The letter S is the letter of felt drive: in a name, it brings a start that runs through emotion.
S equals 1: a drive born of feeling rather than of a plan.
Launching a project the same day the idea appears, without waiting for perfect conditions.
Announcing a decision to those close to you instead of submitting it to them.
By Thomas Guilhot · updated
Does your first name start with S?The initial S
S holds nineteenth place: 1 + 9 gives 10, then 1, like the A and the J. Like them, it carries initiative, the first step, the urge not to wait for permission.
Its particularity lies elsewhere: it is a consonant of the emotional plane, whereas A and J are mental. The 1 of the S does not launch because a plan is ready, but because a desire or an annoyance pushes it to move. In French, this letter has a discreet and considerable role: it marks the plural, it takes you from one to many.
A 1 that calls people to follow behind it, in short. Its sound, a continuous breath, does not stop short like a T or a B: it glides and lingers, like a movement that carries on once it has been set off. In a name, the S therefore brings a 1 less sharp than that of the A, more sensitive to the atmosphere and to those who come along. Its fragility lies in the same place: when the mood drops, the drive hesitates, and it has to be rekindled with a very modest first gesture, a letter written, a call made.
Spontaneous, the S follows the impulses of the heart: a date proposed on a whim, a declaration made because the moment called for it.
Repeated in a name, it traces an attachment that runs through the emotion of the moment. When the mood drops, the drive may hesitate; a small concrete gesture is often enough to rekindle it.
The S gets going fast when a subject touches it: it launches an initiative, proposes an idea in a meeting, and pulls others along in its wake.
A name rich in Ss suggests an ability to motivate a group through enthusiasm more than through authority. Consistency is the point to work on; setting small, visible steps keeps the drive going.
S is one of the most frequent letters in French, often as a silent final letter, as in Denis or Jacques.
It still counts: each one adds a 1 to the chart. Many Ss, As, and Js give a very marked 1, which can become overwhelming for those around you. With none of these three letters, the 1 is missing and is cultivated: daring to suggest things, deciding alone from time to time, starting before being sure of the result.
The I card (The Magician), and as its ancestor the Phoenician letter shin: reported correspondences, which play no part in any calculation.
Shin, value 300 in Hebrew
A Phoenician letter whose name the Hebrew alphabet keeps. These correspondences are reported: they play no part in any calculation.
Illustrations: Nicolas Conver’s Tarot de Marseille, dated 1760, restored by Tarot World Project, CC BY-SA 4.0 license, via Wikimedia Commons — images resized and compressed by Versana.
The initial S gives a first impression of intense presence: people notice you without your speaking, and your emotions are quickly read.
Transit letter S favors turning points: the year helps you redirect an activity, a place to live, or a project already under way.
Each letter is worth its place in the alphabet, reduced to one digit. S, 19th letter: 1 + 9 = 10 → 1.
The S embodies initiative. A consonant of the emotional plane, it pushes you to act when a desire or an annoyance makes itself felt, rather than on an established plan. Its drive is contagious, but drops when the mood changes: it then has to be restarted with a very simple first gesture.
An S equals 1. Its nineteenth place in the alphabet gives 10 when you add 1 and 9, then 1 when you reduce again. The A and the J are worth the same. As a consonant, it appears in the Personality and Expression numbers, and stays out of the Soul Urge number.
Yes. The calculation is based on how the name is written, not on how it is pronounced. The S in Denis, Jacques, or Charles is therefore added like any other letter, with the value 1. This also applies to plural or ending Ss in a compound name.
A name with no S, A, or J has no letter of value 1. The inclusion chart shows it immediately: the 1 is missing. The method reads this gap as a training ground, autonomy and the daring to begin, never as a flaw. Since the A is very common in names, this case is uncommon; a name without an S keeps its 1 as soon as an A appears in it.
The S comes from the Phoenician shin, which depicted a tooth, then from the Greek sigma; Hebrew still gives the name shin to its twenty-first letter. The 1 of this letter is also associated with card I, the Magician and his cups. A customary correspondence, which leaves the calculation unchanged.