What does your birthday and base number reveal?

Welcome to the numerology podcast. I am your host, Gnova Lee Wilder. I'm a professional numerologist and writer, and in this podcast, we're just gonna nerd out. Which means we're gonna talk names, we're gonna talk numbers, numerology, astrology, the connections between the different esoteric fields, we'll do case studies, and so much more.

Now numerology is the spiritual and practical study of the numbers in your birthday, the letters in your name, and the vibration and power of which they are the expression of in the world. So as a numerologist, I see the numbers in your birthday as an expression of what your soul wants to explore in. In this episode, we're going to talk about the nine base numbers. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. So all compound numbers can be reduced to a digit.

One number. These are the numbers that we are looking for. So if you were born on a day that has two digits, like the 28th or the 13th or the 22nd, you will have to find the digit sum to find your basic. Different schools of thought within numerology look at a birthday in different ways. But in Childean numerology, we look at the day you were born as the most important information. The second most important is the year. So if you want to get everything out of this

Base numbers, you can also calculate the digit sum of the year you were born. See, I was born in 1986. If you add up all those numbers you get twenty four, and then you add up those two, two and four, and then you get six. So that's how I know that one of my base numbers is So the first base number is the day and the second base number is the year. Yes, you can pause the podcast for a moment if you just need a moment to calculate your own base number.

But by now you should hopefully have two numbers. Your first base number, which is the day, and your second base number, which is the year. Now, base numbers are a term that we use to talk about the We could also call them core numbers. Core vibrations in different kinds of numerology we might call them life path numbers or heart's vibration or bigger or smaller personality, but these terms can seem kind of limited.

And from a Chaldean numerologist perspective, we look at the bigger picture and each number has an expression in the world and we're looking at And when it comes to people, it can become very specific. But in general, we also uh encounter these vibrations in years, in countries, in cities.

Of buildings. So these vibrations are everywhere. But of course, it's really interesting when we look at personality and a human being and look at how the vibration is expressed through them and how it might be stifled. Challenged, supported, innocent.

You are a one if you were born on the first, the tenth, the nineteenth, or the twenty-eighth of any month of any year. You're also a one if the digit sum of the year you were born becomes one. Now ones are one of our leaders. This is the number for beginnings, the start of everything, the first original spark. ones are in a sense egotistical. They like being the first one through the door, uh the first one on the scene. They like starting things. There is a little

manager embedded in everyone. One of the pitfalls for any ones out there are the the idea that they have to do everything. Since this is like um a very pushy and in that sense like masculine outward faced and oriented number vibration, they like to just do it all themselves. So if you are a one, you probably need to learn today. And with delegation, I don't mean just the stuff that you're not so good at. I mean also the stuff that you might be good at, but it's just not your genius.

Lots of ones become less than companies, you know, the person in a group of friends who decide where the group should go, where they should hang out, and if a one a little unbalanced, unsupported in any way, and maybe not so lucky.

to get their ideas validated by others, they become a little micromanaging. Um manipulation is the lowest end of the spectrum for a one. When they don't get their way Since they have such a strong drive to succeed and a belief that they know what's right, they can start manipulating the situation or the people around them if they don't want to.

But personal freedom is important to them and they have life goals surrounding leadership, delegation, and they need to embrace and open up to their own spirituality and intuition.

When we are on the forefront of change, it's important that we listen within. And the life lesson for anyone is to balance the relationships and the Often ones can become so sucked into their work, it can become everything they think about, they can arrange their life around it, and they need to figure out a way to balance.

you know, relationships and work. They often have spiritual abilities, a very strong intuition, and a way of tuning into others and see Which is very helpful when you have a little project manager inside and you're looking for people to delegate to because you actually do know. Who you should be handing stuff over to. Of famous people with the base number one somewhere in their birthday, they Coco Chanel, Colin Firth, Kylie Monok, Bill Clinton, Marilyn Monroe

Elon Musk, who else? Amy Schumer is also a one. Now let's move on to face number two, and you are a two if you were born on the second, the eleventh, the twentieth, or the twenty ninth of any month and any year. And the same if you find the digit sum of the year you were born becomes two, then you have two in your birthday. Base number will line up as follow. Now twos are sensitive and playful people. They are a lot more um receptive to the world and the energies around them than ones.

