INTRODUCTION

PINNACLES

CYCLES

TRANSITS

THE PHYSICAL TRANSIT

THE MENTAL TRANSIT

THE SPIRITUAL TRANSIT

ESSENCE

PERSONAL YEARS

PERSONAL MONTHS

Birth name: John Jacob Williams

Short name: Johnny Williams

Birth date: March 12, 1955

Your First Pinnacle (from birth until age 28) is 6

Your Second Pinnacle (from age 29 until age 37) is 5

Your Third Pinnacle (from age 38 until age 46) is 11

Your Fourth Pinnacle (from age 47) is 5

Your First Cycle (from birth until age 28) is 3

Your Second Cycle (from age 29 until age 55) is 3

Your Third and last Cycle (from age 56) is 2

Your Physical Transit for age 45 is O

Your Physical Transit for age 46 is O

Your Physical Transit for age 47 is H

Your Mental Transit for age 45 is O

Your Mental Transit for age 46 is O

Your Mental Transit for age 47 is O

Your Spiritual Transit for age 45 is I

Your Spiritual Transit for age 46 is I

Your Spiritual Transit for age 47 is I

Your Essence at the age of 45 is 21/3

Your Essence at the age of 46 is 21/3

Your Essence at the age of 47 is 23/5

Your Personal Year for 2000 is 8

Your Personal Year for 2001 is 9

Your Personal Year for 2002 is 1

Your Personal Month for December 2000 is 2

Your Personal Month for January 2001 is 1

Your Personal Month for February 2001 is 2

Your Personal Month for March 2001 is 3

Your Personal Month for April 2001 is 4

Your Personal Month for May 2001 is 5

Your Personal Month for June 2001 is 6

Your Personal Month for July 2001 is 7

Your Personal Month for August 2001 is 8

Your Personal Month for September 2001 is 9

Your Personal Month for October 2001 is 1

Your Personal Month for November 2001 is 2

About your Personal Reading

This reading was composed for you personally, and is based on your full name at birth, your date of birth, and the name you now use to introduce yourself. Please check your birth data on the title page to make sure the names and date of birth used are correct.

If you have two or more middle names or last names, you may find the names strung together. This is necessary to make Transit and Essence cycles function correctly. For example, the name John Patrick Henry Hancock would appear on the title page as John PatrickHenry Hancock.

Your Personal Numerology Reading describes all aspects of your chart as they are understood in numerology, accurately and in-depth.

Each chapter starts with a short introduction telling you where this particular number is found and how it affects you. This is followed by the number itself. Often, you will find a double digit number followed by a single digit.

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The Pinnacles are four long-term cycles, or periods, on our Life Path. Each Pinnacle represents a particular lesson we are working on. The first Pinnacle usually lasts from birth to between the ages of 30 and 35 (your specific Pinnacle periods are provided below). The middle two Pinnacles each last nine years. The last Pinnacle will stay with you for the remainder of your life.

The Pinnacles are very important. The transition from one Pinnacle to the next is always strongly felt. Your Pinnacles reveal the general conditions and events you will experience during the period. The Pinnacle describes the atmosphere, or the essential challenge you will be faced with.

You can prepare yourself for the times ahead by knowing your approaching Pinnacle number.

The transition from one Pinnacle to the next is usually prepared for approximately 2 years in advance. The latter part of that two year period is particularly strong. You will likely make some life-altering decisions -- marriage, job or career change, or any number of major changes in your character.

Perhaps the most strongly felt change -- internally as well as externally

-- is the transition from the first to the second Pinnacle. This change usually takes place in your late 20s or early 30s -- the exact date depends on your Life Path number and is provided below. You begin to feel the impact of this coming change approximately two years prior. This is usually a difficult transition, but once crossed usually provides a clear sense of direction in one's life. It also gives you a much firmer sense of your identity. It is a gateway to maturity.

