The Importance of Going Inward To Pause and Reflect
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Why it’s helpful to slow down, catch your breath, and consider next steps
“The greatest journey is the one of self-discovery.” — Lao Tzu
I love being a numerologist. As of my birthday a couple of months ago, I started a Personal Year 7, although I was noticing its beautiful energy quietly rolling into my life over the preceding weeks.
This is because the energy of each Personal Year gradually builds to the halfway point 6 months after your birthday and then begins to wane and shift into the energy of the following Personal Year as you approach the next birthday.
I used to think numerology was just a bit of fun until I met a numerologist at one of my art exhibitions. He bought one of my paintings to use for a project he was working on and out of curiosity, I retained his services a few weeks later.
To make a longish story short, I was absolutely blown away by what he shared with me. I could have sworn he’d been following me around for a few decades and had also managed to find his way into my inner world.
He was into all sorts of metaphysical goodies and ended up being my spiritual mentor for several years, teaching me Tarot, numerology, and various other delicious tools that could help me in my life, and that I could then use to help others in theirs.
The Personal Year information has been massively helpful, assisting me in having a sense of what to expect in the coming year, how to navigate the challenges successfully, and how to maximise the potentials.
Some of you might remember 2 years ago I shared in an HHH newsletterish about my upcoming Personal Year 5. I said it was all about “change” — some I would want, some I wouldn’t, but ultimately all for my benefit, according to numerology.
And if you read that piece, you might remember I said I’d been aching for a lot of change after feeling terribly stuck for several years.
I even went so far as to say, “Bring it on!”
Oops.
Well, to sum up what happened … I left my beloved England (which I thought I would never do), moved across the planet to care for a dear friend who was ill — but he died unexpectedly as soon as I got there — then I had to scramble to find somewhere else to be, moved back to Alberta and stayed in a friend’s basement intending to get my own place ASAP, but a few weeks later, a terrible injury blew up my world and 16 months later, I’m still not able to walk without support.
All of this within 3 months.
So, um … yeah. “Bring it on!” I said. “I’m ready for massive change!” I said. Yep. I really did. 🤦🏻♀️ Be careful what you wish for.
Last year I was in a Year 6. Among other things, it has a huge emphasis on the home. I moved into my own place a few weeks after my birthday last February, and although I’ve been stuck inside due to my injury, that’s been okay with me as I’ve been enjoying a lot of Amazon-shopping and puttering to create a cosy sense of “home” again. I haven’t had much interest in anything else — typical of a Year 6.
I’m sharing this little recap to demonstrate the power of numerology.
Does this mean you will only experience change in a Year 5? Of course not. You can experience change in any year, but it’ll be much more pronounced as an overall theme in a Year 5 than in the others.
You can also expect change in the very rare Year 11 or even rarer Year 22 (you get only one of these in a lifetime, maybe two). Or in a Year 1, which is all about newness, rebirth, fresh starts and transformation. Or a Year 9 — endings, completions, letting go — definitely not a good time to start anything new — a relationship, a business, a project. Pretty much anything started in a Year 9 is bound to fail at some point.
The energy of your Personal Year will be present in your life, whether you’re aware of it or not. Fighting it only makes things worse. That’s why it’s so helpful to be aware of what to expect so you can work with the energy, rather than butt heads with it and make life harder than it needs to be.
In a few days, I’ll be launching into a Year 7 and I can’t wait. It’s exactly what I need on the heels of so much change and a long period of feeling unsettled (let’s not even talk about the fact that this was my 50th move, or any of the deeply upsetting life challenges that prompted that situation). I need to catch my breath. To contemplate where I’ve been and where I’m headed. To re-evaluate and reflect.
Here’s a peek at what’s ahead for me in the coming year:
PERSONAL YEAR — 7 — ‘THOUGHT & INTROSPECTION’
A vital pause in your life. Quiet time. A time to take stock of where you have been and where you are going. You need now to increase and broaden your knowledge and wisdom as much as possible. Skepticism always stems from ignorance; now is the time to remove that ignorance. Ask, question, study, think, write, analyse. These are all things that will provide fulfilment this year.
The year is likely to be more solitary than others, but use this private time to rest and recuperate. Gardening or work with animals will appeal now, as will music. Use the time to pursue these interests as well.
Meditation, relaxation, inner knowledge and spiritual enlightenment are all highlighted now. Expect a seeming pause in progress in the outside world. Developments will occur and progress will be made, but not on your timetable. Things will happen when they are ready to. You must wait. Feelings of restriction and limitation may result, but you can be certain the rewards will come next year. Things that you research now can be put into action for significant effect next year.
Take time to think things through. Rash or immediate actions will tend to cause you problems now. A measured, reasonable response will get results.
You may appear detached and aloof to others and their reactions to you may not be positive. If so, do not fight or be aggressive. Quiet explanation will suffice until the picture becomes clearer to them.
You should take the time to check on health matters. Ending this year physically healthy will be needed if you are to take full advantage of next year’s opportunities.
Do you have to be in a Year 7 to take time out, go inward and reflect as is suggested above?
Nope. We should be doing that regularly anyway for our own well-being. This is where we begin with self-care, with healing old emotional wounds, and with staying in alignment with who we are, who we want to be, and how to make that happen.
In a Year 7, however, the urge — the need — for all of this is so much stronger than at any other time.
“In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.” — Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays (1942)
I’m eager to see what this beautiful Year 7 holds in store…
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