Article by Katherine Anne Lee

To find what your life path number is, you need to calculate it. It's a very simple operation: simply add up all the digits making up your birth date. Then reduce the resulting number by adding up its digits again to get a number between 1 and 9. In case you get 11, 22 or 33 which are master numbers, take note as explain in the article below, then reduce to 2, 4 or 6.

Let's take the example of someone born on 7th January 1976.

Their life path is:
7+1+1+9+7+6 = 31

To get a number between 1 and 9, we need to add up (reduce) again:
3+1 = 4

Note that some master numbers might be hidden (such being the case for me) and will only appear if you add up your birth number verticallly as below:

         7
+      1
+ 1976
= 1984

After further reduction, we get:
1+9+8+4 = 22

22 is a master number with the vibration of number 4 (2+2) with the essence of double 2. No need to do the second calculation if once reduced, the first gives you something other than a 2 or a 4 that might reveal a hidden 11 or 22.

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So you’ve found out your Life Path number!

You’ve been handed the key … It makes a lot of sense, but … what next?

What do you need to DO with this number, to align the path you are currently walking with the one you’re supposed to?

Like a lot of stages on the journey to awakening, the very first bolt of lightning is often the most exciting, but staying on the path, and continually taking steps to fuel and nurture evolution is where a lot of people lose their way. But not this time!

Here are 3 essential ways to unlock your Life Path, and use the wisdom of this power-filled number to find true purpose and alignment in your life!

1. Get intimate with your Archetypes

The energies that flow through numbers can also be described through archetypes, and if you’re serious about getting to know your numbers, you’ll need to make friends with your archetypes.

Archetypes are universally recognized expressions of particular types of energy, and are woven throughout our history, mythology, culture, and our everyday lives. The psychologist Carl Gustav Jung identified 12 basic types, and he believed that these existed in the collective human subconscious, manifesting to a lesser or larger degree through each of us.

Some of the most common archetypes are the Hero, the Rebel, the Mother and the Lover, for example, but there are literally hundreds more, as the main ones all contain many sub-aspects that have their own particular characteristic and traits.
The job of numerology is to bring our archetypes from the subconscious to the conscious mind. And by doing this, you can begin to see the many strengths that they have to offer you, as well as the challenges too.

Below are the main archetypes associated with each number:

The list isn’t exhaustive and may contain archetypes you don’t recognize in yourself, or miss some that you do. But we’re all different, and this is the magic of life!

The archetypes contained in the master numbers are connected to the numbers they reduce down to AND the number they’re a double expression of, though on a higher (spiritual) plane.