Numerology glossary: 50 terms defined simply

A modern French method, called Kabbalistic: the letters of the usual first name are added using the Pythagorean chart, the total is divided by 22 and the remainder kept, a zero remainder counting as 22. Each vibration is linked to a Hebrew letter, from aleph to tav. It is a recent adaptation, distinct from gematria.

The total of the letters of the first name alone, reduced while keeping 11, 22, and 33. It evokes the temperament you show day to day, as you are called in everyday life. It is calculated like the Expression number, but on a single word. Some authors call it the evolution number.

A sequence of repeated digits that people often notice, such as 222 or 1111. Here it is read through calculation: its digits are added and then reduced, with 222 giving 6. The word “angel” comes from a recent tradition that the site presents without following it.

A marker from 1 to 12 that follows a twelve-year cycle: you take the age reached, divide it by 12, keep the remainder, and add 1. It changes at each birthday, not on January 1, and is read separately from the personal year.

The number of the birth month, from 1 to 12. It is read as the climate of the early years, those of childhood and adolescence. Once reduced, it also gives the formative cycle, and it enters the calculation of the life path number and of the challenges.

The day of the month you were born, from 1 to 31, read for itself and then through its reduction: a 29 becomes 11, which becomes 2. It represents a gift, a natural aptitude. It is also used for the productive cycle and for several challenges.

The difference between two numbers each reduced to a single digit, such as the life path number against the name number, or the soul urge against the personality number. It ranges from 0 to 8. Zero signals two identical numbers; a wide gap shows two distant registers that you need to learn to connect.

A school that gives letters digits from 1 to 8 without following alphabetical order, the 9 being given to no letter. It works rather on the name in everyday use and reads the compound number before reducing it. Its name refers to ancient Chaldea, though no lineage has been shown.

The gap between two elements of the birth date, each reduced to a single digit. This gives a first challenge (day and month), a second (day and year), then a major challenge, the gap between the first two. They range from 0 to 8 and point to what needs work, never to a fatality.

A list of the numbers that go well together, taken from Fermier’s “ABC de la numérologie,” the reference of French Pythagorean numerology: the 1 goes with 3, 5, 6, and 9, the 2 with 4, 7, and 8, and so on. Master numbers follow their reduction. It expresses affinities, never a verdict on a couple.

A two-digit total obtained before reduction, such as 10, 15, or 29. The Chaldean school gives it a meaning of its own. The method followed here reads it mostly through its reduction, keeping 11, 22, and 33, and shows it when it adds precision to a number, like the sub-number of the destiny helpers.

The sum of only the last two digits of the birth year, reduced to a single digit: 87 gives 15, then 6. It points to the supports you have without seeking them, a help that appears at the right moment. For a birth in 2000, the last two digits (“00”) give no numerical help.

A recent method, from the Russian-speaking world and attributed to Natalia Ladini, that places the 22 major arcana of the tarot on an octagon drawn from the birth date. Any total above 22 is brought down to the sum of its digits. It does not use the name and is read by zones: talents, money, relationships, family lines.

The number that appears most often in the full name, provided it reaches at least three letters. If more than two numbers tie, the chart is said to be balanced and none dominates. It shows the main color of the name, the one found everywhere.

In the destiny matrix, the name given to each of the numbers from 1 to 22 placed on the diagram. Each energy corresponds to a major arcanum, the 1 to the Magician, the 22 to the Fool, and its meaning changes with the zone where it falls: a 6 placed at the center does not mean what a 6 placed on the relationships line means.

A number that appears on more than 25% of the letters of the full name: it takes up too much room, and its qualities then tend to overflow. It is spotted on the chart itself. It is the opposite of the missing number, but both are observed in the same table.

The sum of every letter of the birth name, first names included, reduced to a single digit or a master number. It describes talents and the way you present yourself to the world, what others perceive first about you. Some authors also call it the destiny number.

The first vowel met when reading the birth surname, with Y counting as a vowel. It gives a spontaneous reflex, the first reaction before thinking. It is found simply, with no calculation: it is the letter itself that you read, not a total.

A practice from the Hebrew tradition in which each letter of the alphabet corresponds to a numerical value, so that a word has a total. Two words with the same total can be linked and commented on. It is a method for studying texts, distinct from the Pythagorean chart followed by this site.

The total of the letters of the birth surname, reduced while keeping the master numbers. It represents what comes from the family line: an inherited way of being, family habits. It is read alongside the active number, drawn from the first name. Some authors call it the heredity number or the passive number.

A reading of a door number: the number of the apartment is used when there is one, otherwise that of the building. The digits are added, a letter contributes its value, then the total is reduced to a single digit, master numbers aside. The street does not count in the operation.

A table that counts, in the full name, how many letters are worth 1, how many are worth 2, and so on up to 9. At a glance it shows the missing numbers, the heavily represented ones, and the ones that dominate. It is the starting tool for spotting the gaps and excesses in a name.

The first letter of the first name and the first letter of the surname. Each has its value in the letter chart and its own symbolism. Added together, they give the initials number. They form the visible signature, like a monogram. Some authors call the first name’s initial alone the cornerstone.

A marker that appears when one of the four main numbers of the report shows 13, 14, 16, or 19 at some stage of its calculation, or when the birthday number is one of them. The word refers to a belief; the site reads in it a lesson that keeps returning. It concerns nearly one profile in two.

A destiny matrix term for a trio of energies to which the method gives a name, such as 10-11-19. The report spots it wherever these three numbers appear together on the diagram, in any order. “Karmic” belongs to the method’s vocabulary; Versana presents it as a theme for reflection, with its two sides, never as a fatality.