They have life goals surrounding play and creativity, pleasure in that sense, and the pitfalls for many two. They are such good listeners and such good friends to other people, but they're not always aware of how much they carry the vibration. So if you're two and you're a little bit depressed, you need to be aware that you're not just surrounded by depressed people. Because this openness sensitivity that you come into the world to utilize and show everyone around you, you know the depth

It's very easy to get overloaded. Too much of other people's emotional life, their burdens, their challenges, and often when twos are depressed, it's simply from being too receptive to the heavy if you surround yourself with happy people, you can get fired up really quickly. Twos can often get like drunk, even when they're not drunk, simply by walking into a good party atmosphere and vibration is high.

Now many twos, often as kids also are very gentle and and the range from laughter to tears is often in play like throughout the day and it's important if you are a parent to a two, to uh put down boundaries. Because the kid might not be able to. And it goes as well when you grow up as a two, you need to be your own loving.

You need to take care of your own boundaries, decide who you're gonna hang out with, knowing that you will be it's almost impossible for you to not take on some of the So twos are here to work on lightness, joy, fun, and pleasure, and boundaries, and that balance. being grounded, figuring out what emotional life is yours and what is other people. And there's a deep spiritual or in any two, their sensitivity.

in their relationship to their own spirituality. Now famous people with the base number two. Birthday. We have Jennifer Aniston, Cher, Viola Davis, Dwayne Johnson, David Lynch, Mr. Rogers. Right? And Oprah Winfrey. Let's move on to base number three. If you are a three, you were born on the third, the twelfth, the twenty-first, or the thirtieth of any month in any And as well if you were born in a year

the due to sum of three, then you are a three as well. Now three is a number of strength and fossil. It is a very brainy number. I know no threes who do not like to learn, read, explore. Many threes take multiple courses, multiple trainings, different kinds of educations throughout their life because there is a hunger for knowledge and it's fun to work. For any three, there is a sense

accomplishments come through work, not so much when they sit back and relax. And since there is a life theme and lesson and goal surrounding success, they really have to figure If you're a three and you're working hard and you're often the hardest worker in the room, you have to figure out and recalibrate your brain. Sometimes to know that it's not just the hours you put in. Sometimes it's the small steps. Sometimes it's just working on your dream for 10 minutes and then putting it away.

You don't have to break your bones and hustle very hard to get there. Even though you're kind of wired. So many threes make it to lead of the first. Which is simply I mean not to discount the work they do, but it's also showing up. They do show up. If you're a three, you show up. You're a loyal partner, friend, worker. Sometimes when success is in our blood and something we thirst for, we can get afraid of it and we can decide to live slightly in the shadow.

And not have a nuanced sense of our own accomplishments. So we can either say this was a total failure or this was a total failure. Which is rarely the truth. Even the most amazing things could probably be um bettered in some way, and even the worst failures we can learn from. So nuance

Oh, it didn't work out, so I'm just gonna like change career and do something completely different. They often have a very strong intuition, but this because there's such a like brainy side to many threes, they can kind of think themselves out of Good decisions they could make. Now famous people with three as their first base number.

Winston Churchill, Darwin, Jennifer Hudson, Kim Kardashian, Abraham Lincoln, and Malala. Now let's move on to base number four. You are a four if you were born on the fourth, the thirteenth, the twenty second, or the thirty first. Of any month in any year. So four is the number of change. And in our fours we have the rebels, the revolutionaries, the people who think many fours have a tendency to define themselves by the groups they are not.

by the things they don't believe in. So for any forest they need to find their people. They need to find community. They often build community. They often find theate. You will understand why when we get to that base number, uh because they share some common traits. And fours are really here to pull down the future. Make it real because they look for the gaps, the things that are missing in their eyes, the things that most people would not even notice.

I have a strong feeling that whoever came up with the cell phone was a four. Simply by throwing out the idea wouldn't be so much smarter if I could bring my phone when I lost it. even if the Ford didn't create the cell phone, the very thought of like something is missing, there's a gap here, why don't we fix it? Is a very for

core goals and challenges for any four. It is innovation. That's what they're here for. And they have some themes around self-worth and, you know, creating belonging and creating community. And also finding and creating that deeper connection. Because there can also be something sad about settling for less. And it is possible for any four to find close friends, a sense of family. But it's not something that comes easy. And it's often something that a for has to work on.

And there is a big spiritual gift of healing for many fours. And they have to unlock that for themselves and figure out what healing looks to them and how they commit to changing the world through not just tearing things down and pointing out what's missing, but actually building. So famous people with four as their first base number, we got Maya Angelou, Fiel Castro, Whoopi Goldberg, Barack Obama, JK Rowling, Angelina Jolie, Stevie Wonder, and Margaret. Let's move on to base number five.

