~first~, after reading your 1 Essence and 9 Personal Year cycles, you probably noticed their tendency to be conflicting.

Although your 1 Essence will stimulate drive and ambition, your 9 Personal Year could bring diminished motivation. This is the last year of a nine-year cycle, which is focused on completion. It asks us to let go of outdated ideas and discard excess baggage in preparation for the new nine-year cycle that begins next year.

It should help that your 1 Essence will motivate you to move on from situations that are holding you back. However, the high-energy 1 and low-energy 9 may cause you to feel frustrated if the will to make things happen is stymied by a lack of energy. Your best approach is to focus on priorities and handle responsibilities, but not take on additional duties that aren't crucial. Try to make healthy habits a top priority. A good quality diet, exercise, and quiet time to de-stress can help raise your energy.

This is the early stage of a two-year transformation, so it is a good time to have the 1 Essence on your side. It can help you find direction and formulate goals, even if you don't have the energy to pursue them...yet. Nurture your plans and ideas and prepare for next year when the energy of your 1 Personal Year should provide the momentum you need to pursue those goals.

Relationships (other than the strongest) tend to be challenged during a 9 cycle. You may not be in the mood to pursue relationships with people on the fringes of your social group. Likewise, you might not be particularly motivated toward romance.

Your best approach for this period is to narrow your focus, prioritize, and deal only with important issues. There is room for growth, but you will want to choose your projects carefully, as you may not have the stamina to juggle multiple undertakings.