Numerologica

Gentle Solstice to you

Here on the central Pacific coast it was a dark, cold and blustery dawn and equally wet and bitter morning and afternoon.  We did meet with friends for a nice brunch and we tried to put a cheery face on the hard times facing us all.  Two of our group were retired with one in the offing.  I was the sole “young person” still in her 40’s.  The others had their bit of hope with their fairly secure pensions.  Not so with me…I still have more work adventures in my destiny.  It’s very hard to be realistically hopeful so I must rest on my faith…faith in my friends, neighbors, family, and of course, in me. 

As a wise fictional character once said, it’s not for us to pick the times we live in, it’s for us to decide how to live within wisely within our circumstances.  Numerology suggests a similar principle…we have been given certain challenges, certain gifts to navigate this precious life.  We are called everyday to be the person we were meant to be.   That doesn’t mean it’s easy or sheltered.  It just is.  If we live thusly, we maximize our potential, our happiness, our effectiveness and our ability to give back to the world.

So if you wake up tomorrow after this Universal 7 day Solstice and feel glum, think about how you…and only you can make a difference.  You are but a puzzle piece searching for your puzzle; a riddle searching for an answer.  Don’t give up...because we need you!

Swan song for 2008--the Universal 1 year--few will mourn it's passing

As we all can feel, things are changing some for the good, many for the worst.  Welcome and bid a hasty adieu to the Universal One year where what we didn't address in 2007 comes home to roost on a world-wide scale.

Peek-a-boo preview of next month/year?  Forget independence.  Think reciprocity and symbiosis.

Message of the day: Go toward inspiration!

Universally the world is just finishing up on it’s one year (New Journeys) and what a time of new beginnings it’s been!  From global warming to global leadership, as citizens of this earth we’ve determined that change was necessary now.  And the Universe herself has given us a bit of a kick in the pants for things we hadn’t wanted to look at…i.e. the global financial crisis.  This has been all part and parcel of the Universal energy of a one. 

 

I urge us in the latter portion of November to consider our part in increasing the inspiration, truth and joy in the world rather than extending the fear.  That’s not to say there is nothing to be afraid of.  But we need to strive to vibrate to more than just one note and derive some gladness for being part of the universal shifts necessary to be in tune with the cosmos.  

When to get off the dime

Often we dream about things...imagining a different reality right down to the way we'll smell and dress and laugh in our new utopia.  It's easy to get lost in a place where we make the rules...where we decide how the cookie will crumble.  But while such day dreaming can be a place of comfort, it's important to realize even the smallest thoughts are imbued with a powerful punch.  It's one thing to slip blissfully away into your ideal day but consider carefully your intent:

• Are you simply taking evasive action for all the ills piled high in your life?
• Are you never planning to make your wishes come true?

If that's the case, daydreaming isn't a very productive undertaking.

In numerology, certain intervals encourage us to dream a little dream but not as an end unto themselves.  The dream state should be fertile and productive.  Individuals should emerge from it not sapped of energy or depressed because reality can not ever live up to the fantasy.  Rather, dreams should form the template for new steps and goals to be realized in the concrete world.

Not Liking the Skin You're In

Even though numerology, like most of the esoteric arts and sciences is useful in divining our blueprint for life, we often lose track of the fact that we, humans in a physical body actually have to walk the path set out before us…this is a fundamental task.

Of course, since free will reigns in this dimension, unless we are being coerced by other humans, we don’t have to pay attention to the soul’s instructions writ at our birth. Like children growing to believe their own fibs, we discount what we know is real in favor of what we want. We can assume different identities, hide from our truths altogether and turn a blind eye toward our best and highest good.  We avoid difficulty for the short-term pleasures of no pain....but there's a price: no gain.

Naming and Numerology

It's obvious...what our parents and what we decide to call ourselves, our children, our businesses, etc.  is a rather weighty undertaking.

Nancy Friedman (7 inner trait, a born skeptic who loves her freedom-5) writes about the mysteries of names in her blog Away With Words...about how it's so important to pick just the RIGHT name.  She's  not alone. There's also a blog called Baby Name Wizard by Laura Wattenberg on IVilliage (ironically a freedom loving writer with a 5 inner trait - who  aspires to the skeptical -7)...whose site talks about selecting the appropriate name for a little one.

Both these mainstream sites acknowlege the subtle and not so subtle influence of a name...so it's not such a leap of faith to consider the legitimacy of numerology either, in helping us determine which choices may be more successful than others.

Having a little knowledge of numerology under your belt can never hurt. 

September 2006 is about change...again!

Like a pregnant girl who transforms into a mother the moment she has her first child, there is something about what is coming next that will change us...possibly transform us into an entirely new identity.  So anxious jitters aren't without merrit.

The silver lining?

September is a comin' in

We're now perched on the edge of August and good riddance!  Apart from Numerology, I've never been fond of  this month, the bridge between summer and fall.  I've always felt it over long; an immoderate string of Mondays.  That said, this month, an eight in a nine year, packed it's conclusionary punch the whole time, but then again, that's what's it's designed  to do, hammer away at endings that need to be made.

