As per the Indian system of numerology, there are three types of numbers that are most relevant to us, viz., Psychic number, Destiny number, and Name number. Following is the description of how these numbers are calculated and what their relevance is. Psychic Number This number helps in revealing how you view yourself, your talents, and the basic nature that you have while proceeding with your normal routine life. It is obtained from your date of birth. For example, if you were born on June 4th, then your psychic number is 4, while if you were born on June 12th, then your psychic number is 1 + 2 = 3. Some common traits that you will find in individuals depending on their psychic number are as follows:

• 1: These individuals are bright, sunny, confident, self-centered, arrogant, and bold.
• 2: They are reflective, poetic, passionate, artistic, and truthful people. They need a lot of privacy and time for themselves.
• 3: These are dynamic, outgoing, and competitive people. They are also very talented and successful, and love to lead a luxurious life.
• 4: They are greedy, selfish, and generous individuals; all at the same time! They are very loyal to the ones they are close to, but generally prefer to be alone.
• 5: These people are restless, busy, adventurous, and convincing. They like change. They are very good with their hands and usually excel in the entertainment industry.
• 6: These are loving, caring, charismatic, and open-hearted people. They are also excellent as friends.
• 7: These persons are spiritual, stubborn, and perfectionists in everything that they undertake. They generally prefer to work alone and are vulnerable to emotional explosions.
• 8: They are action-motivated, serious, and slow people, and are good judges of character. They have the ability to manage fame, wealth, and fortune with grace.
• 9: These people are blessed with a warm personality. They are aggressive and challenging, and fly into a rage when provoked. They long for love and approval from their loved ones.

Destiny Number This helps in revealing how the world views you and is basically related to your past actions or 'karma'. Its importance in your life increases once you cross the age of 35. This number is obtained by adding together the date, month, and the year of birth. For example, if your date of birth is 06/04/1978, then your destiny number is 4 + 6 + 1 + 9 + 7 + 8 = 35 = 3 + 5 = 8. The common traits that you will find in individuals depending on their destiny number are as follows:

• 1: These are courageous, commanding, opinionated, rigid, and stubborn people. They have many good friends.
• 2: These individuals are charming, kind, tactful, and very sensitive. They also require tremendous emotional support.
• 3: These are hardworking, confident, cheerful, religious, and proud individuals. They do not like to be alone, and are very good at every task that they undertake.
• 4: They are highly intelligent, persevering, helpful, and serious people with very strong likes and dislikes. They are usually unsuccessful in matters of love and intimacy.
• 5: These people are soft, sensuous, and joyous. They love to explore all aspects of life. They get easily bored and need a constant change from their routine life.
• 6: They are understanding, compassionate, generous, emotional, and idealistic individuals. They are extremely vulnerable to praise and sacrifice.
• 7: These people are charming, lively, proud, philosophical, and intuitive. They love to contemplate on the deeper meaning of life.
• 8: These individuals have to struggle with opposition and delays. They are success-driven and want to leave behind a legacy.
• 9: These people are warm, responsible, proud, kind, and understanding, and they make excellent teachers. They also enjoy music and art.

Name Number The name number helps in determining your relationships with other people. These days, people have started changing their names to improve their name number, which helps in enhancing the qualities of psychic and density numbers and avoid any conflicts between them. You can find plenty of name calculators on the Internet as the calculations are a little complex. You can also use the chart below to find the corresponding number assigned to each alphabet.

• A, J, S - 1
• B, K, T - 2
• C, L, U - 3
• D, M, V - 4
• E, N, W - 5
• F, O, X - 6
• G, P, Y - 7
• H, Q, Z - 8
• I, R - 9

Following are some common characteristics that you will find in individuals depending on their name number:

• 1: These individual are natural leaders and can be very successful in life.
• 2: These people can be good teachers, and they have good healing qualities.
• 3: They are good artists and idealistic to the core.
• 4: These individuals make good builders and are known for their radical thought process.
• 5: These people make good entertainers.
• 6: They make excellent homemakers, and nurture and support everyone around them.
• 7: These individuals are of a mystical and philosophical nature.
• 8: They are very hard workers, which helps them attain great fame and fortune.
• 9: These people make great humanists who work ceaselessly for the betterment of mankind.