I had an ex who had researched many different kinds of beliefs and religions, searching for the ideals that would help him develop to his best potential, and the group of people who would accept him unconditionally. One of the things that he spent some time researching was Numerology (click to read an introduction to Numerology).
Although he gave me a book on Numerology, I never read it - despite my best intentions and mild curiosity. The book, is in fact still on my shelf, despite my many moves since that relationship. I keep hoping one day it is a book I will actually read.
Tonight, though, @Scandalous (one of the interesting people I follow on Twitter) mentioned that her Power Number is 4. This got me curious, so I started delving just a little deeper.
I rather quickly found this article on determining your Power Number. I still needed more information, though, to ensure I properly calculated my Destiny and Life Path Numbers. Thanks to another quick Google search, I found a Numerology and Astrology Website that gives the breakdown of how to find your Destiny and Lifepath Numbers (among other things), as well as an overview of what those numbers indicate about your life.
- Side note: The Numerology and Astrology Website seems to be devoid of any mention of power numbers as far as I have found. What an odd conflict!
I am now going to calculate MY numbers and what they indicate about MY life (follow my links to play along and determine YOUR numbers and what they indicate about YOUR life ?):
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Let me begin with my Life Path Number. If you are playing along, add the numbers that represent your birthday until you come up with a single digit number. Start with 2 digits for the month, 2 digits for the day, and 4 digits for the year, which will give you a 4-digit number (MY mm+dd+yyyy=2011). Add those digits together to reduce the numerical representation to a one-digit number (in MY case 2+1+1=4), and I have my Life Path Number: 4.
- Side note: You may need to take this adding game a little further, though: for instance, if your original 4-digit number was 1993, you would add 1+9+9+3 and get 22, then add 2+2 and get 4.
- Side note again: 22 is one of the Master Numbers.
According Michael McClain’s Astrology and Numerology Website, my Life Path Number indicates:
The Life Path 4 suggests that you entered this plane with a natural genius for planning, fixing, building, and somehow, with practical application and cerebral excellence, making things work. You are one of the most trustworthy, practical, and down-to-earth of individuals; the cornerstone members of society. Indeed, as a Life Path 4, you are a builder of society. The cream of the crop in this Life Path can be a master builder in society. if you are among these highly talented people, you have an idealistic nature which is grounded in practical terms, allowing you to conceive grandiose, far-reaching schemes and carry them through to the end. If you desire and are willing to work for it, you can achieve enormous success, prestige, and fame. Obviously, everyone with a 4 Life Path does not become famous.
All with this Life Path have the ability to take orders and to carry them out with dedication and perseverance and many 4s live and work happily in this context. But so often, the 4 Life Path is the entrepreneur and manager in the community. In either role, you always demand as much from yourself as you do from others, and sometimes a lot more.
You have the kind of will power that is often mistaken for sheer stubbornness. You don’t think of yourself as dogged, but your honest beliefs and that ever direct speech makes you come across as completely unremitting. Once a decision is made, it will be followed through to the conclusion, right, wrong, or indifferent. You are very set in your ways and determined to handle things the way you are so certain that they should be handled. Your tenacity of purpose and ability to get the job done borders on obsession. You are a wonderful manager with a great sense of how to get the job done.
You are an excellent organizer and planner because of your innate ability to view things in a very common sense and practical way. This stems from a strong desire to be a perfectionist in your labor. Planning is necessary to avoid errors. It’s very likely that a 4 Life Path person invented the to-do list, because it is the rare Life Path 4 who doesn’t have one by her side at all times. Your life is programed in an orderly fashion permitting you to catalog and manage the flow of ideas and activities that fill your day. Indeed, you seem to function best when you are under the gun and facing a tough set of problems.
Loyal and devoted, you make the best of your marriage, and you are always the good provider. Friends may be few in number, but you are very close to them and once friendships are made, they often last a lifetime.
The number 4 is solidly associated with the element of earth from which it gains its strength and utter sense of reality. You are one of the most dependable people you know. If patience and determination can ever win, you are sure to achieve great success in life. Often, you are called on to take care of others; to finish what they have started. It may not seem fair and probably isn’t, but it may be the key to your accomplishment and reputation.
The negative side of the 4 can prove dogmatic to an excess, narrow-minded, and repressive. A lot of skin-deep people turn you off, and you lack the tact to keep your feelings from being totally clear to all around. Additionally, the negative 4 has a bad tendency to get caught up in the daily routine of affairs, missing the big picture and major opportunities that come along once in a while.
*Whew* First part of determining my Power Number is complete. Now, for the second half.
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McClain’s instructions on determining the Destiny Number stress that a person’s original birth name should be used in its entirety. You will not get an accurate reading by using a nickname, married last names, or pseudonyms. Do, however skip the Jr., Sr., etc.
Start by taking of your names separately (First, last, middle typically … though I know many of you have 5+ names on your birth certificate), and adding the values of each letter up, then reducing the value of each name to a single digit, which will then be added with the rest of your name values and also reduced to a single digit.
- The first name is Devyl, represented by the numbers 4, 5, 4, 7, and 3. Add the numbers together: 4+5+4+7+3=23, and 2+3=5.
