Numerologica

When to get off the dime

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

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

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

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

Why Numerology?

So why do people need numerology ( And when I ask that question, I’m really asking why I needed numerology)?  Well, first, I firmly believe everyone needs a little something to get them through the thorny patches, the bits where life runs roughshod over our psyche's.  My native Catholicism didn’t pan out for me. Nor did any of the traditional Protestant religions I test-drove in college.

I liked the idea of spirituality, something with a narrative but I chafed at the idea of a figurehead…I don’t want a mediator, someone with whom I must negotiate with to get through the proverbial narrow threshold. And I had no burning need for a personal guru, thank you very much. 

No, I hungered for something intensely personal, very customizable and interpretable by yours truly…that’s the way I wanted to play it. Again, this is what I wanted, so back to the original question, so I’m theorizing  that’s what others may want too.

 

What’s so special about Numerology?

Numerology is a belief system that will meet you where you are, wherever that happens to be. Seeking simplicity?

Numerology for May 2007

May is a 1 month for those in a 5 year, a time when I doubt that any moss is growing under your feet.  If you stopped to pay attention, you'd realize your pace is probably at bit too reckless.  You're moving ahead at breakneck speed toward... who knows what?  Do you even care at this point?  Or are you just hopped up on the headiness of the ride?  Yes, it can be as intoxicating as a drug.

Here's a really brief suggestion...try and make yourself set some goals, some exciting 'firsts', if you will.  Never been skydiving?  Now's the time.  Haven't had the mettle to ask for a raise or a first date with that someone special or even given yourself permission to get your first perm? Just do it.  A 5 year is about chasing the brass ring...and a one month gives you the courage and the nerve to proceed.
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May is a 2 month for those in a 6 year, a 31 day stretch that dubs you den mother of your particular universe.   By now, you know that there's no getting around the fact that you've a full roster of responsibility set before you.  That's one the hallmarks of a 6...taking care of business.  But in a two month, the ratio of your business to the affairs of others shifts quite considerably. 

Fundamentally, you feel the pull to be there for those you are in relationship with.  In your personal or professional life, there's always some issue waving at you to get the best out of this time.  Try not to ignore it.  You're learning how to be dependable and accountable without any of the credit.  Everybody needs a little practice in selflessness. Get with the program.
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May is a 3 month for those in a 7 year, a lighter period in an otherwise ponderous 12 months.  Seven years often demand a lot of you, emotionally, psychically, mentally.  All that time and energy spend in your head can take it's toll.  Use the bright, sunny days of May to clear out those worrisome cobwebs. 

While this sounds downright trite, it's vital during your 3 month to take notice the pros over the cons.  Sure, there's a lot going on.  You've got real grief and your pet anxieties...I'm not saying these are going away...but make sure you get a firm grip on your blessings, savor every single silver lining and make peace with serendipity.  It's not just coincidence.  It's the good stuff in your life.  Joy, not tended dies.  Get to the feeding and watering.

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May is a 4 month for those in an 8 year, so get your groove on!  You can taste it, your destiny is riding down the road, at the edge of your grasp.  You see it's gleaming  luster, you can smell it's intoxicating perfume.  This target, this goal, it's yours for the taking if you can hang tough a little bit longer, so lengthen your stride...it's time to play catch up.

Like any race, you have to pace yourself.  it's all about the steady effort not the sprint.  Throwing money at it won't work either, if your mind turns toward that quick fix.  No, this is about effort smartly spent.  About you pushing through discomfort even when you've got a cramp.  Even when you feel you've already put in a respectable showing.  Don't stop...you will win of course, but not just yet.

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May is a 5 month for those in a 9 year, a time of impermanence and transition.  Imagine yourself a molting tree, rooted, yet shedding leaves and seed pods.  Witness to  countless seasons and sunsets yet part of the cycle of all things on earth,  subject to myriad little births and little deaths.  You lose branches and leaves at a constant rate.  Bits of your bark are blown hither and yon in the wind, yet you still retain your treeness, existing until you don't.

The essential zeness of being in the midst of dying is the paradox of a 5 month in a 9 year.  Life rushes at us at an alarming rate and we adapt, we learn.  And each new bit of knowledge that changes us, each new notch that life makes in us move us farther from who we are to who we will be.  Go with the flow and let go of whatever aspect of your life is ready to drop away.
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May is a 6 month for those in a 1 year, a shift from the frenzy of April.  That is not to say that there won't be movement this is the first year of your cycle so conditions on the domestic front will be ripe for change or metamorphosis.  May gives us the gift of change in a very sensitive area of lives---6 is where our security blanket is, where we place our deepest hopes and dreams.  It is our emotional Achilles heel, one of the places in the chart where we connect deeply with others. 

When we work with the energy, which allows for a flushing out of old, cobwebbed associations and seek to renew our relationships with loved ones, our careers, our homes---even our ideas of beauty and aesthetics, we feel refreshed and revived.  Conversely, reactive clinging to outmoded scenarios may be distorted with regret and fear.    Take a deep breath and follow the flow...
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May is a 7 month for those in a 2 year, a time to take a giant step back from your life.  Seven months are surprising...they are demanding in a very subtle way.  Use the next 31 days for self-evaluation and examination.   If there were ever a period where you needed to be alone, it's this month so time off is a blessing.

Even if you can't take a vacation, try to lessen your load.  This is not a month for commitments or promises to anyone but yourself, though the thought of turning people down when they say they need you will be tough.  Your powers of observation are very keen...you'll know when an intimate needs a shoulder to cry on even before they know it.  But this month is all about recharging your batteries, not someone else's. Hang tough.
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May is an 8 month for those in a 3 year, and a great time to focus on making those creative dreams a reality.  Most of a three year focuses on your sense of fun and spontaneity.  During an eight month, if you look closely you'll uncover your life's unique blessings and see how your special circumstances, your singular understanding of events could lead to new job or new outlook...one that focuses on your ability to write, make art or communicate in general.

Also, you may feel drawn toward a new creative venture that mobilizes  a rekindled  business acumen...there may be an idea or concept entirely created or originated by you that sets the world atwitter...keep your eyes open and follow your passions.
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May is a 9 month for those in a 4 year, a time that requires a certain amount of reconciling results with effort.  Four years can be task masters, periods in which you tightly concentrate your efforts.  In a nine month, it makes sense to direct these efforts into sloughing off excesses, because quite simply you haven't got the time or energy to waste on non-essentials. 

The load is considerable as you work the 12 months of a four.  You've got a lot to accomplish and not as much time as you think to get it done.  So order your priorities.  Make some hard choices and develop a soup-to-nuts hit list. Tthere is nothing that should escape this ruthless examination.  Economize don't accumulate.

Not Liking the Skin You're In

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

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

Naming and Numerology

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

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

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

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