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THE LIFE PATH NUMBER

The Life Path is the sum of the birth date. This number represents who you are at birth
and the native traits that you will carry with you through life. The most important
number that will be discussed here is your Life Path number. The Life Path describes
the nature of this journey through life.

The Life Path number is established from the date of birth. First, convert the month to
a single number . Then convert the day of birth to a single digit . Next, add the total
digits of year and reduce this sum to a single digit . The individual digits
representing the month, day, and year, be they single digits, are then added together,
as necessary to reduce the sum once again to a single digit 1 through 9.

Example: If a person was born on October 23, 1972 (10-23-1972*), add the month 10
(which is reduced to 1) to the day 23 (which is reduced to 5) plus the year 1972 (which
reduces to 19, then to 10 and finally to 1**). Thus, the total of the month, day, and
year is 1+5+1. This date is a 7 Life Path. The "master numbers, " 11, 22, and 33, have
been incorporated within the corresponding single digit number readings. See addition
comments about master numbers.

*Be sure to add the full year, not just the last two digits, i.e. 1969, not 69.
**For some reason, this step is often overlooked when the total is 10. 1+0=1

Read about your Life Path number:  

1
The Life Path 1 suggests that you entered this plane with skills allowing you to become
a leader type rather easily. Your nature is charged with individualistic desires, a
demand for independence, and the need for personal attainment. Many of our military
generals, corporate leaders, and political leaders are men and women having the Life
Path 1. When you display positive 1 traits your mind is capable of significant creative
inspiration, and it possesses the enthusiasm and drive to accomplish a great deal. You
are very good at getting the ball rolling; initiating new projects is your forte. You
are at your best when confronted with obstacles and challenges, as you combat these
with strength and daring. This is both the physical and inner varieties of strength.
With this strength comes utter determination and the capability to lead. As a natural
leader you have a flair for taking charge of any situation. You have a tendency to do
this, even if, at times, it is not appropriate for you to do so.

Highly original, you may have talents as an inventor or innovator of some sort. In any
work that you choose, your independent attitude can show through. You have very strong
personal needs and desires, and you feel it is always necessary to follow your own
convictions. You tire of routine and highly detailed tasks rather quickly.

You are ambitious and assertive in promoting yourself. Although you may hide the fact
for social reasons, you can be self-centered and demand to have your way in many
circumstances. That said, for the most part, you are considered very good company,
friendly, good-natured, and a wonderful conversationalist. People like you and are
drawn to you. It is a good thing they are, because you are very sensitive to
disapproval and you don't handle it very well.

There are several ways that the negative side of the 1 can show up. The 1 always has
the potential for greatness as a leader, but they may fail as a follower.
Unfortunately, sometimes you have to follow for a while before you are allowed to lead
and this can be a difficult time. When the 1 Life Path person is not fully developed
and expressing the negative side of this number, the demeanor may appear very dependent
rather than independent, particularly in the early years. If you are expressing this
negative trait of the number 1, you are likely to be very dissatisfied with your
circumstances, and long for self-sufficiency. This might be defined as the weak or
dependent side of the negative 1 Life Path. On the strong side of this negative curve,
the 1 energy can become too self-serving, selfish and egotistical. Avoid being too
bossy and demanding.

2
The Life Path 2 suggests that you entered this plane with a spiritual quality in your
makeup allowing you to be one of the peacemakers in society. Your strengths come from
an ability to listen and absorb. You are a fixer, a mediator, and a very diplomatic
type of person using persuasive skills rather than forcefulness to make your way in the
world. When you embrace and exhibit the strength of your spiritual side, you are
intuitive, avant-garde, idealistic, and visionary. These extremes make you interesting
with much to offer society. You have the potential to be a deep-thinker, and no doubt
interested in understanding many of life's mysteries and more intriguing facets.

If you are living with the positive attributes of the number 2 Life Path, you are apt
to have the most delicate ability to be balanced and fair. You clearly see the full
spectrum of viewpoints in any argument or situation, and because of this, people may
seek you out to be a mediator. In this role you are able to settle disputes with the
most unbiased flair. There is sincere concern for others; you think the best of people,
and want the best for them. You are honest and open in thought, word and deed. You
excel in any form of group activity where your expertise in handling and blending
people can be used effectively. Manners and tact mark your way with others, and you are
not one to dominate a group or situation. You are the master of compromise and of
maintaining harmony in your environment. As the ultimate team member, you never demand
praise or recognition.

