The Significance of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s Proposal Date

While Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce may have officially announced their engagement on August 26, 2025, in a recent interview, Ed Kelce, the football player’s father, revealed that the proposal actually happened weeks earlier. “Travis actually did the proposal, oh, maybe two weeks, not quite two weeks ago,” Ed told WEWS. “He was going to put it off till this week. I think she was getting maybe a little antsy, but he was going to put her off till this week, to, you know, make some grand thing, to make it a big special event.”

Ultimately, Travis took his father’s advice into account and popped the question during an intimate proposal at his home in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. For the moment, the football player transformed a portion of his backyard into a picturesque garden, filling it with hundreds of white and blush flowers, including peonies, roses, and hydrangeas. The diamond he selected for Swift was just as impressive: a vintage-inspired piece that he crafted with the help of Kindred Lubeck, the founder of Artifex Fine Jewelry.

As it turns out, the date the tight end chose to pop the question had meaningful significance in numerology, particularly when considering their ties to family. Read on for everything you need to know.

When Did Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Get Engaged?

While the pop star and the athlete haven’t officially confirmed their proposal date, it appears that the moment likely occurred on Sunday, August 10, 2025. According to Ed, the duo called him shortly after it happened to share the exciting news. “I was at … an Eagles practice, a public practice that they had a lot of people that, well, the Eagles had 60,000 people at a public practice two weeks ago on a Sunday night,” he told WEWS. “So at that practice … I got a FaceTime call from them, and as soon as I saw the FaceTime, I saw it was Travis, and then I saw Taylor there with him, I knew what they were going to say, and they, you know, let us know.” According to the football team’s schedule, the public practice in reference was on Sunday, August 10, 2025.

Such a date would have been the perfect window of time for the proposal to occur. On Saturday, August 9, 2025, the Chiefs played their first preseason game against the Arizona Cardinals in Glendale, Arizona. However, the team didn’t practice the following day, giving the tight end and the “Love Story” singer a free day to spend together—and officially embark on the next chapter in their relationship.

The Significance of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s Proposal Date in Numerology

In numerology, each date is comprised of three numbers: the month and day added together, the numerals in the day added together, and the entire date (including the year) added up. As a result, the likely date of Travis and Taylor’s proposal, 8/10/2025, would be a 9/1/9 day, says Glynis McCants, a numerologist and the author of Glynis Has Your Number and Love By the Numbers.

To consider the potential significance of a particular day, it’s crucial to take into account a couple’s individual life path numbers, which are determined based on their birthdays. The pop star’s life path number is seven, and the athlete’s life path number is six. “The nine is a natural match to Travis’s six life path,” McCants says. “And the one is a natural match to Taylor’s seven life path. That natural match connection is important when you are picking a special date.”

The appearance of two nines in the numerology date points to something they both value: their connection to their families. “The nine is all about family, and they are both well known for how much family matters to them,” McCants says. “So, that day with the double nine, it was as if both of their families were surrounding them when Travis proposed to Taylor.” In addition to representing familial ties, the numeral also signifies loyalty. “By having the double nine in the proposal date, Travis was making it clear to Taylor that if she said yes, he would be there to love and protect her for the rest of her life,” McCants adds.

The Significance of Taylor Swift’s Engagement Ring in Numerology

It’s not just the proposal date that has numerological significance, though. McCants also says that the vintage-inspired engagement ring points to something the soon-to-be newlyweds share in their numerology charts: the number eight, which appreciates quality. “The eight vibration also cares about beauty and wants everything to be incredibly special,” she says. “I believe that the diamond ring represents all of that, and that when Taylor first saw it, she must have been truly dazzled! People with an eight in their charts definitely appreciate a beautiful diamond.”