Compound number 17 · root number 8
Born on 17 September
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 September: 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: Virgo · Uttara Phalguni. At your birth the Sun stood in Virgo. An eye for detail and the urge to do things perfectly are in your nature. You are skilled in accounts, health, service or analysis. You dwell on your own mistakes; watch also that pointing out other people's does not make you harsh.
The Sun sits in the first third of the sign, a portion (drekkana) ruled by Mercury, so quick wit, a head for figures and a ready tongue are added. The Sun in Uttara Phalguni means you keep your word; people can rely on you in agreements and relationships. Saturn, the planet of your root number, and Mercury, 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 September, with the Sun in Virgo: four areas of life
Career
Your name is made in administration, financial institutions or long, patient projects. You are exacting in accounting, medicine, pharmacy, research, editing or IT.
Money
Income grows step by step; fortune favours your long-term investments. Careful with money and never wasteful, though worry can make you miss chances.
Love and relationships
You are responsible in love; do not neglect your partner under work pressure. You show love in deeds rather than words; small acts of care reveal your heart.
Health
Look after bones, teeth and knees; avoid sitting at work for hours on end. Mind the intestines and digestion; regular eating habits solve a lot.
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 September: 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 struggle and settlement.
- Childhood & family
- Competition in childhood, rivalry with siblings, or a tendency towards injury and accident.
- Career turning point
- The turn comes through a confrontation, a competition or a legal fight that goes your way.
- Love & marriage
- Feeling runs intense. Master the temper and this becomes the deepest relationship of your life.
- Places & travel
- Work takes you away; in many cases you settle in a distant city.
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 September?
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 September?
September’s arena is struggle and settlement. 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.