Capstone
The last letter of the first name, read in numerology as how a person brings things to an end, finishing them and letting them go.
Meaning
The capstone is the last letter of the first name. In building, a capstone is the stone set on top to finish a wall or an arch. Numerology borrows the image: the letter that closes the first name says something about how a person closes things.
Ulune reads it as how a person brings things to an end: finishing a task, completing a project, and letting go of what is over. It is the last gesture of an undertaking, where the cornerstone is the first.
Some people start well and lose interest before the end; others hesitate to begin, then see everything through. Read beside the cornerstone, the capstone shows whether the first and last steps share a tone.
Like the cornerstone, the capstone is read as a letter with a character of its own, and through its Pythagorean value. A capstone E, worth 5, brings freedom and communication to the finish: curious, lively, already looking at what comes next.
The capstone is one of the three stones of the first name. The third is the first vowel, a glimpse of the inner self.
In practice
Take a made-up person, Bernard Olivier Martin, born 3 November 1978. His first name, Bernard, begins with B and ends with D. His capstone is D, worth 4.
Ulune’s reading for D: order and endurance, practical, hard-working and reliable, sometimes stubborn. As a capstone, numerology reads this as a careful finish. Things are brought to a solid end, step by step, rather than dropped once the interest fades.
His cornerstone B, worth 2, is gentle and attentive to others. The pair suggests someone who starts through people and finishes through method. His value 4 links the capstone to the 4, the number of work and structure.
The capstone also closes each round of the physical letter cycle, which walks through the first name from birth. For Bernard, D covers the ages of 31 to 35, before the cycle starts again with B.
Origin and history
The capstone belongs to modern name numerology. Ulune follows Hans Decoz, who lists it among the numbers of a complete chart, in his book with Tom Monte (1994).
How Ulune calculates it
- Ulune takes the full name at birth, as typed for numerology, or else the chart’s own typed name.
- The first name is the first word, up to the first space. A hyphenated first name counts whole: Jean-Pierre ends with E.
- Accents are dropped, and signs that are not letters, such as an apostrophe, are left aside.
- The capstone is the last letter, shown with its Pythagorean value. A Y counts whatever its role, vowel in Mary, consonant in Mickey.
- In a one-letter first name, such as an initial, the cornerstone and the capstone are one letter, read once.
Correspondences
A capstone can be any of the 26 letters. Each value gathers two or three letters, summed up here in Ulune’s own words.
| Value | Letters and what they bring |
|---|---|
| 1 | A ambition and independence · J fairness and aspiration · S charm and drive |
| 2 | B sensitivity and warmth · K intuition and ideals · T energy and feeling |
| 3 | C expression and ease · L expression and goodwill · U openness and good fortune |
| 4 | D order and endurance · M work and steadiness · V vision and building |
| 5 | E freedom and communication · N imagination and movement · W self-expression and freedom |
| 6 | F care and responsibility · O principles and devotion · X sensuality and responsibility |
| 7 | G thought and inner life · P knowledge and reserve · Y independence and depth |
| 8 | H drive and a sense for business · Q originality and strength · Z optimism and good judgement |
| 9 | I feeling and compassion · R tolerance and energy |
The related positions are the cornerstone and the first vowel, the two other stones of the first name.
Related
- Cornerstone, capstone and first vowelThe first letter, the last letter and the first vowel of the first name, read as how a person begins, how they finish, and their inner self.
- CornerstoneThe first letter of the first name, read in numerology as how a person approaches what comes, opportunities and obstacles alike.
- First vowelThe first vowel of the first name, read in numerology as a glimpse of the inner self, how a person reacts when no one is looking.
- Letter cycles and essenceEach part of the birth name read letter by letter, each letter for as many years as its value, in three cycles whose letters add up to the essence.
- Expression, Soul Urge and PersonalityThe birth name’s letters as numbers, all of them for the Expression, the vowels for the Soul Urge, the consonants for the Personality.
Sources
- Hans Decoz with Tom Monte, Numerology: Key to Your Inner Self, 1994