When you read about your Essence and Personal Year cycles, ~first~, they may not have looked like a promising combination. However, when the 4 and 7 team up they inspire a number of deep and positive personal changes. This is one of the strongest combinations for intellectual and spiritual growth.

Normally, the 4 combined with almost any other number, prioritizes practical matters such as business, career, and finances. However, teamed with the 7, you could find yourself drawn to more idealistic and intangible interests, including some you may have considered eccentric, or brushed off as nonsense at a different point in your life.

The 7 inspires the recognition that there is more to life than either work or play. The 7 bends the path of the 4 away from the practical/material side of life and directs it toward the spiritual, abstract, and philosophical. This influence increases your awareness and the potential for perceptive insight and understanding, if not wisdom. As your Personal Year number, it will deliver the circumstances you need to bring this awareness about.

Although you will still benefit from the sensible, efficient mind of your 4 Essence, you may not be as concerned with the aspects of work and stability it usually inspires. Still, looking back, it is very likely you will view this period as a time of breakthroughs in the way you view yourself and your relationship to the world around you. This is a year for growth, particularly on a personal level.

Although you will grow and become stronger this year, your relationships might not fare as well. With your focus primarily on your own needs, you may not be as responsive as usual to the concerns and priorities of others and have less patience for issues that distract you. Although your loved ones should always be considered, being a little self-centered may be just what you need right now.