Is your house number lucky?
Clear, practical number symbolism for the address on your door — what each digit traditionally means, how the digits are summed, and how to read your own number in about a minute. Written for American homeowners and renters — no jargon, nothing you have to believe in to find interesting.
House number guides
New to the topic? Start with what qi (energy) actually is — the idea behind every rule below — then jump into the specific guides.
Street Name Numerology: Do the Letters in Your Address Count?
Should you fold the street name letters into your address reading, how to convert them to numbers, and why most people stick with the house number.…
Unlucky House Number Remedies: 6 Ways to Soften a 4, 13, or 666
What to do when your address is a 4, 13, or 666 — six cheap or free display and mindset fixes that soften the number without moving or changing it.…
Can You Change Your House Number? The Honest Answer
Your house number is assigned by local government for emergency and mail use, so the real fix for an unwanted digit is the display, not a new number.…
Why 8 Is the 'Lucky' House Number (And Where That Comes From)
8 is the famous lucky number, but its wealth meaning is a Chinese pun that doesn't carry into American numerology. Here are both takes.…
Apartment Number Numerology: Does Your Unit Number Count?
How to read your apartment or unit number on its own, why renters should weight the unit, and how to combine the unit and building readings.…
Unlucky House Numbers: 4, 13, and 666 — What Actually Matters
Why people fear 4, 13, and 666 in an address, which fears are American and which imported, and what to do when your number is on the list.…
Lucky House Numbers: Which Address Numbers Are Considered Best
Which house numbers are traditionally lucky, why 8 stands out, and how American and Chinese readings of the same digit differ.…
House Number Numerology: How to Read Your Address
How to reduce any street address to a single digit, what to do with apartment and unit numbers, and why you usually can't change the number you have.…
Ready to take it further? Your personal number
The digit meanings above are the same for every address — 8 reads as "prosper," 4 reads as a warning, and a number that sums to 9 reads as lasting. To go one step deeper, traditional practice also looks at your own number: your Kua number, worked out from your birth year and gender, points to the digits and directions traditionally counted as favorable for you personally. It takes about a minute.
Calculate my Kua number