The Heart's Desire number is just what the name implies: your innermost yearning; the dreams closest to your heart. Conseuently! it shows your underlying moti"ation! or the general intention behind many o# your actions. $t dramatically in#luences the choices you ma%e in li#e. $ts in#luence is e"erywhere in your li#e & your career! your en"ironment! #riendships! and li#e style. 'our Heart's Desire is deri"ed #rom the "owels o# your name. (ote that "owels are pronounced #rom #ree&#lowing breath: )aaaaa; *eeeeee; $iiiiiiiii! +ooooo; and Uuuuuu. Consonants! on the other hand! ha"e a distinct beginning or end. They are sharply begun or sharply #inished. ,or e-ample: .! D! /! 0! S! T! and 1. There is a distinction in consonants! a harder edge than the so#t and #lowing "owels. The "owels re"eal the tender you; your lo"e! caring! and "ulnerability. Consonants re"eal certain o# your characteristics that! among other things! shield your more "ulnerable parts. 'our public personality! which is re"ealed by the consonants! is a #undamental aspect o# who you are! but these characteristics tend to be those aspects that you willingly show the world. The "owels are )! *! $! +! and U. (umerology considers all other letters to be consonants! e-cept! in some cases! the letter '. The letter ' is inherently "acillating in its nature and usage! and conseuently is sometimes a "owel! sometimes a consonant! depending upon how it is used in the name. 2hen determining i# the ' is a "owel or a consonant! the basic rule is this: 2hen the letter ser"es as a "owel! and in #act sounds li%e one! it is a "owel. The same is true when the ' ser"es as the only "owel in the syllable. *-amples o# both o# these cases are such names as 3ynn! '"onne! 4ary! .etty! *ly! and .ryan. Howe"er! i# the ' does not pro"ide a separate "owel sound! as when it is coupled with another "owel! it is considered a consonant. $n names such as 4aloney or 4urray! the ' is a consonant! because the "owel sound depends upon the long * in 4aloney and the long ) in 4urray. (umerology! in general! considers the ' to be a consonant when the syllable already has a "owel. )lso! the ' is considered a consonant when it is used in the place o# the so#t 5 sound! as in the name 'olanda or 'oda. $n the names .ryan and 2yatt! the ' is a "owel! because it pro"ides the only "owel sound #or the #irst syllable o# both names. ,or both o# these names! the letter ) is part o# the second syllable! and there#ore does not in#luence the nature o# the '. *-cerpted #rom the boo% (umerology; /ey To 'our $nner Sel#. How To Find Your Heart's Desire number. To #ind your Heart's Desire number! add the numerical "alue o# the "owels o# each o# your names; reduce them to single digits; add the single digits; and reduce them again to a single& digit number! which is your Heart's Desire number. 5ust as with the *-pression number! do not reduce 4aster numbers to single digits. 3earn more about when the letter ' is a "owel! and when it should be used as a consonant. 6)lways place the numbers #or the Heart's Desire abo"e the name. The space below the name is used #or the 0ersonality number! as you will learn later.7 ,or e-ample: