Numerology

THE LIFE PATH NUMBER

The Life Path is the sum of the birth date. This number represents who you are at
birth and the native traits that you will carry with you through life. The most
important number that will be discussed here is your Life Path number. The Life
Path describes the nature of this journey through life.

The Life Path number is established from the date of birth. First, add the Month,
day, and year together to arrive at a total. Next, reduce this four digit number to a
single digit.

Example: If a person was born on October 23, 1972 (10-23-1972*), add the month
10 to the day 23 plus the year 1972 arriving at a total of 2005. Then add the digits
in 2005 arriving at the Life Path number 7.

The "master numbers, " 11, 22, and 33, have been incorporated within the
corresponding single digit number readings. See addition comments about master
numbers.

If you choose to consider the master numbers, you can stop reducing the
compound numbers when you arrive at the master numbers, 11 or 22. Example:
Bill Gates, born 10-28-1955, has a birth date that adds up to 1993. 1993 reduces
to 22, so he would a good example of the 22/4.

*Be sure to add the full year, not just the last two digits, i.e. 1969, not 69.

Read about your Life Path number:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 (10/1, 19/1)

The Life Path 1 suggests that you entered this plane with skills allowing you to
become a leader type rather easily. Your nature is charged with individualistic
desires, a demand for independence, and the need for personal attainment. Many
of our military generals, corporate leaders, and political leaders are men and
women having the Life Path 1. When you display positive 1 traits your mind is
capable of significant creative inspiration, and it possesses the enthusiasm and
drive to accomplish a great deal. You are very good at getting the ball rolling;
initiating new projects is your forte. You are at your best when confronted with
obstacles and challenges, as you combat these with strength and daring. This is
both the physical and inner varieties of strength. With this strength comes utter
determination and the capability to lead. As a natural leader you have a flair for
taking charge of any situation. You have a tendency to do this, even if, at times, it
is not appropriate for you to do so.

Highly original, you may have talents as an inventor or innovator of some sort. In
any work that you choose, your independent attitude can show through. You
have very strong personal needs and desires, and you feel it is always necessary
to follow your own convictions. You tire of routine and highly detailed tasks
rather quickly.

You are ambitious and assertive in promoting yourself. Although you may hide
the fact for social reasons, you can be self-centred and demand to have your way
in many circumstances. That said, for the most part, you are considered very good
company, friendly, good-natured, and a wonderful conversationalist. People like
you and are drawn to you. It is a good thing they are, because you are very
sensitive to disapproval and you don't handle it very well.

There are several ways that the negative side of the 1 can show up. The 1 always
has the potential for greatness as a leader, but they may fail as a follower.
Unfortunately, sometimes you have to follow for a while before you are allowed
to lead and this can be a difficult time. When the 1 Life Path person is not fully
developed and expressing the negative side of this number, the demeanour may
appear very dependent rather than independent, particularly in the early years. If
you are expressing this negative trait of the number 1, you are likely to be very
dissatisfied with your circumstances, and long for self-sufficiency. This might be
defined as the weak or dependent side of the negative 1 Life Path. On the strong
side of this negative curve, the 1 energy can become too self-serving, selfish and
egotistical. Avoid being too bossy and demanding.

2 (11/2, 20/2)
The Life Path 2 suggests that you entered this plane with a spiritual quality in your
makeup allowing you to be one of the peacemakers in society. Your strengths
come from an ability to listen and absorb. You are a fixer, a mediator, and a very
diplomatic type of person using persuasive skills rather than forcefulness to make
your way in the world. When you embrace and exhibit the strength of your
spiritual side, you are intuitive, avant-garde, idealistic, and visionary. These
extremes make you interesting with much to offer society. You have the potential
to be a deep-thinker, and no doubt interested in understanding many of life's
mysteries and more intriguing facets.

If you are living with the positive attributes of the number 2 Life Path, you are apt
to have the most delicate ability to be balanced and fair. You clearly see the full
spectrum of viewpoints in any argument or situation, and because of this, people
may seek you out to be a mediator. In this role you are able to settle disputes
with the most unbiased flair. There is sincere concern for others; you think the
best of people, and want the best for them. You are honest and open in thought,
word and deed. You excel in any form of group activity where your expertise in
handling and blending people can be used effectively. Manners and tact mark
your way with others, and you are not one to dominate a group or situation. You
are the master of compromise and of maintaining harmony in your environment.
As the ultimate team member, you never demand praise or recognition.