Under this Pinnacle you will be very involved with family, friends, and your community. You will face an increase in responsibilities and duties, but you have a greatly enhanced sense of balance and perspective that allows you to handle emotional issues well.

Your family demands much of your attention. Matters involving spouse and children require much security, love, and sacrifice. You are the centerpiece of your family, the one people come to for solace and understanding. You may feel an increased burden, as you carry the cares of many. You will experience a deep sense of being needed.

This Pinnacle is full of love, closeness, and warmth, but you must rise to the challenges that close relationships bring. You must settle and bring harmony to personal conflicts between others. You are often the only one with perspective in a conflict. It is as if you are the keeper of justice, bringing understanding and compromise to situations that are polarized.

Under the influences of this Pinnacle -- especially at its outset -- people are often married or start families. Children are born, in-laws come into your life. You are the nucleus of a little world.

You must maintain your dignity. This is a period that makes it easier to sacrifice, but you can overdo it, becoming a doormat for others to step on simply to maintain a degree of peace. Know your limits and maintain healthy relationships.

This is a fine period for growth in business and financial matters. You attract people with resources who can help to further your personal goals. Moreover, you are balanced in your approach to business affairs. This can bring many rewards.

Your heightened sense of harmony and your genuine compassion makes you an excellent counselor and healer, especially if you already have native talent in any of these areas.

Personal health matters can also surface, causing you to reflect on diet, exercise, and other health habits.

Your desire to help others is also increased. But this can lead you to poke yourself into situations where you do not belong, or delve too deeply into other people's personal affairs. Be careful not to meddle or interfere.

The 6 Pinnacle is a time of progress and growth as a full human being. You are capable of developing yourself in many different directions -- as a loving mate and parent; a sound businessperson; and as a pillar of your community. The time requires the balance you possess, since you can easily stretch yourself in too many directions and ultimately feel burned out by the demands in your milieu.

This is a period that will teach the realities of freedom and expansion. You will travel great distances, meet many new and interesting people, experience many adventures, and essentially come to know the world. You are in a period of accelerated experimentation and learning. Experience is your teacher.

Your ability with words is greatly increased. You can write and speak with ease. You are also able to successfully promote yourself. In fact, this is the source of much adventure; new opportunities for work, travel, and exotic experiences present themselves with regularity.

Your challenge is to prevent yourself from becoming a rolling stone. You need to ground yourself in a particular discipline, career, or relationship. This will not limit your freedoms so much as give you a base for operation. Otherwise, you may find yourself skipping from one meaningless job to the next, one superficial relationship after another. You can also fall victim to the abuse of food, alcohol, sex, or drugs.

You may fear being anchored or tied down, which can cause you to skim the surface of a pursuit you enjoy, or important relationships.

You must come to know the true meaning of freedom, which is unconditional love. You give your love and energy without the condition of holding on to a place, a person, or an occupation; and you expect the same in return -- to be loved for what you are, rather than someone who belongs to another. There is a highly spiritual path offering itself that requires detachment without loss of love.

Many turn away from this and instead choose to maintain a superficial relationship with the world, or with other people.

You must cultivate your talents, especially your verbal and writing abilities. You are likely a gifted salesperson, or promoter.

You must accept limitations as a necessary base for your freedom. Freedom cannot exist without limitations, otherwise you would be without identity, and without existence.

This is a challenging period in which you are at a high point of sensitivity and intuition. There is so much going on in your psyche that you can suffer much confusion over direction and identity. On the other hand, there is a wide open channel between the personal consciousness and the higher realms of the unconscious. You are constantly being inspired and even assaulted by information and insight.

Because of the intensity of these revelations, you must learn to ground your life in faith and a practical vocation that keeps your feet on the ground everyday.

This is a period of enormous spiritual and personal growth. You will come out of it with a highly uncommon clarity and understanding of life. At the same time, it is a period of enormous demands, emotionally and spiritually. Any attachment you might have to specific identity traits -- who you think you are and why you are here, for example -- is constantly challenged.

