1

The first of the month needs no arithmetic, since a single digit stays as it is. Luo Clement's 1908 handbook uses this very case, a sample woman born on the first with a Birth Number of 1. By that term Clement meant the day of the month. Roy Page Walton in 1914 used the same words for month, day and year added together, the sum now called the Life Path, so the label itself is disputed.

On the number, Clifford Cheasley in 1916 listed personal creation, self-reliance and the faculties of a pioneer. Mrs. L. Dow Balliett in 1905 saw a power to create and govern that first demanded a complete overcoming of self. Clement's table of musical notes gives this day C major, the root of a series that carries on through the 10th, 19th and 28th.