Personal Year 5

The “I Shift” Year / Year of The Explorer

Keywords: Configuration, Flux, Freedom, Change, Expansion, Dynamism, Turning- Points, Challenge
Crystal Companions: Garnet, Labradorite, Tourmaline

The placement of the number 5 in the 9 year cycle holds a lot of significance all its own. This is because it falls right in the middle of the sequence, with 1-4 on one side, and 6-9 on the other. The first 4 years place an emphasis on establishing and building form. A Year 5 then comes in and puts it all to the test. In this way, you can imagine a Year 5 like a big wave. Some things will be designed to weather the impact, and other things will be consumed. No matter how resilient a person is, change can be hard and it is natural to resist it! Just try to remember this as you encounter any storms: some of these things we cling to are actually holding us back.

The good news is that change doesn’t happen for the sake of change in a Year 5. All that transforms or even slips away was meant to do just that. Consider a situation from your past that you once clung to. Now that the dust has settled, can you see how that thing leaving actually served you in some way? We don’t always know what we really want and we don’t always know what is possible. It is often the case that the life we plan for ourselves undermines our greatest potential. The universe might know better, so rather than see turbulence as failure, regard it as the divine simply recalibrating your path!

Tarot Card Archetypes: The Hierophant & Temperance

Power Cards: The 4 Fives

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