Compound number 17 · root number 8
Born on 17 March
Saturn · patience and the capacity for hard work
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.
17 March: the reading for this birthday alone
Born on the 17th means rising by passing the test of patience. There is resistance and opposition at first, but they do not let go. They last in administration, finance or large institutions, and leave behind something people remember after they are gone.
The Sun at birth: Pisces · Purva Bhadrapada. At your birth the Sun stood in Pisces. Imagination, compassion and a spiritual pull run deep in you. Art, music or service hold your heart. You take on other people's pain as your own; keep the practical accounts straight and feeling will never cheat you.
The Sun sits in the first third of the sign, a portion (drekkana) ruled by Jupiter, so knowledge, a sense of principle and the gift of teaching are added. The Sun in Purva Bhadrapada means you can give up a great deal for an ideal; an intense fire burns within. Saturn, the planet of your root number, and Jupiter, lord of the Sun's sign at birth, are friends. So the qualities of your birthday and of your sign pull in the same direction; you are quick to find your path.
Born on 17 March, with the Sun in Pisces: four areas of life
Career
Your name is made in administration, financial institutions or long, patient projects. Art, music, medicine, service, religious or charitable work bring both your heart and your success.
Money
Income grows step by step; fortune favours your long-term investments. Money does not stay easily; it goes on charity or on others, so set yourself a saving rule.
Love and relationships
You are responsible in love; do not neglect your partner under work pressure. Devoted and romantic in love; only idealising your partner leads to hurt later.
Health
Look after bones, teeth and knees; avoid sitting at work for hours on end. Mind the feet, sleep and immunity; stay away from intoxicants.
The Sun’s sign and nakshatra are worked out from the day and month; for a birth close to the day the Sun changes sign, it can shift by a day from year to year. Check the full birth chart to be sure.
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 March: how it marks your life
friend The strength of your birth month is a friend to your root number. So the events below arrive comparatively easily and on time, with family and the people around you supporting them. This month's central theme is learning and expressing yourself.
- Childhood & family
- Study, examinations and competition occupy a large part of life from childhood onwards.
- Career turning point
- The turn comes through higher study, training, or the advice of someone who stands as a teacher to you.
- Love & marriage
- Friendship with your partner and a meeting of minds are the two conditions that keep the relationship alive.
- Places & travel
- You are drawn towards centres of learning and towards cities; settling in a village is difficult.
Lucky colour, day and time
Who you get along with
Supportive birth dates
Birth dates that clash
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 March?
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 March?
March’s arena is learning and expressing yourself. Born on the 17th means rising by passing the test of patience. There is resistance and opposition at first, but they do not let go.