Life Path numbers 1–9, 11, 22 and 33

How the Life Path works

The Life Path is the most widely used number in Western numerology. It comes from the full date of birth: the month, the day and the year are each reduced to a single digit (keeping 11, 22 and 33), then added together and reduced again. Because a birth date can't change, it is read as the direction of a whole life rather than a passing influence.

Not every Life Path is equally common. Single digits other than 2, 4 and 6 each cover about one date in nine; 2, 4 and 6 are rarer because some of their dates are counted as the master numbers 11, 22 and 33 instead.

Life Path	Share of dates, 1940–2019	Bar
1	11.1%
2	4.7%
3	11.1%
4	8.0%
5	11.1%
6	10.3%
7	11.1%
8	11.1%
9	11.1%
11	6.4%
22	3.1%
33	0.8%

In Indian numerology the whole-date number is the Bhagyank, which is always reduced to one digit, so a Life Path 11 person has Bhagyank 2. The day of birth alone gives the Mulank; see birthday numerology.