In many ways, you are a creature of habit and routine, and you like your path and
pattern well-worn and familiar. Your ability to analyse and render accurate
judgments is a wonderful natural trait you bring to the business world. You strive
for complete accuracy and even perfection in your work. Perhaps you are not a
leader, but you are a visionary and a very talented idea person.

On the negative side of the 2, nervous energy is a trait often observed in the 2.
Because of this, you may be seen as an extremist who is sometimes the zealot in
expressing likes and dislikes. Nervous tension can bring the normally easy going 2
into a state of emotional outrage, which to those around you, may seem so out of
character. Indeed, the 2 can sometimes become oversensitive. In some instances,
the strength of the 2 can also become its weakness. You may find it hard to
decide what to do at times. Twos often struggle against indecisiveness. Making
decisions and getting your life in gear, so to speak, may be a challenge. There is a
tendency for the many 2s to harbour feelings of uneasiness, and dissatisfaction
with accomplishments and personal progress in life. The biggest obstacle and
difficulty you may face is that of passivity and a state of apathy and lethargy. The
negative 2 can be very pessimistic. When this sets in to any degree, you are able
to accomplish very little. If living on the negative side of the 2, you may lack
common sense, and you are quite often unable to distinguish between fantasy
and reality.

Even the more positive individuals with the 2 Life Path will prefer a more amiable
and less competitive environment, often shunning the business world. You can
best serve society in endeavours utilizing your skills of counselling and guidance.
Much of your idealism is people oriented and quite humanitarian in nature. You
expect a great deal of yourself.

3 (3, 12/3, 21,/3, 30/3)

The Life Path 3 indicates that you entered this plane with a strong sense of
creativity and with wonderful communication skills. Achievement for you most
likely comes through engaging your ingenious expression. A truly gifted 3
possesses the most exceptional innovative skills, normally in the verbal realm,
writing, speaking, acting, or similar endeavours. Here we are apt to find the
entertainers of the world, bright, effervescent, sparkling people with very
optimistic attitudes. The bright side of this path stresses harmony, beauty and
pleasures; of sharing your inventive talents with the world. Capturing your
capability in creative self-expression is the highest level of attainment for this life
path.

Life is generally lived to the fullest, often without much worry about tomorrow.
You are not very good at handling money because of a general lack of concern
about it. You spend it when you have it and don't when you don't.

The 3 loves connecting with people. The characteristics of the 3 are warmth and
friendliness, a good conversationalist, social and open. A good talker both from
the standpoint of being a delight to listen to, but even more importantly, one who
has the ability to listen to others. Accordingly, the life path 3 produces individuals
who are always a welcome addition to any social situation and know how to make
others feel at home. The approach to life tends to be exceedingly positive. Your
disposition is almost surely sunny and openhearted. A happy and often inspired
person, you are constantly seeking and needing the stimuli of similar people.

There is a remote side to your 3 Life Path, as well. This comes as a surprise to the
native and to those who think they are well acquainted. The 3 is actually a very
sensitive soul. When hurt, you can easily retreat to a shell of morose silence for
extended periods. Nonetheless, the 3 eventually copes with all of the many
setbacks that occur in life and readily bounces back for more. It is usually easy for
you to deal with problems because you can freely admit the existence of
problems without letting them get you down for too long. Because of your own
sensitivity to hurt, you have a caring disposition and seem to be very conscious of
other people's feelings and emotions.

In romance, the 3 is a very ardent and loyal lover. Affairs that don't go well can
leave scares that seem to linger. Emotional experiences of all sorts tend to deeply
touch the 3 and the drama may take some time to play out. Regrettably, the
giving disposition of the 3 often attracts demanding partners. As with most of
life's issues for the 3 Life Path, balance in relationships is illusive.

Your big test with a 3 Life Path is controlling your highs and lows. You won't
survive very well in any routine environment or when you are placed under
dominating management. Slow thinking and overly contemplative people tend to
frustrate you, and you don't function too well with this type whether you are
working for, with, or under them. Your exuberant nature can take you far,
especially if you are ever able to focus your energies and talents.

