Compound number 21: The Universe / Crown of the Magi
Chaldean compound · reduces to 3 · Favourable
Cheiro's reading of 21
Cheiro reads 21 as advancement, honours and general success, a victory won after a long struggle and tests of resolve. He calls it a promising number for future events.
How a name reaches 21
In the Chaldean system every letter of the name is added into one total. When that total is 21, Cheiro reads 21 first and then the single digit it reduces to: 2+1 = 3. Read number 3 for the single-digit meaning.
Cheiro used compound numbers mainly to judge names and dates. These readings describe his tradition's view; they are not predictions.
Is 21 a lucky number?
Cheiro counts 21 among the favourable compound numbers.
Names that add up to 21
Some common first names whose letters add to 21 in the Chaldean system: Sundar, Noor. For example, Sundar: 3 + 6 + 5 + 4 + 1 + 2 = 21. A full name adds the first name, any middle names and the surname together.
21 in dates
For dates from 1940 to 2019, adding every digit gives totals from 4 (1 January 2000) to 48 (29 September 1999). Of all dates from 1940 to 2019, 2.4% add up to exactly 21. That whole-date total reduces to the Bhagyank, here 3.
As a day of the month, the 21st gives Mulank 3. Born on the 21st.
Other compounds that reduce to 3
12, 30, 39, 48. Each has its own reading, though they share the single digit 3.
What the single digit 3 adds
Three is tied to self-expression in words, art and company. It is read as warm and lively; the shadow side is scattering energy across too many things. In Cheiro's method the compound gives the colour and the single digit gives the underlying nature; both are read together.
How one letter changes 21
Adding a letter raises a Chaldean total by that letter's value, from 1 to 8 (no letter is worth 9). This is why a doubled letter or an extra vowel can move a name to a different compound:
| Add | Letters | New total | Cheiro's view |
|---|---|---|---|
| +1 | A I J Q Y | 22 | Warning Good Man Blinded by the Folly of Others |
| +2 | B K R | 23 | Favourable Royal Star of the Lion |
| +3 | C G L S | 24 | Favourable |
| +4 | D M T | 25 | Mixed |
| +5 | E H N X | 26 | Warning |
| +6 | U V W | 27 | Favourable The Sceptre |
| +7 | O Z | 28 | Warning |
| +8 | F P | 29 | Warning |