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Reviewing Changes with Insight from your Life Path

You can look to your Life Path number to guide you in your questions around change, personal fulfillment, fear, curiosity and accomplishment.

Your Life Path is a good place to look when you are feeling stuck or confused when evaluating personal changes. I've provided a list of some great questions to consider, especially when you're looking to create or bring about major change in your life.

Life Path questions:

• Who has encouraged my progression along my Life Path?
• Where have I limited my own progress on my Life Path?
• Where do I need the most support on my Life Path?
• How has my Life Path helped me to make past changes?
• How have you inspired others through your living of your Life Path?
• How have your mentors helped you?

When pondering the above questions, it may help you to focus on all parts of your personality, whether these parts have matured or not. After all, you probably know your own strengths and weaknesses.

Another good step to take is to sit down and record thoughts about your Life Path. How do you feel about it's importance in your life? Spend as much time as you can and write down everything that comes into your mind. After you have answered the questions, you should set them aside and come back to them later. You'll want to have enough time and space to compassionately review your responses. The review process isn't about criticizing yourself in any way. It's simply about being a compassionate observer of your past and present. You may wish to record your answers in a journal, and periodically review past answers to these questions. You may be amazed at how your answers change, or develop, over time. You may also see how certain strengths shine through for you in times when you want to tackle a major challenge.

When answering the questions above you should try to simply write about whatever comes to mind, without thinking about or analyzing your responses. You may want to consider writing about personal traits, abilities and attitudes that have helped you to live up to your Life Path. You may also want to write about those traits that may have hindered or obstructed your pursuit of your Life Path. After you have reviewed your answers you may feel exhilarated, as you come to realize that you have accomplished far more than you ordinarily think about. You have found ways to believe in yourself and to be accountable. Perhaps, you can share your experiences and learning with others, as acting as a mentor can help to encourage others to pursue their own Life Path.

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Exploring your Life Path

I've been talking about learning more about your Life Path here and in my interviews. But, what does that mean? Well, you could begin to journal about what it means for you. That would be a great first step

In addition, I've posted some guiding questions below. You can include these in your journal notes about the Life Path.

• The theme of my Life Path is
• My Life Path makes me feel
• Movies that remind me of my Life Path
• Books, art, poetry that remind me of my Life Path
• Personal traits that have helped me live up to my Life Path
• Personal traits that may have hindered me

Look to your favorite movies, stories and books to see how they might have related to an aspect of your Life Path. Perhaps, a true life story in a documentary or movie stood out to you at one time. You could then go and read more about the individuals in those stories. This reading might even inspire you in new ways, and it will allow you to learn more about this inspiring person, who was in a mentor for you in some small way.

Good luck with your own exploration, and feel free to move in directions that come to you as you continue your explorations.

About your Life Path

Your Life Path number describes the theme of the experiences around your own personal path in life. Many of these experiences have may even have helped you learn something about yourself.

You can also think of the Life Path as the "What do I want to do with my life" impulse that is buried with you. As it's a strong driving force within you, it can be like a blueprint for your life experiences. As such it may help to indicate the qualities and talents you can easily learn and use to your advantage.

Life Path Numbers - Brief Descriptions

Life Path #1: The 1 Life Path is about developing your own will, individuality, decisiveness, and expressing your creativity, Being a caring, considerate leader is as important as is being on your own and forging your own path. Standing on your own two feet is important.

Life Path #2: The 2 Life Path is about cooperation, passion, service and balance. Being generous, honest and caring will help you to bring out the best in yourself and others. Often others will seek you out for information/ advice/help. You can be exceptional at organizing and fact finding and following pursuits that allow you to do these things can make you the most happy.

Life Path #3: The 3 Life Path is about socialization, and stepping forward. Speaking out, especially in a public forum, can be very important for you. Social skills, creativity, and looking good are extremely important for you. Balancing material needs and the need to relax can often pull you in different directions.

Life Path #4: The 4 Life Path is about being practical, persisting and dedicated. Quality is an important lesson for you. It will be important to remember that faster is not always better. Work is very important and rewarding for you. Structure and balance can be very important. Learn to provide a space for leisure in your life as well. Taking/Giving orders can be very important.

Life Path #5: The 5 Life Path is about striving for the answers to life, learning, being and freedom. You can learn about freedom simply by watching others. Stay open-minded; be inquisitive, eager to learn. Being tolerant of new or unusual people/places/things can help you to be a stronger person. Variety is a key word for your journey.

Life Path #6: The 6 Life Path is about having compassion and empathy for others. It may involve standing up and willingly giving assistance to those who need it most. Balance and Responsibility are key elements of this life path. Feeling useful makes you feel happy.

