PERSONAL YEAR CYCLES

What they mean to Numerology and your Numerology chart

The following text was excerpted from the book, Numerology: The Key to Your Inner Self by Hans Decoz.

There is some confusion among professionals and novices alike about when exactly a Personal Year cycle starts and ends. Perhaps this will help clear up the matter!

The word "cycle" generally implies something that is circular or moves in a circular direction. But, in Numerology, cycles are neither circular, nor do they move in a circular direction. They are more like waves. Just as a wave starts with a gradual rise, slowly culminating to a climax -- perhaps maintaining its position for a period of time - but eventually decreasing until dissolved completely -- cycles in Numerology also enter the picture gradually, mature and stay for awhile, then slowly disappear.

In addition, cycles overlap each other during the first and last periods of their existence. When one cycle is born and begins its gradual rise toward maturity, the old cycle is still alive and kicking, albeit slowly dying. This overlap period is called a cusp period. Different cycles have cusp periods of different lengths.

The most important medium-term cycles in Numerology are the Personal Year Cycles and the Essence Cycles. Generally speaking, the Personal Year cycles tend to be overrated, while the Essence cycles are almost always underrated.

So, what exactly are Personal Year cycles?
Think of Personal Year cycles as short 12-month sections on your Life Path that reveal how your personal internal cycles -- your inner clockwork, so to speak -- relate to, or are influenced by, the Universal Year cycles.

This, of course, is reflected in the way the Personal Year cycle is calculated: Add your month of birth, your day of birth, and the current year together, then reduce to a single digit. In other words, add your month and day of birth to the Universal Year cycle. A fusion, you might say, of your birth date and the Universal Year cycle.

It is because of this fusion, that the Personal Year cycles run concurrent with the Universal Year cycles and, of course, the calendar year cycles. But, if that is true, why do some numerologists feel that the Personal Year cycles start at your birthday and not at the beginning of the year? Even to the extent that they claim to have tested it and found it to be true and more accurate? The answer, as you may have guessed, is in the overlapping cusp periods.

Think of your birth day as a powerful force that pulls and guides all your cycles, including the Personal Year cycle. The force your day of birth bestows upon your Personal Year cycle pulls this cycle towards maturity. Just like the moon pulls the tide, your day of birth pulls your Personal Year cycle.

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