For the few living on the negative side of this Life Path, a 3 may be so delighted
with the joy of living that the life becomes frivolous and superficial. You may
scatter your abilities and express little sense of purpose. The 3 can be an enigma,
for no apparent reason you may become moody and tend to retreat. Escapist
tendencies are not uncommon with the 3 life path, and you find it very hard to
settle into one place or one position. Guard against being critical of others,
impatient, intolerant, or overly optimistic.

4 (4, 13/4, 22/4, 31/4, 40/4)

The Life Path 4 suggests that you entered this plane with a natural genius for
planning, fixing, building, and somehow, with practical application and cerebral
excellence, making things work. You are one of the most trustworthy, practical,
and down-to-earth of individuals; the cornerstone members of society. Indeed, as
a Life Path 4, you are a builder of society. The cream of the crop in this Life Path
can be a master builder in society. if you are among these highly talented people,
you have an idealistic nature which is grounded in practical terms, allowing you to
conceive grandiose, far-reaching schemes and carry them through to the end. If
you desire and are willing to work for it, you can achieve enormous success,
prestige, and fame. Obviously, everyone with a 4 Life Path does not become
famous.

All with this Life Path have the ability to take orders and to carry them out with
dedication and perseverance and many 4s live and work happily in this context.
But so often, the 4 Life Path is the entrepreneur and manager in the community.
In either role, you always demand as much from yourself as you do from others,
and sometimes a lot more.

You have the kind of will power that is often mistaken for sheer stubbornness.
You don't think of yourself as dogged, but your honest beliefs and that ever direct
speech makes you come across as completely unremitting. Once a decision is
made, it will be followed through to the conclusion, right, wrong, or indifferent.
You are very set in your ways and determined to handle things the way you are so
certain that they should be handled. Your tenacity of purpose and ability to get
the job done borders on obsession. You are a wonderful manager with a great
sense of how to get the job done.

You are an excellent organizer and planner because of your innate ability to view
things in a very common sense and practical way. This stems from a strong desire
to be a perfectionist in your labour. Planning is necessary to avoid errors. It's very
likely that a 4 Life Path person invented the to-do list, because it is the rare Life
Path 4 who doesn't have one by her side at all times. Your life is programed in an
orderly fashion permitting you to catalogue and manage the flow of ideas and
activities that fill your day. Indeed, you seem to function best when you are under
the gun and facing a tough set of problems.

Loyal and devoted, you make the best of your marriage, and you are always the
good provider. Friends may be few in number, but you are very close to them and
once friendships are made, they often last a lifetime.
The number 4 is solidly associated with the element of earth from which it gains
its strength and utter sense of reality. You are one of the most dependable people
you know. If patience and determination can ever win, you are sure to achieve
great success in life. Often, you are called on to take care of others; to finish what
they have started. It may not seem fair and probably isn't, but it may be the key
to your accomplishment and reputation.

The negative side of the 4 can prove dogmatic to an excess, narrow-minded, and
repressive. A lot of skin-deep people turn you off, and you lack the tact to keep
your feelings from being totally clear to all around. Additionally, the negative 4
has a bad tendency to get caught up in the daily routine of affairs, missing the big
picture and major opportunities that come along once in a while.

5 (5, 14/5, 23/5, 32/5)

The Life Path 5 suggests that you entered this plane with a highly progressive
mind-set, with the attitude and skills to make the world a better place. The key
word for your Life Path is freedom. In the pursuit of freedom, you are naturally
versatile, adventurous, and advanced in your thinking. You are one of those
people who is always striving to find answers to the many questions that life
poses. The byword for the positive Life Path 5 is constant change and
improvement. You want to be totally unrestrained, as this is the number most
often associated with the productive use of freedom.

You may be one of the most compassionate of people as the 5 is surely the most
freedom-loving and compassionate Life Path. Your love of freedom extends to
humanity at large, and concern for your fellow man, his freedom and his welfare,
may be foremost in your mind. A great Life Path 5 American President, Abraham
Lincoln, issued the Emancipation Proclamation, and ended slavery in America. As
the ultimate progressive thinker type, your potential in government, the law, and
other positions of authority is unlimited.

