputation are important to you,
and you're generally competitive. Eights are natural celebrities or politicians, athletes or
business giants.

Life Lesson Number 9: This is the number of the idealist. Nines love humanity and
carry a clear vision of how things should be. Nine is the number of patience and
understanding, and has a very Buddhist aura due to the peace and wisdom of its vibration.
If you're a 9, you see things as from above, and are therefore designed to show others the
way through your own example. You are highly connected to Spirit, and often serve as
the hand of Spirit in the lives of others. You may be a healer or a psychic, an educator or
in some medical profession. Communication comes easily to you, and you make a natural
politician, although you are more driven by your ideals than a quest for power. Nines

often suffer from depression or disappointment as they try to reconcile how they know
things should be with how they really are. Perhaps your greatest challenge is remaining
optimistic when the rest of the world seems so off course.

This is just a very basic introduction to the possibilities of numerology; to learn more, I
recommend "Numerology and the Divine Triangle" by Faith Javane and Dusty Bunker.