Name numerology — how to calculate the numbers of your full name

The letter chart (Pythagorean system)

The most widely used system is the Pythagorean one: the letters of the alphabet are numbered in order from 1 to 9, then the count starts again. Accented letters count as their base letter.

• 1 — A, J, S
• 2 — B, K, T
• 3 — C, L, U
• 4 — D, M, V
• 5 — E, N, W
• 6 — F, O, X
• 7 — G, P, Y
• 8 — H, Q, Z
• 9 — I, R

Example: John Smith

Name number — all letters: J(1) O(6) H(8) N(5) = 20; S(1) M(4) I(9) T(2) H(8) = 24. Together 44, and 4 + 4 = 8.

Soul number — the vowels O and I: 6 + 9 = 15, and 1 + 5 = 6.

Personality number — the consonants J, H, N, S, M, T, H: 1 + 8 + 5 + 1 + 4 + 2 + 8 = 29, then 2 + 9 = 11 and 1 + 1 = 2.

The vowels are A, E, I, O, U and Y. The sum is always reduced by adding its digits until a single digit remains.

Every number is a planet

In Vedic numerology every digit has its planet — the same ones we read in the birth chart and on the hand:

• 1 — the Sun: independence, leadership
• 2 — the Moon: sensitivity, cooperation
• 3 — Jupiter: wisdom, teaching, optimism
• 4 — Rahu: unconventionality, change, ambition
• 5 — Mercury: communication, movement, trade
• 6 — Venus: love, beauty, harmony
• 7 — Ketu: spirituality, intuition, inquiry
• 8 — Saturn: perseverance, responsibility, work
• 9 — Mars: courage, energy, action

The name is the only thing you can change

We do not choose the time and place of our birth, nor our hands. The name — partly, we do: the short form we use, a married name, a pen name, a company name. That is why name numerology is practical: it shows which planet we strengthen with the name we are called by.

In VesicaKarma the numerology of the full name is the third layer of the Wheel of Karma: it does not vote in the comparison of sky and hand, but shows what the name further strengthens among the things both systems have confirmed.