You are a good communicator, and you know how to motivate people around
you. This may be your strongest and most valuable trait. Because of this skill, and
your amazing wit, you are a truly natural born salesman. This ability to sell and
motivate extends to any sort of physical product all the way through to whatever
ideas or concepts you may embrace.
You abhor routine and boring work, and you are not very good at staying with
everyday tasks that must be finished on time. On the average, the number 5
personality is rather happy-go-lucky; living for today, and not worrying too much
about tomorrow. It is also important for you to find a job that provides thought-
provoking tasks rather than routine and redundant responsibilities. You do best
dealing with people, but the important thing is that you have the flexibility to
express yourself at all times. You have an innate ability to think through complex
matters and analyse them quickly, but then be off to something new.

A love of adventure may dominate your life. This may take the form of mental or
physical manifestation, but in either case, you thrill to the chance for exploration
and blazing new trails. Surely you belong to a group considered the most worldly
and travelled. Clearly you are not one to pass up a good venture. You have quite a
lot of the risk-taker in your makeup. If you aren't putting your money at stake,
you are surely open to a wide variety of risks in your everyday life. Taking the
conservative approach is just not in your nature.

In romance, you hate to be tied down and restricted. This doesn't necessarily
mean that you are unfaithful or promiscuous, but it does mean that a good
partner for you needs to understand your nature. A relationship based on
jealousy and having tight reigns is not going to work at all for you. A partner who
understands your need to be free and trusted will find you trustworthy, even if
you aren't constantly available and totally dutiful. It is important for you to mix
with people of a like mind, and to try to avoid those that are too serious and
demanding.

If you are living on the negative side of the Life Path 5, you are apt to be
multitalented, but suffering from some lack of direction, and there is confusion
surrounding your ambition. Restless, discontent, and impulsive, you may bounce
from one job to the next without accomplishing much at all. A negative Life Path 5
can become very irresponsible in tasks and decisions concerning the home and
business life. The total pursuit of sensation and adventure can result in your
becoming self-indulgent and totally unaware of the feelings of those around you.

6 (6, 15/6, 24/6, 33/6)

The Life Path 6 suggests that you entered this plane with tools to become the
ultimate nurturer, and a beacon for truth, justice, righteousness, and domesticity.
Your paternal, or maternal, as the case may be, instincts with a 6 Life Path exceed
all others by a considerable margin. Whether in the home or in the work place,
you are the predominant caretaker and family head. While the 6 may assume
significant responsibilities in the community, the life revolves around the
immediate home and family, for this is the most domestic of numbers.
Conservative principles and convictions are deeply ingrained and define your
character.

You are idealistic and must feel useful to be happy. The main contribution you
make is that of advice, service, and ever present support. You are a humanitarian
of the first order. It is your role to serve others, and you start in the home
environment. You are very human and realistic about life, and you feel that the
most important thing in your life is the home, the family and the friends.

This is the Life Path related to leadership by example and assumption of

responsibility, thus, it is your obligation to pick up the burden and always be
ready to help. If you are like the majority with Life Path 6, you are one who will
willingly carry far more than your fair share of any load, and you are always there
when needed. In doing so, you take ownership and often become an authority
over the situation.

In romance, the 6 is loyal and devoted. A a caretaker type, you are apt to attract
partners who are somewhat weaker and more needy than yourself; someone you
can care for and protect. The main ingredient that must prevail in the relationship
is complete harmony. You don't function well in stressful relationships that
become challenges for you to control. It is the same with friends, you are loyal
and trustworthy. But there is a tendency for you to become dominating and
controlling.

It's likely you feel compelled to function with strength and compassion. You are a
sympathetic and kind person, generous with personal and material resources.
Wisdom, balance, and understanding are the cornerstones of your life, and these
define your approach to life in general. Your extraordinary wisdom and the ability
to understand the problems of others is apt to commence from an early age. This
allows you to easily span the generation gap and assume an important role in life
early on.
The number 6 Life Path actually produces few negative examples, but there are
some pitfalls peculiar to the path. You may have a tendency to become
overwhelmed by responsibilities and a slave to others, especially members of you
own family or close friends. It's easy for you to fall into a pattern of being too
critical of others; you also have a tendency to become to hard on yourself. The
misuse of this Life Path produce tendencies for you to engage in exaggeration,
over-expansiveness, and self-righteousness. Modesty and humility may not flow
easily. Imposing one's views in an interfering or meddling way must be an issue of
concern.

