Business card numerology, as this site practises it, is not a separate system. A card carries several numbers the method already reads — the business name, the phone number, the web address and the premises — and each is graded by its own calculator. Layout, line counts, fonts and where the logo sits are different: the source material this site follows has no rule for them, and neither does this site.
This page sets out which parts of a card can be checked, works one name through end to end with the arithmetic shown, and says plainly where the method has nothing to offer.
What on a business card this site can grade
| On the card | Checked by | What the check reads |
|---|---|---|
| Business name | Business name analyser | The reduced total against the founder's driver and conductor, and the compound against the compound table |
| Phone number | Phone number analyser | Digit pairs 42%, closing four digits 33%, structure 20%, whole-number total 5% |
| Web address | Domain name analyser | The name with its extension stripped, totalled and gated against the owner's numbers |
| Premises | Address analyser | Unit, floor and building against the owner's birth number, with totals of 2, 4 or 8 capped |
| Layout, line count, fonts, logo position | Nothing | No rule in the source material or on this site |
| Colours | Nothing on this site | A planet-colour map exists in the tradition; see below |
The useful habit is to check what is actually printed. If the card shows a shortened trading name rather than the registered one, the shortened name is the one a reader sees, and it can total differently.
Working through the name on a business card
This site uses the Chaldean letter table, in which letters take values from 1 to 8 and no letter is worth 9. An invented business, CEDAR HOUSE:
- C=3, E=5, D=4, A=1, R=2, H=5, O=7, U=6, S=3, E=5 → 3 + 5 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 5 + 7 + 6 + 3 + 5 = 41
- Reduced: 4 + 1 = 5
CEDAR HOUSE is reported as 41/5. A name is graded twice, and it has to clear both:
- The compound. 41 is graded Excellent in the compound table — "strongly favoured — the most prescribed compound".
- The founder. The reduced digit is graded against the founder's own numbers. For an invented founder born 23 July 1985 — driver 23/5, conductor 35/8 — the analyser reads each possible total like this:
| Name total | Verdict for this founder (driver 5, conductor 35/8) |
|---|---|
| 1 | Strong |
| 2 | Strong |
| 3 | Excellent |
| 4 | Weak |
| 5 | Excellent |
| 6 | Excellent |
| 7 | Excellent |
| 8 | Strong |
| 9 | Strong |
CEDAR HOUSE, on 5, is Excellent for this founder and Excellent as a compound. A near neighbour shows why both checks matter. CEDAR WORKS: C=3, E=5, D=4, A=1, R=2, W=6, O=7, R=2, K=2, S=3 → 3 + 5 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 6 + 7 + 2 + 2 + 3 = 35, reduced 3 + 5 = 8, reported as 35/8. The founder check reads 8 as Strong for this founder, but the compound 35 is graded Avoid — "repeatedly named as a ruin compound". One check passed, one failed.
A different founder gets a different table, so work out your own driver and conductor in the core calculators.
The spelling question
The source material's main instruction about cards concerns spelling, not design. Where an owner adopts a corrected spelling of a name, the prevailing practice in the reference set is to use it on the signature, business card, email, social profiles and nameplate, and not on identity documents. One source disagrees and holds that the documented spelling is the one that counts. This site reports both and does not choose.
If you are considering a new spelling, the name change calculator only suggests totals the analyser grades Workable or better for your own birth numbers.
The phone number on the card
The phone analyser weighs the closing four digits heavily because the leading digits belong to the operator and were never the owner's choice. It also checks the whole-number total and the closing block against the owner's birth numbers, marks down a number ending in zero, and flags any of 2, 4 and 8 that appears three or more times — digits one school avoids anywhere in a phone number.
None of this depends on how the number is printed. Spacing, brackets and a country code do not change the reading.
Colours, layout and line counts
Colours. The tradition matches colours to planets, and so to numbers, but the schools are inconsistent about it and this site does not grade a colour. The logo numerology guide sets out the planet-colour map and where it is thin.
Layout and line counts. Some guides say the lines of text on a card should total 5 or 6, or that the logo belongs in a particular corner. No source in the reference set says either, and this site has no rule for them. The same goes for typefaces, card size, QR codes and the back of the card.
Frequently asked questions
Which numbers on a business card does numerology read?
On this site: the business name, the phone number, the web address and the premises, each in its own calculator. Layout, line counts and fonts are not graded.
Should the lines on my card total 5 or 6?
No source in the reference set gives a rule for line counts, and this site does not grade them.
Should my card use a corrected spelling of my name?
The prevailing practice is to use a corrected spelling on the card, signature, email and social profiles rather than on identity documents. One source disagrees and holds the documented spelling is what counts.
Is a name on 41/5 always a good choice?
41 is graded Excellent as a compound, but the reduced 5 still has to suit the founder. For the founder in the worked example it does; for another founder the verdict can differ, so run your own birth date.
Which colour should a business card be?
This site does not grade colour. The tradition's planet-colour map is described in the logo guide, along with the disagreements between schools.
Where this runs out
A business card works when it is legible and the details on it are correct. Nothing here predicts how a card will be received, and no number should outweigh a misspelt address or a phone line nobody answers.
What the method offers is a way to check the numbers a card carries against the same rules every time. For the design itself it offers nothing, and this page does not pretend otherwise. The methodology page explains how every score on this site is built.