Life Path #7: The 7 Life Path is about learning that "You reap what you sow." Planning, Organizing, and Simplicity are very important for you. Generally you are peaceful. Your journey is one in which being aware and open is very important. Although you may enjoy being analytical, sticking your head in the sand just wont do for you. Learn to listen to your inner judgment and you will do well.

Life Path #8: The 8 Life Path is about prowess, strength, learning how to accept responsibility, and leadership. People will often look to you for answers or guidance, even from a young age. Learn to balance your personal desires with the desires of those around you. It is important that you evaluate situations from multiple viewpoints. Simplicity is important. Try not to get caught in the material world.

Life Path #9: The 9 Life Path is about being passionate and compassionate. It is about understanding the highs and lows of life. Being grounded and attuning to the simple things in life, rather than the material is important for your growth. Helping others and being of service is as important as helping yourself.

Questions you might consider to learn more about your Life Path:

• Who has encouraged my progression in life?
• Where have I surpassed my own expectations?
• Where do I need the most support?
• How has my Life Path helped me to make changes?
• How have I inspired others?
• How have mentors helped me?

Your Life Path and Creativity

Being creative can be a fun way to let go of stress, brainstorm, and find new avenues for personal exploration in your life. Within Numerology you can look to your Life Path  to help guide you in your creativity quest.  Creativity can help you find unique ways around challenges or obstacles in your life, and it may even make the process a lot less stressful!

It may help to look to your Life Path from the viewpoint of your younger self, especially around issues surrounding problem solving and creativity. Your Life Path can be looked as a blueprint of what your life is calling you to do. You should first try answering the questions below from the viewpoint of your younger self, instead of answering them from your present day self. Try having fun with the questions. You might also connect with the memories and emotions as you answer the questions. Consider how you feel when you remember friends and helpful teachers who helped shape your life for the better.

This list of questions can be considered especially when you're looking to create something new in your life. They can also be very effective when you're simply trying to bring about small changes, especially around the way in which you support yourself.

Life Path questions:

    * As a child what were my talents or hobbies, and how does that relate to my avocation/vocation?
    * Who in my childhood encouraged my progression along my Life Path?
    * How have I forgotten about these special talents or hobbies?
    * What am I called to do now?
    * Where do I feel stuck?
    * Where do I feel enabled and free?
    * Where can I find a solution to my challenge or obstacle?
    * How might I help others around their challenges or obstacles?
    * How might I help others to ignite their passions and follow their callings?
    * How can I believe in myself?
    * How can I make more room for my own needs and desires?
    * How can I be more creative in my problem solving?

To facilitate your process you might engage in activites you enjoyed as a child, such as drawing or painting, as you evaluate these questions. Author Julia Cameron might say that you're engaging your right brain, and using your inner artist to come up with your solutions. It's about partly disengaging from your normal everyday logical thought process and connecting to the spontaneousness, uniqueness and creativity of your right brain. It's also about stepping out of the thoughts you've been dwelling on, and allowing new thoughts and ideas to bubble up via your creative process. Don't be afraid to work with whatever media calls to you. Perhaps fingerpaints, chalk or mashed potatoes call you. Don't worry about your choice, just work with it! You might have to be willing to laugh at yourself. Don't judge yourself and have fun!

After creatively pondering the above questions, eventually it may help for you to find time to sit and talk out your answers and beliefs with your family and friends. They may have insights about your talents and inspirations that you might not think about. Let them help you to fill in the gaps, and together you may uncover memories and dreams that you have long forgotten.

However, before you address your friends and family, you might spend time simply answering the questions with a pad and paper from a more logical perspective. Don’t judge yourself as you write the answers. Just write. Spend as much time as you need, and continue to write whatever comes to your mind. Eventually you will know when you are done. When you feel complete, look at the answers and try to determine if there is a particular pattern or idea that appears to leap out at you. Blend your answers that came through when you worked with your art choice. All of the information that leaps out at you may be something to grasp onto and run with.

Within Numerology, we can work with your Life Path reading to help you to get a clearer picture of how you might work with this material in a creative and fun way. In a Life Path reading I can assist you in making choices around perceived difficulties that may face as you try to shift your life to one that more closely matches the calling and passion of your Life Path.

Additionally, together we can map out your Numerology Personal Years and see where you might best be focusing your attention in your life so that you can creatively and healthfully meet the calling of your Life Path. It may be a challenge, but with support from your family, friends, and your Numerology chart, you may begin to more clearly see how you can navigate within your life to create the changes that you desire.

Working with new beginnings (part 1)

As January is the start of a new year, it's an excellent time for new beginnings. What project have you imagined starting, but have held off for one reason or another? Numerologically, now is the time to initiate your projects, especially as they relate to the needs of your heart.

If you're reading this in January, you may also feel compelled to review your life before moving on, or make major life changes. You may feel introspective in light of any intentions or resolutions that you've made. Perhaps, you simply have a few changes that you would like to integrate into your life now.