- The second/middle name is Gyrl, represented by the numbers 7, 7, 9, and 3. Add the numbers together: 7+7+9+3=26, and 2+6=8.
- The third/last name is Blog, represented by the numbers 2, 3, 6, and 7. Add the numbers together: 2+3+6+7=18, and 1+8=9.
- Add the numerical one-digit representation of each name together: 5+8+9=22, and 2+2=4
- The Destiny Number of the name Devyl Gyrl Blog is 4.
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- Side note: there is a chart on this page that reduces each letter of the alphabet to a single digit to make your adding easier in the long run.
Here are the numerical representations of my full name:
- First Name: 1+5+7+5+3+5+1=27, and 2+7=9
- Middle Name: 5+1+7+1+9+8+1=32, and 3+2=5
- Last Name: 5+9+5+5+1+5+2+2=34, and 3+4=7
- The three names combined: 9+5+7=21, and 2+1=3
- The Destiny Number of my full name is 3
According to Michael McClain’s Astrology and Numerology Website , my Destiny Number indicates:
The number 3 Destiny suggests that the direction of growth in your lifetime will be toward a more creative and inspirational nature. This path also leads to establishing yourself as an inspiration person spreading optimism and cheerfulness wherever you reside or travel. The byword for the 3 Destiny is embracing the joy of living and helping others to do the same.
A large part of your mission in life centers around raising the spirits of your fellow man. This might be on a everyday small scale basis, or it might be by being on stage as an entertainer. Obviously, for most, the first more likely, but, this Destiny does incline you along a variety of lines that may include writing, speaking, singing, acting or teaching. For some the interest in and appreciation of the arts is there, but the creative pursuit of these interests might not arrive.
You also have the destiny to sell yourself or sell just about any product that comes along. You may indeed be a natural salesman as the 3 traits are always welcome in sales and public relations. You are imaginative in your presentation and a pleasure to be around.
As you mature you must become an optimistic person that seems ever enthusiastic about life and living. You are friendly, loving and social, and people like you because you are charming and such a good conversationalist. You must develop an ability to communicate effectively in order to inspire others. It is your role in life to inspire and motivate.
Friends are extremely important to the 3 Destiny, and you must develop the ability to be a true friend. Through this talent you will achieve success. Opportunities open for you as you become increasingly social.
The negative side of number 3 Destiny is superficiality. You may tend to scatter your forces and simply be too easygoing. It is advisable for the negative 3 to avoid dwelling on trivial matters, especially gossip.
YES! I have my Life Path and Destiny Numbers. Now I can determine my Power Number!
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Determining your Power Number as easy as adding your Life Path and Destiny Numbers together and reducing them to a single-digit number. My Life Path Number is 4 and my Destiny Number is 3. Hence, 4+3=7. My personal Power Number is 7, which means I am driven by Intuition. The following quote is from Numerology’s Power Number - How Life Influences Us by Keith Abbott, which I found on Ezine Articles.com:
Power (7) - Intuition
Your life is influenced by the ability to use intuition and to seek inner growth. Your life’s achievement is spiritual awareness, a philosophical outlook, an awareness of your individuality.
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You may be wondering (especially those of you on Twitter with me while I have spent the last three hours getting distracted by you & by IMs and emails while I tried to post this one! freaking! blog! ?snarf?) … where was I? Oh! You may be wondering why I took the time to post all of this craziness.
Usually, I find after reading my horoscope, or an explanation of personality traits common among astrological signs, that the descriptions are so vague that they could be construed to fit JUST ABOUT ANYONE. However, after reading my numerology blurbs, I find that most of what is described does not fit me. In fact, out of those two huge blurbs, the only things I think apply to me are:
Life Path Number (4):
- “Loyal and devoted, you make the best of your marriage, and you are always the good provider. Friends may be few in number, but you are very close to them and once friendships are made, they often last a lifetime.”
- “Often, you are called on to take care of others; to finish what they have started. It may not seem fair and probably isn’t, but it may be the key to your accomplishment and reputation.”
- “A lot of skin-deep people turn you off, and you lack the tact to keep your feelings from being totally clear to all around. Additionally, the negative 4 has a bad tendency to get caught up in the daily routine of affairs, missing the big picture and major opportunities that come along once in a while.”
Destiny Number (3):
- “As you mature you must become an optimistic person that seems ever enthusiastic about life and living. You are … loving … and people like you …” (The ellipses replace MOST of this sentence, which doesn’t apply to me … I’m loving, but not friendly. I do not socialize easily. People like me, but I am not charming, nor am I a good conversationalist!)
- “Friends are extremely important to the 3 Destiny, and you must develop the ability to be a true friend.”
I am not sure I agree with the Power Number (7/Intuition) assessment at all, but this one I’ll have to think about a little more than I am capable of at 5:00 a.m.
I do believe I have rambled quite enough for one blog, don’t you? I encourage all of you to look for your own Numerology specs and let me know how you think they compare to your actual life.
Resources:
Abbot, K. (2008). Numerology’s power number-how life influences us. Retrieved March 7, 2008, from http://ezinearticles.com/
McCain, M. (2008). Astrology and numerology. Retrieved March 7, 2008, from http://www.astrology-numerology.com/
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