In many ways, you are a creature of habit and routine, and you like your path and
pattern well worn and familiar. Your ability to analyze and render accurate judgments
is a wonderful natural trait you bring to the business world. You strive for complete
accuracy and even perfection in your work. Perhaps you are not a leader, but you are a
visionary and a very talented idea person.

On the negative side of the 2, nervous energy is a trait often observed in the 2.
Because of this, you may be seen as an extremist who is sometimes the zealot in
expressing likes and dislikes. Nervous tension can bring the normally easygoing 2 into
a state of emotional outrage, which to those around you, may seem so out of character.
Indeed, the 2 can sometimes become oversensitive. In some instances, the strength of
the 2 can also become its weakness. You may find it hard to decide what to do at times.
Twos often struggle against indecisiveness. Making decisions and getting your life in
gear, so to speak, may be a challenge. There is a tendency for the many 2s to harbor
feelings of uneasiness, and dissatisfaction with accomplishments and personal progress
in life. The biggest obstacle and difficulty you may face is that of passivity and a
state of apathy and lethargy. The negative 2 can be very pessimistic. When this sets in
to any degree, you are able to accomplishes very little. If living on the negative side
of the 2, you may lack common sense, and you are quite often unable to distinguish
between fantasy and reality.

Even the more positive individuals with the 2 Life Path will prefer a more amiable and
less competitive environment, often shunning the business world. You can best serve
society in endeavors utilizing your skills of counseling and guidance. Much of your
idealism is people oriented and quite humanitarian in nature. You expect a great deal
of yourself.

3
The Life Path 3 indicates that you entered this plane with a strong sense of creativity
and with wonderful communication skills. Achievement for you most likely comes through
engaging your ingenious expression. A truly gifted 3 possesses the most exceptional
innovative skills, normally in the verbal realm, writing, speaking, acting, or similar
endeavors. Here we are apt to find the entertainers of the world, bright, effervescent,
sparkling people with very optimistic attitudes. The bright side of this path stresses
harmony, beauty and pleasures; of sharing your inventive talents with the world.
Capturing your capability in creative self-expression is the highest level of
attainment for this life path.
Life is generally lived to the fullest, often without much worry about tomorrow. You
are not very good at handling money because of a general lack of concern about it. You
spend it when you have it and don't when you don't.

The 3 loves connecting with people. The characteristics of the 3 are warmth and
friendliness, a good conversationalist, social and open. A good talker both from the
standpoint of being a delight to listen to, but even more importantly, one who has the
ability to listen to others. Accordingly, the life path 3 produces individuals who are
always a welcome addition to any social situation and know how to make others feel at
home. The approach to life tends to be exceedingly positive. Your disposition is almost
surely sunny and openhearted. A happy and often inspired person, you are constantly
seeking and needing the stimuli of similar people.

There is a remote side to your 3 Life Path, as well. This comes as a surprise to the
native and to those who think they are well acquainted. The 3 is actually a very
sensitive soul. When hurt, you can easily retreat to a shell of morose silence for
extended periods. Nonetheless, the 3 eventually copes with all of the many setbacks
that occur in life and readily bounces back for more. It is usually easy for you to
deal with problems because you can freely admit the existence of problems without
letting them get you down for too long. Because of your own sensitivity to hurt, you
have a caring disposition and seem to be very conscious of other people's feelings and
emotions.

In romance, the 3 is a very ardent and loyal lover. Affairs that don't go well can
leave scares that seem to linger. Emotional experiences of all sorts tend to deeply
touch the 3 and the drama may take some time to play out. Regrettably, the giving
disposition of the 3 often attracts demanding partners. As with most of life's issues
for the 3 Life Path, balance in relationships is illusive.

Your big test with a 3 Life Path is controlling your highs and lows. You won't survive
very well in any routine environment or when you are placed under dominating
management. Slow thinking and overly contemplative people tend to frustrate you, and
you don't function too well with this type whether you are working for, with, or under
them. Your exuberant nature can take you far, especially if you are ever able to focus
your energies and talents.

For the few living on the negative side of this Life Path, a 3 may be so delighted with
the joy of living that the life becomes frivolous and superficial. You may scatter your
abilities and express little sense of purpose. The 3 can be an enigma, for no apparent
reason you may become moody and tend to retreat. Escapist tendencies are not uncommon
with the 3 life path, and you find it very hard to settle into one place or one
position. Guard against being critical of others, impatient, intolerant, or overly
optimistic.