Reviewing your life is a powerful and healing process to undertake and you may wish to look to your Core Numbers to aid you in this process. They can help you to see where you've been fully listening to your heart, and where you might want to bring focus and energy to. Perhaps, you're not letting the world see where you shine? Perhaps, you can help others to shine! Find a way to work with the areas of your life that you may have neglected in the past, and you can begin to heal your heart. Your life will then begin to unfold in new and exciting ways.

It can also be powerful to work with your dreams, especially when you are pondering changes in your life. 2012 is a great time to tap into your dreams, as the Numerological theme for the year involves understanding the mystery of our lives. Working with dreams really can help you to learn about, and work with, the symbolism and imagery bubbling up from deep within your own heart and psyche.

However, if you haven’t worked with dreams before then the Tarot is a simple, fun and powerful tool to begin working with symbols and images. Utilizing the card that is related to any of your Core Numbers, especially your Life Path, can help you to learn more about your own personal story. The symbolism on each card is stirring, unique and powerful. In the next post, I'll post the cards and the Life Path they correlate to.

As you work with your Life Path Tarot card, the images on the card may reflect ideas you have about changes that you'd like to make, or even parts of dreams that you've been having. Spend enough with the card to learn how it fits into your life. Have fun with it. Draw it. Dance it. Act it out. Do whatever you need to do to express how the card makes you feel. See where the energy, and theme, of the card is in your life.

Find ways to work with what you've learned by working with your Tarot card, Life Path and other numbers to help guide you in any new beginnings that you've been planning. Don't be afraid to ask for help, or even lend a hand to others who are starting their own new beginnings.

Doubts, Fears and Transformation

Many of your doubts fears may be limiting you from living up to the true individual you can be. Our fears and doubts can keep us deeply rooted to a place that is not fulfilling. Finding ways to loosen their grip can help you to better pursue your passion.

Your Numerology reading offers insights and guidance to best live your life authentically and purposefully. Part of living authentically and purposefully is understanding fear is a natural part of life. We all have fears, uncertainty and doubts. However, we all have found tools or techniques for navigating our lives despite our difficulties. Numerology is one of these tools, and it can help you to transform your fear into transformational guidance.

You can begin to tap into your own guidance by developing a connection with your Life Path. Your Life Path represents your inner drive and passion. It’s the “What do I want to do with my life” impulse that is buried deeply within your heart and soul. It’s a question that must be answered, but you can only fully answer it by following your heart. But, by following your heart, you’re fueling your own transformation.

Is there anything you would you regret not having tried?

As you probably already know, your Life Path represents those things that you're passionate about within your life. Your Life Path represents your inner drive and passion. It’s the “What do I want to do with my life” impulse that is buried deeply within your heart and soul. It’s a question that must be answered, but you can only fully answer it by following your heart.

You can really think of your Life Path as an essential blueprint or treasure map for where you can have passionate life experiences. Your Life Path can be a powerful ally, that has the potential to guide you toward learning and working with the skills, qualities and talents that will be beneficial for you and can come easily and naturally to you.

Generally, you will feel naturally drawn to experiences and situations in which you can develop and express your particular talents and abilities. As you will feel drawn to these activities, it's best to find ways to encourage yourself to move toward these dreams and aspirations. All of us have our own dreams, but unfortunately there are times when we let life get in the way, and we're pulled in other directions.

Over time, we can let our dreams fade and they become memories of dreams that we used to believe in. Then we build up stress and regret about not pursuing these dreams. Instead of living with the regret, why not embrace your dreams and try to find a way to pursue them? You might not become an expert in your field, but you can still satisfy your inner calling by pursuing the activities that you're drawn to. Following a dream may not have an immediate and observable benefit, but may help you to open new doors and possibilities.

Have you seen the 2007 movie the "Bucket List" starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman? The movie is about two men who are dieing and have a list of things they want to accomplish before they pass away. The two men make a pact to do all the things they have ever wanted to do before they die. As you watch the two men go through challenges and adventures, something is stirred in your soul. You as the viewer are somehow inspired to fulfill the challenges on your own list.

Now, if you were to create your own bucket list, what would be on it? What activities would you have regrets about, if you never pursued them during your lifetime? What things would you have liked try?

Find some personal space and time to explore and identify your dreams that you may have put on hold. You can make a list of desired activities and dreams, and order them by importance. By following your dreams, you're actually working toward living out your passion. And, you'll have the added benefit of not having regrets.

Inspiring people and celebrities

Which celebrities, or people of fame, seem to embody your Life Path? Below is a list of celebrities along with their birth date and Life Path number. Reading and learning about the lives of these celebrities may help you to learn more about your own Life Path. Many of these people found ways to follow their calling and worked hard to forge their own path. Their stories might serve as an inspiration.