There is a desire to settle into some field or way of life to attain stability, but the energy of this Pinnacle is not allowing it. It is as if there is a destination, or destiny, to which you are being driven. You do not feel in control of this process. Instead, you are acutely aware of the forces that are shaping your life. You must surrender to them.

Meanwhile, you experience the emotional turmoil that can come with this highly charged period.

There is a definite, even compelling, sense of being different. You are aware of a feeling of receiving special attention from spiritual forces. Your perception of life is somehow more acute than others; you see more clearly and more spiritually due to your high degree of sensitivity. It is as if you have a perfectly accurate peripheral vision, in which everything stands out in sharp relief. At times you may feel that you can see into the souls of things.

At the same time, you may feel like a foreigner to the earth. You are completely impractical. Sometimes you may feel that you do not understand the workings of the physical world. Practical things escape you. You feel awkward and clumsy at times, and are aware perhaps how fluidly other lives are going. This increases your sense of being an outsider.

More important than all the awkwardness and feelings of being different is the overwhelming sense of having a purpose or a message to reveal that will make other people's lives happier, healthier, and more at peace. You want desperately to bring this out.

The challenge of the 11 Pinnacle is to remain grounded and attached to this dream. You must find practical and useful ways to be of service to others, at the same time developing yourself so that one day you may be able to bring forth that which is within you.

The influences of this period make you highly creative, innovative, and inventive. You have a completely unconventional approach to problems. Trust your intuition, seek harmonious settings to restore your sense of inner peace, and work hard to keep your feet on the ground. This period will bring great rewards on all levels, and with perseverance you will find your rightful place.

This is a period that will teach the realities of freedom and expansion. You will travel great distances, meet many new and interesting people, experience many adventures, and essentially come to know the world. You are in a period of accelerated experimentation and learning. Experience is your teacher.

Your ability with words is greatly increased. You can write and speak with ease. You are also able to successfully promote yourself. In fact, this is the source of much adventure; new opportunities for work, travel, and exotic experiences present themselves with regularity.

Your challenge is to prevent yourself from becoming a rolling stone. You need to ground yourself in a particular discipline, career, or relationship. This will not limit your freedoms so much as give you a base for operation. Otherwise, you may find yourself skipping from one meaningless job to the next, one superficial relationship after another. You can also fall victim to the abuse of food, alcohol, sex, or drugs.

You may fear being anchored or tied down, which can cause you to skim the surface of a pursuit you enjoy, or important relationships.

You must come to know the true meaning of freedom, which is unconditional love. You give your love and energy without the condition of holding on to a place, a person, or an occupation; and you expect the same in return -- to be loved for what you are, rather than someone who belongs to another. There is a highly spiritual path offering itself that requires detachment without loss of love.

Many turn away from this and instead choose to maintain a superficial relationship with the world, or with other people.

You must cultivate your talents, especially your verbal and writing abilities. You are likely a gifted salesperson, or promoter.

You must accept limitations as a necessary base for your freedom. Freedom cannot exist without limitations, otherwise you would be without identity, and without existence.

Like most stories, there are three great divisions of our lives: the First, or opening period, finds us groping to find our true nature; at the same time, we are trying to cope with the powerful forces that are present in our environment, our parents and the socio-economic conditions of our family, for example. The Second Cycle, or middle period of our lives, brings about the slow emergence of our individual and creative talents. The initial part of this cycle -- the early and mid 30s -- represents a struggle to find our place in the world, while the late 30s, 40s, and early 50s, sees us with a greater degree of self-mastery and influence over the environment. The Third, or final Cycle, can represent a flowering of our inner being, such that our true nature has finally come to fruition. It is during this period that one has the greatest degree of self-expression and power.