This is the middle of our nine nine. And the base number five is the communicator, and you're a five if you were born on the fifth, the fourteenth, or the twenty-third of any month in any year, and you're also a five if Did the sum of the year you were born become a good? So fives are all about movement and energy. We find lots of fives in sales because communication and exchange and sales and money, business and all that comes with that is like breathing.

They are born to communicate. Even the fives who decide that, ooh, speaking is a little too much, they often become writers. Um we find them casting agencies and connecting people The world in so many ways. They usually have many projects going on at any one time, and that's actually one of the things that can slow them down.

So fives are all about that connection and that more fast paced, but since they're doing so many things at once, they actually slow down their ultimate forward movement. And sometimes they can get lost. Many fives, This is my ultimate little tip. If you are a five and you feel burned out or you feel like there's too much on your plate, you probably all already know this. Um, but naps are your best friend getting that.

Sleep every night and not running on empty is just really So since the theme for any five is communication, and if that's the life goal, it might also mean that if you're a very challenged five, if you've not been supported throughout your life, a not harmonious name, which we will cover in one of the next then it can be very challenging to open your heart and open your mouth and your throat.

And send your truth into the world. And often it can be a good counterbalance and help for you to find more grounded based on your Because if you're all about the connection, then someone else could be all about the grounding and the follow through. When we look at famous people, First base number. We have Adele, Michael Cain, Einstein, Audrey Hepburn, Quincy Jones, Gustav Klimt, Karl Mox, William Shakespeare, Kay Winslit, Farrell Williams.

If you were a six, you were born on the sixth, the fifteenth, or the twenty fourth of any month of any year. So sixes are born with a beautiful and hard life lesson around love and beauty. Now, for some people I meet them and they're like, oh, beauty, but my husband is not very stylish and he's a

And this sense of beauty also comes with like um a portion of harmony. So even if you know a six who doesn't really care that much about like flowers and fancy clothes, you will still notice that they are interested in harmony. And sixes actually have the ability to harmonize a room Since the life lesson has to do with love, they also have some big lessons around what love is not.

And love is not codependency, it's not being addicted, it's not supporting people who don't support you, it's not pouring from an empty. Any six needs to spend some time figuring out what's truly important to the on a self care level because they are the kind of people who support other people care of us, many sixes find themselves, if not in the business of making the world more beautiful through like artistic and creative feels, through jobs as caregivers, social workers.

teachers, places where they have interactions with groups of people and try to help them with whatever they need help with. And as they spend so much energy and so much love on other people, they really Because if you are a six and you find it very easy to give and very hard to receive, then you are out of the way. And there's some big gifts waiting for you on the other side when you figure out how to put down boundaries. And not give to people who are not giving back to you.

Or, you know, in a job where you don't get paid enough for your hard work. When we look at famous people with six as their first base number, we have George Clooney, Amelia Earhart, Idris Elba, Ruth Vader Ginsberg, Joan of Arc, Steve Jobs, and Barbara Strauss.

Let's move on to base number seven. If you're a seven, you were born on the seventh, the sixteenth, or the twenty-fifth of any month of any year. And of course if You were born in a year where the digit sum is seven, then you are a seven as well. Now, seven is the number of spiritual insights detaching itself from human limitations, connecting to the higher. Seven is the gentlest. Sevens are artistic, creative, um little poets.

Sevens usually spend a lot of their day daydreaming, not really being here in this world. They don't always come with a strong physical constitution, not with a kind Endurance that some of the other base numbers, like ones and threes, have, but they do come with a different kind of gift. Okay. They know what synergy means. They have a sense of being able to build something out of other people's ideas or ideas. They simply don't.

So if you're a seven, this creative streak and this sense of synergy is something that you really want to to value. Often the gifts we have are the gifts we don't care. We can spend a lot of time looking for, you know, accolades that don't really belong to us or achievements that are really far from our skill. And if you're a seven, your skill set is in the realm of ideas and light and spiritual. It's not always the hard work and it's since it's not something that you're

Build for. It's not something you need to pursue. You need to clear your own channel and trust your own intuition and trust that it will lead you where you need to be going. Many sevens also. And simply need to be aware of what they eat and the people they are around since this channel that I'm talking about, this channel that you are in the world. It really needs a particular kind of atmosphere around it. So while you can download on the subway or in your car.

just walking around. The quality of your downloads will be better if you create a life Now when we look at famous people with seven as their first base number, we have Jane Austen, Ian McKellen, Al Puccino, Prince. Virginia Wolf, Marie Carey, and Andrew Carnegie. Now let's move on to base number two. If you're an eight, you were born on the eighth, the seventeenth, or the twenty sixth of any month in any year. Now, eight is the number for letting go of karmic.

