Personal Year Number
In Numerology, each year of your life is part of an overall cycle. Each cycle is composed on 9 distinct years. Each year has its own overall pattern that is connected with it. The #1 Personal Year is a great time for new beginnings, while the #2 Personal Year is great for partnerships. Each year builds on the last.

If you prepare yourself and are ready for the opportunities that will come up in each year, you can benefit greatly. Consider that if you meet someone in a #1 year, you can get to know them better and perhaps enter into a stronger and more meaningful relationship in the next year, which is about partnerships and cooperation.

Your Personal Year, extends from your birthday in one year, to your birthday in the next year.

To calculate your Personal Year, you would add together your birth MONTH and birth DAY, with the current year.

As an example, consider Nelson Mandella. He was born on 7/18/1918. This makes him 90 in 2008.

To get his Personal Year Number, for 2008 - which is the current year for him in July of 2008 - You would do the following computation:

Month ( 7 ) + Day ( 18 ) + Current Year ( 2008 ) = 2033

Now, we Numerologically reduce the result:

2 + 0 + 3 + 3 = 8

If the result above, was 10 or above, then we would continue to reduce the number in the same way.

However, we have the #8 as our result. Nelson Mandella will have an 8 Personal Year. This year extends from 7/18/2008 to 7/18/2009.

Again, note that your Personal Year, extends from your birth month in one year to the next. It doesn't start in January. Your year starts on your birthday!

Now, what does having a Personal Year of 8 mean? In Numerology this corresponds to victory, authority, honor, pride, and power. It is a time of being recognized and honored recognized for past performance, accomplishments and fulfillment. If you are living in an 8 Personal Year, then it's also a time, since you have gained knowledge over your lifetime and the past 7 years, that others can seek you out for your guidance, wisdom and authority.

It certainly seems like this is a time that honor and recognition is being shown to Mr. Mandella. Although he is reticent to celebrate, plans have been made for various events and concerts. According to the news, some people want to have a "National Holiday" for him, while others just want him to be seen as one of us and simply human.

Now, it's time to calculate your own Personal Year Number.

About your Nine Year personal cycle:
As noted above, each year within a particular cycle, builds upon the progress and events of the past years. Each cycle, represents a particular phase of your life.

We're always in a state of beginning and ending, somewhere in our lives. Just know that connecting with the rhythm of your life will allow you to be better connected to the world around you and ready for the challenges and opportunities that you can face during each year, and during each phase.


Brief description of the Personal Years:
1 Year: Beginnings, Opportunities, Strategy, Rebirth, Renewal
2 Year: Relationships, Harmony, Partnership, Balancing
3 Year: Creativity, Joy, Abundance, Power, Encouragement
4 Year: Patience, Honesty, Maturity, Leadership, Authority
5 Year: Movement, Diversity, Education, Random
6 Year: Maturity, Wisdom, Serenity, Family, Structure
7 Year: Wisdom, Peace, Contemplation, Consciousness
8 Year: Victory, Authority, Honor, Pride, Power
9 Year: Endings, Recognition, Freedom, Change

Description of the Personal Years:

Personal Year Number: 1
The One Personal Year is a time for new challenges and fresh beginnings. Now is the time to take on new opportunities. At this time, something that seemed like it was a risk in the past, may now be easier to take on. It is not a time to wait, instead you need to be ready to recognize opportunities and go after them since you could very easily miss the benefits that this year provides.

Now is also the time to begin new projects and think about ideas for the future. What are you plans for the next 3 years? What are your plans for the next 5 years? What about plans extending ever further out? Now is the time to lay the groundwork for the benefit of the future.

Watch for:
Crisis at this time might involve independence, leadership and creativity issues. Have you wanted to open a business, connect with someone new, or move to a new home? This may be the year to jump start these ideas that have been idling or stalled.


Inspirational Quote:
"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent in doing nothing." -- George Bernard Shaw

Keywords for the year:
Magic, Decisions, Change, Creativity, Control, Independence


Personal Year Number: 2
The Two Personal Year is a time for relationships of all types. You can do well in the business world, but you can also develop powerful personal and intimate relationships as well. However, this year does require that you learn about and develop diplomacy, teamwork and patience.

Now is the time to make any short term course corrections that are necessary in order to achieve many of your long range goals. Do you think you might need to allocate additional resources to a particular project? Do you think you might need to re-evaluate certain plans? Have your priorities changed? Since this year may involve partnerships and cooperation, you may encounter situations in which you've met new people and now these people can cause you to alter your plans from the prior year, most likely for the better.

Watch for:
Crisis at this time might involve business or relationship issues. You may remember the saying, "To many cooks spoil the broth." This means, that when too many people work together on a project, the final result tends to be undesired. Although you may meet many new people during the year, not all of them will be suitable business or relationship partners.


Inspirational Quote:
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising everytime we fall" -- Confucius.

Keywords for the year:
Patience, Growth, Cooperation, Diplomacy, Waiting, Gestation


Personal Year Number: 3
The Three Personal Year is a time of relaxation, celebration, births, victories and rewards. You've set down some roots, and now you can enjoy the benefits that come with maturity, dedication and persistence.

You may find that you are more engaged with parties, networking and social interaction than usual. Now is also the time to pay attention to your physical and emotional health. Your social life will benefit if you find ways to nurture yourself, avoid over indulgence and alleviate stress.

