Your Birthday Number in Numerology

How to calculate it

Take the day of the month and add its digits until you reach a single digit, stopping at the master numbers 11 and 22. Born on the 7th: 7. Born on the 16th: 1 + 6 = 7. Born on the 29th: 2 + 9 = 11, a master number, which some people also read as 2. Born on the 22nd: 22.

Some numerologists read the unreduced day as well, so the 16th and the 25th both give 7, but each with its own colour.

What each number traditionally means

• 1 (1st, 10th, 19th, 28th): independence and initiative.
• 2 (2nd, 20th): cooperation and sensitivity.
• 3 (3rd, 12th, 21st, 30th): expression and creativity.
• 4 (4th, 13th, 31st): structure and steady work.
• 5 (5th, 14th, 23rd): freedom and change.
• 6 (6th, 15th, 24th): care and responsibility.
• 7 (7th, 16th, 25th): reflection and study.
• 8 (8th, 17th, 26th): ambition and organisation.
• 9 (9th, 18th, 27th): compassion and completion.
• 11 (11th, 29th) and 22 (22nd): master numbers, read as heightened versions of 2 and 4.

Birthday Number and Life Path

The Life Path uses your whole date of birth and is usually seen as the main theme. The Birthday Number is narrower: a gift or tendency you bring to that path. When the two match, numerologists often read the theme as stronger.