Numbers by Design - July

To find your personal number for the entire year of 2002, take the number of the month of your birth. Add it to the day of your birth. Then add the number 4 (representing 2002). If your birthday is August 11, add 8 + 11 + 4 = 23. Take the total (if it is a double digit number) and add it together until you have a number between 1 and 9 as the final total. 23 would be 2+3= 5. Your number for 2002 is 5, and you will look at that number in each month's column to determine the focus of your journey. If you have problems figuring out your number, e-mail: KathleenEJacoby@aol.com.

1 - Working with powerful people or objectives, you are able to assert your individuality and be noticed. This month calls for you to develop balance in all endeavors. Look at your life as though it were an organization. Who are the role players within? Where do things mesh, and where are you locked in an internal battle with yourself? Create a round table in your mind's eye where all aspects of your personality can speak their truth without censorship. As you listen and direct the reaction towards a more harmonious internal flow, you can duplicate this concept in your outer world. Where is your life lopsided? Where is more harmony required, and more quality time needed? You are the director, and have the opportunity to make your life of symphony of possibilities. With effort, everything is possible!

2 - There are things that come to term, other things that require release, and an internal quality of clearing as you determine what is valuable to maintain in your psyche, and what attitudes can be dissolved as they no longer are adequate to who you have become. Whatever goes out of your life this month is a timed event. Its purpose has come to completion. When you see everything from a standpoint of being a gift, even hard realities take on new meaning, for there is something within them that is meant for your greater growth and development. Faith is the bird that sings in the dark, knowing the dawn will come. And as you hold to that knowledge, life will bring possibilities that make your heart sing. Everything is timing...and right now, it's a time of clearing and a time for praise.

3 - You may be impatient with restrictions. It's a great time for making new connections, developing ideas, and tackling old projects from a new angle. Opportunities to demonstrate your stamina, courage, and self-reliance are provided. You may take the lead in a project or find yourself wanting to break away to start something new. No matter how the month unfolds, the challenge is in how you assert yourself. This is a test of using reasoned self-discipline versus impetuous action based on impulsiveness. Give others the dignity of their input that you would want in return, but remember that all decisions must be made by you in the final analysis. It's a strengthening month, so use it well...and take advantage of the possibilities!

4 - There can be flashes of brilliance this month that re-ignite your passion or bring new projects to mind. Everything is timing this month. Be aware of what you need and what others expect. Weed out the elements in your life that are getting in the way of inner peace. Forge alliances with those who can provide stepping stones to a brighter future. Quality is vital now. Choose only thoughts, food, and relationships that are uplifting to you. Do things that nourish and ground your spiritual well-being and physical health. When those flashes of insight come, make sure you translate them into something understandable to share with others.

5 - July offers opportunities to play, express yourself, and find ways to beautify your life. This is a very powerful combination of expansion and delight. If you harness the energy creatively, you can be extremely persuasive, inspire groups of people, and can motivate others to do well. You have a heightened gift of attraction now, and can benefit financially and personally through connecting to the right investments or people. The challenge will be not to get swept into other people's emotional trauma or drama. You may have a tendency to self-sacrifice for those you love, and there might be issues related to children or to you as the child in a family system that is emotionally draining. You can have compassion without being overwhelmed, and you can help without losing yourself. Be a little more detached, and find the stage waiting for you to shine your light with abandon. It's time!

6 - During July the focus is on practicality and how you have built the foundations within your life. Rites of passage (marriage, divorce, birth, and death) may present themselves. You are able to view your reactions to old patterns within relationships in new ways. You have an opportunity to make major breakthroughs by shifting your focus. This can include popping illusions, eliminating rigid belief systems, or seeing where a family system that you were embroiled in limited your options. Now, by pushing a little harder to make the breakthrough within yourself, you have an opportunity to be freed of outworn patterns, and through your willingness to risk to the unknown, can transform areas of your life that bring a whole new meaning to the concept of freedom of expression.

7 - It's a month of travel, change of plans, expansion, unexpected visitors, and many ideas and activities. But there is also a restless quality that may cause you to leap before you look. Be discerning. Read fine print carefully on contracts, and if there are legal issues, make sure you are well represented. If something seems too good to be true, it probably is not a wise venture. There are those who may want to engage in power trips, using you as their pawn. Your protection lies in the clarity of your own motivation. Harness your energy into projects where action is required. You can accomplish a great deal during this time if you focus, and will feel satisfaction in your accomplishments. When you are tempted to try to control all the variables, take a deep breath and let Divine Resource bring you what is rightfully yours. Then you are engaged in right action and have nothing to regret.

8 - The focus this month is on your health, relationships, and sense of responsibility. You may be singled out for praise and appreciation through your willingness to help others. This can include increased financial compensation. You also are asked to take care of health issues. Stress can cause issues that require attention. All things require balance, and wherever there is constriction, you need to find harmonious ways to bring them back into harmonious flow. Develop a level of tolerance that follows the idea of "live and let live." You don't need to compromise your values to appease someone else, but give them the same consideration in return. There are many paths to the top of the mountain...some faster and others more meandering. The point is that we are all ultimately headed in the same direction, and you can make your journey sweeter and more enjoyable by remembering that.

9 - This is an inward time. There are things to contemplate, and time needed to restore your equilibrium. You may require more rest or sleep. Deeper pursuits or understanding are very beneficial. Any feelings of isolation or loss are overcome by going deeper into the wellspring of your own spiritual pool. There is a bigger plan unfolding. There are elements that require adjustment or re-orientation, but all of it is to help you release burdens from the past that are no longer appropriate, and to open to possibilities that you may not have thought about. You may have found something of great value to focus on, and during this time you can gather the clues that will unlock the secrets to the answers you are seeking.