• Gloria Estefan, Sep 1, 1957 / 5 - Singer
• Salma Hayek, Sep 2, 1968 / 8 - Actor
• Charlie Sheen, Sep 3, 1965 / 6 - Actor
• Roald Dahl, Sep 13, 1916 / 3 - Author
• TS Eliott, Sep 26, 1888 / 6 - Author
• Serena Williams, Sep 26, 1981 / 9 - Tennis Star
• Jack LaLanne, Sep 26. 1914 / 5 - Fitness guru

Jack LaLanne is inspiring just because of some of the amazing feats he performed to demonstrate his health and fitness. At 70, he swam almost 2 miles, while handcuffed and shackled, from the Queensway Bay Bridge, near Los Angeles to the Queen Mary.

Roald Dahl was probably inspired and motivated to be the acclaimed writer that he has become, because of his parents. As a child, his mother would tell him Norwegian stories and tales. He used his mother as a reference for a character in one of his early books. Can you guess which one? Like his father, who kept a diary throughout his time as a soldier, young Roald kept a detailed diary.

Have these people inspired you in some way. Perhaps, watching Serena play tennis has inspired you to learn how to be the best you can be at your own sport. Perhaps, the writing of TS Eliott or Roald Dahl has encouraged you to dig deep and find a way to use your own life experiences to bring your ideas to print or film. No matter how they might be inspiring, know that these people followed their hearts and you can too!

Numerology and Manifesting - part 2

Previously, we talked about working with your Soul Number to manifest your desires. Now, we'll work with your Your Life Path, which is especially good place to focus when you are feeling a little stuck or evaluating important personal changes. You can look to your Life Path to help guide you in your questions around being supported by your ability to be creative, manifest, adapt to change, and feel fulfillment and accomplishment. I've provided a list of some great questions to consider when you're looking to create or bring about change, especially around the way in which you support yourself, in your life.

Life Path questions:

• Who has encouraged my progression along my Life Path?
• Who has nurtured my creativity and passion along my Life Path?
• Where have I limited my own progress on my Life Path?
• What do I like about my Life Path and my ability to be creative?
• How has my Life Path served me?
• How have I manifested and created in service to my Life Path?
• How does your Life Path live through you?
• How does your mood influence your progression on your Life Path?
• How have you inspired others through your living of your Life Path?

When pondering the above questions, it may help you to better focus on those areas of your personality that have matured, and those that can still mature and grow. Another good step to take is to find time to sit down and record thoughts about your Life Path. How do you feel about it's importance in your life? Do you feel motivated by it? Do you feel limited by it? Spend as much time as you can and write down everything that comes into your mind.

“Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances.” ~ Orison Swett Marden

For me, my own work around my Life Path is about being steady, persistent and being willing to compassionately move myself forward. Like many people, I have those moments when may I want to do or create “something”, but I don’t want to do anything to bring about what I want. I just want to be on the couch and wait. Part of my process is then believing in myself, and part is still being actively and passionately engaged in my life. I can do my work, and I can still have moments of “couch peace”. In this way I can be live in service to my Life Path, but not be a slave to it. It’s about having compassion and faith in yourself and your abilities!

For many of us obstacles or difficulties can arise, even when you earnestly and actually want to make important personal changes, but somehow feel as if you are stuck or frozen in place. We all can become mired in our own limiting beliefs and uncertainty. We may erroneously feel like nobody wants what we have to other. But, at some time in our lives we’ve all seen how our work or creativity, whatever it may be, has inspired or motivated others.

We desperately want to make different choices, yet we as if we we're in quicksand or hip-deep mud! Honestly believing in yourself and your own abilities simply means that you have learned to have true compassion for yourself. It also means that you’ve reached a certain level of maturity in your life. How can you make personal changes, if you don't believe that you can have them?

Your self-limiting beliefs might not even be about major newsworthy life-changing events. You might simply choose to believe that you can't take the beginning steps to be happier, have more friends, have more personal time or to be a little more patient. But you can! All of your beliefs are important! Today, it seems like everyone is talking about visualization and manifestation. Yet, for these processes to be effective, it's important to realize that a vital first step is being aware of your limiting beliefs and beginning the effort that is necessary to let them go.

Feeling good about yourself and passion for your place in life can help you to more easily create and manifest your desires. When you’re feeling moody, upset or down you may not be as ready to face your challenges. Working with your Life Path may help you to come to terms with your life, and see where you are satisfied with your accomplishments. Ideally, you'll also come to see where you would like to step in and create your own changes! It’s really about “rolling up your sleeves” and digging into life. It’s about actively living life and being willing to pursue your true Life Path.

When looking to create change in your life, the Life Path can help you to become more conscious of your true goals and directions. Working with it can help you to be better prepared to make more informed choices and more effective change in your life.