8 Personal Year | October is a 9 Personal Month
October is a 9 Personal Month:
This is the month to allow a few things to take the exit ramp. Release, surrender, and let go of anything that needs to make an exit from your life.
Wow, this has been some kind of year, hasn’t it? The 8 Personal Year ignites a three-year transition cycle and you’re in the midst of it. The pressure has been intense this year just at the get-go. October is your time for endings and completions. You’ll be letting go, finishing, and letting the universe take the reins for a moment.
You’ll find closure perhaps on October 9th and 27th. Yet October 18th stands out as a date for letting go of something long-standing in your life and opening to another possibility. This is the time where several of your ventures begin to show significant signs of closure and/or it marks the start of a final transition or reconfiguration.
Of course, this can be work related or it can come about with a relationship or other area in your life. It can also be a shedding of an old personal identity that simply no longer fits or is valid any longer.
Please know that this doesn’t mean death and destruction necessarily! This can indicate a letting go of some aspect of yourself or of something in your life that simply needs to change forms. Maybe you’ve been putting all this time and energy into a product or service and you just need to let go of a certain construct around what it is and how it should be rolling out and instead be open to the project reformulating itself in a positive way. The same with relationships. Letting go of certain outworn patterns of engagement can make their way into your world this month.
This year has offered you experiences that can shift your perceptions and your sense of yourself to the very core. The emphasis is often financial or career-driven, yet that is always attached to the more intimate way in which we view ourselves, our worth, and how we’re able to feel a healthy sense of power and control in our lives.
While the energy of the 8 (your Personal Year number) often is seen as “the money number,” it’s so much more than that.
October is the month to begin looking at your various ventures and contemplating what you want to phase out in the months to come in anticipation of your upcoming year, which will be the end of a nine-year cycle for you.
You’ll be heading into a 9 Personal Year, the completion of a cycle, in 2027. Your focused and concerted effort has attracted and helped manifest your successes this year. Take time to let the satisfaction that you’re feeling sink in. Think about what you’ve accomplished and how far you’ve come.
Rather than hustle through it and on to the next thing, take a moment to reflect and celebrate. Celebrate your accomplishments that you’ve achieved this year. Write yourself a “thank you” note for coming to the table ready to rumble and to expand your horizons.
The energy related to the number 9 (the vibe of your month) is a humanitarian one and will call upon you to be empathetic and understanding in your dealings with friends and colleagues. Know that there’s a possibility that lovers, close personal friends or business associates may eventually be moving on, either by your choice or of their own volition.
It’s like a retrograde period of your year—a moment to stop and review. So rather than, for instance, not forgiving yourself for some infraction in the past, perhaps this is a place where you can see it as the required experience for the balancing and growth of your soul. Wouldn’t that be a relief?
Take time to be with those with whom you feel closest—with whom you feel the most seen, heard, and appreciated. I saw a great saying the other day that basically said:
Question: “What’s more important, the journey or the destination?”
Answer: “The people you take with you.”
By now, I would bet money that you’re feeling fatigued and very low on fuel. This is a good month to realize that you’ll feel better when you only place a light expectation on what you would like to see happen and leave a lot of space for the unexpected.
As Paulo Coelho observes: “I think it’s important to realize you can miss something, but not want it back.” These could be your watch words for the month.
Just know that this is like a commencement—you’re graduating into the next and vital part of your life. It might feel somewhat confusing or bittersweet, yet it’s time to move forward.
Note: There are two schools of thought regarding the Personal Year.
The first is that it runs from January 1 – Dec. 31 of each calendar year.
The Personal Year is derived from adding together your MONTH of birth + the DAY of birth + the CURRENT YEAR.
Therefore, the logical flow is that it takes place for the calendar year for which it is being calculated.
**Remember: If you subscribe to this mode of thought, your Personal Month RESETS and CHANGES on January 1.
The second mode of thought is that the Personal Year runs from birthday to birthday, somewhat like a Solar Return in Astrology.
If you know my work at all, you’ll know that I’m someone who simply attempts to point out the different schools of thought and then the ball is in your court. It’s up to each of us to determine method makes the most sense to us and feels right or correct.
It’s like anything else in life. People can get really adamant about the correct diet (keto? paleo? vegan? gluten-free? vegetarian? and on and on).
You can go to different doctors with the same condition and get different courses of treatment. You can study Pythagorean numerology, or subscribe more to Chaldean numerology, or other modalities.
I don’t mean to belabor it, but it might surprise you how many people contact me and leave comments insisting that their particular methodology is the only right way to do it.
If you subscribe to the birthday-to-birthday way of thinking, you calculate this way: Using your birth date, add the MONTH + DAY + YEAR OF YOUR LAST BIRTHDAY
Just know that you’ll change into a new Personal Year on your BIRTHDAY, meaning that you’ll also change which Personal Year you read for your Forecast! This mode of thinking is more confusing until you wrap your brain around it. 💥
So I just want to be clear. It’s up to YOU to determine what school of thought feels right to you. And it’s ends up being just that: HOW IT FEELS. Sit with it. Ponder it. Feel into it.
If you feel the Personal Year runs from birthday-to-birthday, you will still reference the forecast for your Personal Year, yet the flow of it is a bit more wonky. Meaning: On your birthday, it switches gears and might feel as if it’s more of a dramatic or abrupt shift.
Either way, the forecast still applies to you. Just use your own mind, body, and spirit to make the most out of the information.
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>> If you want a reminder about the nuts-and-bolts of the 8 Personal Year, watch this short video.
For those of you just starting to follow the monthly forecasts, I always share a photo of my Grand Dogs. Both of my daughter’s are proud dog Mom’s. Rio is a Pitbull mix and Oscar is a Wire-Haired Fox Terrier, and Penny. ❤️
