Heart’s Desire – Soul Urge Number
This is the inner you. It shows your true motivation, your inner cravings and urges, likes and dislikes. It reveals the general intention behind many of your actions, and dramatically influences the choices you make in life. Heart's Desire (aka Soul Urge) number is one of the five core numbers that include your Life Path Number, Expression(aka Destiny) Number, Day Number (the day you were born on), and Personality Number.
The Heart's Desire/Soul Urge number is derived from the vowels (A, E, I, O, U ... and sometimes Y) of your full name at birth.
How To Calculate – Heart's Desire/Soul Urge Number
Each letter in your name is given a single digit number, based on the chart below.
In the case of your Heart's Desire/Soul Urge Number, we are only interested in the vowels of your full birth name.
What about the letter Y? The letter Y is a bit tricky to use. Sometimes it is considered a vowel and at other times a consonant, depending on how it is used and how it sounds within the name.
When to use the letter "Y" as a VOWEL
When to use letter "Y" as a CONSONANT
To calculate your Heart's Desire/Soul Urge number, assign each vowel of your name a number from the above chart. Do this separately for your First Name, Middle Name (if you have one), and Last Name (Surname). For each of your names add the numbers up separately, reducing them down to a single digit value. When you have the numbers for each of your names, add these up and again reduce to a single digit to come up with your Heart's Desire/Soul Urge Number. If at any time in your calculations you encounter a master number (11,22, or 33) do not reduce it any further.
Example Calculation 1: John Winston Lennon
John Lennon's Heart's Desire Number = 6 + 6 + 11 = 23 = 5
Example Calculation 2: Oprah Gail Winfrey
Oprah Winfreys's Heart's Desire Number = 7 + 1 + 5 = 13 = 4
Note that I have not used the "Y" in Winfrey as a vowel. It is considered a consonant in this case.
You might find other charts showing different perspective numbers assigned to each letter. The methods on this website and in the readings I provide are based on Pythagorean numerology system which uses numbers 1 to 9. Chaldean numerology system follows a slightly different system using only numbers 1 to 8 (more to come on this topic at a later date)
Below are both the positive and negative traits assigned to each number
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 22 33
The Heart's Desire/Soul Urge number is derived from the vowels (A, E, I, O, U ... and sometimes Y) of your full name at birth.
How To Calculate – Heart's Desire/Soul Urge Number
Each letter in your name is given a single digit number, based on the chart below.
What about the letter Y? The letter Y is a bit tricky to use. Sometimes it is considered a vowel and at other times a consonant, depending on how it is used and how it sounds within the name.
When to use the letter "Y" as a VOWEL
- when Y serves as a vowel and sounds like a vowel , or when Y is the only vowel in the syllable (Mary, Carolyn, Betty)
- when Y precedes another vowel in a syllable and provides the vowel sound (Bryan, Wyatt)
When to use letter "Y" as a CONSONANT
- when Y follows another vowel, and it doesn't provide for a separate vowel sound (Murray, Hayley)
- when the syllable already has another vowel (except when Y precedes another vowel in a syllable and provides the vowel sound)
- when the Y is used in place of a J sound ( Yamaha, Toyota, Yoda)
To calculate your Heart's Desire/Soul Urge number, assign each vowel of your name a number from the above chart. Do this separately for your First Name, Middle Name (if you have one), and Last Name (Surname). For each of your names add the numbers up separately, reducing them down to a single digit value. When you have the numbers for each of your names, add these up and again reduce to a single digit to come up with your Heart's Desire/Soul Urge Number. If at any time in your calculations you encounter a master number (11,22, or 33) do not reduce it any further.
Example Calculation 1: John Winston Lennon
John Lennon's Heart's Desire Number = 6 + 6 + 11 = 23 = 5
Example Calculation 2: Oprah Gail Winfrey
Note that I have not used the "Y" in Winfrey as a vowel. It is considered a consonant in this case.
You might find other charts showing different perspective numbers assigned to each letter. The methods on this website and in the readings I provide are based on Pythagorean numerology system which uses numbers 1 to 9. Chaldean numerology system follows a slightly different system using only numbers 1 to 8 (more to come on this topic at a later date)
Below are both the positive and negative traits assigned to each number
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 22 33
Heart's Desire Number 2 - sensitive, emotional, sentimental, intuitive, gentle, indecisive
Heart's Desire Number 3 - happy, friendly, witty, creative, outgoing, inspiring, self-expressive, compulsive
Heart's Desire Number 4 - organized, stable, dislike change, logical, rigid, stubborn, honest, determined
Heart's Desire Number 5 - freedom loving, adventurous, travel, flexible, adaptable, curious, enthusiastic, excitable, irresponsible, emotionally superficial
Heart's Desire Number 6 - domestic, caring, sacrificing, interfering, smothering, affectionate, overprotective, loyal, generous, forgiving, sensitive
Heart's Desire Number 7 - love knowledge and insight, abstract, philosophical, theoretical, cool/aloof, introverted, rational, intuitive, idealistic, intelligent, isolated, cynical
Heart's Desire Number 8 - ambitious, visionary, leader, creative mind, problem solver, selfish, cruel, self-destructive
Heart's Desire Number 9 - perfectionist, utopic ideals, intuitive, artistic, naive, bad judge of character, crave approval, emotional, sensitive, moody, critical, arrogant
Heart's Desire Number 11 - wise, peacemaker, healer , visionary, attracted to philosophy, religion, world of energy, emotional, romantic, intelligent, impractical, not confident
Heart's Desire Number 22 - intelligent, sensitive, inventive, practical, leader, inspiring, creative, understanding, compassionate, arrogant, egocentric
Heart's Desire Number 33 - see attributes as defined by number 6
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OK i am a bit confused, i am sure that my name MAYLYNN ( one word, 2 syllables) uses the first Y as a consonant and the second as a vowel. is this accurate?
also not all numerologists use the Y in these ways, how do I go about using their readings for myself. if using it both ways does or does not work for me?
thanks for your help!
