HOW DO NUMBERS AFFECT MY LIFE?
THE PERSONAL YEAR
There is considered to be a recurring 'spiritual cycle' of nine years. Each cycle has a theme in terms of the soul's learning, and each year within a cycle has its own meaning. The date you were born (life path) determines at which point in a cycle you were born; the current year is obtained by adding the date and month of birth to all of the digits of the current year; for instance, if you were born on 27th June, and want to know your personal year point for the current year, 2004, you would add 2+7+6+2+0+0+4=21; 2+1 gives a personal year of 3. The meaning of one the years within a nine-year spiritual cycle is given in the 'examples' section.
THE EXPRESSION NUMBER
Each letter of the alphabet has a numerical equivalent. Thus, words have a number value, and this is the basis of name analysis. The expression number is derived from adding together the numbers associated with each letter of the full name, but it is also possible to analyse just the name by which you are most commonly known.
These are again reduced to a single digit, except in the case of numbers 11 and 22, and are considered further modify the Life Path by representing character traits, attitudes and ways of doing things which you chose for this lifetime. Changes of name sometimes occur throughout life and these are considered to bring a different quality or tone to the person's life, if the resulting number value is different from that of the previous name.
A brief analysis of an expression number, and how to obtain the letter values, is given in the 'examples' section