The personal year is a single digit number that determines your personal year, which in turn determines the year-round vibration for you, the challenges you will face and how to overcome them with grace. The personal year is very easy to calculate: just add the day and month of birth plus the current year.
So if you were born on the first of March, for example, the calculation will look like this: 1+3+2+0+2+6 equals 5. You count until you have a single-digit number from 1 to 9, but be careful! If you get 11, you don’t add it, this number is considered special in numerology, so it stays that way. Your personal year starts from this year’s birthday until the next; then you will switch to the next personal number.
Personal number 1 – new beginnings and independence
In the 1st personal year, people can feel very lonely. They have trouble finding friends this year, and problems may arise in existing relationships. The 1st personal year represents independence, new beginnings and opportunities, and this year people tend to do things their own way. It can be hard for their partners who are used to doing everything together to find that their counterparts are starting to do things independently and want to be more independent in some ways. Their partners may begin to put relationships on hold and demand explanations, or they may begin to feel left out and wonder where they went wrong.
Personal number 2 – development, cooperation and waiting
Personal Year 2 is great for building relationships. It is a year in which people make friendships more easily and get along better with others. It is a period during which they need to share their feelings and everyday experiences that they consider important. Stress would affect people very deeply during this vibration, so it is important that they live in a peaceful environment where they can maintain balance in their lives, otherwise they are at risk of illness.
Personal number 3 – social expansion and creative achievements
The vibrations of the number three bring mental activity and generate the need to release energy through social contacts, studies and various hobbies. Communication with an emphasis on self-expression in all areas becomes more important this year. If the mental energy is not properly directed, people can become irritable and critical, or they can begin to suffer from bad dreams or insomnia.
Personal number 4 – hard work and slow but steady progress
The personal 4th year is a physically very active period. This year, people must learn to maintain a certain rhythm in order to use their energy effectively, but they should not work too hard because they will eventually get sick. During this period, a person tends to work too hard and not pay attention to the warning signs of overwork. During this period, there is also a tendency to make hasty decisions that lead to various restrictions and subsequent frustrations. When people decide to do something, they are met with challenges every step of the way, and there always seems to be something standing in their way.
Personal number 5 – feeling of relaxation and freedom
Personal year 5 brings change and liberation from all the limitations that a person was subjected to during the previous four vibrations. During this twelve month period, things can begin to move and necessary changes can occur, both in the person and in the external circumstances. It is important for people to understand that change is not only the uncertainty of the future, but that it also gives us an opportunity to move forward. But in general, changes will be welcome this year, people will not be able to just stand still, they will feel the need to break free from the usual rules and customs and find out if they are self-sufficient.
Personal number 6 – love, family, home and responsibility
During the 6th personal year, people face many decisions. The responsibility and discipline learned in the previous year will now be put to the test. They will see their responsibilities to family, friends and the wider community as a matter of course as this year their awareness expands beyond the relatively small part of the world they have been accustomed to. During this period, for example, it is common for people to offer help to those in need and to receive requests for help with various problems from family and friends.
Personal number 7 – time for analysis and understanding
The vibrations of the number seven trigger changes that can touch the emotions very painfully. There will be changes in friendships and romantic relationships, at home and at work, and even in one’s soul, so it will be a very difficult year. The purpose of the problems that appear during this period is to make a person return to his own inner resources and start relying on himself instead of others and realize what his strength is.
Personal number 8 – educational attainment and capital gains
Personal year 8 brings a time during which a person can regain balance and peace after the changes of the past year and make use of previously acquired experience, understanding and strength. Eight is the number of karma and balance, so the success of this period depends on how successful a person has been throughout his life up to this point. If he puts in a lot of hard work, consideration and good will, he will most likely be rewarded; if he was selfish and acted without respect and tolerance for others, he will get what he deserves. Karma is a chain of cause and effect—give and take, justice and injustice, action and reaction—that continues until a natural balance is established and that balance remains unchanged. That is the key to life and its whole meaning.
Personal number 9 – self-reflection and reaching out to people
Personal Year 9 represents fulfilling and closing cycles and readiness to move to a higher level in the coming year with Personal Year 1. During this time, a person may feel that their possessions, situations, and people are “out of control,” and those who do not desire change or progress may experience anxiety and restlessness. It is human nature to hold on to what we have, but there are also people whose insecurities will not let go of things even when there is no hope of success. It is sometimes said that a drowning man grasps at straws, and that is true in this case as well. The vibrations of the personal year 9 also cause many problems and confusion, but are important for the growth of personal awareness and responsibility.
Personal number 11 – spiritual growth
The lessons of this personal year can be very spiritual in nature and under their influence people can attract inspirational energy at a higher level and then use this energy to inspire others. These lessons or learning opportunities usually take place in tumultuous situations that always occur during the first three months of the period, within three months of your birthday.