The natural burdens of this number are heavy, and on rare occasions,
responsibility is abdicated by persons with this Life Path 6. This rejection of
responsibility will make you feel very guilty and uneasy, and it will have very
damaging effects upon your relationships with others.

7 (7, 16/7, 25/7, 34/7)

The Life Path 7 suggests that you entered this plane with a gift for investigation,
analysis, and keen observation. You are a thinker of the first order. You evaluate
situations very quickly, and with amazing accuracy. As a result, you are thorough
and complete in your work, the perfectionist who expects everyone else to meet
a high standard of performance, too.

A Life Path 7 person is a peaceful and affectionate soul. But you guard your
connection to people carefully. It's easy for you to detect deception and recognize
insincere people, and you avoid them. You aren't one to have a wide circle of
friends, but once you accept someone as a friend, it's for life. It's as if you must
get to know someone a lot better before you allow the wall surrounding you to be
penetrated. Chances are you are a very charming and refined individual with
great poise and a quick wit. Nonetheless, there is an exclusiveness about you. You
probably aren't a very social person. Your reserve is often taken to be aloofness,
but actually, it's not that at all. It is merely a cover up for your basic feeling of
insecurity. There's no rush, It takes time for you to warm up to new friends. Clubs
and organizations hold little interest for you; you are not a joiner.

You actually like being alone and away from the hustle and bustle of modern life.
In many ways, you would have fit in better in much earlier times when the pace of
life was less hectic. You need a good deal of quiet time to be with your own inner
thoughts and dreams. You dislike crowds, noise, distractions, and confusion.

The overwhelming strength of the number 7 is reflected in the depth of thinking

that is shown; you will garner knowledge from practically every source that you
find. Intellectual, scientific, and studious, you don't accept a premise until you
have dissected the subject and arrived at your own independent conclusion.

This is a very spiritual number and it often denotes a sort of spiritual wisdom that
becomes apparent at a fairly early age. A built in inner guide providing a strong
sense of intuition may set you up as being a law unto yourself. Whatever spiritual
position you take, whether traditional or bizarre, you will cling to it with fervour.
Once you have decided an issue, it is almost impossible to get you to revisit the
question. Adaptability is not your style, and change for you is a rarity.

You rely heavily on your experiences and your intuition, rather than accepting
advice from someone. Your hunches usually prove to be very accurate, and
knowing this, you follow the directions they seem to guide.

In the most negative use of the 7 energies, you can become very pessimistic,
lackadaisical, quarrelsome, and secretive. A Life Path 7 individual who is not living
life fully and gaining through experiences, is a hard person to live with because of
a serious lack of consideration for others. There is such a negative attitude.
Indeed, operating on the negative side of the 7 can produce a very selfish and
spoiled individual and living with one can be a challenge. This may be why some
7s actually prefer living alone. If you have any of the negative traits they are very
difficult to get rid of because you tend to feel that the world really does owe you
a living or that in some way you are not being fairly treated.

Fortunately, the negative 7 is not the typical 7, at least not without some
mitigating positive traits. This number is one that seems to have some major
shifts from highs to lows. Stability in feelings may be elusive for you.

8 (8, 17/8, 26/8, 35/8)

The Life Path 8 suggests that you entered this plane armed to lead, direct,
organize and govern. You are very ambitious and goal-oriented. You will want to
use your ambitions, your organizational ability, and your efficient approach to
carve a satisfying niche for yourself. If you are a positive 8 you are endowed with
tremendous potential for conceiving far-reaching schemes and ideas, and also
possessing the tenacity and independence to follow them through to completion.
In short, you were born to be an executive.