A time of heightened self expression and much social support. Any ability you possess in the arts, especially in writing, acting, or dance, will be brought to new heights and meet with much reward. You are socially active as never before. You will appear to others as charming, attractive, even charismatic. Be careful not to waste your energies on too many superficial projects or relationships, however. The time requires discipline and focus in order to make the most of the great upward energy that is filling your life.

(You are repeating this cycle. See earlier description.)

This is a period of slow and patient development. You are acutely sensitive to your surroundings and highly intuitive. You possess a gift as a peacemaker and have tremendous power through gentle persuasion. Cultivate the talents of tact and diplomacy. Cooperate with others. Musical and other artistic talents come to fruition. Partnerships are important, requiring understanding and compromise. You need patience and flexibility, but you are under a gentle and benevolent influence in which others are happy to support you. Seek out beauty and harmonious environments, spend time in nature, and enjoy the peace of close companionship. This is a period of slow but steady progress.

The Transits are the individual letters of your name that combine to form the Essence, which is the number that reveals a great deal about your year ahead. Your name can be seen as a piece of music that vibrates in time. Each note, or letter, has a specific duration and influence over the course of your life. Your life, therefore, can be seen as a musical score, with the individual letters making specific contributions at given points, just as notes in a musical piece are played at specific points to give a piece of music its rhythm, character, and nuance.

The Transits appear as part of your Progressive Chart and will tell you much about specific influences taking place in your life during given years.

This is a time of strong emotional experiences, which can affect your health if you let it. You may find yourself worrying unduly. There is much responsibility placed on your shoulders, with sensitive emotional issues involved. You will find yourself more interested in religious and physical studies. Your leadership abilities are enhanced during this time.

(You are repeating this cycle. See earlier description.)

Your mind will be very active during this year. Your thoughts are surprisingly unconventional. You come up with original, even inventive ideas. This is an ambitious time and self-promotion will pay off. Advancement and success are possible. You have self-discipline and a clear understanding of what you want. Emotionally you are a little vulnerable and in need of love and attention.

This is a time of strong emotional experiences, which can affect your health if you let it. You may find yourself worrying unduly. There is much responsibility placed on your shoulders, with sensitive emotional issues involved. You will find yourself more interested in religious and physical studies. Your leadership abilities are enhanced during this time.

(You are repeating this cycle. See earlier description.)

(You are repeating this cycle. See earlier description.)

This is a very emotional time with many ups and down's. You are high-strung and vulnerable to stress. You are somewhat accident prone. You need to develop calmness, centeredness, and an acceptance of life. You must control your moods and not slip into feelings of self-pity and insecurity. At the same time you are very competitive and have the opportunity to achieve success and financial reward.

(You are repeating this cycle. See earlier description.)

(You are repeating this cycle. See earlier description.)

The Essence Number and the Personal Year Number are the two essential indicators of the forces that will influence your life during the course of any year. While the Personal Year runs from January to January, the Essence is most strongly felt from birthday to birthday. For example, if your essence number is 8 for the year 1988, you would begin to feel the influence of that

8 most powerfully after your 1988 birthday. The influence would begin to wane during 1989 and would finally end at your birthday of 1989.

The Essence number indicates the lessons you will be dealing with during that year. It says a great deal about how you will perceive your environment. It also gives clear advice on how you can be most successful during the year, that is, which types of behavior will be supported by your milieu, and which ones will be less effective.

Your ability to express your self will reach an all-time high. Any talent you possess in the arts -- especially in writing, acting, or other performing arts -- will be greatly enhanced. This is a period of success through personal creativity. You have much opportunity to advance yourself and career through your own personal expression, charm, and creative talent.

This is a social time, filled with much fun and friendship. You will feel lighter, fresher, more alive than in previous years. It is as if life has relieved you of a burden, allowing the more creative, upward, and joyful energies to flow more freely.

People are naturally attracted to you. They sense your joie de vivre, your spirit, and creativity.

