After reading your 3 Essence and 5 Personal Year texts, you may have felt the influences had much in common. However, although both are outgoing, social, and dynamic numbers, they are not an ideal pairing.

~first~, this year's cycle combines the adventurous, dynamic, freewheeling 5 with the creative, playful, innovative 3. Although these are all promising traits, they require stability and focus to materialize their energy and creativity. Both cycles stem from odd numbers that lack the practical traits needed to make this an easy prospect. It will be your job to bring stability and efficiency to the table.

The 5 will bring considerable change and unexpected turns of events in both your professional and personal lives. The combination can also affect personal habits - you might lose or gain weight, quit smoking, or begin exercising. More often than not the changes are positive. This is surprising when you consider discipline and self-control do not come easily to either the 3 or 5. A decision to make changes in your lifestyle will mainly stem from your desire to experience new things and the general sense of "fun" these influences inspire.

Relationships are sometimes challenged under the 3 and 5. The 3 could make you seem irresponsible or superficial. And since the 5 desires freedom from constraint, you may be less willing than usual to sacrifice for others. Romance, however, is favored by this combination, especially when it involves brief, exciting connections. If you are a committed partner, you may need to make extra effort to nurture your relationship. If you are single and meet someone new, you would be wise to guard against making promises you may not be able to keep.

Since the practical, grounded traits common to even numbers will be missing during this period, you will need to fill those gaps yourself. This is a period when you could easily fritter away your days on trivialities, and emerge a year later wondering what you did with all that time. It will require extra effort to realize your dreams, but this year's creative, energetic influences should give you much to work with.