You know how to manage yourself and your environment. Your ability to judge
the character and potential of the people around you is an asset used to your
advantage. A large part of your success in life comes from how hard you work.
This Life Path is the most prone to producing workaholics. But your ability to spot
good people and engage them in your endeavours is a special trait not to be
overlooked. There is an inspirational quality in your makeup which allows you to
become a great leader. You are practical and steady in your pursuit of major
objectives, and you have the courage of your convictions when it comes to taking
the necessary chances to get ahead.

With the Life Path of the number 8 you are focused on learning the satisfactions
to be found in the material world. The Life Path 8 produces many powerful,
confident and materially successful people. Most of your concerns involve money
and learning of the power that comes with its proper manipulation.

This Life Path is perhaps the one that is the most concerned with and desirous of
status as an ultimate measure of success. You want to be recognized for your hard
work and achievements. The attainment of honours and acceptance into the club
of executive leadership is all important. For this, you may find yourself very well
suited to compete in the business world or in the political arena.

In relationships, you are frank, honest, and steadfast. You may be very much in
love, but watch that you are not too busy and preoccupied to show it. Being the
lavish provider is not always an adequate substitute for showing your devotion
and affection in more personal ways. You have a great need for close personal
relationships to mitigate and somehow soften your nature. You must find the
time for love and keep it as an important project in your life.

The negative 8 can be dictatorial and often suppresses the enthusiasm and efforts
of fellow member of the environment. Often, the strength of their own
personality excludes close feelings for other people with whom they come in
contact. Material gains and rewards often become issues of utmost importance,
even to the neglect of family, home and peace of mind. Dedication to success can
become an obsession. Emotional feelings are often suppressed by the negative 8,
resulting in isolation and loneliness. All Life Path 8 people must avoid discounting
the opinions of others.

9 (9, 18/9, 27/9, 36/9)

The Life Path 9 suggests that you entered this plane with an abundance of
dramatic feelings coupled with a strong sense of compassion and generosity. The
key to the nature of a Life Path number 9 person is found in their humanitarian
attitude. Even the very average of those with life path 9 possess extremely
compassionate tendencies.

Usually this number produces an individual that is very trustworthy and

honourable, and one unlikely to harbour any sort of prejudice. Obviously, this is a
rather tall order, but you are, in fact, a person that feels very deeply for
individuals less fortunate than yourself, and if you are in a position to help, you
certainly will. The 9, being the highest of the single digit numbers, holds an
elevated position in terms of responsibilities to mankind.

Material gains are not overly important, although the quality of some life path 9
people is such that they are materially rewarded in very significant ways. In this,
however, the 9 Life Path is not apt to get rich since they are very generous,
sometimes to a fault, and usually have an easy come, easy go attitude about
money. The rare 9 life path has a totally selfless attitude, giving up of material
possessions for the common good.

The 9 Life Path indicates you have a commanding presence. You have the ability
to make friends very easily, as people are attracted to your magnetic, open
personality. The term "hail-fellow" may have been coined to describe a 9 Life
Path, as you may indeed be one of those who is generally upbeat and heartily
friendly and congenial. You meet people easily and are quickly befriended
because of your openness and amiable demeanour. Your genial ways often put
you in the lead in whatever field of endeavour you pursue.

Relationships can be difficult for you because it is hard to strike a balance that will
work effectively. If your partner is one sharing your giving attitudes, the
relationship will be happy and lasting. On the other hand, if you choose a partner
whose focus is on material issues, problems will arise quickly.

You tend to be quite sensitive, as you see the world with much feeling. The
number 9's very deep understanding of life is sometimes manifested in the artistic
and literary fields. If drama and acting is not your forte, it will surely be an area of
great interest and potential. Likewise, you may be able to express your deep
emotional feelings through painting, writing, music, or other art forms.

The purpose of life for those with a 9 life path is often of a philosophical nature.
Judges, spiritual leaders, healers and educators frequently have much 9 energy.
The number is less inclined to the competitive business environment and may find
this a struggle.

As do all the life path numbers, the 9 has its negative side. Because of the
demanding nature of the truly positive 9, many tend to fail in this category. It is
not uncommon for persons with the 9 life path to fight the realities and
challenges of purpose imposed here because selflessness is not an easy trait. You
may have difficulty believing that giving and a lack of personal ambition can be
satisfying. It must be realized and accepted that little long-term satisfaction and
happiness is to be gained by rejecting the natural humanitarian inclinations of this
path.

