Your name number, life path number and birth number, and your Lo Shu grid with its missing numbers — from your name and date of birth, the way numerology is practised in India, with the graha that rules each number.
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In Indian numerology every number from 1 to 9 belongs to one of the nine grahas, which is why a difficult number is answered with that graha’s worship.
A number 1 person leads rather than follows. Ruled by the Sun, they want to begin things, set the direction and be seen for what they do.
Strengths: Initiative, confidence, a strong will, the courage to work alone.
Challenges: Pride, impatience with others' pace, difficulty asking for help.
Day · SundayColour · gold and orangeGemstone · ruby (manik)
A number 2 person feels their way through life. Ruled by the Moon, they read people well and do their best work in partnership.
Strengths: Diplomacy, imagination, care for others, a gift for bringing people together.
Challenges: Changing moods, over-sensitivity, hesitation before decisions.
Day · MondayColour · white and silverGemstone · pearl (moti)
A number 3 person is drawn to knowledge and to sharing it. Ruled by Jupiter (Guru), they are natural teachers and advisers.
Strengths: Wisdom, optimism, a sense of duty, respect for tradition and learning.
Challenges: Rigidity about being right, over-commitment, preaching where listening is needed.
Day · ThursdayColour · yellowGemstone · yellow sapphire (pukhraj)
A number 4 person goes their own way. Ruled by Rahu, their life often turns suddenly, and they succeed through steady, unglamorous effort.
Strengths: Hard work, original thinking, resilience, the ability to rebuild after a setback.
Challenges: Restlessness, sudden reversals, a habit of standing against the crowd for its own sake.
Day · SaturdayColour · smoky blue and greyGemstone · hessonite (gomed)
A number 5 person thinks fast and moves often. Ruled by Mercury (Budha), they thrive on variety, conversation and trade.
Strengths: Quick learning, communication, adaptability, a head for business.
Challenges: Scattered attention, nervous energy, difficulty finishing what they start.
Day · WednesdayColour · greenGemstone · emerald (panna)
A number 6 person makes a home wherever they are. Ruled by Venus (Shukra), they value beauty, comfort and the people they love.
Strengths: Warmth, artistic taste, loyalty, a sense of responsibility to family.
Challenges: Love of comfort turning into indulgence, taking on others' burdens.
Day · FridayColour · white and pale pinkGemstone · diamond (heera)
A number 7 person looks inward. Ruled by Ketu, they are drawn to questions of meaning, to solitude and often to spiritual practice.
Strengths: Intuition, depth, research, detachment from what does not matter.
Challenges: Isolation, secrecy, a feeling of not belonging in worldly life.
Day · TuesdayColour · grey and smoky brownGemstone · cat's eye (lehsunia)
A number 8 person builds slowly and lasts. Ruled by Saturn (Shani), their rewards come late but come to stay.
Strengths: Discipline, endurance, fairness, responsibility in large undertakings.
Challenges: Delays, a heavy outlook, loneliness at the top, working without rest.
Day · SaturdayColour · dark blue and blackGemstone · blue sapphire (neelam)
A number 9 person acts and protects. Ruled by Mars (Mangal), they have energy to spare and fight for those who cannot.
Strengths: Courage, drive, generosity, completion of what others give up on.
Challenges: Anger, impulsiveness, quarrels, a tendency to burn out.
Day · TuesdayColour · redGemstone · red coral (moonga)
Each letter of the name carries the value in this chart. No letter is 9.
| Value | Letters |
|---|---|
| 1 | A · I · J · Q · Y |
| 2 | B · K · R |
| 3 | C · G · L · S |
| 4 | D · M · T |
| 5 | E · H · N · X |
| 6 | U · V · W |
| 7 | O · Z |
| 8 | F · P |
An example: Priya Ramesh. P 8 + R 2 + I 1 + Y 1 + A 1 = 13, and R 2 + A 1 + M 4 + E 5 + S 3 + H 5 = 20. Together 33, the compound number, and 3 + 3 = 6, the name number, ruled by Shukra (Venus).
Mulank, the birth number, is the day of the month you were born on, reduced to one digit: someone born on the 15th has mulank 6. Bhagyank, the life path or destiny number, adds every digit of the full date of birth. Mulank is read for your nature, bhagyank for the course of your life.
The name you are known by every day, spelt the way you write it. Numerology reads the name in use, so a nickname everyone calls you by can matter more than a name that appears only on a certificate.
In Chaldean numerology nine is held sacred and complete, so no letter is given the value 9. A 9 can still appear as a total once the letters are added.
When the life path adds up to 11, 22 or 33, it is kept as it is rather than reduced, because these are read as numbers of greater intensity: 11 for intuition, 22 for building, 33 for service. In daily life they are carried as 2, 4 and 6, and the calculator shows the graha of that number.
Numerology describes tendencies; it does not fix events, and a new spelling is a personal choice. Many people first strengthen the graha of a difficult number through its mantra or homa, listed with each number above, and keep the name their family gave them.
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Rituals for this: Planetary homas · Navagraha Homa