Your challenge is to focus your heightened creativity on a worthwhile task. Discipline is essential. Choose a goal worth reaching. Pour your energies into something that will last. In this way, you will emerge from this period having accomplished something worthwhile, and learned to harness your creative abilities.

If you fail to focus, you will likely spend your opportunity and creative urges on loose talk, superficiality, and socializing.

This is an emotional period. The upward, heart-centered energies are peaking, bringing with them many old emotional issues. You can easily exaggerate the importance of an unkind word, or react too emotionally to a troubling situation. In short, you need perspective now.

You are in a highly volatile period, making you highly creative, sensitive, and given to emotional mood swings.

You are highly romantic and given to fantasy. There can be many wonderfully romantic times; however, it is important to avoid being swept away by your fantasies. Do not fail to see people for what they are.

This is a time when you will learn the value of your personal expression, and your own uniqueness. It is a time of personal accomplishment and advancement.

(You are repeating this cycle. See earlier description.)

This is an important time of progress and advancement along the lines of your talents. You will experience a relief from burden and increased personal freedom. Any talent you possess in writing, public relations, and the arts will be greatly enhanced. At the same time, business matters flow quickly and new opportunities for expansion seem to arise out of nowhere.

People are attracted to you and seek to help you achieve your goals. You possess an almost magical ability to promote yourself. Your fluency with words is greatly increased. You are more charming and attractive, which opens many new doors.

This is a period of travel and much learning. Opportunities to visit distant lands, encounter foreign cultures and peoples, and learn about life will come to you. Your personal growth will speed up considerably.

As such, many old habits and outdated methods will fade from your life. It is as if you are being catapulted from the old and outworn, into a new and fast-paced period of personal growth and development.

Your desire to satisfy your senses will also increase dramatically. You must be careful not to overindulge in food, alcohol, sex, and even drugs.

Sudden events and chance occurrences will come your way. You must be alert to your opportunities. This is not a period of sitting back and waiting, but a time to move ahead rapidly.

Your challenge is to remain focused on your more long term goals. Be disciplined in your work. Don't have too many irons in the fire. Sort out the important projects and endeavors and see them through from start to finish. Focus, discipline, and completion are the keys to your success.

Your Personal Year number is a strong indication of the trends and circumstances you will experience during the year ahead. Your Personal Year cycles are based on the Universal Year cycles and therefore run concurrent with the calendar year. Transit and Essence cycles are based on the letters of your name and run from birth date to birth date.

There are nine personal year numbers, which makes up a complete Epicycle. Each Epicycle reveals the progression or evolution of a specific part of your growth. Your progress along this Epicycle can be seen very logically, from the infancy or beginning of a growth period in your life, to the conclusion or culmination of that process. The 1 personal year indicates your first steps in a new direction. The years that follow indicate your progress along this path, concluding with your 9 Personal Year, which completes the cycle. Below is a description of your current Personal Year. It indicates where you are on the 9 year Epicycle.

After last year's constant involvement with yourself and very possible occasional doubts about the state of your business or career you will find this year to be a relief. Things finally work out. Long postponed checks and promotions come through. You see the light at the end of your financial tunnel and an inner strength and confidence is breaking through. This is your year of harvest and , depending upon the effort you put out in the past seven years , your reward will be equally large. There is a beauty in these cycles we can recognize and understand and in doing so we find ourselves "in the flow" and there is no more need to try and struggle upstream. So this year you will have an opportunity to involve yourself fully in work and material growth and bring home the rewards, at the same time a certain detachment is also necessary, for you and for the experience you have because it is not the reward that brings you happiness but your experience of life, which is why before the rewarding eight year you have had such opportunity for growth during the soul-searching of a seven year. Give in to your ambitions, you will find yourself more clear and focussed and able to pursue and reach your goals. Your power is visible and strong, mental creativity is high, vision and intuition will guide you, and at the same time you are more efficient and focused. There can be loss, serious loss, bankruptcy and failure, because always the rewards are directly proportionate to your effort and motivation, however you know the effort you put out and you know your motivations, so there must be no room for fear and doubt, only for success and winning and this year will undoubtedly turn out to be a very satisfying year.

