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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.

Reviewing Changes with Insight from your Life Path

You can look to your Life Path to help 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 a little 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?

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. After all, you know your own strengths and weaknesses.

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? Spend as much time as you can and write down everything that comes into your mind. After you have answered the questions, you'll need to 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.

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.

Your Life Path and Creativity

Being creative can be a way to let go of stress, brainstorm, and to find new avenues for personal exploration in your life. Within Numerology, you can look to your Life Path  to help guide you in your quest to be creative.  Creativity can help you to find a way around certain challenges or obstacles in your, and it may even make the process 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. It’s up to you to find a way to go and do that!

I've provided a list of some great questions to consider when you're looking to create something new in your life or are 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?

When pondering the above questions, 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.

Before you address your friends and family, you might spend time simply answering the questions with a pad and paper. 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 their is a particular pattern or idea that appears to leap out at you. That bit of information that does leap 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.

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.

Courage and Numerology

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." –Anais Nin

Courage can help you to create the life of your dreams. By now you know that you can't reach your dreams by shrinking away from obstacles. You realize that you'll need courage to reach some of your dreams. Within Numerology your Life Path number can be a great tool to rely on in your pursuit of your goals and dreams. Your Life Path can help to highlight potential obstacles and stumbling blocks in your life. It can be a guiding force, as it can be used to highlight some of the choices that need to be made, to bring you the most joy and satisfaction. Of course, it may take grit, determination and courage to follow your path, but it's a part of who you were meant to be.

Following your Life Path brings you closer to being and becoming the person that you want to be. Generally, you will feel drawn to the activities that your Life Path describes. For those of us who have the courage to constantly seek out new challenges, it generally highlights those pursuits that will potentially be most rewarding to you. Your Life Path number also describes the theme of the lessons that you learn through your experiences.

The more you take on worthwhile challenges, the more experience and empowerment you will gain. Hopefully, your friends and family will be able to see how your accomplishments enable your growth. You will need to have the courage to be vulnerable and have the capability to listen to them, when they alert you to when you are straying from your true path.

Consider an individual with a Life Path of 1. This path is about standing on your own two feet, developing your own will, individuality, determination, and expressing your creativity. For these people, creativity strongly pulls at their soul. They will have to learn to be courageous and find ways to artistically express themselves, no matter how others feel about their work. Others may recognize their creativity and encourage them early in life. However, circumstances may cause these individuals to divert their energies away from creative pursuits, toward more mundane or materialistic ones.

The 2 Life Path is about cooperation, passion, service and balance. Being generous, honest and caring will help these individuals to bring out more of the best in themselves. Often others will come to them for mentoring, guidance, advice, or assistance. As an individual with a Life Path of 2, courage may come in to play, when you are forced to choose between multiple worthy causes. You will need to learn about discernment early in life, as you can easily be pulled in several different directions at once.

With courage beating in your heart, you can lead a life that is filled with passion, love and empowerment. Living consciously with courage allows you to be more aware of the way in which you live your life, and recognize when you are not living up to expectations. With courage you can get back up when you fall. With courage you can motivate yourself forward, even when nobody else will. With courage you can step toward your dreams.

The Shadow Effect

I've just finished reading the book "The Shadow Effect". It's an exciting and interesting read about working with the human shadow. It is definitely a book that I can imagine that I will recommend to anyone who is interested in finding ways to improve their lives, and to learn about becoming aware of how you sabotage yourself.

The three authors all have their own vision for working with the shadow. Deepak Chopra tries to get us to see that we're human, and not perfect, and that we have the capacity for so much more than we can see or believe. Debbie Ford paints a picture of her early life and shows us that she survived drug addiction, by recognizing her faults and striving to not use them as a crutch or an excuse, to become the person she is today. Marianne Williamson talks about the importance of compassion and love. These three perspectives really meld together well, and help to bring clarity to an often misunderstood subject. 

I was reading through reviews of the book and someone had commented that it seemed like the book was a platform for the longer workshops that the authors offer. Now, for really learning about how your shadow can undermine and control you life, a workshop can be a great place to begin your work. But, if you're not ready for that level of commitment yet, there are effective steps that you can take.

How do you work with the shadow? One of the best ways to work with your shadow could be to remind yourself of the phrase: "If you spot it, you got it." in other words, if you're critical of someone for a particular trait or offense, then you can benefit by first looking to where you do the things that you dislike in others. We are usually doing the exact same thing that we are critical of others for.

Within Numerology, you can look to your Core Numbers to see where you might be dealing with your shadow in your life? For instance, since your Life Path number involves what you want to do with your life, it may offer some clear guidance about changes that you can make to be better able to follow it. If you feel that you've strayed off of your path, then that's when you need to be especially aware of the potential damaging effects of the shadow, because doubt and regret, as well as other more powerful feelings and emotions, can build up and come flooding out at the worst time.

For me, I recently attended my second Shadow conference. Really got the most benefit by trying to remember the last time that I let myself be really angry in the moment, and express it constructively with others. I recognized that it's okay and normal to be in the anger. I can usually go there, but i dont like it. Yet, It's when I hold back the anger that problems can build up. So, for me, part of my work involves finding healthy and constructive ways to express when I'm upset or angry.

You can continue your work by accepting that there is more to you than what you share with the world right now. This can be an incredible and freeing first step.

In order to identify where the shadow is in your life, you can use the questions below:

• What have you rejected?
• What have you shut off/out?
• What role are you playing?
• What have you patched over?
• Where have you become robotic?
• What are you addicted to?
• What are you ignoring?
• Where do you take on extra burdens?
• Where do you hold your tongue?
• Where do you hold back?
• What do you not share with others?
• Where do you feel safe to express your sexuality?
• Where do you feel safe to express your rage?
• Where do you feel safe to express your joy?
• Where do you show up for others, but not yourself?

Bringing about change

"We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses." - CG Jung

You can look to your Life Path to help offer guidance and directions when you are planning important changes in your life. Your questions may revolve around around personal fulfillment and accomplishment. As you mature, the answers to these questions can have greater weight in your life. At times we all may become confused with uncertainty and doubt. Your Life Path is a good tool to help regain focus when you are feeling a little stuck or uncertain. I've provided a list of some great questions to consider, especially when you're looking to create or bring about 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?
• What do I like about my Life Path?
• How has my Life Path served me?
• How have I lived 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? Spend as much time as you can and write down everything that comes into your mind.