4
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.

5
The Life Path 5 suggests that you entered this plane with a highly progressive mindset,
with the attitude and skills to make the world a better place. The key word for your
Life Path is freedom. In the pursuit of freedom, you are naturally versatile,
adventurous, and advanced in your thinking. You are one of those people who is always
striving to find answers to the many questions that life poses. The byword for the
positive Life Path 5 is constant change and improvement. You want to be totally
unrestrained, as this is the number most often associated with the productive use of
freedom.

You may be one of the most compassionate of people as the 5 is surely the most
freedom-loving and compassionate Life Path. Your love of freedom extends to humanity at
large, and concern for your fellow man, his freedom and his welfare, may be foremost in
your mind. A great Life Path 5 American President, Abraham Lincoln, issued the
Emancipation Proclamation, and ended slavery in America. As the ultimate progressive
thinker type, your potential in government, the law, and other positions of authority
is unlimited.

You are a good communicator, and you know how to motivate people around you. This may
be your strongest and most valuable trait. Because of this skill, and your amazing wit,
you are a truly natural born salesman. This ability to sell and motivate extends to any
sort of physical product all the way through to whatever ideas or concepts you may
embrace.

You abhor routine and boring work, and you are not very good at staying with everyday
tasks that must be finished on time. On the average, the number 5 personality is rather
happy-go-lucky; living for today, and not worrying too much about tomorrow. It is also
important for you to find a job that provides thought-provoking tasks rather than
routine and redundant responsibilities. You do best dealing with people, but the
important thing is that you have the flexibility to express yourself at all times. You
have an innate ability to think through complex matters and analyze them quickly, but
then be off to something new.

A love of adventure may dominate your life. This may take the form of mental or
physical manifestation, but in either case, you thrill to the chance for exploration
and blazing new trails. Surely you belong to a group considered the most worldly and
traveled. Clearly you are not one to pass up a good venture. You have quite a lot of
the risk-taker in your makeup. If you aren't putting your money at stake, you are
surely open to a wide variety of risks in your everyday life. Taking the conservative
approach is just not in your nature.

In romance, you hate to be tied down and restricted. This doesn't necessarily mean that
you are unfaithful or promiscuous, but it does mean that a good partner for you needs
to understand your nature. A relationship based on jealousy and having tight reigns is
not going to work at all for you. A partner who understands your need to be free and
trusted will find you trustworthy, even if you aren't constantly available and totally
dutiful. It is important for you to mix with people of a like mind, and to try to avoid
those that are too serious and demanding.

If you are living on the negative side of the Life Path 5, you are apt to be multi
talented, but suffering from some lack of direction, and there is confusion surrounding
your ambition. Restless, discontent, and impulsive, you may bounce from one job to the
next without accomplishing much at all. A negative Life Path 5 can become very
irresponsible in tasks and decisions concerning the home and business life. The total
pursuit of sensation and adventure can result in your becoming self-indulgent and
totally unaware of the feelings of those around you.

6
The Life Path 6 suggests that you entered this plane with tools to become the ultimate
nurturer, and a beacon for truth, justice, righteousness, and domesticity. Your
paternal, or maternal, as the case may be, instincts with a 6 Life Path exceed all
others by a considerable margin. Whether in the home or in the work place, you are the
predominant caretaker and family head. While the 6 may assume significant
responsibilities in the community, the life revolves around the immediate home and
family, for this is the most domestic of numbers. Conservative principles and
convictions are deeply ingrained and define your character.

You are idealistic and must feel useful to be happy. The main contribution you make is
that of advice, service, and ever present support. You are a humanitarian of the first
order. It is your role to serve others, and you start in the home environment. You are
very human and realistic about life, and you feel that the most important thing in your
life is the home, the family and the friends.

This is the Life Path related to leadership by example and assumption of
responsibility, thus, it is your obligation to pick up the burden and always be ready
to help. If you are like the majority with Life Path 6, you are one who will willingly
carry far more than your fair share of any load, and you are always there when needed.
In doing so, you take ownership and often become an authority over the situation.

In romance, the 6 is loyal and devoted. A a caretaker type, you are apt to attract
partners who are somewhat weaker and more needy than yourself; someone you can care for
and protect. The main ingredient that must prevail in the relationship is complete
harmony. You don't function well in stressful relationships that become challenges for
you to control. It is the same with friends, you are loyal and trustworthy. But there
is a tendency for you to become dominating and controlling.

