I've been married for 10 years and my first and last name add up to 7 now. Before I was married my first and last name totaled 11. Looking back over the last twenty years, who I am and what I am about started off as an 11 and today I'd say someone was following me around when they wrote the meaning of the 7 vibration.
So, my advice is if you are going by instructions that say use your birth name as it is in your birth certificate and that doesn't quite fit, maybe its because you go by "Rich" instead of "Richard" like my husband or a shortened version of any name. Or maybe its because your last name is different. If there is a difference in the name you go by now, try calculating that as your name number and see if it fits you better.
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