This is your year to finish up all unfinished business, to clean house and make room for new things. On a material level this is a good time to get rid of unnecessary weight, to give away or sell what you do not need anymore and to pay off old debts. On a spiritual level you will experience a different mode altogether. Your attention should turn to others and their needs, find ways to be of help and give time and energy to worthwhile causes. You must lighten your burden of questions and doubts and the best way to do so is by directing your attention to another direction, away from yourself and you will find yourself becoming lighter and more in touch with your self. This is a time of completion, problems can be solved and over with, strained relationships relax or disappear, the sources of stress in work or business can be better understood and dealt with. Be social and communicative, enjoy music and other arts. Your creativity is higher than usual. There can be some difficulties this year due to your desire to face obstacles and overcome them, decisions have to be taken and your courage and strength may be severely tested several times, this is not going to be an easy year all the time but you will feel relieved and on the brink of a positive breakthrough by the end of this year. This is the end of a nine year epicycle and will you will feel many times the excitement of a new and promising era when optimism is your friend but you will also experience the fear of letting go, however the more you let go the more room there is to be filled during the next epicycle.

Be ready for major changes. You will be inspired to start new projects or enterprises. You will feel a strong forward push toward new goals.

This is a time for vision and planning. Share your dream with others; make plans, get the necessary support, but, above all, rely on yourself as the driving force. Be decisive!

You are starting a new nine year Epicycle. Everything you do now will affect your future. Do not hold back the inner force of creation. Be direct, daring, bold.

You will have more confidence and determination this year, particularly in comparison with last year, which was a time of letting go. This year represents a time of birth. It's a time to take charge and to apply yourself to your dream.

This is also a good time to make the personal changes you have long wanted to make: start a diet, an exercise program, begin a new course of study.

There may be some emotional turmoil, especially in the first two or three months. It takes a while to get the ball rolling. There are many changes you must make and much work to be done.

Be open-minded, organized, and focused. Avoid distractions and procrastination.

You are at a crossroads. You will need courage and a clear head to stay on the right track.

This is a year of opportunities.

The key months in your year ahead are March, in which you are able to lay the foundation to your plans; April, in which changes take place such as a change of residence or career; July and August mark a time in which you will see the fruits of your labors begin to take place; October represents a major turn in events, often fraught with emotional turmoil; the fall marks a coalescing of your plans into more concrete form.

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December is a 2 Personal Month in an 8 Personal Year and shifts the focus to relationships and all affairs of the heart.

Co-workers are demanding, not only in work-related matters, but also in personal areas. You may catch some flack, or become involved in conflicts that don't appear to have anything to do with you. All your tact and diplomacy are needed to maintain harmony in the work place. However, you are better equipped to deal with sensitive affairs than usual and you manage to diffuse most of these potentially explosive affairs.

Pretty much the same experiences await you regarding relationships with relatives and friends, but here too, you are able to keep the peace.

Your intuition and sensitivity are your strongest assets during this month.

There is, however, also a need to stand up for yourself. Someone is about to claim credit which rightly belongs to you. Again, diplomacy and tact are required to solve this problem.

This is also a good month for negotiation and financial affairs, particularly concerning loans and mortgages.

Romance can be powerful, but may cause problems when money is involved.

January is a 1 Personal Month in a 9 Personal Year. It brings progress as well as some turmoil. Your career offers opportunities that should be taken advantage of, but you may also be wondering if you want to continue on the path you have chosen. A change of course may be taking shape. You may want to focus more on the ideas you had at the beginning of your professional life. Even if you do not have a career, a return to the idealistic views you had at an earlier time cannot be avoided now.

A similar desire for purity and idealism influences your relationships with friends and relatives. You find yourself confronting some of the people close to you. You may decide that some of your relationships are no longer desirable.

