Life Path Number and Purpose
The purpose numerologists read in each Life Path number: the lesson that keeps returning until it is learned.
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Finding your Life Path
Reduce your birth month, day and year separately, add them, and reduce the total, keeping 11, 22 and 33 as master numbers. July 16, 1995: 7, then 1 + 6 = 7, then 1 + 9 + 9 + 5 = 24 and 2 + 4 = 6; 7 + 7 + 6 = 20, and 2 + 0 = 2.
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Why it is called the Life Path
Of all the numbers, the Life Path is the one numerologists read as the direction of a whole life: the lesson that keeps returning until it is learned. Its purpose is not a job title but a way of being useful.
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The purpose of each Life Path
Find your Life Path (add your reduced birth month, day and year, and reduce again, keeping 11, 22 and 33), then read its line:
| Number | Its purpose |
|---|---|
| 1 | To become independent and to lead. |
| 2 | To bring people together. |
| 3 | To express joy and truth. |
| 4 | To build what lasts. |
| 5 | To live freely and show others how. |
| 6 | To love and to take responsibility. |
| 7 | To seek wisdom and truth. |
| 8 | To master the material world, and justly. |
| 9 | To serve, and to let go. |
| 11 | To inspire. |
| 22 | To build for many. |
| 33 | To heal through love. |
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Common questions
What is the purpose of my Life Path number?
Read the line for your number: 1 to lead, 2 to unite, 3 to express, 4 to build, 5 to live freely, 6 to love, 7 to seek truth, 8 to master the material world, 9 to serve.
Is the Life Path the same as destiny?
Not quite. The Life Path comes from the birth date and is read as the road; the Destiny or Expression number comes from the name and is read as what you bring to it.
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