Numerology
Your Expression, Heart's Desire & Personality Numbers
Expression Number
Your Expression number reveals your physical and mental constitution, the
orientation or goal of your life. Some numerologists refer to this number as the Destiny, because
it represents a lifelong target at which you are aiming. You work at fulfilling this potential
every day of your life. Thus, the Expression number reveals your inner goal, the person you
aim to be.
Your Expression number also reveals your talents, abilities, characteristics and shortcomings.
The extent to which you learn to use these abilities and to tap into your inner potential defines who you are.
To the numerologist, your individual talents and characteristics are presented by each letter in your name and its corresponding number. Like a mosaic, these combine to form a totality, a picture that reveals the real you. Your name at birth can be seen as a blueprint of your potential. The key word here is potential.
The Expression number is derived from your full name at birth, meaning your first, middle (if you have one), and last names. Typically, it is the name that appears on your birth certificate. Occasionally, there are questions about exactly what name is used. A few examples, and how to decide which name to use, are listed below. These examples also apply to the Heart's Desire and Personality numbers.
When clerical errors occur on a birth certificate, if the mistake
is accepted by the parents, and form that point onward is the acknowledged name,
this name on the birth certificate, with the spelling error, is used to find the
Expression number.
If the mistake is not accepted by your parents, and you grow up using the original name given by
your parents — ignoring the clerical error — that original name is used to provide the Expression
number, as opposed to the name with the error that appears on your birth certificate.
If you have been adopted, and you have been provided a new name
by your adopting parents, use the original name given to you before the adoption.
If you were adopted, and never knew you original name, use the name that is the earliest remembered.
However, without the original name, a complete chart may not be possible.
Even if you have never used your original name, that name still represents the blueprint of your life, and is used to find the Expression number.
Names given at confirmation, by a spiritual teacher or guru, or at some other religious ceremony, are not used for the Expression number, but can be used additionally to give further insight into the personality. (See Minor Expression, Minor Heart's Desire later in this chapter.)
If you received more than one middle (or last) name at birth, use all the middle or last names. If there is a junior, senior, the third, et cetera in your name, always discard such additions. They are too general to bear any significance to your name.
How to Find Your Expression number
The Individual letters of your name are all assigned a specific single-digit number.
Each letter is given a number according to the place it falls in the alphabet: The letter A, being
the first letter, is a 1; the letter B is a 2; the C is a 3; D is 4; and so on. Letters that come
after the I (the ninth letter of the alphabet) and have double-digits, such as M, the thirteenth
letter, are reduced to single digit numbers in the same way as described earlier; that is, by adding
the two digits. The letter M therefore becomes a 4.
For the numerical value of each letter, see the listing below.
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
H |
I |
J |
K |
L |
M |
N |
O |
P |
Q |
R |
S |
T |
U |
V |
W |
X |
Y |
Z |
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To find your Expression number, write out your full name, and place the appropriate numerical value beneath each letter. Add the numbers of your first name, and then reduce it to a single digit. Do the same for your middle and last names. Now, add the three single-digit numbers, and reduce them to another single-digit number to find your Expression number. If at any time you encounter a Master number, 11, 22 or 33, do not reduce it to a single-digit number.
Heart's Desire Number (sometimes called "Soul Urge")
The Heart's Desire number is just what the name implies: your innermost yearning; the dreams closest to your heart. Consequently, it shows your underlying motivation, or the general intention behind many of your actions. It dramatically influences the choices you make in life. Its influence is everywhere in your life — your career, your environment, friendships, and life style.
Your Heart's Desire is derived from the vowels of your name. Note that vowels are pronounced from free-flowing breath: Aaaaaa; Eeeeeee; Iiiiiiiiii, Oooooo; and Uuuuuu. Consonants, on the other hand, have a distinct beginning or end. They are sharply begun or sharply finished. For example: B, D, K, P, S, T, and X.
There is a distinction in consonants, a harder edge than the soft and flowing vowels. The vowels reveal the tender you; your love, caring, and vulnerability. Consonants reveal certain of your characteristics that, among other things, shield your more vulnerable parts. Your public personality, which is revealed by the consonants, is a fundamental aspect of who you are, but these characteristics tend to be those aspects that you willingly show the world.
The vowels are A, E, I, O, and U. All other letters are consonants, except, in some cases, the letter Y.
The letter Y is inherently vacillating in its nature and usage, and consequently is sometimes a vowel, sometimes a consonant, depending upon how it is used in the name.
When determining if the Y is a vowel or a consonant, the basic rule is this:
When the letter serves as a vowel, and in fact sounds like one, it is a vowel.
The same is true when the Y serves as the only vowel in the syllable.
Examples of both of these cases are such names as Lynn, Yvonne, Mary, Betty, Ely, and Bryan.
However, if the Y does not provide a separate vowel sound, as when it is coupled with another vowel, it is considered a consonant. In names such as Maloney or Murray, the Y is a consonant, because the vowel sound depends upon the long E in Maloney and the long A in Murray.
In general, the Y is a consonant when the syllable already has a vowel. Also, the Y is considered a consonant when it is used in the place of the soft J sound, as in the name Yolanda or Yoda.
In the names Bryan and Wyatt, the Y is a vowel, because it provides the only vowel sound for the first syllable of both names. For both of these names, the letter A is part of the second syllable, and therefore does not influence the nature of the Y.
How to Find the Heart's Desire number
The Heart's Desire number is found as follows:
Add only the vowels of each name and reduce to a single-digit.
Next, add the resulting single digits and reduce the result again to a single-digit.
Personality Number (sometimes called "Outer Personality")
Your Personality number is derived from the consonants of your full name at birth. Your Personality is like a narrow entrance hall to the great room that is your true nature. It is those aspects that you feel comfortable sharing with people at the outset of a relationship. With time and trust, you invite others into the deeper aspects of your nature; you reveal more of who you really are, in effect, your Heart's Desire, Expression, and so on.
Your Personality number often serves as a censoring device, both in terms of what you send out, as well as what you allow to approach. It discriminates in the kinds of people and information you let enter your heart and mind. For this reason, your Personality is usually much more narrow and protective in its definition than the real you. It can screen out some of what you do not want to deal with — people or situations — but it also welcomes those things that immediately relate to your inner nature.
Fortunately or unfortunately, this narrow entrance is the first impression people get of you. It either welcomes and intrigues them, or it causes them to lose interest.
How to Find Your Personality number
Add only the consonants of each name and reduce to a single-digit.
Next, add the resulting numbers and reduce to a single-digit.
