Compound number 38
Chaldean compound · reduces to 2 · Warning
Cheiro's reading of 38
Cheiro gives 38 no separate reading: it carries the same meaning as 29. He links 29 with uncertainty, betrayal, unreliable friends and unexpected trials, including grief in relationships. He treats it as a serious warning for future matters.
Read the full entry: compound 29.
How a name reaches 38
In the Chaldean system every letter of the name is added into one total. When that total is 38, Cheiro reads 38 first and then the single digit it reduces to: 3+8 = 11, then 2. Read number 2 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 38 a lucky number?
Cheiro reads 38 as a warning number. That is his tradition's view of a name or date total, not a prediction, and a single number never decides anything on its own.
Names that add up to 38
None of the common first names we checked adds to 38 on its own; totals this high usually come from a first name and surname together.
38 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, 2.3% add up to exactly 38. That whole-date total reduces to the Bhagyank, here 2.
Other compounds that reduce to 2
11, 20, 29, 47. Each has its own reading, though they share the single digit 2.
What the single digit 2 adds
Two is associated with partnership and balance. It is read as the diplomat of the numbers, attentive to others; the shadow side is over-accommodating or avoiding conflict. 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 38
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 | 39 | Mixed |
| +2 | B K R | 40 | Warning |
| +3 | C G L S | 41 | Favourable |
| +4 | D M T | 42 | Favourable |
| +5 | E H N X | 43 | Warning |
| +6 | U V W | 44 | Warning |
| +7 | O Z | 45 | Favourable The Sceptre |
| +8 | F P | 46 | Favourable |