You experience emotional ups and downs, caused by a need for confirmation of your love on one hand, and a tendency to be critical and judgmental on the other. You are aggressive and emotional at times. This combination may shake the foundations of many of your relationships. Undoubtedly, some of these foundations may crack, but others will prove to be strong and remain undamaged.

Financially, this is a time to be extremely careful.

February is a 2 Personal Month in a 9 Personal Year. It awakens you to many of the underlying factors that influence your career and personal life. You are highly intuitive; you experience strange and vivid dreams; and you gain insights that border on psychic premonitions. At the same time, you continue to be vulnerable in the emotional area. Any kind of criticism can devastate you. You should avoid confrontations. You are in a position where you can gain considerable understanding of the motivations and desires that influence you, as well as others.

This is an important and valuable time, because you are learning much about the true nature of human beings, including yourself. The challenge here is to see yourself and others in a spiritual light, with love and forgiveness.

Some people who go through this particular cycle experience bitterness and anger. For others, this cycle brings faith and gratitude. For everyone, the impressions are lasting.

Romance is powerful; you see and hear and feel more fully than usual, which brings an added intensity to the experience of love.

March is a 3 Personal Month in a 9 Personal Year. It lightens things considerably. You are not nearly as vulnerable as last month. You are more playful. You express yourself easily and you manage to inspire and motivate others.

You receive some positive information about your career and your financial status. Meanwhile, you are considering some big changes in these areas of your life. You may want to keep your thoughts to yourself, or share them only with one or two of your most trusted confidants. You are not ready to make decisions or take steps that are irreversible, but that time will come soon.

This is an exciting time, when everything seems more intense, more alive. You are more creative and communicative.

You should take the time to enjoy yourself. Go on a vacation. Visit friends. Be social. Give yourself a break.

Romance is favorable, but you have to guard against irresponsible and superficial behavior.

April is a 4 Personal Month in a 9 Personal Year. It requires hard work, an eye for details, and dependability. Your career is a top priority and requires much of your attention. This is a difficult month with frustrations and a sense of urgency. Perseverance is the key.

There is another feeling that starts moving to the foreground. You feel a little tired, ready to surrender. Your energy level is lower than usual and this makes it harder to keep up with your duties and responsibilities.

However, this is not a good time to slow down. It is a time that can bring opportunity and an unexpected insight into a new direction in life. You are at a point in your life when you feel that you have been stagnant. Change is needed.

This month will bring some practical insight and ideas as to how this change can be accomplished. This is a good time for business ventures and investment. It's also a good time to work on the house and garden.

Romance is understated, but emotional stability is hard to maintain. Don't make many any big changes or decisions in the emotional realm for now.

May is a 5 Personal Month in a 9 Personal Year and brings many changes and ideas that start you in a different direction.

You are restless and impatient. Your energy is scattered but you are ready to make a big step forward. A move of residence or a travel will bring inspiration.

You are at an important stage in your life where you feel a bit in limbo, but you also know that a change for the better is imminent. You feel excited and confused at the same time.

You do not really understand what is going on, and the motivations that have guided you for many years now seem outdated. You question your underlying values and desires. You feel a loss of direction. Your best approach is to wait things out. Do not start any new endeavors unless you are very sure you will follow through on them.

Social events are highly favorable. You need to be around people. You need to be loose and enjoy yourself. As I mentioned earlier, you are going through enormous changes this year and next year, and for that reason, interaction with others is therapeutic. It helps you deal with the turbulence that takes place inside.

June is a 6 Personal Month in a 9 Personal Year and brings stability, strength, and understanding of yourself and the many roles you play in this life. Some relationships may undergo a test this month. This whole year is a time of letting go of certain people, behaviors, and roles that you have outgrown. June is particularly important in sorting out your feelings for others. Relatives and friends seek your company, but you may respond with aloofness and indifference.

