Compound number 17 · root number 8
Born on 17 April
Saturn · patience and the capacity for hard work
Root number 8 belongs to Saturn, who settles accounts. Saturn gives nothing without labour, but he does not short-change labour by a single paisa either.
Compound number 17: The number that outlives death. There is obstruction and opposition at the start, but stay with it patiently and the honour that comes remains after you are gone.
Your three-layer personality
the Sun: Inside, you are built for independence. From childhood, an order given in the wrong tone makes something in you refuse, and you find no peace unless the decision is your own.
Ketu: Outside, you seem serious and hard to read. People do not understand you easily, and you make no great effort to be understood.
Root number 8 belongs to Saturn, who settles accounts. Saturn gives nothing without labour, but he does not short-change labour by a single paisa either. Your life is the story of a slow but solid climb. There is struggle in childhood and in early adulthood, and the position begins to harden after thirty-five. Those born under this number show the same pattern again and again: the ones who gave up halfway in discouragement were left with nothing, and the ones who stayed with it arrived somewhere others could not reach.
neutral Inside versus outside: The relation between inside and outside is neutral. You can show either face as the situation requires, and that flexibility is your advantage.
Born in April: how it marks your life
neutral Your birth month and root number are neutral to each other. How the events below turn out depends largely on your own effort and your own decisions. This month's central theme is breaking rules and building a new system.
- Childhood & family
- There is unsettledness or frequent change in childhood, sometimes a change of home, sometimes strain within the family.
- Career turning point
- The turn in working life arrives abruptly, often through an outside decision or a change in technology.
- Love & marriage
- The relationship moves along an unconventional road. Family approval may take time.
- Places & travel
- Establishment far from your birthplace, including abroad, is strongly indicated.
The main areas of life
Career
Law and the judiciary, administration, construction, land, mining and oil, heavy industry, financial control, and any long-term responsibility. Your second layer, 7 (Ketu), adds: Research, medicine, law, auditing, astrology and spiritual practice, technology, writing, and any work that can be done alone.
Money
Money comes late, but once it comes it stays. Land and long-term investment suit you best; a business that depends on speed does not.
Love & marriage
Your feeling runs deep but you are sparing in showing it. You match best with a mature and patient partner. The relationship moves along an unconventional road. Family approval may take time.
Health
Bones, teeth, knees and arthritic pain, which worsen with age. Regular walking and proper rest are the equivalent of medicine for you. Also, through Ketu: Nerves, sleeplessness, eyes and general weakness. A complaint whose cause never shows up in the tests is a familiar trouble here.
Who you get along with
Supportive birth dates
Birth dates that clash
How numbers relate
| Number → | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 the Sun | ● | F | F | N | F | F | N | E | F |
| 2 the Moon | F | ● | F | E | F | N | N | E | E |
| 3 Jupiter | F | F | ● | N | F | E | F | N | N |
| 4 Rahu | F | E | N | ● | F | F | F | F | E |
| 5 Mercury | F | F | F | N | ● | F | N | N | N |
| 6 Venus | F | N | E | N | F | ● | F | N | N |
| 7 Ketu | F | N | F | F | F | F | ● | N | N |
| 8 Saturn | E | E | F | N | F | F | F | ● | N |
| 9 Mars | F | F | F | E | F | N | N | E | ● |
How the row number sees the column number. F = friend, E = enemy, N = neutral, ● = itself. Your root number's row is in bold.
Remedy · Saturn
Giving mustard oil, black sesame or iron on Saturday, and treating those who work under you kindly, lessens Saturn's severity.
Remedies are a matter of traditional belief; take them as counsel rather than instruction.
Same root number 8, different people
The 17th in other months
Your full reading with the birth year
The four life phases, the life-path number and your personal readings for today, this week, month and year need the year.
Common questions
What is the root number for someone born on 17 April?
The birthday is 17, so 1+7 = root number 8 (Saturn). The first digit 1 (the Sun) is the inner mind; the second digit 7 (Ketu) is the outer manner.
What does the compound number 17 mean?
The number that outlives death. There is obstruction and opposition at the start, but stay with it patiently and the honour that comes remains after you are gone.
What does the birth month add for 17 April?
April’s arena is breaking rules and building a new system. Inside, you are built for independence. From childhood, an order given in the wrong tone makes something in you refuse, and you find no peace unless the decision is your own.