It's likely you feel compelled to function with strength and compassion. You are a
sympathetic and kind person, generous with personal and material resources. Wisdom,
balance, and understanding are the cornerstones of your life, and these define your
approach to life in general. Your extraordinary wisdom and the ability to understand
the problems of others is apt to commence from an early age. This allows you to easily
span the generation gap and assume an important role in life early on.

The number 6 Life Path actually produces few negative examples, but there are some
pitfalls peculiar to the path. You may have a tendency to become overwhelmed by
responsibilities and a slave to others, especially members of you own family or close
friends. It's easy for you to fall into a pattern of being too critical of others; you
also have a tendency to become to hard on yourself. The misuse of this Life Path
produce tendencies for you to engage in exaggeration, over-expansiveness, and
self-righteousness. Modesty and humility may not flow easily. Imposing one's views in
an interfering or meddling way must be an issue of concern.

The natural burdens of this number are heavy, and on rare occasions, responsibility is
abdicated by persons with this Life Path 6. This rejection of responsibility will make
you feel very guilty and uneasy, and it will have very damaging effects upon your
relationships with others.

7
The Life Path 7 suggests that you entered this plane with a gift for investigation,
analysis, and keen observation. You are a thinker of the first order. You evaluate
situations very quickly, and with amazing accuracy. As a result, you are thorough and
complete in your work, the perfectionist who expects everyone else to meet a high
standard of performance, too.

A Life Path 7 person is a peaceful and affectionate soul. But you guard your connection
to people carefully. It's easy for you to detect deception and recognize insincere
people, and you avoid them. You aren't one to have a wide circle of friends, but once
you accept someone as a friend, it's for life. It's as if you must get to know someone
a lot better before you allow the wall surrounding you to be penetrated. Chances are
you are a very charming and refined individual with great poise and a quick wit.
Nonetheless, there is an exclusiveness about you. You probably aren't a very social
person. Your reserve is often taken to be aloofness, but actually, it's not that at
all. It is merely a cover up for your basic feeling of insecurity. There's no rush, It
takes time for you to warm up to new friends. Clubs and organizations hold little
interest for you; you are not a joiner.

You actually like being alone and away from the hustle and bustle of modern life. In
many ways, you would have fit in better in much earlier times when the pace of life was
less hectic. You need a good deal of quiet time to be with your own inner thoughts and
dreams. You dislike crowds, noise, distractions, and confusion.

The overwhelming strength of the number 7 is reflected in the depth of thinking that is
shown; you will garner knowledge from practically every source that you find.
Intellectual, scientific, and studious, you don't accept a premise until you have
dissected the subject and arrived at your own independent conclusion.

This is a very spiritual number and it often denotes a sort of spiritual wisdom that
becomes apparent at a fairly early age. A built in inner guide providing a strong sense
of intuition may set you up as being a law unto yourself. Whatever spiritual position
you take, whether traditional or bizarre, you will cling to it with fervor. Once you
have decided an issue, it is almost impossible to get you to revisit the question.
Adaptability is not your style, and change for you is a rarity.

You rely heavily on your experiences and your intuition, rather than accepting advice
from someone. Your hunches usually prove to be very accurate, and knowing this, you
follow the directions they seem to guide.

In the most negative use of the 7 energies, you can become very pessimistic,
lackadaisical, quarrelsome, and secretive. A Life Path 7 individual who is not living
life fully and gaining through experiences, is a hard person to live with because of a
serious lack of consideration for others. There is such a negative attitude. Indeed,
operating on the negative side of the 7 can produce a very selfish and spoiled
individual and living with one can be a challenge. This may be why some 7s actually
prefer living alone. If you have any of the negative traits they are very difficult to
get rid of because you tend to feel that the world really does owe you a living or that
in some way you are not being fairly treated.

Fortunately, the negative 7 is not the typical 7, at least not without some mitigating
positive traits. This number is one that seems to have some major shifts from highs to
lows. Stability in feelings may be elusive for you.

8
The Life Path 8 suggests that you entered this plane armed to lead, direct, organize
and govern. You are very ambitious and goal-oriented. You will want to use your
ambitions, your organizational ability, and your efficient approach to carve a
satisfying niche for yourself. If you are a positive 8 you are endowed with tremendous
potential for conceiving far-reaching schemes and ideas, and also possessing the
tenacity and independence to follow them through to completion. In short, you were born
to be an executive.