Hi Maylynn, you are right, treat your first Y as a consonant and your second as a vowel. Whether or not one uses the Y depends on the numerology system used and on the numerologist . I can see that excluding the Y if it is used as a consonant, and where it doesn’t provide any additional sound to the name, makes some sense. On the other hand, just for example … if it was up to me, and because in my mother tongue all the letters are pronounced individually, I would almost always consider Y to be a vowel. However, to accommodate all the different cultures and sounds of the world, I believe the system as described here (pythagorean numerology system), is the best choice : )
hi Seven
i never thanked you for the free personality report.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
is 3 life path and 7 expression number compatible? According your report,7 expression means bit introverted energy, but since I have 3 life path I can be very extrovert sometimes..I have sensed that I can be contemplative and outgoing-both…
heart’s desire ,1..I am yet to find that overpowering need to lead others!!
personality number is 6,every thing you said is true!! so
do u think 6 personality people are not necessarily attractive even beautiful??
over all ,your site is the best when it comes to free numerology report..
So wait. I have a “huge temptation” for people who are “perfectionist, utopic ideals, intuitive, artistic, naive, bad judge of character, crave approval, emotional, sensitive, moody, critical, arrogant”
Overall, I really like your site. I’ve read some of your explanations for calculations and agree with you (particularly about the cycles idea), but I really didn’t like your description above for the number 9:
perfectionist, utopic ideals, intuitive, artistic, naive, bad judge of character, crave approval, emotional, sensitive, moody, critical, arrogant
Of these attributes “intuitive” and “artistic” are the only positive traits… “utopic ideals” maybe. And isn’t this supposed to be describing my soul urge? This description doesn’t really inform me about what that hearts desire might be.
I know I have to articulate more on this subject, not only for the Heart’s Desire number but also for the other Core numbers (ie Personality and Expression numbers) The description is really more of what traits the numbers 1 to 9 represent in general (both positive and negative) rather than how they relate to the actual Core number. and having put in “arrogant” for example, doesn’t mean you are necessarily arrogant, but that you might have tendency toward arrogance if you walk on the dark side … to put it simply : ) anyway, the reason why I didn’t go into more detail at this time is because the personality readings i give out for free go into much more detailed description of each number, and well I haven’t had the time either, but all this is just a work in progress. Thanks for your input though, it helps me with building the site and making it more user friendly and comprehensive … cheers
Hi, my number’s 10/1 what does that mean? Thanks ? !
that means 1
Should we use our birth name as our last name or our married name?
your birth name
I AMHEART SOUL NUMBER 2
there are different theories of numerology..some times people do get confused. what is your view on this point? how a person will know which theory of numerology is going to work for him/her? is it only faith that gives the results?
Hi Ananya, that’s a good question. I know there are many different systems within numerology itself, just like there are many within astrology. On top of that many systems are trying to combine one with another, creating a mishmash of ideas that are quite honestly infinite in their possible variations and definitions. Much of what and who we think we are is simply a matter of what our own mind has decided for us, and ultimately I think it all comes down to what we want to believe … we are who WE think we are. I do like the way you put it, and perhaps it is a better way of looking at it, and in the end it is “faith that gives the results”.
thank you very much.
I like your site.
thanks
hi
I am confused.is my “y” a vowel?
my name is ANANYA
I would initially say yes, but it really depends on how you pronounce your name at this point. If you can only hear the “a” at the end of Ananya, then “Y” is a consonant, but if you can hear both the “y” and the “a” at the end, then the “y” is a vowel.
hi
thanks for clarifying it.
its Ya at the end…. its a vowel
hugs
Hi Brittany, you an find a decent definition in the book “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Numerology.” (Funny title, but very well-written book.) You’ll also find a definition in the book “The Master Numbers” by Korra Deaver Ph.D. The latter book is out of print, but you may find it used on Amazon or E-Bay. Yep, once you get into Master Numbers 33 and above you’re getting hard-pressed to find info. Korra Deaver is the only Numerologist I know of who has written about Master Numbers 44 through 99 at any length.
Thanks Shyla
my soul urge number is calculated at 33, and I can’t find anything that gives the meaning for that soul urge number. can anyone point me in a direction where I can find the meaning or reading for that soul urge number. all the other websites seem to stop at 22.
Hi Brittany … I don’t believe you will find a definition for a Heart’s Desire Master Number 33 … and if you do, do let me know : ) You would be best to look at the Heart Desire definition for number 6. Both 33 and 6 share common traits, and in this case the traits of the six, are amplified by the number 33. They are more developed and having a master number simply means you have more control of what you chose to do with those traits. In your case, your motivation, or urge, is to help people and to share your love with the world, perhaps to be a healer, a teacher, or a counsellor … leaning more on the spiritual side of things.