Movement half way through an eight year

It's not easy dealing with the fall out of an eight year.  Yes, as mentioned previously, we've been creating our realities, testing conditions to see if the result suits us...but all that change, it can get to be quite exhausting running our little legs off on our  respective treadmills. 

As June winds down, between breaths, start thinking about what important nuggets of activity or intentions shuffle out of the dross with a particular focus on home, family and whatever gives us (or doesn't give us) a sense of security.  While June was about sifting through options, July is about focus. 

July 2006
Get serious about what you can do to make your house run more smoothly.   Your inner house (emotional, physical, spiritual, mental) is emphasized as well...tinker with systems currently in place to bring about better balance and equilibrium.  Once your footing at home is assured, other external matters get easier to manage come August and September and October.

Numerology and work

Since I'm in my 8 year...workplace issues are more than intriguing to me. One of the things that I've been experimenting with is employee identification numbers.*

Some workplaces don't have them...some do.  Back when I was working with a dotcom, it  was the fashion to give everyone a t-shirt with their employee id number on it...to determin which wave of hiring you were from.  I started noticing that some of the very, very successful employes had master numbers.  As for me, I think mine calculated to a 4 (see my  core numbers)...which is probably why I wasn't overly excited by the job.

In my current firm, I've taken to doing the same calculations and have developed a working theory. My sense is that your employee id number (if you have one) sets the tone for your purpose or path with the company. If you work the path of your employee id number you fulfill the role assigned to you by the organization.  Positively working the energies of your  employee id does not necessarily guarantee you will be satisfied with your tenure there... but  it may give you a path to success where you are planted.

Take for example my employee id for my current day job.  It adds up to a 24/6.   According to my working hypothesis my efforts at this firm will meet with success if I am an emotional caretaker, if I am protective,, loving and idealistic and relate well to co-workers.  It also  accents creative visual skills.  My desk decor should also emphasize bright colors and  steer  away from pastels .  It should be a place of peace with a personal touch.**

So how does this square with what I actually do?  I'm a technical support person, helping staff negotiate many types of technology.  I'm not exactly what you'd call a gearhead or geek...I know enough to keep myself out of trouble and solve a good percentage of problems.  I know of many fellow co-workers who are much better skilled in this field than I...but typically people seek me out.  Why?

It goes back to those relating skills.  I have a karmic 6 and I've largely worked through the relating issues... I try to make staff feel comfortable, I make sure to relate to their frustration and anxiety...in effect I do alot of hand holding and people appreciate this effort.  On my best days, I follow up on problems with a parental zeal, making it my mission to bring some sort of emotional closure to each and every interaction.  When I work this path positively, people literally gush over my assistance...even if the service I'm providing is negligible!

While all of us at the firm are issued standard beige cubicles, I've decorated mine with bold greens and reds.  I have placed a small bookcase in front the cube opening to create more of a cloistered save haven (purview of the 6).  On top of the book case I've placed lots of different plastic critters...because it helps set the tone for all interactions...playful and personal.  And I've posted very colorful photographs and illustrations on the cubicle walls which heighten the aesthetic (also 6 energy).

Am I happy here?  At times. It is not what I consider a soul quenching position.  To my mind there's a bit too much drudge involved to my liking (that's the background 4 number...still working on it) and I am at everyone's beck and call (2 background number) a good deal more than  my 1 Life Path would like.

Moreover, since 6 and 4 are not one of my core numbers...I have to work at incorporating them into my frame of reference...so when I'm really hating my job, I'm rejecting the responsibilitiy and obligation of a 6 and the detailed focus of the 4.   My whole numerological drama is played out here day in and day out  as I learn to master unfamiliar energies.  That being said, I do get a surprising (for me) sense of satisfaction from the positive feedback I receive  from those I assist , which is coincidentally, the positive expressions of a 6 and a 4.

That in conjunction with other factors, keeps me working here.   Even so, I constantly dream of chucking this employer altogether to open up my own business...not so surprising for a 1.

See how it works? Whether or not I changed positions at this workplace (promotions, laterals, demotions, etc.) , these energies would still be what would ensure my success...it'd be a requirement for every job here. It'd be the role I'd be obliiged to play. I imagine that when I finally master the karmic lessons of my missing 4 and 6...I'll find a way to move on and out successfully.  But until that time, my reality gives me what I need to pay the bills...and my karmic debts.

Calculation methods:

• Note down all of  the alpha-numeric  characters in your employee id number.
• Convert all letters to their base number.
• Add each number together separately.  Before you reduce that sum to it's
  base number, take note of the compound number and consider how it
  influences the pure energy of the base number.

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*I want to distinguish between employee identifications numbers and position numbers.  The latter I believe are a less stable indicator of experience.  A so-called employee id number would be the number assigned to you for your entire tenure at an employer.  A position number, in contrast, would change as you changed jobs within the same company.  Larger trends tend to make a greater impact in our lives...so if an individual worked at one firm for over five years the employee id number would have a greater sway because it would be in effect longer.  Following this logic, a person's social security number could theoretically bring to bear the highest, broadest influence...but that's another column!

**My thanks to Hans Decoz for his descriptions numerological descriptions found on Decoz.com.