You know how to manage yourself and your environment. Your ability to judge the
character and potential of the people around you is an asset used to your advantage. A
large part of your success in life comes from how hard you work. This Life Path is the
most prone to producing workaholics. But your ability to spot good people and engage
them in your endeavors is a special trait not to be overlooked. There is an
inspirational quality in your makeup which allows you to become a great leader. You are
practical and steady in your pursuit of major objectives, and you have the courage of
your convictions when it comes to taking the necessary chances to get ahead.

With the Life Path of the number 8 you are focused on learning the satisfactions to be
found in the material world. The Life Path 8 produces many powerful, confident and
materially successful people. Most of your concerns involve money and learning of the
power that comes with its proper manipulation.

This Life Path is perhaps the one that is the most concerned with and desirous of
status as an ultimate measure of success. You want to be recognized for your hard work
and achievements. The attainment of honors and acceptance into the club of executive
leadership is all important. For this, you may find yourself very well suited to
compete in the business world or in the political arena.

In relationships, you are frank, honest, and steadfast. You may be very much in love,
but watch that you are not too busy and preoccupied to show it. Being the lavish
provider is not always an adequate substitute for showing your devotion and affection
in more personal ways. You have a great need for close personal relationships to
mitigate and somehow soften your nature. You must find the time for love and keep it as
an important project in your life.

The negative 8 can be dictatorial and often suppresses the enthusiasm and efforts of
fellow member of the environment. Often, the strength of their own personality excludes
close feelings for other people with whom they come in contact. Material gains and
rewards often become issues of utmost importance, even to the neglect of family, home
and peace of mind. Dedication to success can become an obsession. Emotional feelings
are often suppressed by the negative 8, resulting in isolation and loneliness. All Life
Path 8 people must avoid discounting the opinions of others.

9
The Life Path 9 suggests that you entered this plane with an abundance of dramatic
feelings coupled with a strong sense of compassion and generosity. The key to the
nature of a Life Path number 9 person is found in their humanitarian attitude. Even the
very average of those with life path 9 possess extremely compassionate tendencies.

Usually this number produces an individual that is very trustworthy and honorable, and
one unlikely to harbor any sort of prejudice. Obviously, this is a rather tall order,
but you are, in fact, a person that feels very deeply for individuals less fortunate
than yourself, and if you are in a position to help, you certainly will. The 9, being
the highest of the single digit numbers, holds an elevated position in terms of
responsibilities to mankind.

Material gains are not overly important, although the quality of some life path 9
people is such that they are materially rewarded in very significant ways. In this,
however, the 9 Life Path is not apt to get rich since they are very generous, sometimes
to a fault, and usually have an easy come, easy go attitude about money. The rare 9
life path has a totally selfless attitude, giving up of material possessions for the
common good.

The 9 Life Path indicates you have a commanding presence. You have the ability to make
friends very easily, as people are attracted to your magnetic, open personality. The
term "hail-fellow" may have been coined to describe a 9 Life Path, as you may indeed be
one of those who is generally upbeat and heartily friendly and congenial. You meet
people easily and are quickly befriended because of your openness and amiable demeanor.
Your genial ways often put you in the lead in whatever field of endeavor you pursue.

Relationships can be difficult for you because it is hard to strike a balance that will
work effectively. If your partner is one sharing your giving attitudes, the
relationship will be happy and lasting. On the other hand, if you choose a partner
whose focus is on material issues, problems will arise quickly.

You tend to be quite sensitive, as you see the world with much feeling. The number 9's
very deep understanding of life is sometimes manifested in the artistic and literary
fields. If drama and acting is not your forte, it will surely be an area of great
interest and potential. Likewise, you may be able to express your deep emotional
feelings through painting, writing, music, or other art forms.

The purpose of life for those with a 9 life path is often of a philosophical nature.
Judges, spiritual leaders, healers and educators frequently have much 9 energy. The
number is less inclined to the competitive business environment and may find this a
struggle.

As do all the life path numbers, the 9 has its negative side. Because of the demanding
nature of the truly positive 9, many tend to fail in this category. It is not uncommon
for persons with the 9 life path to fight the realities and challenges of purpose
imposed here because selflessness is not an easy trait. You may have difficulty
believing that giving and a lack of personal ambition can be satisfying. It must be
realized and accepted that little long-term satisfaction and happiness is to be gained
by rejecting the natural humanitarian inclinations of this path.
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