In numerology, practitioners use subtraction to find three
individual numbers that represent life challenges. The
interpretations of these numbers represent the obstacles,
hurdles and difficulties that one is most likely to face
during certain phases of life.

The first number that is calculated is your Early Challenge
number. This represents difficulties that you will face
during the first 28 years of your life.

The second number that is calculated is the Middle Challenge
number. This represents difficulties that you are likely to
face during the second 28 years of life.

The third number is the Main Challenge number. This number
not only emphasizes the difficulties that you will face
during the latter part of your life but it also represents
the chronic obstacles that you will face during your entire
life.

The Main challenge number is considered to be the most
dominant of all the challenge numbers. The main challenge
number takes precedence over the other two because it
represents obstacles that may come from within. It is the
devil (the issue) that you often find yourself wrestling with
your entire life. It is the question that burns inside you
that you have always hoped would somehow be answered before
you die.

The Early Challenge number are less influential which may
represent more episodic or situational problems.  Early
challenge numbers can indicate problems due to circumstances
or parents.  It can also represent internal. These problems
of course can disappear as the child matures and enters the
middle years of the life cycle.

The Middle Challenge number is also situational and usually
the result of hardship or complications brought on by other
individuals in your life. The number can also represent
behavioral problems as well as interference from natural
forces that are beyond your control.

Your first step to calculating any of the challenge numbers
is to reduce your day, month and birthday down into a single
digit. For example, my birthday June 7, 1960 reduces down to:

Month  6

Day     7

Year    7          (1+ 9 + 6 + 0 = 16 = 1+6 = 7)

Remember to reduce all numbers including master numbers down
to a single digit in order to perform this calculation
properly.

Calculating life challenge numbers is slightly different than
other numerology calculation because the sums that comprise
the Month, Day and Year of birth are not added together.
Instead they are treated as individual sums that can be
subtracted from each other.

To calculate your Early Life Challenge number subtract the
difference between the MONTH and the DAY of your birth. In my
case it would be 7-6 = 1.  My early life challenge number is
1.

The second calculation is for the Middle Life Challenge. This
means finding the difference between the DAY of birth and the
Year of Birth. I chose my birthday because it leads to a
unique calculation.  7-7 = 0.  In this particular numerology
reading there is an interpretation for the number 0.

To find your Main Life Challenge number find the difference
between the first your Early Life Challenge Number and your
Middle Life Challenge Number. Subtract the lower number from
the higher number. In my example the resulting equation is 1
(Middle Life Number ) - 0  (Early Life Number) =1.  My main
challenge number is one.

If you get the same number twice or even three times it means
that challenge may be doubly emphasized in your life.

For example if your Early Life Challenge number is the same
as your Middle Life Challenge Number then problems from your
childhood may dominate all of your years. It can also mean
that many of the obstacles that you have had to face were not
of your own making.

If your Main Challenge Number is the same as your Middle Life
Number then many of the problems you encounter could be

caused by the decisions you are making as an adult. Reading
the interpretation of that number could give you clues as to
how you often manage to be your own worst enemy.

If all three of your numbers are the same then it is safe to
assume that the cosmos is trying to make you learn a life
lesson by manifesting unpleasant situations wherever you go!

In next week's newsletter we will provide you with the
interpretations for all eight of the Challenge numbers. The
reason there are only eight interpretations is because no
difference results to more of than the sum of eight when
performing Life Challenge Number calculations.