Balance, rational thought, attitude and subconscious self

Meaning

A numerology chart has a few large numbers, the core. The Life Path comes from the birth date, the name numbers from the full birth name. Around them sit smaller numbers, each drawn from one part of the name or the date. Ulune gathers four of them as the finer numbers.

Each answers a narrow, practical question. Where the core numbers paint a portrait, these add notes in the margin: how a person tends to react in four kinds of moments.

• The balance number adds the initials of the full birth name. It is read as how a person meets a difficult situation, and what steadies them.
• The rational thought number adds the first name and the day of birth. It is read as how a person thinks a question through and reaches a decision.
• The attitude number adds the month and the day of birth. It is read as the stance a person tends to take towards life, often the first thing others pick up.
• The subconscious self counts how many of the nine numbers the name holds. It is read as the reaction to the sudden and the unexpected.

Two of them use the name alone, one uses the date alone, and one joins the two. So a person with no name entered still has an attitude number, while the other three wait for a name.

None of them is a verdict. Ulune gives each value a strength and something that helps, never a flaw to fear. A low subconscious self, for instance, is not a weakness. It describes a narrower way of reacting, which simple plans and trusted people support well.

In practice

Take a made-up person, Camille Marie Laurent, born 15 June 1990. Her four finer numbers, as Ulune works them out:

• Balance: the initials C, M and L are 3 + 4 + 3 = 10, reduced to 1. In a hard moment, her strength is to stand firm and act.
• Rational thought: Camille adds up to 28, then 10, then 1. The 15th gives 6. 1 + 6 = 7: she thinks analytically and intuitively at once.
• Attitude: June is 6 and the 15th is 6. 6 + 6 = 12, reduced to 3: she tends to meet life with enthusiasm.
• Subconscious self: no letter of her name falls on 6, 7 or 8. Three numbers are missing, so 9 − 3 = 6. Facing the unexpected, she turns first to her responsibilities and the people close to her.

Read together, they sketch a person who meets life brightly, acts firmly under pressure, thinks before concluding, and looks after others when surprised. Her core numbers would then add the larger story.

Origin and history

These four numbers belong to modern name numerology, not to any ancient text. Ulune follows the rules of Hans Decoz. His book with Tom Monte (1994) presents the balance number, the rational thought number and the subconscious self in a complete chart. The attitude number, month plus day, is the same sum as the first pinnacle, read there as the theme of a stage of life.

How Ulune calculates it

• Letters take their Pythagorean values, 1 to 9, after accents are dropped. The name is the full name at birth; a name used now never changes these numbers.
• The balance number reduces the initials’ sum to 1–9: 11 and 22 are reduced too.
• The rational thought number reduces the first name and the day, then their sum, keeping 11 and 22 each time.
• The attitude number reduces the month and the day keeping 11 and 22, then their sum keeping 11, 22 and 33. Each master has its own text.
• The subconscious self is 9 minus the number of karmic lessons, with no reduction.
• No karmic debt is read in any of the four.

Correspondences

Near them sit the hidden passion and the planes of expression. The first name also gives three letters, the cornerstone, capstone and first vowel.