And this means that if you're an eight, you have signed up to a lot of challenge in this life. It means that you come with a specific strong constitution. That you have a lot of power and that a lot of what you hold inside is not visible. Many apes have a very deep, rich emotional life that we are not aware of. The people around them. So if you're an eight, you need to be aware of this, and you also need to celebrate and cultivate.

You cannot cut off your spiritual and sensitive emotional life and you also cannot ignore it and just s decide to live in only the physical world. ignoring all the hints and nudges you get from inside. You are really here to build a bridge between heaven and earth, and that's embouthful. That's a big thing. And it's something that you're you'll be challenged by through

So many eights also come with a big portion of temperament, and sometimes that's hard to figure out how what to do with all this emotion inside. The sense of power and focus that you have are deeply related to your Worth. Like the fours, you don't think within the same normal boundaries as many others. You feel like an outsider. You might often feel Your emotional life is deeper or more complex than the people around you, or that people just go, you know what? Now we talked about the deep.

For a little too long, I need to lighten up. And since you're here to explore the darkness as much as the light, you sometimes need to figure out who you can share those insights with, which would often be Now eights have life goals and lessons surrounding power, passion, authenticity, and strength. Famous people with eight as their first base number David Bowie, Jim Carey, Ellen DeGeneres, Queen Latifah, Jules Worm, Kanye West, Helen Mirin, Angela Macle, and Souvena Williams.

Let's move on to our very last base number in this very long podcast, base number nine. If you're a nine, you were born on the ninth, the eighteenth, or the twenty-seventh of any month in any Of course, if you were born in a year with the digit sum is nine, then you're in So nine is the number of completion. It wraps up this line of numbers from one. And nine have leadership as part of its vibration. And this is not the kind of leadership

in the ones who decide to be first on the field, or the threes who decide to get there by showing up early and going home late. The leadership we find in the nine is found in often It's found in being a warrior with an unfortunate Which can be very hard for for many nines. Um they can often decide, you know what, I'll just close my heart

and keep going and I'll become a leader anyway. But the true um celebration and the true recognition comes from when the nine with the strong leadership abilities decides to lead with an I feel like Elizabeth Gilbert is such a beautiful example of someone who gets more and more success whenever she opens her heart. Now nines have a sensitive heart and great emotions.

They are very brave, but they can also be kind of reckless and decide to go all in on things that might not always pan out. We have the warrior strength inside the nine. But that also means that there is a great deal of anger at injustice, things that are not right in the world. Nines are warrior in the sense that they fight for what's right and for what's right.

is open to. There is a significant spiritual element and resource within any9, but if it's not supported in their name, which we will cover in the next episode. it can be challenging and they can decide to not open up to this very significant spirit Often I find nines that have a lot of headaches, don't have them just because they're working very hard or not sleeping enough.

Or not drinking enough water, but also because the spirituality and their guides are actually knocking so hard that it'll give them a head. So they have life goals surrounding strength and power and this authentic kind of leadership. When we look at the famous people who have nine as their first base number, We find Tom Hanks, Whitney Houston, Cynthia Nixon, Nelson Mandela, Isabella Rossellini, Jada Pinkett Smith, John Travolta, and Theodore Roosevelt.

See this was a really short description of all Nat. And in Childean numerology, this is our way in. When we look at a person, we look at their base numbers and we see how are you supported? If this is a spectrum of energy and of a vibration, where are you on the road?

If you are a one who is manipulating your way through life, you're not supported, and you're operating from the lower end of the spectrum. If you're a two who is working really hard and you're not connected to your playful and creative If you're a seven who've decided to not use any of your creative abilities, then you're also not utilizing everything that you have in your arsenal. And for each base number, we can look at what this number wants to experience.

Now if this sounds really interesting, I want to direct you to the book, A Little Bit of Numerology that I wrote, where I go much deeper with all nine base numbers and the chakras they are connected to and the zodiac signs. Now in the next moment Which is where it gets really interesting and really specific in how a numerologist can see into you, can see into your life experience, can see into your personality, and can see just how it feels. Now if you like this podcast, please subscribe.