Convert your name to a Number
Converting Your Name: It should be stated that the number and letter correlation presented here are recently modern. They are based neither in true Kabalistic method (which was based on the Hebrew lettering system) nor in the Greek (you know Greek letters – alpha, omega, epsilon). However, this association with the English alphabet has been in use for approximately 500 years or more.
Over the years, different practitioners have given the equations and the systems different names. Whether you call it a Name Number, a Destiny Number, a Ruling Number, Challenge Number, Personality Number, or Fate Number, it is still the same thing. It is the reduction of your name (your FULL name) to a mathematical equation. Those who have changed their name (through marriage or otherwise) might want to do both their birth name and the name they are using now and compare the two. Want a way to check out that new nickname your friends have given you? Do the math!
An actress friend of mine does a numerological analysis of every character she reviews. A songwriter friend uses numerology and his rhyming dictionary when composing. The application is only as limited as your choices in using the system.
Converting Your Name to a number is actually really easy to do.
Don’t let the math scare you!
First, you write out your entire name. As an example we’ll do a fictitious name: “John Jacob Wilson”
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I |
| J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R |
| S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
So, our example would work out like this:
J O H N J A C O B W I L S O N
1 6 8 5 1 1 3 6 2 5 9 3 1 6 5
The next thing to do is to turn the “name” into an equation (not hard, just get rid
of the letters and put addition signs in all the spaces…)
1 + 6 + 8 + 5 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 6 + 2 + 5 + 9 + 3 + 1 + 6 + 5 = name number
As a side note, one of the fun things to do here is to play with how you add
them up. Most numerologists recommend the “one equation at a time” method
wherein:
(1 + 6) + 8 + 5 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 6 + 2 + 5 + 9 + 3 + 1 + 6 + 5 = name number
becomes
(7 + 8) + 5 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 6 + 2 + 5 + 9 + 3 + 1 + 6 + 5 = name number
which becomes
(15 + 5) + 1 + 1 + 3 + 6 + 2 + 5 + 9 + 3 + 1 + 6 + 5 = name number
etc.
(20 + 1) + 1 + 3 + 6 + 2 + 5 + 9 + 3 + 1 + 6 + 5 = name number
(21 + 1) + 3 + 6 + 2 + 5 + 9 + 3 + 1 + 6 + 5 = name number
(22 + 3) + 6 + 2 + 5 + 9 + 3 + 1 + 6 + 5 = name number
(25 + 6) + 2 + 5 + 9 + 3 + 1 + 6 + 5 = name number
(31 + 2) + 5 + 9 + 3 + 1 + 6 + 5 = name number
(33 + 5) + 9 + 3 + 1 + 6 + 5 = name number
(38 + 9) + 3 + 1 + 6 + 5 = name number
(47 + 3) + 1 + 6 + 5 = name number
(50 + 1) + 6 + 5 = name number
(51 + 6) + 5 = name number
(57 + 5) = name number
62 = 6 + 2 = name number
8 = name number
So, for our example, John Jacob Wilson’s name number is 8.
Now, many people make a big deal out of having to do out the entire chart, and to some it helps with the focus. However, a sum of a string of numbers is a sum of the string of numbers no matter how you stack the same numbers (another example of this can be seen at the top of the page). In other words…just add them up! Some folks find it easier to do the math if they stack the name one letter per line on lined paper vertically rather than writing it out horizontally. It is absolutely fine to use a calculator!