The Life You Were Born to Live

A Guide to Finding Your Life Purpose

Paperback, 468 pages

English language

Published Feb. 8, 1995 by HJ Kramer.

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The Life You Were Born to Live lays out thirty seven life paths, and explains how to use date of birth to determine which life paths may be most relevant to you and others.

6 editions

Not the Best Writing

I went into this book blind after coming across it on /r/Numerology—people on their raved about how much they liked it. I was much less impressed.

In short, I don’t think it matters whether astrology or numerology or other such things are “true.” The important thing is that they are symbolic systems that help us make sense of the world when there is actually no solid ground to stand on.

Millman tries to do this with birthdays, which is fine, but it’s not a home run. The text was simply too broad, so any number could encompass anyone. This is in marked contrast, in my view, to astrology, which is both broad enough to encompass many people, while narrow enough to make you feel special. In this book, I felt like the author was not really saying much of anything at all.

It also didn’t help that the writing was …

Subjects

  • Mind, body, spirit: disciplines & techniques
  • Popular psychology
  • Self-Help & Practical Interests
  • Self-Help
  • New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit
  • General
  • Psychology & Psychiatry / Experimental Psychology
  • Motivational & Inspirational