How To Calculate Your Ruling Birth Numbers

How to calculate your ruling birth numbers:

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Sum every number in your date of birth until you get a single digit (unless you get a 11 or 22, you can stay there).

ej.a) 1/3/1960 = 1+3+1+9+6+0 = 2b) 5/3/1940 = 5+3+1+9+4+0 = 22 (we stay there)

Now we can go look for your birth number, also called ruling number:

• Ruling Birth Number 1
• Ruling Birth Number 2
• Ruling Birth Number 3
• Ruling Birth Number 4
• Ruling Birth Number 5
• Ruling Birth Number 6
• Ruling Birth Number 7
• Ruling Birth Number 8
• Ruling Birth Number 9
• Ruling Birth Number 10
• Ruling Birth Number 11
• Ruling Birth Number 22

Note that in Pythagorean numerology there is no Ruling Number 1. Some other systems tend to use the Ruling 1, oblivious to the fact that it is the only absolute number, all other numbers being relative to it and incorporating it. In the sixth century B.C., Pythagoras recognised 1 as the number symbolising unity in the world and ego in humans. Thus, as every number contains the 1, in Pythagorean numerology we find the Ruling Number 10 instead of a Ruling Number 1.

Therefore, birth dates totalling 19, 28, 37 or 46 become Ruling Number 10’s. The Ruling Number 10 is the first of the three compounded Ruling Numbers. The other two are Ruling Number 11 and Ruling Number 22/4. These two have a special metaphysical significance: the 11 is the highest spiritual number and the 22/4 (twenty-two four) is the double 11 underpinned by the practical 4, combining to form a truly masterful combination.

The 22 is recognised for its special significance in many metaphysical and scientific systems. It represents the highest card in the Major Arcana of the tarot. In basic mathematics, the 22 represents the circle, for it is the lowest whole number to which the ratio of the circumference with the diameter of a circle relates – 22:7, symbolised as (Pi). Metaphysically, the circle represents eternal life, having neither beginning nor end. Mathematically, the circle is zero (representing nothing if it is the numerator of a fraction), or infinity (if it is the denominator of a fraction).

Clearly, a master number must have unique numerological symbolism – 22 does, 33 does not. Some numerologists have ascribed to the Ruling Number 33/6 the epithet of “master number.” In so doing, they have grossly overlooked the very foundation of Pythagorean numerology – that mathematical logic and spiritual reason exist behind every facet of the study.

So let us not waste time on numerological aberrations; the Ruling Number 33/6 is a powerful mind number that combines strong imagination with creativity, but it is NOT a master number. In providing the following analyses of the Ruling Numbers, I have formulated my research on the ancient teachings of Pythagoras, and have expanded them to meet the needs of modern society, based on over 40 years of personal study, research and practice.