What Chaldean numerology is
Chaldean numerology turns a name into a number by the sound of its letters. It takes its name from the Chaldeans of ancient Mesopotamia, famous in antiquity as astronomers and diviners, but the system in use today was set down by the palmist and numerologist Cheiro in his Book of Numbers in 1926. It works mainly with names, and with the day you were born.
The Chaldean letter table
Each letter has a value from 1 to 8. The 9 is held sacred and given to no letter.
| Number | Letters |
|---|---|
| 1 | A, I, J, Q, Y |
| 2 | B, K, R |
| 3 | C, G, L, S |
| 4 | D, M, T |
| 5 | E, H, N, X |
| 6 | U, V, W |
| 7 | O, Z |
| 8 | F, P |
A few versions of the table differ on a letter or two; the calculator uses Cheiro's.
How to find your name number
Write down the name you go by and add the value of every letter. For Jane Doe that is J 1 + A 1 + N 5 + E 5 = 12 and D 4 + O 7 + E 5 = 16, so 28 in all. That total is the compound number. Add its digits until one digit remains: 2 + 8 = 10, then 1 + 0 = 1, so Jane Doe's name number is 1.
Chaldean or Pythagorean?
The Pythagorean system, the one behind the life path number calculator, counts the alphabet in order: A is 1, I is 9, J is 1 again. The Chaldean table goes by sound, stops at 8 and keeps the compound number. The two often disagree: by the Pythagorean table, Jane Doe adds up to 27 and a name number of 9. The Pythagorean system also keeps the master numbers 11, 22 and 33, which Chaldean numerology reduces like any other.
Your birth number
Chaldean numerology reads the name beside the birth number, the day of the month you were born reduced to one digit: someone born on the 29th has 2 + 9 = 11, then 1 + 1 = 2. Add your birth date to the calculator to see it.
How it is worked out
The calculator drops accents and anything that isn't a letter, adds each word of the name separately and then together, and reduces the total to one digit. Everything is worked out on your device; nothing you type is saved or sent anywhere.