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A u g u s t 2 0 0 8
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Completion of things from the past frees you
of that which is no longer part of your life. Take this opportunity
to release as much as possible that you don’t need anymore.
Check your belief systems, the people you hang out with, the
“stuff” you accumulate. What is important to take
with you into the new cycle of your life that fully engages
next month, and what is holding you back to old ways and means
that are inappropriate to who you have and are becoming? It’s
a great month for letting God guide the show. Gratitude begets
more for which to be grateful, so practice saying “Thank
You!” and meaning it!
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Step out in your own unique way. Speak up or
stand up for something you believe in. Make connections with
others who may become valuable allies in your future. It’s
a time for networking and making significant connections…i.e.,
planting seeds for future yields. Your character is tested and
the strength of your convictions is on the line. You either
move from a center of enlightened leadership and wisdom speaking
or from the defensive stance of a young warrior who is intent
on “making” something happen. Choose to listen before
acting, and remember that even though it seems as though you
are on this journey alone, everything is interconnected. Remember
that as you rush headlong into the next adventure!!
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Check your connections. Which are strong, supportive
and enhancing, and which are weak, demeaning, and draining?
Choose wisely. This goes for people, thoughts, food –
everything that you see as outside of yourself or separate from
yourself. Make choices that improve your life, not cheat you
of it. Develop a stronger level of faith and prayer or meditation
life to bolster your inner vision. Something may come through
like a light bulb being turned on, and conversely, you may spend
moments wandering in the seeming dark because everything feels
as though it has turned off. Never mind. Just keep your focus
on the tiny pinpoint of light that is present in the recesses
of your mind and know that in spite of appearances, all is well,
and in Divine Partnership there is nothing to fear!
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Tweak your elevator speech and add humor to whatever
you are doing. This month calls for you to lighten up and find
a merry band of friends with whom to celebrate. Leave critical
and sarcastic others aside for the month – you can always
pick them up later – and concentrate on shining your light,
expressing your creativity, and inspiring or motivating others
with your gift of vision or insight. It’s time to celebrate
the child, either your own or you. Let that glorious sense of
wonder appear and manifest in your life, and as you do all kinds
of magical things can unfold!
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Put the practical cap on things that need to
be resolved or taken care of. This month requires diligence, determination,
and willingness to take care of the details that otherwise would
trip you up. Believe in yourself and push a little harder to achieve
a goal or desired outcome. Stick with whatever is annoying and
causing you to feel like giving up. As you overcome inertia or
backsliding, you have opportunities to make major or minor breakthroughs
in your professional and/or personal life, and when you do –
you will wonder why you waited so long to engage in transformation. |
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Life requires that you be flexible and adaptable
now. Things may seem chaotic or be in flux. It is a changeable
time, so have secondary plans in case the originals don’t
work out. Travel or others coming to visit you unexpectedly can
be part of the month. Situations may cause upheaval or require
that you flow with the moment. Your mind may feel conflicted –
too many ideas. Focus is helpful, and as you make an effort to
achieve completion of projects, you have a lot of energy for getting
things done, making this month a worthwhile and satisfying time.
Otherwise, you may feel as though you are dabbling in many different
directions with nothing to show for the effort. It’s a moveable
feast this month. Just make sure you don’t get indigestion.
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Family and responsibilities are in focus now.
Others need your love and attention. Health issues can crop up
requiring action on your part. When you do what you do with compassion
and a sense of gratitude for being able to give, you will receive
the return of that effort in kind. However, if you feel duty bound
and obligated, resenting responsibilities that you don’t
want, you may be embroiled in professional or personal situations
that are tense and untenable. Therefore, be honest with yourself
about what you can and cannot do. Delegate to others where possible,
and take on responsibilities that you cannot avoid with a loving
heart and gratitude for the ability to do so. |
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Take time for quiet, reflection, prayer, specialized
areas of interest, and let those who are close to you know that
your need for time to yourself is nothing personal, just your
need to recharge your batteries. Nature is healing, and gardening,
trekking, going to seminars or retreats – all can be revitalizing
and nourishing to your soul. This is a month where you want to
recharge and renew, so take advantage of the weather and the opportunities
present to be more spiritually attuned. Significant insights can
come as well as someone from the past with whom you have unfinished
business, or someone new who is part of soul reunion. The key
to the month is going within so that when September comes you
are ready to integrate all you have gained through the year. |
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The heights and depths of life can be experienced
now as you may feel on top of your game or at low ebb. You are
asked to balance and harmonize everything that is coming at you
– to organize your time and focus on achieving a goal or
stated purpose you have had. You may be called upon to take care
of the affairs of others or to manage your own more carefully,
but as you do, success follows. When you avoid the obvious, it’s
as though you’ve used a credit card that will come due another
day, and for which you haven’t the money to pay. So, take
each task as it comes. Do what you know to the best of your present
ability, and increase your invisible bank account so that you
can well afford whatever life asks of you – and receive
the payment in return for a job well done!
