Life path number and tarot card

The numbers and their cards

• 1: Independence and new beginnings. You like to lead and to make your own way.
• 2: Partnership and balance. You notice what others feel and help people meet in the middle.
• 3: Expression and creativity. You think out loud, make things and bring people together.
• 4: Steadiness and hard work. You build things that last, one careful step at a time.
• 5: Freedom and change. You learn by trying, travelling and taking a chance.
• 6: Care and responsibility. You look after people, homes and communities.
• 7: Reflection and searching. You need time alone to think and find out what is true.
• 8: Ambition and results. You are drawn to work, money and making a mark.
• 9: Compassion and completion. You see the bigger picture and want to give back.
• 11: A master number: intuition and inspiration. You sense things early and can light the way for others.
• 22: A master number: the master builder. You can turn big ideas into something real.
• 33: A master number: the master teacher. You lead through kindness and example.

Numbers 1 to 9 and 11 match the Major Arcana card with that number. 22 is The Fool, and 33 adds to 6, The Lovers. This is a different sum from the birth card, which adds the month, day and year as whole numbers.