Names have a definitive role in the art of numerology, but so do birthdates. Human life is composed of two processes, giving out and taking in. Expressing the vibration or rate of energy contained in the character at birth and including the vibration or rate of energy contained in environment, experiences and associations. These processes perpetuate our psychical or cosmic existence in the same way as the inhalation and exhalation of the breath continues our physical life by revitalizing our cell consciousness.



Just as a name is a full and complete record of all the vibrations and elements of character, a record of lessons learned in past lives, and an infallible indication to the characteristics, impulses, appearance and abilities of the present individuality, so the birth date represents The character of the environment, the associations and experiences by which our character is extended into a greater state of perfection, and is a definite indication of what we are living for and the underlying causes.

The actual experiences and personalities presented by life as a whole, and also peculiar to certain periods, are simply the outward and visible manifestations or the effects of these causes. Thus Numerology deals with the two important phases of character analysis, viz.: Individual character and environment.

Individual development is begun with the first breath taken in life, and naturally as an individual reaches and passes maturity he registers and reproduces certain elements of the birth date numbers in his individual contact with conditions and his general personality. The "Path of Life", as the numbers of the birth date are termed, indicate then the immediate destiny of every individual, what has to be learned as the next step in development, necessary to the construction of a consciousness of human life. As the true value of this step is understood we will evolve constructively and harmoniously adjusting to the opportunities and associations around us.

A great deal of unhappiness met by the average individual is really due to their ignorance of any definite plan of thought or action which they should follow and other people should not. Sometimes other people are blamed for our troubles when the real cause is that we are trying to follow someone else's path and not our own, or are seeking experiences which may be good for the other fellow but bad for us.

Numerology proves by its calculation and explanation of the numbers in the birth date that Life is an individual problem, that what "is sauce for the goose" is not always "sauce for the gander." There can be very few happy and permanently successful people in any social order where there is too much generalization in philosophies and too much standardization of personal thought and action.

People are more than male and female, old and young, rich and poor, educated and illiterate. They are individuals, proceeding from the cradle to the grave in social functions and experiences that only seem to make their paths appear the same; as a matter of fact we all are born singly, make our decisions singly, suffer singly, and at the end no one else can die for us.

Character is the only possession we bring into life or take out of it, and if we study the numerals of our birth date we shall find the proper keys to the building and rounding out of our character which of itself is the best assurance of success.