Japanese Mythology
Bishamonten
War, warriors, authority, protection
In the Japanese Mythology table used by the Who Watches Over You calculator, Bishamonten answers to the number 9: the day of the month you were born, reduced to a single digit.
Born under Bishamonten
Bishamonten guards the north with lance and pagoda, patron of warriors and those who fight for what is right. You carry his martial devotion — strength placed in service of protection and justice.
Read the full profile of 9Birthdays Bishamonten watches over
The psychic number is the day of the month reduced to one digit, so these are the days of any month that answer to 9.
- 9
- 18
- 27
About the Japanese Mythology gods
The Kami of Shinto and Buddhist tradition inhabit every aspect of the natural world. From the radiant Amaterasu to the storm god Susanoo, your number reveals your spiritual guardian.
The same number in other traditions
- AresGreek Mythology · War, courage, bloodlust, civil order
- HorusEgyptian Mythology · Sky, war, protection, kingship
- ThorNorse Mythology · Thunder, strength, protection, storms
- Buluc ChabtanMayan Mythology · War, sacrifice, violence, conflict
- MarsRoman Mythology · War, farming, guardianship of Rome
- NergalBabylonian Gods · War, plague, the underworld, summer heat
- KartikeyaHindu Deities · War, victory, the commander of the gods
- The MorríganCeltic Mythology · War, fate, sovereignty, the crow
- OyaYoruba Orishas · Wind, storms, transformation, death
- PerunSlavic Mythology · Thunder, war, oak, the warrior sky
- Guan YuChinese Deities · War, loyalty, righteousness, brotherhood
- IllapaInca Mythology · Thunder, lightning, weather, war
- TishtryaPersian Gods · Sirius, rain, the battle with drought
- PeleHawaiian Gods · Volcanoes, fire, land made from lava
- RūaumokoPolynesian Gods · Earthquakes, volcanoes, the seasons, the unborn
- HuitzilopochtliAztec Gods · War, the sun's warrior, the hummingbird, Tenochtitlan
- NinurtaSumerian Gods · War, the plough, the hero, Lagash
- BaalPhoenician Gods · Storm, thunder, war, the rider of clouds
In the Vedic table the number 9 belongs to Lord Kartikeya, through Mars.
The other Japanese Mythology gods
Frequently Asked Questions About Numerology
- How is Bishamonten linked to the number 9?
- Through the psychic number of Vedic numerology: the day of the month you were born, reduced to one digit. Each pantheon on this site assigns one god to each number from 1 to 9, and Bishamonten holds 9 in the Japanese Mythology table.
- Is this a traditional Japanese Mythology belief?
- No. The gods and their domains are traditional; pairing them with birth numbers is a modern numerological reading, and it is presented here as reflection rather than doctrine.
- What if my life path is different from my birth day number?
- They are two different numbers. This page follows the day of the month; the life path uses your whole date of birth and has its own pages under Numbers.