What your plate says about it

Is your license plate number lucky?

Clear, practical number symbolism for the plate on your car — what each digit traditionally stands for, which combinations get a second look, and how to read your own plate in about a minute. Written for American drivers — no jargon, nothing you have to believe in to find interesting.

Plate number guides

New to the topic? Start with what qi (energy) actually is — the idea behind every rule below — then jump into the specific guides.

Ready to take it further? Your personal number

The digit meanings above are the same for everyone — 8 reads as "prosper," 4 reads as a warning, and so on. To go one step deeper, traditional practice also looks at your own number: your Kua number, worked out from your birth year and gender, points to the digits and directions traditionally counted as favorable for you personally. It takes about a minute.

Calculate my Kua number