© Kathleen Jacoby, 2008
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WHAT ARE YOUR GIFTS IN THE YEAR
2008?
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You are beginning a new cycle that will allow
you to open new doors, make new connections, and define your ideas
and inspiration in a way that may significantly alter your life
view or the way you move forward in the future. Bring steadfast
determination and willingness to be open to new opportunities.
Last year was the completion of a nine year cycle for you, and
during that time, you reviewed what works and what doesn't
work in your life. It's time now to re-invent yourself in
ways that are more appropriate to who and what you have become.
This is a new season - and it requires planting the seeds
for your future. Think things through. Don't act on impulse,
but recognize what potential you have and where you want to make
your mark. Right use of Will is important. The more stubborn and
impatient you are, the more chance there is to embark on a path
that is not optimum, so take your time, listen to advice, and
then pay attention to your own higher guidance for confirmation.
This year is all about a new adventure, and you can write the
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2008 is all about partnerships and the quality
of your connection to everything in your life. That means your
connection to your thoughts, your body, people in your life, attitudes
about others - and it requires discernment and determination
to choose only that which supports and nourishes you at the deepest
level. You may find yourself feeling overwhelmed by other people's
wants. This points to your need to create an invisible boundary
surrounding yourself that others do not penetrate. With thoughts,
if you find yourself in a state of depression, it is important
to shift the frequency that you are focusing upon. Surround yourself
with positive guidance, and pay attention to the subtle clues
life presents. Are you eating things that nurture your body, or
are you depleting your reserves through wrong choices? This year
is often about subtlety. Things aren't necessarily in your
face, but call upon you to interpret what is going on beneath
the surface, or sense the undercurrents in interactions with others.
Inner guidance is seeking you, and in this you also need discernment.
The voice you pay attention to needs to be inclusive and loving,
not exclusive and exploitive, so your task is to differentiate
between the voice of the ego, and the voice of Spirit. As you
move through this year gathering the clues, it can be a wonderful
opportunity for impressions that you translate into something
that adds more meaning to your own life and the lives of others.
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Create, Create, and Create! Take the gifts that
are innately yours and find outlets that allow you to express
yourself in positive ways. You can inspire, motivate, persuade,
and do all the other things that bring something wonderful to
birth. Emotions are part of this mix, and when you allow yourself
to be victimized by other people's criticism or issues,
you lose the spark that is yours for this year. The idea here
is that you can be loving and supportive, but you are not to take
on the issues that another person has to contend with. This means
parents and children. Recognize how you can be most helpful where
it is called for without compromising the spark of magic and possibility
that is touching you this year. It is a wonderful time to get
in touch with your own inner child, be more playful and light
hearted, and to find things that bring you joy. See the world
through eyes that believe anything is possible, and you will draw
to yourself the things that make that reality. Beauty is important,
so surround yourself with things that make you smile, and be the
sunshine that causes others to be glad you are part of their lives.
It really can be a year where the ability to look at the absurdities
of life through a lens of humor transmutes difficulties into possibilities!
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2008 is a great time to structure or restructure
things in your life that require more attention. You have the
wherewithal now to focus on what needs to be accomplished, and
your view is practical. It's time to make order out of chaos,
and to strengthen foundations in all areas of living. By keeping
your eye on the prize, and deferring frivolity in the moment,
you will come to the conclusion of the year with a strong sense
of pride and accomplishment. Otherwise, you may find yourself
trying to sidestep what needs to be done and having to take care
of bigger issues later. Be methodical, follow a blueprint, and
be willing to take risks needed to move you into a larger arena.
By believing more in what you have to offer, you can make headway
that overcomes inertia or feelings of not being good enough. You
are enough, and your efforts can bring the achievement you seek.