THE PERSONAL YEAR

The Personal Year is helpful in evaluating the trend of the coming calendar year.
For a clue as to what lies ahead in the coming year, calculate your personal year
using this formula:

First, reduce the month and day of your birth, your birthday, to a single digit.
Using my birthday for example, February 8th, that single digit would be 1
(2+8=10; 1+0=1). If your month and day total comes to 11 or 22, the master
numbers, in this instance, reduce the number to 2 and 4, respectively.

Next, reduce the year for which you are making the calculation to a single digit.
The year 2003 would become 5.
Now, add the single digit representing your birthday to the single digit
representing the year in question. Thus, 2003 is a 6 personal year for me.

Calculate your personal year and see the likely trend of events for the year:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Personal Year 1. . . .A New Beginning In Your Life

The current year is the beginning of a new nine year cycle for you. It holds the
promise of being an exciting new adventure, with life taking on new challenges
that pave the way for the next cycle of nine years in your life. This is a time to
clarify your goals and it is a time to act on them. Hard work may be necessary to
get a new venture moving. Your physical strength will be up during this year,
perhaps higher than it has been for some time, as you have some special needs
for this extra energy. If you are unable or unwilling to answer the call to change
and make the move in your life the appears necessary now, your prospects may
be delayed until the next cycle begins in nine years. Because of this, you feel like
an adventure, a major change in your life, something new. New goals should be
clearly set and worked toward, as this is really a new beginning of a nine year
cycle and it is best not to dwell on the past at this time. This will be fairly easy for
you to do because most of the problems and disappointments of the past will
tend to disappear, leaving the way open for these new challenges. This is a great
time; use it to its full advantage.

Personal Year 2. . . .Development, cooperation, and waiting

This is a number 2 personal year. A personal year 2 is a wait and see time; a year
when you will find yourself in the background and very much in a stage of
development. This is not a time to force the issue and try to move forward. It is a
time for cooperation and building relationships that will benefit you in the future;
a year for accumulating and collecting. Aggressiveness will cause problems now.
You must be prepared for delays, detours, stoppages and you must be patient.
This is a time of small contribution, of helping, and details must be taken care of
when they come up. You may give time and effort to further another's work. This
year may be a test to your self-control and emotional sensitivities. This is a time
to improve your abilities to work with others in a productive way and this can be
difficult for you if you have chiefly worked alone in the past. Keep calm, cool, and
pleasant. You may experience a degree of nervous tension during this period; the
two year brings a tendency to emotional extremes including depression. Very
deep relationships with a person of the opposite sex (including marriage) may be
more apt to occur during a 2 year. If married, there is apt to be a deepening of
feeling in the relationship during a 2 year.

Personal Year 3. . . .Social expansion & creative successes

This is a number 3 personal year. This is a social, happy year, and it generally
tends to exude bright and cheerful vibrations. This is a year when you will want to
check up on old friends and broaden your social circle to include some new ones.
Romance and love affairs may bloom. You are inclined to live life to its fullest
now, even if you have to pay the consequences later on. You are likely to be more
sociable and the bridle of responsibility will seem to be loosened a bit. You are
inclined to scatter your energies and undertake too many things at the same time.
You can safely take some time off to enjoy yourself, but resist the temptation to
completely give in to having a good time; keep your goals in mind. A 3 personal
year is a good time to expand personal creative talents, particularly those related
to the arts and verbal skills. Recognition in this regard is likely this year.

While this can be a happy year as far as personal expression and activities are
concerned, it may be a disastrous year on the business scene. A generally
frivolous attitude in that environment can cause rash decisions and impractical,
unfinished schemes. This is not likely to be a very good year for your finances, and
it is fortunate that the next year is designed to compensate these effects.

Personal Year 4. . . .Hard work and slow, but steady progress

This is a number 4 personal year for you. The previous year frivolity will now be
truly forgotten, as the facts of life are clearly spelled out. This is a year of hard
work and effort when one must knuckle down to the task at hand. A year of
digging in and hoeing, a reestablishment of self-control. In many ways, however,
it is a frustrating year, when considerable effort fails to produce dramatic results.
One step forward and two back may seem to be the case most of the time. This is
an organizational period and you must look at your current and past performance
in a very hard light. It is a time to get organized and bring yourself down to earth.
Responsibilities will increase, magnifying the effort and hard work needed to
maintain a reasonable level of existence. Health and diet should be carefully
scrutinized this year, as physical resistance is low and you may become more
susceptible to ailments. A tidying up of affairs is now in order, as you must make
ready for a very hectic year ahead.

