2020s
| 2020 | Rat |
| 2021 | Ox |
| 2022 | Tiger |
| 2023 | Rabbit |
| 2024 | Dragon |
| 2025 | Snake |
| 2026 | Horse |
| 2027 | Goat |
| 2028 | Monkey |
| 2029 | Rooster |
2030s
| 2030 | Dog |
| 2031 | Pig |
| 2032 | Rat |
| 2033 | Ox |
| 2034 | Tiger |
| 2035 | Rabbit |
| 2036 | Dragon |
| 2037 | Snake |
| 2038 | Horse |
| 2039 | Goat |
Numerology Basics
What astrology does through sun or animal signs, numerology does through numbers. Like astrology, numerology is an ancient symbolic method that can be incorporated into a birthday profile to help you reach a better understanding of yourself and the meaning of your life. Numerologists assert that the universe is a mathematical construct. God is believed to be the master mathematician and the vibrational energy of people, places and things is expressed through the sacred power of numbers. By reducing birth dates and names to a number, we can allegedly reveal a person’s personality and destiny.
Although numerology probably has its origins in ancient Babylonia and among the early Hebrews, and many different systems have been used in different parts of the world, numerology is most often associated with the fifth-century BC Greek mathematician and philosopher Pythagoras. He believed that there were mathematical connections between the cosmos, humanity, music, shapes, colors and numbers. If certain number patterns appeared, they could be used to predict the destiny of a person. According to Pythagoras, numbers were the source of energy in the world and the numbers 1 to 9 represent the nine stages of life. He is quoted as having said, “The world is built upon the power of numbers.”
Numerology assigns characteristics to the digits 1 to 9. Any larger number than 9 is reduced to a single digit by adding all the digits together—for example, the number 123 becomes 1 + 2 + 3 = 6. The qualities of 123 are therefore equivalent to the number 6. Using the single digits as a guide, the patterns of different dates and a person’s name (each letter of the alphabet is assigned to a number between 1 and 9 and several letters are therefore attached to the same number) can be examined to define character and future influences. Briefly, the numbers 1 to 9 represent the following characteristics or qualities:
1 1. Independent, creative, ambitious, extrovertDownside: Can be arrogant and selfish, with tunnel vision
2 2. Sensitive, domestic, imaginative, musicalDownside: Can be timid and gullible
3 3. Scientific, powerful, knowledgeable, multitalentedDownside: Can be superficial and hedonistic
4 4. Practical, stable, honest, trustworthyDownside: Can be stubborn and overly serious
5 5. Energetic, sensual, daring, flirtatiousDownside: Can find it hard to commit
6 6. Perfectionist, creative, artistic, compassionateDownside: Can be super-sensitive and overemotional
7 7. Intellectual, philosophical, imaginative, intuitiveDownside: Can be impractical and secretive
8 8. Practical, just, trustworthy, noble, powerfulDownside: Can be opinionated, impatient and intolerant
9 9. Spiritual, humanitarian, visionary, a healerDownside: Can be self-serving, possessive and volatile
Although in the majority of cases number combinations are reduced to singledigit numbers, it is important to point out that this is not the case for the master numbers, 11, 22 and 33, which are believed to have extra intuitive potential due to the pairing of the same number. Just as astrologers believe no one sign is better than another, numerologists believe no number is better or worse than any other. All the numbers have potential as well as a downside in the same way that every person has a light as well as a dark or shadow side. The downside simply suggests challenges associated with this number; if these challenges can be faced and overcome, they can be a source of incredible personal growth.
In the creation of each profile for this book, the interpretations of numbers in relation to the date of the month in which you were born is taken into consideration. This is called your birth day number. It is one of the five core numbers in numerology based on either your birth date or birth name and indicates the skills that come naturally to you as well as any day-to-day challenges you need to face. According to numerologists, your birth day number has a permanent influence on your life and has great significance in helping you understand who you are and where your talents lie.
Tarot Basics
Each day of the year is also associated with a Tarot card.
Although the true origins of Tarot cards are unknown and may date back to ancient Egypt or earlier, the Tarot cards that we know today originated in Italy during the fifteenth century. The Tarot deck consists of 78 cards in total, comprising the 22 major arcana cards, which the nineteenth-century French occultist Eliphas Levi saw as having symbolic links to the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet, and the 56 minor arcana cards, which are divided into four suits: wands, representing the element of fire; swords, the element of air; cups, the element of water; and pentacles, the element of earth. There are several versions of the Tarot deck in use today, but most are based on the Rider-Waite deck designed by Arthur Edward Waite and Pamela Colman Smith in 1910.
Although each minor arcana card has a divinatory meaning, the major arcana cards are of greater significance in this book because they represent universal or archetypal life themes and the quest for self-knowledge and finding purpose—which is what each birthday profile hopes to reveal. Each day of the year is associated with a major arcana card. You may want to meditate further on the profound wisdom of the Tarot card listed in your profile and what insights it can offer you about yourself and your life. Their meanings are briefly summarized below.
The Fool: Represents the divine child, one who is completely trusting and spontaneous. The Fool is beginning a journey and has no idea where it will lead, but he is also content because he listens to his heart.
The Magician: Symbolizes creative power, curiosity and infinite possibilities. Called the Magus in some Tarot decks, the Magician has access to all four elements of the Tarot to manifest the divine work he has come to Earth to achieve.
The High Priestess: Signifies mystery, dreams and the power of intuition. It is spiritual awakening.
The Empress: Represents the ability to adapt and flow according to the needs of the moment. The Empress draws her strength and peace from the natural world.
The Emperor: Is the balance to the Empress and symbolizes work, money, grounding. It is the ability to express your skills and assert your authority in the material world.
The Hierophant: Is a symbol of inner wisdom, also known as your Higher Self. It’s also a compilation of the previous four cards, synthesizing and empowering these initial stages of spiritual growth and evolution.
The Lovers: Signifies the awareness of opposites and the relationship between opposites. The Lovers indicates the need to find balance within yourself and in your relationships with others.
The Chariot: Represents your personal will aligning itself with a power greater than yourself. It is the struggle between your ego balancing itself with the needs of others and the world.
Justice: Symbolizes a rebalancing process, so what has been out of harmony in your life can seek resolution. It is also the karma card.
The Hermit: Signifies a period of solitude or the need to walk alone for a while to discover who you truly are. The Hermit card indicates the need to empower