Glossary 18 terms

Numerology

  1. Life path number The life path number is the central figure of Pythagorean numerology. It is calculated by adding every digit of the full birth date (day, month, year), then reducing the total…
  2. Expression number The expression number is calculated from all the letters of the full birth name, given names and surname. In the Pythagorean tradition, each letter receives a value from 1 to…
  3. Soul urge number The soul urge number is calculated from the vowels alone of the full birth name. Each vowel receives its value from 1 to 9 in the Pythagorean table, and the sum is reduced to a…
  4. Personality number The personality number is calculated from the consonants alone of the full birth name. Each consonant receives its value from 1 to 9 in the Pythagorean table, and the sum is…
  5. Personal year The personal year is calculated by adding the day and month of birth to the current calendar year, then reducing the total to a digit from 1 to 9. It describes the climate of a…
  6. Master numbers The master numbers are 11, 22 and 33. In the Pythagorean tradition, they are not reduced to a single digit when they arise in a calculation, unlike other totals. Made of…
  7. Numerological reduction Numerological reduction is the basic operation of Pythagorean numerology: the digits of a number are added together, again and again, until only a single digit from 1 to 9…
  8. Master number A master number is one of the three double-digit numbers of Pythagorean numerology: 11, 22 and 33. Unlike other totals, it is not reduced to a single digit when it appears in a…
  9. Soul number The soul number is found by adding the values of the vowels in the full birth name, using the Pythagorean table where each letter is worth 1 to 9, then reducing the sum to a…
  10. Karmic debt numbers In modern numerology, the karmic debt numbers are the totals 13, 14, 16 and 19 met during a calculation before reduction. Tradition reads them as karmic debts: lessons left…
  11. Nine-year cycle The nine-year cycle is the underlying rhythm of Pythagorean numerology: the personal years follow one another from 1 to 9, then the cycle starts over. Each position carries its…
  12. Theosophical reduction Theosophical reduction is the founding operation of numerology: adding the digits of a number, then starting again on the result, until a single digit from 1 to 9 remains. So…
  13. Pythagorean table The Pythagorean table is the grid assigning each letter of the alphabet a value from 1 to 9 by position: A=1, B=2, C=3, D=4, E=5, F=6, G=7, H=8, I=9, then J starts again at 1,…
  14. Personal month The personal month is calculated by adding the figure of the current personal year to the calendar month number, then reducing the total to a digit from 1 to 9. For example, in…
  15. Personal day The personal day is calculated by adding the figure of the current personal month to the calendar day number, then reducing the total to a digit from 1 to 9. For example, in a…
  16. Active number The active number is calculated from the letters of the given name alone, the one a person introduces themselves by and is called. Each letter receives its value from 1 to 9 in…
  17. Hereditary number The hereditary number is calculated from the letters of the surname alone. Each letter receives its value from 1 to 9 in the Pythagorean table, and the sum is reduced to a…
  18. Birth day number The birth day number is the day of the month a person was born on, reduced to a digit from 1 to 9, unless it is a master number. For a birth on the 27th, you do 2+7 = 9; for…