Personal Year 5. . . . Feeling Loose and Free

This is a number 5 year, a year of major change in your life. Horizons are
expanded and growth is less impeded. You are likely to make a number of new
friends this year as social activities are expanded. This is a year that has
brought/will bring excitement and adventure and a good deal more freedom than
you have experienced in recent years. This is a time for feeling loose and free; for
moving away from old routines in a constructive way. If you became bogged
down during this past year, now is the time to seek out new directions.
The problem with a personal year 5 is the tendency to scatter energies in all
directions. Your ability to do detail work is limited now and it will make you feel
very confined. In all, this a free-wheeling year that is liable to bring major changes
to your life; your career, your family situation, your residence.

Personal Year 6. . . . Love, Family, Home and Responsibility

This is a number 6 Personal Year for you. A personal year 6 tends to bring on
increasing responsibilities and a deepening concern for family, loved ones, and
close friends. It may be a year when you are called on to make some adjustments
in your life, or sacrifices for those in your family or close circle of friends. This is
not really a year for major accomplishments, but rather a time to handle those
adjustments to your plans that may be necessary or required, and for finishing
projects started earlier. Endeavours will seem to be moving so very slowly
throughout this year. You should expect to have a very good year so far as family,
domestic, and romantic matters are concerned. Your emotional interchange with
those who are close to you should be at its very best during this particular year.
The important thing is to be willing to accept a slower pace and be sure to enjoy
the peace and harmony that the personal year number 6 will bring.

Personal Year 7. . . . a time for analysis and understanding

A 7 personal year promises to be a very introspective year, a period of some
pause and reflection between very active years in your life. This year should
provide you with some time for gaining some understanding of yourself, and you
are apt to spend a good bit of time in contemplation. It will be good for you to
spend time alone or in quiet activities, as free from outside responsibilities as
possible. You should try to get away from business pressures. This is a good year
to reflect on the past and plan for the future. This will not tend to be a year of
action, but rather a year of waiting and development. One of the most profitable
activities in with to engage during a personal year 7 is that of study and writing,
for your ability to think clearly, analyse, and integrate your thoughts is peaked
now. Your capacity for research and understanding is at its very best. It would not
be unusual for you to take on an appearance of coolness and detachment during
a 7 year. Certainly, it is best for you to focus your attention on your talents and
your skills in an effort to use the time you have now to refine them. Perhaps you
can find the time to gain more education, or simply spend free time in reflection
and meditation.

Personal Year 8. . . . Attainment and capital gains

This is a number 8 personal year for you. This is your power year, a period when
you can make important strides in you life. Coming after a very slow and
introspective period (the personal year 7), you may start feeling some stirrings of
ambitions. This is a year of big decisions and major achievements. Activity is your
keynote now, and you will find yourself very much involved and occupied.
Opportunities for advancement and recognition for past and current work is likely
to come about during this year. You have things going for you so long as you take
advantage and act. It is easy for you to branch out and expand in a businesslike
manner. If you are at all inclined, this is the time to exude self-confidence and
authority, because others will tend to be receptive to your leadership and control.
Your power and status potential is at a peak of the nine years personal epicycle
that concludes at the end of the next year.

Personal Year 9. . . . Reflection and Reaching Out

This is a 9 personal year for you. This is a year of completions, ending, and a time
when you are apt to take inventory of the many factors in your life, some of which
you are no doubt proud of, and others that you may want to change. You are
likely to scrutinize old values, ideals, and the ideas that you thought were
important. This should be a time when you become more involved with other's
and giving may become more important that merely looking out for yourself. You
may also become aware of a lure to commune with nature, as escapist desires
become much stronger than in the past. A lot of things that you have been
working for should come to completion during this year, and you will tend to clear
the deck for the beginning of a new nine year cycle.