An important challenge this month is to be honest and open in your relationships. You may tend to bottle-up your feelings.

This is a good time for career and finances, even if you feel a lack of interest for these matters. Romantic relationships are particularly fragile right now. However, if your love-relationship survives this period, you know that it is based on true substance. It will be stronger and lasting.

July is a 7 Personal Month in a 9 Personal Year. It represents a time of insight and awareness. You start to realize the magnitude of the deep inner changes that are taking place and this fills you with a combination of fear and excitement. You know that the time has come to face up to important decisions that will effect your life, as well as the lives of those close to you for a long time to come.

Your fear is based on your indecision and inability to know if what you want to do is right. Your excitement comes from the knowledge that at least something is happening. In this situation, the key is to choose what feels right. Rely on your heart and your intuition, and have faith in yourself and your Creator.

Your career and finances are not priorities, except when they relate to plans you may have for the future.

This is a time to prepare for the long-term, not to reach for immediate rewards.

August is an 8 Personal Month in a 9 Personal Year. It brings financial matters to the foreground. Take a close look at your financial situation and adjust your lifestyle accordingly. Pay off debts. Tie up loose ends. Clean up this area of your life.

Often, an 8 Personal Month, 9 Personal Year brings a stroke of luck; a payment from a forgotten source, or an inheritance.

Use any extra income you might have to pay off your debts.

You are facing a future that requires some risk taking, or investment. Perhaps you have been thinking about a complete career change, or starting your own business. Either way, you need to get a clean slate before the end of the year.

You also receive recognition and compliments for effort put out in the past, which may result in a promotion.

Romance is in better shape than the last two months. If you are committed to someone and have experienced some troubles in the relationship, you will find stability and comfort this month. If you are single, you may meet someone through work or business.

September is a 9 Personal Month in a 9 Personal Year. Now your desire for change reaches a climax. You are taking steps to implement changes you have been considering for some time. Nothing is stable right now, but that should not worry you.

You are making progress in hidden ways. You feel insecure about the future but you rightly know that these changes have to be made. There is a lot of adjusting that has to be done, not only for you, but also for the people close to you.

More than at any other time this year, you let go of the old and prepare for the new. This takes place in every area of your life; spiritual, emotional, and material. However, this is not a month to make impulsive decisions and starting anything new should be postponed until very late this month or next month.

A disappointment in romance is possible but will clear the air for future engagements.

October is a 1 Personal Month in a 9 Personal Year. It is a month of new beginnings, new people, and renewed energy.

While most of this year feels like the end of a long day of hard work, with low energy and a desire to put your feet up, October feels like you just had cup of coffee. You are ready to get started, to roll up your sleeves and tackle whatever project is in front of you. This is a time to aggressively pursue the plans you have made in the past. It is a time to act, not to dream or question. Take a chance. Show courage.

This is also a time that requires independence and self-confidence. Don't let the cautious words of others slow you down.

There is some danger connected to financial wheeling and dealings. Be very careful who you trust with your money. Friendships are renewed. You may also meet someone you haven't heard from in some time and this person will play a role in your plans for the future.

Romance is favored, particularly if you are single. You may meet someone who becomes a permanent fixture in your life.

November is a 2 Personal Month in a 9 Personal Year. You may find yourself wondering what happened to last month's energy. You feel a little burned out and you are not sure about the direction your life has been taking in the past several months. You may question whether you are trying to change too much of your life. You are moodier than usual and don't seem to be able to get things started. You are extremely sensitive and take the opinions of others more serious than usual. This is a time to take things slowly, to spend time in self-reflection and contemplation, to find strength and stability in yourself instead of in the circumstances around you.

Your relationship to the people close to you improves and a lot of healing takes place there.

Romance also is highly favorable, particularly if you do not try to make the impression that you are stronger than you really are.

You are more susceptible to illness and would do well to refrain from alcohol or anything else that weakens your system.