Compound number 23: Royal Star of the Lion
Chaldean compound · reduces to 5 · Favourable
Cheiro's reading of 23
Cheiro reads 23 as success, support from superiors and protection from people in high places. He calls it a very fortunate number for future events.
How a name reaches 23
In the Chaldean system every letter of the name is added into one total. When that total is 23, Cheiro reads 23 first and then the single digit it reduces to: 2+3 = 5. Read number 5 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 23 a lucky number?
Cheiro counts 23 among the favourable compound numbers.
Names that add up to 23
Some common first names whose letters add to 23 in the Chaldean system: Deepa, Vinod, Venkat, Chloe, Pierre. For example, Deepa: 4 + 5 + 5 + 8 + 1 = 23. A full name adds the first name, any middle names and the surname together.
23 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, 3.0% add up to exactly 23. That whole-date total reduces to the Bhagyank, here 5.
As a day of the month, the 23rd gives Mulank 5. Born on the 23rd.
Other compounds that reduce to 5
14, 32, 41, 50. Each has its own reading, though they share the single digit 5.
What the single digit 5 adds
Five is linked with movement, variety and the senses. It is read as adaptable and adventurous; the shadow side is restlessness or difficulty committing. 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 23
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 | 24 | Favourable |
| +2 | B K R | 25 | Mixed |
| +3 | C G L S | 26 | Warning |
| +4 | D M T | 27 | Favourable The Sceptre |
| +5 | E H N X | 28 | Warning |
| +6 | U V W | 29 | Warning |
| +7 | O Z | 30 | Mixed |
| +8 | F P | 31 | Warning |