Name Number and Calling
The number in your name, how to calculate it, and the kind of work numerologists say it suits.
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What a name number is
A name number is the total of the letters of a name on the Pythagorean chart, reduced to a single digit or a master number. Your full birth name gives the Expression number; the name you use every day can be read as a second, lighter layer.
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How to calculate it
Give each letter its value from the letter chart, add them and reduce, keeping 11, 22 and 33. JOHN SMITH adds to 44, then 8; if John went by JACK SMITH, that name would add to 1 + 1 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 4 + 9 + 2 + 8 = 31, then 4.
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Calling and the name
Numerologists read the name number as the style a person brings to work and public life, which is why it is so often consulted for a change of name, a pen name or a business name.
The letter chart
Modern numerology gives each letter the value of its place in the alphabet, counted in rows of nine (the Pythagorean chart):
| Value | Letters |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Name numbers and the kind of work they suit
| Number | Calling |
|---|---|
| 1 | Founding and leading: work with autonomy. |
| 2 | Mediation, support, partnership, counsel. |
| 3 | Writing, performing, teaching, design. |
| 4 | Building, engineering, accounts, administration. |
| 5 | Sales, media, travel, anything with variety. |
| 6 | Care, healing, teaching, hospitality, the home. |
| 7 | Research, science, analysis, ministry. |
| 8 | Management, finance, law, business. |
| 9 | Public service, the arts, medicine, causes. |
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Common questions
How do I find my name number?
Add the Pythagorean values of the letters of your name and reduce, keeping 11, 22 and 33. JACK SMITH adds to 31, then 4.
Should I use my birth name or the name I use now?
The birth name gives the core Expression number; the everyday name is read as a second layer on top of it.
Can changing my name change my number?
It changes the everyday name number, which numerologists read as a new layer; it does not change the birth name or the Life Path.
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