Your Life Path number describes the theme of the experiences and lessons around your own personal path that you have learned and will continue to learn throughout your life. It's the "What do I want to do with my life" impulse that is buried with you. It can be like a blueprint for your life experiences. As such it may help to indicate the qualities and talents you can easily learn and use to your advantage. It is one of the most important numbers within a personal numerology reading.
Your Life Path number can help you to better focus and be aware of the aspects of your personality that have matured and those that can still mature and grow. You may look to your Life Path to help guide you in your questions around personal fulfillment and accomplishment.
How do I calculate it?
Birth day + Birth month + (total of Birth year)
Consider a birthday of 3/15/1966 - See the example below:
3 15 1966
3 + 15 = 18
18 + (1+9+6+6)
18 + 22
40
We then "reduce" the final result, until we have a single digit
4 + 0 = 4
You can now work with the Tarot, I Ching, Runes or other system of divination to look deeper into your own Life Path number.
Some questions that you might like to ponder:
Who has encouraged my progression along my Life Path?
Where have I limited my own progress on my Life Path?
What do I like about my Life Path?
How has my Life Path served me?
How have I lived in service to my Life Path?
How does your Life Path live through you?
How does your mood influence your progression on your Life Path?
How have you inspired others through your living of your Life Path?
Art work/Imagery:
Perhaps you can try to create something that reminds you of the qualities that are represented by your Life Path. Perhaps you can share something that you have created while living your Life Path, through your vocation, avocation or other activity.
Movies/Books:
What movies, books, art, music, characters or other forms of media, remind you of your Life Path?
Famous people/celebrities:
Which celebrities, or other people of fame, seem to embody your Life Path?
The Paths explained:
Life Path #1
The 1 Life Path is about developing your own will, individuality, decisiveness, and expressing your creativity, Being a caring, considerate leader is as important as is being on your own and forging your own path. Standing on your own two feet is important.
Life Path #2
The 2 Life Path is about cooperation, passion, service and balance. Being generous, honest and caring will help you to bring out the best in yourself and others. Often others will seek you out for information/ advice/help. You can be exceptional at organizing and fact finding and following pursuits that allow you to do these things can make you the most happy.
Life Path #3
The 3 Life Path is about socialization, and stepping forward. Speaking out, especially in a public forum, can be very important for you. Social skills, creativity, and looking good are extremely important for you. Balancing material needs and the need to relax can often pull you in different directions.
Life Path #4
The 4 Life Path is about being practical, persisting and dedicated. Quality is an important lesson for you. It will be important to remember that faster is not always better. Work is very important and rewarding for you. Structure and balance can be very important. Learn to provide a space for leisure in your life as well. Taking/Giving orders can be very important.
Life Path #5
The 5 Life Path is about striving for the answers to life, learning, being and freedom. You can learn about freedom simply by watching others. Stay open-minded; be inquisitive, eager to learn. Being tolerant of new or unusual people/places/things can help you to be a stronger person. Variety is a key word for your journey.
Life Path #6
The 6 Life Path is about having compassion and empathy for others. It may involve standing up and willingly giving assistance to those who need it most. Balance and Responsibility are key elements of this life path. Feeling useful makes you feel happy.
Life Path #7
The 7 Life Path is about learning that "You reap what you sow." Planning, Organizing, and Simplicity are very important for you. Generally you are peaceful. Your journey is one in which being aware and open is very important. Although you may enjoy being analytical, sticking your head in the sand just wont do for you. Learn to listen to your inner judgment and you will do well.
Life Path #8
The 8 Life Path is about prowess, strength, learning how to accept responsibility, and leadership. People will often look to you for answers or guidance, even from a young age. Learn to balance your personal desires with the desires of those around you. It is important that you evaluate situations from multiple viewpoints. Simplicity is important. Try not to get caught in the material world.
Life Path #9
The 9 Life Path is about being passionate and compassionate. It is about understanding the highs and lows of life. Being grounded and attuning to the simple things in life, rather than the material is important for your growth. Helping others and being of service is as important as helping yourself.
Walking your path:
Walking your particular Life Path will require you to first learn about and work with the core challenges and opportunities that can present themselves to you as you mature and grow. For instance, finding ways to become more ordered and less chaotic, rather than struggling against structure and authority, especially if you have a Life Path 4.
The challenges, opportunities and experiences that occur in your life can best be used as gateways into deeper understanding of your Life Path. Whatever life is trying to bring to you is vital toward living fully and happily. If you back away from your life experiences, then your walking away from your Life Path. it is up to you to have the resolve and courage, like the hero of your own story, to find a way to accept the call.
Living your life consciously will help you to follow your Life Path in a way that is inventive, creative and fun and inspiring to yourself and others. Fully living through your Life Path is about recognizing that life can be vibrant and challenging at the same time. It's about finding ways to be the initiator. And, it's about taking on challenges in your own way without disconnecting from life, or unnecessarily pushing away the people that are important to you.
