"My son's birthdate is February 7, 2001

When I try to figure his birth cards I get
3,12 (Empress, Hanged Man)

But the calculators all say
3, 21 (Empress, The World)

Am I doing these calculations incorrectly?"

The sum of her son's birthdate equals 30, which further reduces to 3. Since Birth Cards come in pairs, except for Sun-Wheel-Magician, the companion card would also reduce to 3.

We describe why this particular set can be confusing on our website:

"If you begin with a single digit and you search for the double digit that is its pair, you will find that there is only one possibility, with a single exception. If your birthdate adds up to 30, it reduces to 3. Three can be arrived at by a reduction of either 12 (Hanged Man) or 21 (World), but we have found that where this choice exists, 12 works best."

I was faced with a bit of a dilemma since I didn't know how to fix the Javascript for the calculator. Then I remembered that ChatGPT can code so I gave it this prompt:

"If a birth date adds up to 30, it reduces to 3. The number 3 can be arrived at by a reduction of either 12 or 21. The code below defaults to 21. Please amend it so the default is 12."

I pasted in the original segment of code, hit return, and two seconds later this was the result:

//******************************************
// Reduce the Birthday Sum to a number less than 22
//******************************************
function reduce() {
var first; // first one or two digits
var last; // last digit

var sumStr = "" + sum;

// while number is bigger than 21
while (sum > 21) {
// Check if the sum is 30 and set it to 12
if (sum === 30) {
sum = 12;
sumStr = "" + sum;
continue;
}

// if it is a three digit number
if (sum > 99) {
first = sumStr.substring(0, 2);
last = sumStr.substring(2);
sum = parseInt(first) + parseInt(last);
sumStr = "" + sum;

// if it is a two digit number
} else {
first = sumStr.substring(0, 1);
last = sumStr.substring(1);
sum = parseInt(first) + parseInt(last);
sumStr = "" + sum;
}
} // end while
} // end reduce

It worked!

If you have used an online Birth Card Calculator and received an answer of The World and The Empress, re-enter the birth date at https://tarotschool.com/Calculator.html to double-check the result. If you still get World-Empress, those are the correct Birth Cards. But if the original calculation was wrong, you should now see The Hanged Man and The Empress.

Our Birth Card Calculator was the first of its kind and was coded especially for us. Any others that are out there probably just swiped our code, which is why the woman had been getting the same results elsewhere. If you come across a Birth Card Calculator that is not on our website, please give the new code snippet to the site owner so they can make the update.

Wald and I think it's a great idea to learn the Birth Cards of the members of your family. They can shed light on family dynamics that would otherwise be very difficult to understand. Birth Cards demonstrate the different ways in which we perceive the world and respond to it so they take blame out of the equation of human relationships.

If you want to learn more about Birth Cards, we have a course that goes into more detail than what is posted on our website.
https://tarotschool.com/Birth-Card-Course.html

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