Living tradition
Pythagorean numerology
Ancient Greece; reborn in Europe and America in the 20th century.
Every letter has a number; your name and date reduce to figures the tradition reads as talents and lessons.
How it's done
- 01Add the digits of your date down to one figure: your life path.
- 02Turn your name into numbers with the 1-to-9 table.
- 03Keep 11, 22 and 33: they are not reduced.
With your own tools
Pen and paper are enough; the usual mistake is reducing the master numbers.
With Ocluna
Ocluna does the exact maths and explains each number; you just enter name and date.
What Madame Iselda tells you
- Pythagoras taught that number is the essence of all things; his disciples swore in secret on the tetractys, a triangle of ten dots.
- The letter-to-number table we use today was popularised by a music teacher, Sarah Balliett, in the United States around 1900.
- In Pythagorean numerology each letter is worth 1 to 9 according to its position in the alphabet: A, J and S are worth 1; B, K and T are worth 2, and so on.
- The numbers 11, 22 and 33 are called 'master numbers' and are the only ones not reduced to a single digit when calculating the life path.
This reading is symbolic self-knowledge and entertainment content based on folk traditions. It does not predict the future, is not medical, legal or financial advice, and does not replace qualified professionals.