The study of numerology is the relationship between a number and an event. Numbers are the numerical value of letters in words and names. Reduced to their basic or simplest form, these numbers derived from your personal data are said to be extremely lucky for you. And if you use them to pick lottery numbers, you have a better chance of hitting the jackpot, or so it is said.
These lucky numbers are derived from your date of birth, and your name.. Your date of birth gives you your Life Path number, your birthday number, and your single digit birthday number, while your name gives you your name lucky number.
So let’s assume your birthday is January 23, 1987. The calculation for all your lucky numbers would be as below:
Life Path number
The luckiest number is your Life Path number. It is derived from adding all the numbers of your full date of birth together, then continuing to add until you are left with a single number. So for the birth date of January 23, 1987,
01-23-1987 = (0 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 9 + 8 + 7) = 30 = (3+ 0) = 3
Your birthday number is your second lucky number and is the day that you were born. For the example above, the day is 23.
Single digit birthday number
Now, to get your single digit birthday number, you simply add the day your were born together.
23 = (2 + 3) = 5
Name lucky numbers
Your name lucky numbers are calculated by converting each of the letters in your name to its position in the alphabet, reducing each number to a single digit, and then summing the result. So if your name is John Smith, J is the 10th letter of the alphabet, 0 is the 15th, and so on.
John = 10 + 15 + 8 + 14 = 1 + 6 + 8 + 5 = 20
Smith = 19 + 14 + 9 + 20 + 8 = 1 + 5 + 9 + 2 + 8 = 25
This produces you name luck numbers of 20 and 25.
Other methods
Another method of getting lucky numbers from your name is to use the chart below to associate each letter of the alphabet with a number.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I |
| J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R |
| S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
Your first lucky number is derived from the vowels of your name. For instance for John Smith, it would be the O and the I
6 + 9 = 15 = 1 + 5 = 6
Your second lucky number is found by adding the consonants of your first and last names.
John Smith would be J H N S M T H
1 + 8 + 5 +1 + 4 + 2 + 8 = 65 = 6 + 5 = 11 = 1 + 1 = 2
So now, we have your lucky numbers of 2, 3, 5, 6, 20, 23, and 25, which can be played singularly just like they are, or combined into combinations such as 23, 35, 56, etc. No matter what lottery you are playing, you should be able to arrange your lucky numbers into combinations that you can play.
Using numerology gives you some personal numbers to play for the lottery. Of course, there is no guarantee that you’re going to win, but playing with some very personal numbers that really mean something to you just might be a lucky pick.