Fear is based on not knowing outcomes, but when you push a little
harder and do not give up in the face of obstacles, you will make
breakthroughs that allow for the transformation of your life and
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Full speed ahead! However, watch for curves in
the road, and be discerning about where you are going and with
whom. There may be those who are full of promises and talk a good
story, but be aware that you may come up against someone this
year whose intentions are less than honorable. Insist on seeing
references, pay attention to track records, and be wary if you
are flattered into overlooking warning signs or signing something
without fully reading what you are agreeing to. This year is about
exploring options and expanding your vision and territory. It
is also about communication, information, and travel. There are
many choices, and opportunities to take multiple paths. Just make
sure you are realistic about how long things take, and choose
things that bring results to fruition, because if you just allow
the year to be a wild ride, you will become critical and appear
flaky - and that's not the intent of this otherwise
grand opportunity to widen horizons. Beyond the warnings, open
your arms and embrace possibility. This can be life changing!
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The more gratitude you can find in your heart
this year, the more you will have to be grateful for. 2008 provides
an unusual mixture of duty and joy. The key is your attitude.
As you see all obligations as blessings, they become so. As you
feel resentful and unappreciated, you will draw more of that to
yourself. The focus is either on the letter of the law or the
spirit of the law. Are you getting back exactly what you put out,
or are others not giving you the respect you think you are due?
Truth is, you will receive exactly what you perceive, so if you
adopt an attitude of giving and doing because your heart is full
of gladness that you can do for others, you will be overwhelmed
by gratitude... even if it's only your own. Your opportunities
to express love are endless. Some of what appears unlovable is
most in need of love. So, recognize your gifts, give because you
can, and realize that your efforts become an agent for healing
and wellbeing of many. What an opportunity! |
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You can achieve new levels of understanding this
year about yourself, your special areas of interest, and your
spiritual life. It's a wonderful time to put attention on
things that bring greater perspective and knowledge. Look beyond
the surface and find the clues that will tie loose ends together.
This can be a year of deep connections, with someone coming into
your life who is very special, or someone from the past returning
to complete unfinished business. All connections take on greater
meaning, and require that you determine what has value in your
life and what is merely superficial. In the seventh year, the
opportunity to deepen your spiritual understanding is marked,
so be sure that you do those things that bring you closer to the
inner wellspring of truth. In addition, take care of health concerns.
Listen to your body, and do those things that nourish and honor
yourself. Time spent in solitude is restorative, and there is
great healing through connection to nature in her many forms.
Appreciate quiet and beauty, and do those things that replenish
your soul. You will be glad you did! |
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You may feel that you are "on call"
this year. You are in a sense. Life is a system of energy, and
you are asked to stand in the center of your life and bring things
into flowing balance and harmony. Where are you off in one area
of focus at the expense of everything else in your life, and where
have you forgotten to take time to smell the flowers, or to manage
and coordinate things in such a way that you are on top of what
needs doing? Life is not asking for perfection, but it is requiring
that you take a practical, no-nonsense approach to what is needed,
and then take the steps to bring things into balance. Too much
stress? Make time for massage, listen to music, sit in a hot tub.
The idea throughout the year is that you may be called upon to
be responsible... to direct and manage things. But you are
also asked to orchestrate your life in such a way that it becomes
a symphony rather than cacophony. This is a grand opportunity,
and you are up to the challenge. The rewards can be great, but
before they come, action steps are required. So, roll up your
sleeves, embrace the opportunity, and grab the baton. Conduct
away, and feel the empowerment that comes as a result!
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This is a major point of completion, calling
upon you to determine what is important for the future, and what
is no longer necessary. This year offers opportunities to revisit
the past nine years and to see where you have grown beyond certain
ideas, people, and situations that no longer reflect who you have
become. You might say this year is about graduation. You are finishing
a major cycle, and the more you assess and digest, the more room
you make for new opportunities in 2009. Throughout 2008, you will
have the chance to see yourself from a larger perspective. Make
a point of taking the high ground in all situations, and be honest
with yourself about your role in what is happening. Where have
you outgrown the way you do things? Where are you clutching things
from the past that are no longer relevant? What needs to be purged?
As you reach out to Source for your supply, you feel grateful
and appreciative for what is. Everything becomes an opportunity
to grow. When you forget, and rely only on yourself, things may
feel stuck. You aren't alone, and by recognizing your need
for Divine assistance and ASKING for it, you will be given the
tools to make wise choices and release limitations from your life.
This is a big year. The implications go way beyond just now, so
make the most of it and let go of everything that is in the way
of you achieving your full potential.
© Kathleen Jacoby, 2008 |
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Kathleen
Jacoby
has been a professional numerologist for over thirty years. She has
been on radio and television, and taught courses in numerology. 