The digit assigned to each letter of the alphabet, from 1 to 9, following alphabetical order in series of nine: the first letter gets 1, the second 2, the ninth 9, and the tenth starts again at 1. This is the so-called Pythagorean chart. Accents are ignored and Y counts as a vowel.

Three great seasons of a life. The formative cycle comes from the birth month and runs to about age 28; the productive cycle comes from the day and runs to about age 57; the harvest cycle comes from the year and follows. Each is reduced and carries its own theme.

The birth year, digit by digit, gives a total to be narrowed down between 1 and 9: 1987 gives 25, then 7. It indicates the direction toward which life tends, what it seeks to make you feel. It is set against the road described by the life path number.

It comes from the whole birth date: the three elements are added together and the total is narrowed down to a single digit, except at 11, 22, or 33. It describes the general road of an existence, the experiences that keep coming back. It is the best-known number and the first one people calculate.

A three-by-three magic square from the Chinese tradition, which arranges the numbers 1 to 9 so that the sums of each row, each column, and both diagonals equal 15, with the 5 at the center. According to legend, it appeared on the shell of a turtle that came out of the Luo River. It is linked to the trigrams of the I Ching and to feng shui.

A double number, 11, 22, or 33, that stays as it is when a calculation arrives at it, instead of being reduced. The method sees in it a more demanding 2, 4, or 6, which many people also live through its reduction. It is not a higher rank, only a stronger tension.

The life path number is added to the Expression number, each already reduced to a single digit, and the total is reduced while keeping 11. It describes what asserts itself with age, rather around 35 to 45: the meeting of the road followed and the personality shown. The 22 does not appear here, since the total never exceeds 18.

A time whose digits form a notable pattern: 11:11, 12:21, 15:51. To read it, you add the four digits shown, then reduce: 11:11 equals 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 4. Master numbers are kept. Many people see a message in it; the site offers a reading, without predicting anything.

A number from 1 to 9 that no letter of the full name carries, spotted in the inclusion chart. It is read as a quality to develop, never as a flaw. One or two absences are common. It should not be confused with a karmic debt, which comes from a different calculation.

The number of a given day: the day’s date is added to the personal month, and the sum is narrowed to a single digit. It is the finest scale of the personal calendar. It changes every day and serves as a light marker, to be read as an invitation.

The number of the current month for you: the rank of the month is added to the personal year, and the total is reduced to a single digit. It adds nuance to the general climate of the year. Each month can thus call for a different state of mind, more turned toward action or toward pause.

The number that describes the climate of a year for you: the day and month of your birthday are joined to the current year, and the total is brought down to between 1 and 9. It follows the calendar year and is part of a series of nine years, from launch to review.

The total of the consonants in the birth name, reduced as well. It sheds light on how you take action: how you organize yourself, go about things, and make them concrete. It complements the soul urge number, which covers the vowels, and the Expression number, which combines them.

A life stage lasting about nine years, also called a pinnacle. There are four, obtained by combining the day, month, and year of birth. The first ends at 37 minus the life path number, reduced to a single digit; the following ones last nine years each.

Four families into which the letters of the name are divided: the mental, physical, emotional, and intuitive planes. Each letter belongs to only one; the best-supplied is dominant, and a plane left empty is absent. This breakdown describes how you react, think, feel, and sense.

The most widespread school in the West: the letters take the values 1 to 9 in turn in alphabetical order, the series starting over after the ninth, and then the totals of the name and the date are reduced to a single digit. By tradition the chart is attributed to Pythagoras, though nothing in his hand survives. It is the method this site follows.

The total of the vowels alone in the birth name (including Y), reduced like the other numbers. It points to deep motivations, what brings satisfaction at the core. It is also called the heart’s desire or the soul number, depending on the book.

The intermediate total, before reduction, of the destiny helpers, when it falls between 10 and 22. It adds nuance to these helpers by showing where the final digit comes from: a 6 coming from 15 is not read like a 6 coming directly from a birth in 2006. It is the number as it was before being reduced.

The card of the tarot major arcana linked to the birth date: the whole date is added up, and the total is recomposed digit by digit until it is 22 at most. The result, from 1 to 22, designates the card. According to this method, arcanum I never appears for a recent birth.

The operation that brings a total down to a single digit by successively adding its digits: 47 becomes 4 + 7 = 11, then 2 if nothing is spared. Here, however, the process stops at 11, 22, and 33. The name comes from French occultism, notably Papus.

The letter of the full name that takes over at each year of life. They are run through in order, from birth, and the sequence starts again at the beginning when it reaches the end. The current letter colors the year through its value and its plane, as a complement to the personal year.

Three numbers, each reduced to a single digit, are added: the first name’s, the surname’s, and the birth date’s; the total stays as it is if it does not exceed 22. The result is a value from 1 to 22, which echoes the major arcana of the tarot. The notion is specific to the method followed here.

A number valid for everyone for the length of a day: the day’s date is added to the universal month, and the total is brought down to a single digit. On October 4, 2026, that gives 2 + 4 = 6. It comes from the date alone; the personal day, by contrast, starts from your personal year and varies from reader to reader.

A number shared by everyone for a given month: you add the rank of the month to the reduced universal year, and this total is also brought down to between 1 and 9. In 2026, universal year 1, October gives 1 + 10 = 11, then 2. It describes the collective climate of the month, which each person lives in their own way according to their personal month.

A number shared by everyone for a given year: you add the digits of the year, with 2027 giving 2 + 0 + 2 + 7 = 11. A master number is kept and lived as its reduction, here a 2. It differs from the personal year, which is specific to each person.