Watch for:
Crisis at this time might involve endings, greed, or jealousy. Now that you have met and brought new people into your world, you may find that you have to deal with the pettiness of certain people. In the business world you may have to deal with office politics. In intimate relationships you may have to learn to deal with the neighborhood gossip.


Inspirational Quote:
"Your heart is free, have the courage to follow it." -- William Wallace, from the Movie "Braveheart"

Keywords for the year:
Amusement, Creativity, Abundance, Births, Opportunities


Personal Year Number: 4
The Four Personal Year represents a time for structure, stability, labor, organization and concentration. You will benefit by completing any unfinished projects at this time.

You may need to find a few pioneering or resourceful solutions to some of your issues. In some ways, you may feel constrained by situations in your life, but the experience you can gain now can be extremely useful later.

Watch for:
Crisis at this time might involve dependence, reliability and control. Watch out for people who are dependent on you for their every need. In the business world, you may have to educate coworkers or employees to be more self motivated. Within your family life, you may have to give more responsibility to individual family members.


Inspirational Quote:
"Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon." -- Alexander Pope

Keywords for the year:
Leader, Controling, Finances, Building, Defining, Planning


Personal Year Number: 5
The Five Personal Year is about flexibility, change and education. There may be a level of risk for you, this year. Do not be afraid of chasing after opportunities to further your education, relocate, change jobs, or travel.

Watch for:
Crisis at this time might involve funding, moving or stagnation. You have to really believe in yourself now. It might feel like you are alone, but that is part of the challenge of the year. You are not alone. Have confidence in your abilities and dedicate yourself toward pursuing your dreams. New doors can open now.


Inspirational Quote:
"You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives." -- Clay P. Bedford

Keywords for the year:
Communication, Learning, Secrets, Messages, Travel


Personal Year Number: 6
The Six Personal Year will bring a focus onto creativity, your relationships and your communication skills. Family, friends, co-workers, neighbors, and members of your community can all play a larger role in your life now.

Your connections with others can improve and deepen, if you are willing to open up and let them into your life. You may also feel more responsible for your family as well.

Watch for:
Crisis at this time might involve selfishness, business issues, or cowardice. Trouble can arise when you are not willing to ask for help and you are forced to "juggle many balls." You may have a heavy business workload right now, and still need to manage a family and personal life.


Inspirational Quote:
"When you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses. " -- Dr. Joyce Brothers

Keywords for the year:
Residence changes, Responsibilities, Ties, Bonding, Growth


Personal Year Number: 7
The Seven Personal Year represents a time of inner reflection and contemplation. At this time you may begin to wonder about your purpose in life. Have you lived your life up to your full potential?

What do you want out of life? Now is the time to “weed out” the things that no longer fit into your life. Perhaps it is time to clean the attic, end certain relationships, travel, eat healthier or change jobs.

Watch for:
Crisis at this time might involve escapism, practicality, and honesty. You can fall into the trap of "sticking your head in the sand", and believing that your problems and challenges will just go away. You can spend time in reflection, but you also have deadlines to meet and challenges to face. Find a way to meet life!


Inspirational Quote:
"Everybody stumbles across a golden opportuntiy at least once in their lifetime.Unfortunately most people just pick themselves up - dust themselves down and walk away." -- Winston Churchill

Keywords for the year:
Possibilities, Reflection, Choice, Confusion, Listening


Personal Year Number: 8
The Eight Personal Year represents a time for monetary rewards, material issues, career, and other accomplishments. You may be honored for your contributions to your community at this time.

Being stable, healthy and organized is important. Others can seek you out for your guidance and authority. Be ready to lead and don’t be afraid to delegate. You know that in order to grow your business, you need to grow your team. Now is the time to empower and encourage others toward their own achievements. Do you remember what your mentors did for you? Now is the time to be a mentor for others.

Watch for:
Crisis at this time might involve leadership abilities, communication, fear and apathy.

You've probably heard the phrase, "Nowhere to go but down." At this time, you may have reached the pinnacle (or come very near to it) of your professional or avocational life. Now is not the time to let others tear you down or give up. If there is more to do, and you value reaching the goals that you have set for yourself, then know that you can reach your desires with just a little more effort.

Inspirational Quote:
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." -- John Stuart Mill

Keywords for the year:
Strength, Courage, Tirelessness, Responsibility, Caring, Humane


Personal Year Number: 9
The Nine Personal Year is a time of completion, change, renewal and endings. You are completing a nine-year Numerology cycle this year! It is time to look back on the past 9 years and think about your knowledge, skill, and experience that you have gained.

What mentors have you met over the last few years? What relationships have you forged? Which relationships have you ended? What projects did you abandon? What projects have you kept working on?

Watch for:
Crisis at this time might involve courage, determination, fear, dependence and pride. During the year you might find yourself wanting to lean back and relax. You've accomplished a lot during the past few years.

It's important to not just go out and "Burn your bridges, before you've crossed them." You have gained a great deal of knowledge, developed important friendships and forged special bonds. All of this can be important for you, or others, later on. Although you may want to spend more time alone and away from others, do not disown the past. Find a way to honor the past, while still allow yourself time and space to make necessary changes and improvements in your life.


Inspirational Quote:
"The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires." - William Arthur Ward

Keywords for the year:
Aloof, Wisdom, Integrity, Inspiration, Hope, Endings, Change