Japanese Mythology
Inari
Rice, fertility, foxes, industry, success
In the Japanese Mythology table used by the Who Watches Over You calculator, Inari answers to the number 5: the day of the month you were born, reduced to a single digit.
Born under Inari
Inari's foxes run between the rice fields and the shrines, carrying prayers of prosperity. You carry this shape-shifting resourcefulness — the gift of multiplying abundance through cleverness and adaptability.
Read the full profile of 5Birthdays Inari 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 5.
- 5
- 14
- 23
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
- AthenaGreek Mythology · Wisdom, strategy, crafts, civilization
- Hermes TrismegistusEgyptian Mythology · Alchemy, astrology, hidden knowledge
- HeimdallNorse Mythology · Vigilance, foresight, the rainbow bridge
- KukulkanMayan Mythology · Wind, rain, learning, feathered serpent
- MercuryRoman Mythology · Commerce, messages, travel, luck
- NabuBabylonian Gods · Writing, wisdom, scribes, fate
- KrishnaHindu Deities · Love, play, wisdom, the divine flute
- ManannánCeltic Mythology · Sea, journeys, mist, the otherworld
- OshunYoruba Orishas · Love, beauty, fertility, rivers
- StribogSlavic Mythology · Wind, weather, travel, messages
- NezhaChinese Deities · Youth, rebellion, speed, the wind-fire wheels
- KonInca Mythology · Wind, rain, the coast, travel
- VayuPersian Gods · Wind, breath, the space between, travel
- KūHawaiian Gods · Strength, war, the forest, work
- TūmatauengaPolynesian Gods · War, humankind, hunting, the fierce face
- YacatecuhtliAztec Gods · Merchants, travel, the road, the crossroads
- NinshuburSumerian Gods · The messenger, the faithful vizier, errands between worlds
- MelqartPhoenician Gods · Tyre, voyages, colonies, the far shore
In the Vedic table the number 5 belongs to Lord Vishnu, through Mercury.
The other Japanese Mythology gods
Frequently Asked Questions About Numerology
- How is Inari linked to the number 5?
- 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 Inari holds 5 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.