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Numerology and Rokuyō both run in repeating cycles, and both label certain days as lucky or unlucky.
But sadly, working out a numerological value for a Rokuyō day isn’t straightforward.
Rokuyō and numerology come from completely different traditions and were never meant to match up, though they can look similar because both use cycles and talk about good or bad timing.
Here’s a simple breakdown:
Rokuyō is a Japanese calendar system with six repeating day types. It’s based on Edo-period astrology and the Chinese lunisolar calendar. The six-day cycle resets according to the start of the lunar month.
Numerology, on the other hand, is a symbolic system that gives meaning to numbers, usually 1–9. It reduces dates, names and events to a single “life path number”.
Numerology has nothing to do with the lunisolar calendar, and because the two systems have totally different origins, their numbers don’t line up.
Rokuyō describes the mood or character of a day — the day’s “essence”, and whether it’s good or bad for certain activities.
Numerology describes the essence of a person — qualities such as creativity, stability, leadership, adventure, compassion, etc.
They have similar goals (helping people understand timing, luck and tendencies), but they look at completely different things: Rokuyō deals with days, numerology deals with people.
So,
if you want to treat a day like a person — to anthropomorphise it — you can put the date into the numerology calculator.
Just don’t expect the result to make much sense.