The Core Of Your Numerology Chart

Your Soul Urge is just one of 4 numbers that make up your core.

Although, your entire chart needs to be examined in order to give a complete picture of a person, your core gives a good overview, and is reasonably accurate, while not taking into account the other 'Modifier' numbers.

Your Core Chart is comprised of 4 numbers:

1. Your Life Path - Gives you a broad look at the opportunities, challenges, you will be presented with in this lifetime. It reveals key characteristics of your personality, the hurdles you must overcome to achieve happiness, and the probable journey you will take. Learning the 'lesson' associated with your Life Path will help you achieve personal growth and development.

The Life Path is of tremendous importance because it is defined by the date of birth. It represents certain characteristics that are reference points for other aspects of our lives. It is much like our DNA, in that it is a number that cannot be changed.

All other numbers are seen in terms of their relationship with the Life Path number: it colours our lives and actions with its special qualities.

A major aspect of Numerology is the craft of working with what can be changed in order to bring various aspects of life into harmony with the Life Path Number. Of course, you create your own futures with your actions and choices, according to your values and your level of commitment to them. Yet by making changes that enhance the alignment with the Life Path number, you may find that you experience fewer obstacles, and life becomes happier and more fulfilling.

The Life Path number represents potentials and strengths that will always be there for you when you decide to use them, or when you need them. It is the central number in the hierarchy of vibrations that make up your Numerology chart.

2. Your Expression - The Expression number is sometimes called the Destiny number, because it represents the direction your life is taking, or the destination you have in sight. It speaks of your mental and emotional constitution, and how those are integrated with the physical body. It is about the type of person you are trying to be, and the personality as you perceive and work to express it.

Being derived from your full name, it is the most important of the changeable numbers in the Numerology chart. Many hundreds of thousands of cases in which the change of name preceded a change in life tell us something about the fact that we do control our own destinies, and that the name is one of those vehicles through which we can take control.

Talents, abilities and even areas in which you are likely to be challenged are all described by the Expression number. It shows you the gifts that you can adapt to your circumstances when the need arises. When studied in the context of your life Path number, an overview of the type of person you are and the type of activities that you can benefit from is created. This way that the path that leads to personal fulfillment is no longer a mystery.

Numerology is an art of creating your future,and the Expression number is a key tool in the process. The Expression and Life Path numbers are the two main numbers studied by all numerologists, and all other numbers are derived from subdivisions or combinations of them.

3. Your Soul Urge - This describes what you value or want most in life. This is often very different from what your Life path number (that represents who you are from birth) or your expression (that represents your potential) says about you. The Heart's Desire number has to do with the inner aspects of the ego. Most of your motivations and values can be found in this number, in that it shows the intention behind your actions. Being about intentions and motivations, it has a great deal to say about the choices you make.

Since the Soul Urge number is derived from the Expression number, if the Expression is changed (by changing the name) the Soul Urge number may be changed as well. An example of this might be the change of name of a person who is a performing artist, and their new name may represent the type of "style" they develop after the transition. Understanding this number properly can be the key to the concept "choose today, change tomorrow".

4. Your Birthday is one of the four core numbers upon which Numerology charts are based. It has great importance in understanding the chart, because it represents a special talent that can help you along your life path. This number is not one that can be changed, and is therefore important to become familiar with.

In that this is an unchangeable number, it represents something that you can fall back on when facing difficult circumstances. It can also be a resource, like the magical weapons of ancient myth, that never fails in its purpose. No matter where your Life Path takes you, the Birthday number will always be available, reliable, and ready for use.

Numerology Minor Heart's Desire

The Minor Heart's Desire number is derived from the current name or nickname. It acts as a compressed, or encoded version of the full Heart's Desire number, and enables you to emphasize some aspects of your life while de-emphasizing others. It tends to express what you want out of life at the current time, but also, it shows the limits that you place on your own potential. It consequently describes something about how you see yourself, and how you can unlock trapped potential in your life.

Numerology Life Path/Expression Bridge

Bridge numbers are those that create harmonious links between core numbers. In other words, the Life Path/Expression Bridge describes the way in which the direction of growth and lessons in life can be easily aligned with the talents and strengths. They are used to help align the different numbers in your chart, like notes added to a chord in music to turn cacophony into harmony.

Numerology Hidden Passion

Where the Karmic lesson has to do with that which is missing, the Hidden Passion is a number that exists in abundance in your chart. It describes a talent or ability that you have a strong desire to cultivate and express in your life. The Hidden Passion Number is one of the clearest guides to your motivation and consequently your success in whatever field of endeavour you choose.

Numerology Balance Number

The Balance number helps you by giving guidance about the easiest way to respond to difficult or challenging situations in life. It shows you how to move from instinctive and unthinking responses to more effective ways of handling yourself in a crisis. Also, being derived from the name, it is very likely to change along with the name, which could make it more or less harmonious with the Life Path and Expressions numbers.

Numerology Cornerstone

The Cornerstone number is found in the numeric value of the first letter of your first name. This number has to do with how you approach and handle opportunities in life, and how you are able to capitalize on them. It also has to do with your ability to recognize the difference between an opportunity and a potential problem.

Numerology Subconscious Self

The Subconscious Self is a name give to an arithmantic sum in your chart that speaks of your confidence and sense of your own competence. It also is very helpful in understanding whether or not you assess sudden situations accurately enough to respond to them in an effective way.

Numerology Challenges

Numerologists have discovered that there are four Challenges to be faced at different times in life. For some of us the same Challenge may repeat itself, a sign of trying again to perfect or cultivate a certain quality. For others, every challenge may be different.

It has been found that people seem to encounter situations in which the Challenge number represents the exact characteristic or skills needed to overcome a given problem. It represents a weakness in the life that needs to be worked on and turned into a strength, much like a personal coach who pushes you into a new routine to build this or that physical ability.

The First Challenge emerges during early life, and sometimes stays with you until the 20's or even after, at which point it is overcome.

The Second Challenge appears during mid life, and usually begins before the first challenge has been completed.

The Third Challenge covers the entire life, and is often so strong that it masks the underlying first, second and fourth challenges.

The Fourth Challenge begins in late mid-life and stays in effect for the remainder of the lifetime.

Challenges are derived from the Life-Path number, and are therefore cycles of life that are not changeable.

Numerology Pinnacles

Pinnacles are another way of subdividing the life span using the Life Path Number. Pinnacles present us with opportunities for growth, but do so in such a way that we have to develop the quality of that Pinnacle. The years of the Pinnacles are usually ones of dramatic personal transformation. The first and the last of these are very long term cycles, while the middle two are covered only by a nine year cycle. Even still, their effects are profound. In the process of learning to deal with the Pinnacle number, the Pinnacle number has the effect of changing you in dramatic ways. The most important thing about the Pinnacles is that you can prepare for the transformational periods and make the best use of them to enhance your personal growth and prosperity.

Numerology Transits

Transits are time periods based on the name of birth. Their calculation is somewhat complicated, but there are Physical, Mental and Spiritual transits that you need to be aware of. They are used in tandem with the Essence to provide information about a given year. Transit letters from the first, middle, and last names act as physical, mental, and spiritual Transits. Physical Transits usually have effects on travel, home, health to some degree, and other physical aspects of life. Mental transits have to do with the mental and emotional aspects of life, and therefore include happiness, relationships and so on, but can affect the health and prosperity. Spiritual Transits include such phenomena as mystical experiences, religious ecstacy, initiation, psychic and paranormal experiences.

Numerology Personal Years

A Personal Year is a number for any given year that is derived from your Life Path Number. It is studied by comparing it with the Essence (and the other numbers of your Numerology chart) number, and describes how you will fare during the year, as well as something of the nature of your experience during the year. Many numerologists use just the Life Path, Expression and Personal year numbers for giving basic predictions or information. Using this number in concord with Transits, Essence, Pinnacles and so on can create quite an accurate profile that can be used for taking advantage of years of abundance and prosperity, or preparing for years that are less favorable.