Reading a Plate with Taksa: Same Plate, Different Birth Days

A license plate breaks into three parts

Before reading a plate with Taksa (ทักษา), you need to know what there is to read. The first part is the series prefix digit, found on newer plates, such as the 1 in the plate 1กท 2345. The second part is the consonants in the letter series, one or two of them. The third part is the plate number, from one to four digits.

For special word series plates such as เฮง or รวย, read every consonant in the word. Vowels and tone marks are not counted. This site reads all three parts because they are the letters and digits actually printed on the plate, but some schools skip the series prefix digit, which affects the examples below.

Four steps to read a plate

Step one: identify the birth day of the person who will use the plate. If they were born on a Wednesday, you must separate daytime from night. Step two: open the Taksa table for that birth day from the article on Taksa's eight positions. Step three: go through each letter and digit on the plate and note which position it falls in. Step four: sum up whether there is any Kalakini (กาลกิณี, the inauspicious position), and how many Boriwan, Sri and Montri there are.

You can do this in your head, but the examples below use tables so every step is visible, because the most common mistake is forgetting to count the series prefix digit and the consonants, even though these two parts are often the source of Kalakini.

Example one: plate 1กท 2345 for someone born on Sunday

For people born on Sunday, Sri (ศรี, fortune) is 4, Det (เดช, power) is 3 and Kalakini is 6, along with the consonants ศ ษ ส ห ฬ ฮ. This plate has a leading 1, the consonants ก and ท, and the digits 2 3 4 5. The table below breaks it down one by one.

The result: no Kalakini at all, and two fortune-boosting characters, Boriwan (บริวาร, self and circle) from the series prefix digit 1 and Sri from the digit 4. There is also one Det from the digit 3, which counts as neutral under this site's criteria. So this plate passes for someone born on Sunday.

Example two: the same plate for someone born on Monday

Change the birth day to Monday and the whole Taksa table changes. Monday's Kalakini is the digit 1 and the consonant อ, so the leading series digit 1 instantly becomes Kalakini, even though none of the remaining digits or consonants need to be avoided.

The same plate therefore passes for someone born on Sunday but has one Kalakini for someone born on Monday. This example also shows that whether or not you count the series prefix digit can change the answer.

Schools that do not count the series prefix digit will see this plate as free of Monday's Kalakini. This site does count it, so it shows a warning. If you were born on Monday and do not mind the series prefix digit, read this site's result with that in mind.

Example three: a plate with several 9s

Take plate 3กก 9999 for someone born on Saturday. The series prefix digit 3 is Montri (มนตรี, patrons), the two ก consonants are Utsaha (อุตสาหะ, effort), and all four 9s are outside the Taksa wheel, with no position.

For a plate like this, Taksa has less to say. There is no Kalakini, but only one fortune-boosting character either. The verdict on the plate comes mainly from other parts, such as the digit sum and the last pair of digits. Anyone choosing a plate purely by Taksa should know this first, because 9 and 0 neither help nor hinder in Taksa.

How to decide after reading

The suggested order is to first rule out plates with the owner's Kalakini, then look at how many fortune-boosting characters there are. Thai texts give more weight to the end of the plate number than to the front, so this site also gives the last pair of digits more weight than other pairs when scoring.

This site deducts personal score points according to the number of Kalakini letters or digits found, and adds points, up to a cap, when it finds fortune-boosting numbers. So the result is not a strict pass or fail. A plate with a single Kalakini is still different from one full of Kalakini.

All of this is belief based on traditional texts, used for peace of mind and a sense of fit with the owner. It is not a guarantee of fortune, and a plate that passes Taksa should still be compared with the market median before you decide.