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May, 2008
Carol Adrienne, Ph.D.
The email for this month’s column is from a woman named Julie, who is turning forty-four today. (I just noticed that today, April 29,th, is her birthday, so I guess synchronicity is working for us.) I chose Julie’s question because it is such a universal one—our desire to know ourselves and live in a way that feels aligned with what we came here to do. Of course, that idea of “what we came here to do” is not always lived out through what we do for a living. But let’s see what we can see. Here is her full email (I’ve made her birth name anonymous to protect her privacy.)
My birth name is J A L, and my birthday is April 29, 1964. For the past several years my big question has been, ‘What is my life’s purpose, my passion?’ I have explored this question in many ways such as reading, yoga, meditation, talking with like-minded souls and lots of silent contemplation. The message I get repeatedly is, ‘Now is not the time.’
Try as I may to accept that now is not the time for my question to be answered; it feels like I am on one side of a brick wall, and the answer is on the other side. The bricks are only four inches wide, but the wall is hundreds of feet tall and miles long. The answer is so close but yet so far. My question is this: what do my numbers tell you and how does one keep the faith that the answers will come in due time?
Dear Julie,
Thanks for your great question and for sending your birth name and birth date, so that we can first look at what your numerological influences might reveal. One suggestion I have before we get to the numerology is this. I notice that you are very imaginative in describing the size and shape of your brick wall (one of your talents with your 3 Destiny, as we shall see below, is a very good imagination—a talent for art, writing, speaking.) Since creativity and imagination are actually starting to expand in your life now, I would suggest you do some more work on imagining a door through that wall you have created in your mind. Do a visualization, and ask for a symbol representing your life purpose to be shown to you. You can actually dialogue with that symbol when in the meditative state. Keep talking to it, over time, but do not dwell on this. Just a reminder:Your purpose has a lot to do with what you love.
Now let’s hear what numerology has to say about your purpose.
For those new to numerology, it’s a very old system that looks at the qualities inherent in our name at birth and our birthdate. There are certain core points that most numerologists look for. For example, the four major points I consider first are: Birth Path: is found by adding together all the numbers in the total birth date. Birth Path is considered what you have to offer--your natural talents and life perspective. Destiny: the letters of the name are converted to numbers, and their values totaled. The Destiny number is your path of success, life tasks to develop, and provides the environment for expression. Heart’s Desire: is found by adding together all the values of the vowels in the name. The Heart’s Desire number describes what is very important to you. Realization: Birth Path number + Destiny number describes one’s ultimate goal and possible achievement if the life is positively developed.
In the profile below I have added a few more factors to help reveal Julie’s personality, focus, lessons, and timing. Since one of my professional charts is about thirty pages long, for ease of explanation, I have created a synopsis (with key words only) of Julie’s numerology profile. If we just consider the key ideas for each of the numerology positions, what pattern emerges?
Day of Birth (2 + 9) = 11/2 The Inspirer
Interest or talent for metaphysics, spirituality, bringing a message to others,
counseling, art, women’s issues, and public speaking.
Birth Path (4+29+1964) = 8 The Executive/Problem-solver
Ability to take charge, but likes to work in partnership with a trusted colleague or
friend; needs clear direction before moving ahead; excels in managing and producing; works very hard if she feels that her work is appreciated.
Destiny = 3 Creativity, Communication, Self-expression
Will need to develop good people and language skills. Has the ability to get
people excited about something; works best in a friendly, creative environment. May take a variety of “day- jobs” in order to have time for other interests. Needs to carry creative ideas to fruition. Could work in the arts, advertising, children’s clothing and toy store, story-telling, public-speaking, free-lance writing.
Heart’s Desire = 5 Desire for Freedom, Flexibility, and Adventure
nterested in the new, rather than the traditional, but is skeptical of the untried.
Very curious, and has a strong need for variety and not being in a 9 to 5 schedule, despite strong organizational abilities (8 Birth Path.) Likes to keep her options open whenever possible. Could be distracted by “too many choices,” but will be successful in surprising areas. Synchronicity could play a strong role in job selection—leading to the development of a career after the age of forty-seven.
Habit Challenge = 9 Active Imagination, Tendency to Let Emotions Rule
Karmic Lesson = 2 Patience; Ability to Listen: Thoroughness with
Details; Balance in Romantic Relationships
Ultimate Realization = 11/2 Providing Inspiration; Relationship and Love.
Since the Realization is the same as the Day of Birth (11/2,) there is a good chance that your strengths of relating to people to support, listen, and guide—in whatever job or career you find—will be the keys to your success.
Considering another aspect of your configuration, I would say that you may have had a prominent lifetime where you were known for your creative ideas, and your words carried weight in the world. It’s possible that you may have been too focused on your career and neglected the area of relationship. This lifetime might be a way to balance that previous lifetime.
I know this might sound radical because of the idea of past lifetimes, but that is what my intuition says from looking at the pattern of your chart. You also have the “mark of the Old Soul,” a zero Challenge from age 29 to 37, where you may have been working out some difficult karmic “old business.” Old Souls love thinking about deeper issues like the purpose of their life, by the way! Often, they have a lot of lee-way in choices for the current lifetime—especially since you also have that very flexible and creative 3 Destiny.
Regarding your last question, how does one keep the faith that the answers will come in due time? Well, patience and listening is your karmic lesson, so that may be one way to keep track of the subtle guidance you are no doubt receiving.
Just for the record, in April of 2009, you will enter a ten-year span of 3 Essences which match exactly your 3 Destiny. I would suggest you listen to and follow your intuition very carefully.
The question for you is what do you love the most? Find a way to get more of that into your life. The purpose of your current life has a lot to do with giving you the freedom to choose what you want to do—it’s not locked in. You are in a 19/1 Pinnacle from age 38 to 46, which indicates the necessity for stepping forward with your own original ideas and let go of false humility or fear of what others will think. Life becomes very secure and settled after age forty-seven, and the emphasis is on counseling, teaching, home, family, and anything to do with helping others.
If any of you reading this column has an intuition for Julie, feel free to email your comments to her at jevoli@tampabay.rr.com..
Happy Spring and Happy May to all You Mothers and Grandmothers!
Carol Adrienne
Post Script: Julie read the above column today before posting. In answer to my question about her current career, she replied: "I am currently working as the program manager in an agency providing child services. I have a large staff, and wear several hats to keep many balls in the air at once." Julie says, that while she has great respect for her current situation and is doing well, she is searching for something that fires a deeper passion.
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Carol Adrienne, Ph.D. is an intuitive counselor and life coach who has helped thousands of people work through doubt, procrastination, and obstacles to create the life they want to live. Private consultations and coaching available. Contact her at Carol@caroladrienne.com For submission of email questions, please see note below.
NOTE REGARDING EMAIL QUESTIONS: Please send your email life purpose questions (limit 200 words) along with your full, original name as shown on the birth certificate, and birth date to Carol@caroladrienne.com. In the subject line, please write Column/Blog Question.
Also, please know that while I deeply appreciate your submissions, I will be able to respond only to those emails that I select for the Advice Blog on my website (www.CarolAdrienne.com). All others will be reviewed as possibilities for future blogs or columns. If they are selected, I will contact you. Please do not inquire if you have not heard from me. If your questions are not answered, it may be because the material is of such nature that it would not be suitable for the general reader. Answers on the Advice Blog do not constitute a full numerology reading as offered in consultations, coaching or the Primary Life Charts available for sale on the web site. Thank you!
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