All numbers divisible by three are creative. Your current cycle, ~first~, combines a 3 Essence and 9 Personal Year, which means your creativity and originality should run particularly high this year. However, you may have noted these influences also have differing traits that are not as compatible.

Your yearly cycle is a 9, which (generally) demands a detached, mature, and thoughtful approach toward events and circumstances you encounter. During the same period, your 3 Essence will lend an energetic, playful, creative, and somewhat scattered state of mind. It will require concerted effort to create a harmonious balance between these conflicting characteristics.

Although a 3 Essence is usually challenging for business and career (all practical matters, really), it can work well in your professional life during a 9 year. The combination makes it easier for your inspiring, imaginative 3 to express enhanced creativity, and it helps the 9 let go of outmoded, unproductive methods. Had an even number ruled the year, a more single-minded focus would have been required.

This is the last year in a nine-year cycle. It will ask you to let go of goals, possessions, and relationships you have outgrown. It is a time to clear emotional baggage and outdated ideas. Change can be uncomfortable; but, like spring pruning, a painful cut makes room for new growth. Relationships will likely be reevaluated. This could lead to renewed commitment or making room for someone new. Romance is actually favored, as your charm and charisma are heightened during a 3 Essence.