posted August 16, 2015 09:53 AM            

1. I don't know how exactly tarot cards work--like can they predict the far future?--but will I actually become a writer some day? Or, rather, will I ever become more serious about becoming one?

2. Will I be able to transition from high school level course work (even having taken honors, AP, and other classes that were above my grade level) to college level course work smoothly?

posted August 17, 2015 03:38 PM            

0 Challenge, 16/7 Pinnacle

Ages: 42-51

A time of hard decision-making and strange circumstances that brings loss and destruction.

Zeroes rarely show up in numerology, so when it does, it means serious business. Zero rules Pluto and deals with subtle vibrations and transformations like the outer dwarf planet as well. Oddly enough though, 0 Challenge numbers aren’t all that demanding. In fact, numerologists seem to agree that as a challenge, the zero isn’t much of one. The zero instead, opts for the person to decide their own fate. Any advertises the person faces are minor, meaning that there’s no single, consistent one like with the other challenge numbers. (But other numerologists do say that zero challenges suggest that you’ll face problems on all levels.)

So…then what is a person suppose to do with a 0 Challenge? They are to develop their strengths and, most importantly, to have confidence in their abilities. (Have you noticed with your challenges you have to cultivate confidence in yourself?) In other words, you can say that the challenge is yourself. When a person is oh, so blessed to have a 0 Challenge number (only more advanced souls and gifted people tend to have this challenge, apparently) you are left to your own devices because you are assumed to be smart enough to handle important decisions by yourself. The problem, however, is that things are not so clear cut for you. Choosing things are, in fact, difficult and confusing. This is why numerologists say, despite that a 0 Challenge gives a person a “free pass” of sorts, that there is still a lot of responsibility placed on them.

To meet this challenge you need to have some mastery over the numbers 1-9 and a good deal of self-motivation above all else. It’s also very important to look towards the pinnacle that correlates with the 0 Challenge.

16/7 Pinnacle

You have a Karmic Debt number. Karmic Debts are “bad” karma you’ve brought from previous lives. The 1 represents the selfishness that was present and the number behind it signifies what you’ve messed up. The 16/7 is about the “abuse of love,” A.K.A. love affairs. In a past life you put yourself (1) before your family and community (6). You were irresponsible with love (6) and now in this life you’re paying for it. Karmic Debts act on the negative side of the reduced number (which is why they’re written with a slash) until, according to numerologist Felicia Bender, the person acknowledges, understands, and deals with it. So in life, but especially during this time (ages 42-51), you will be acting very much on the negative side of the 7.

You are smart and very knowledgeable but you may be a know-it-all. You may analyze things too much and expect others to be as intelligent as you. You are often very critical of others but also yourself. You want to be perfect yet your life is anything but. The 16/7 will throw your life in a loop. It is about destruction and rebirth. You’ll find that whatever you’ve built up will come crumbling down by sudden, unusual events, forcing you to start all over again. And over and over and over again. This cycle, although utterly annoying beyond belief (I have this number both as my Expression and Birthday numbers, so I feel all of this on a very intense level because they’re part of my Core Numbers), is meant to humble you because the 16/7 gives people inflated egos. But by rising from the ashes you’re suppose to “awaken” to a path of “higher consciousness” and spiritual development. This is the main lesson of the 16/7.

Another problem you’ll face with a 16/7 pinnacle is the loss of friends and relationships, again brought on by strange and sudden circumstances, because you have hurt similar people in that past life. The thing is, is that you may be withdrawn and indifferent which can bring on this loss. You may be difficult to approach as well, and are too concerned with your need for privacy that you don’t really think of others’ feelings. It doesn’t help that you may distance yourself from your emotions by intellectualizing them. But the 16/7 still expects you to make the effort to deal with the 6 and try to maintain relationships regardless of how you feel.

So what I said in your first 7 pinnacle somewhat still applies here (but the pinnacles slightly change meaning at whatever time they occur in your life), but it’s far more negative and has a sub-emphasis on the 1 and 6. But it’s important to remember that when Karmic Debts show up outside of the Core Numbers (Life Path, Expression, Heart’s Desire, and Birthday), it’s not as powerful. But that doesn’t mean it still doesn’t suck. It just means that in terms of intensity it’s milder.

posted August 18, 2015 04:57 PM            

Ages: 51+

A time of finding a balance between relationships and work.

2 Challenge

2 challenges are one of the most common challenges. During the later days of your life you are expected to live up to the tests of the 2. This means you are dealing with emotions, relationships, and staying balanced. After years of developing and strengthening your ego (your 1 challenges), you are asked to place it aside but not entirely. You will find yourself in situations where you have to be a mediator, a peacemaker between others. You’ll find yourself having to deal with confrontation with compromise and tactfulness.

But the 2 tends to make a person timid and fearful. It’s easy to become submissive and a pushover under this influence. You may even shy away from positions of authority or leadership. Part of the 2 Challenge, though, is to not suppress your own needs while being concerned with others’. It’s all about balance. Don’t take things so personally and realize that with this challenge comes slow, quiet growth.

8 Pinnacle

You are unlikely to retire at a typical age with this pinnacle. The 8 is about business, money, and authority. It’s a powerful number and rules Saturn. During this time business will be successful. Money will come to you easy but it may be donated to public causes and organizations.

You will have an air of superiority and people will respect you because of it. You will have a sense of stability and centeredness. You will be goal-oriented and hard-working, possibly even a work-a-holic. (The 8 is often described as a “grown up 4.”) You may be materialistic but the 8 demands that you find a balance between the spiritual and the material.