When you read your 4 Essence and 2 Personal Year chapters, ~first~, you may have noticed the two cycles have very little in common. This could lead to a roller coaster kind of year. Part of the conflict stems from your 4 Essence prompting your desire for stability and control, during a year that will have its ups and downs, especially in your emotions and relationships.

Your 4 Essence suggests you will do everything you can to stay grounded and in control. The practical 4 inspires you to stabilize and strengthen the foundations of your life financially and in most other areas. However, the situations around you may not be so cooperative (again, especially where emotions are involved). You may find that people in your life seem particularly needy at a time you would rather focus on making progress in your career and other goals. As your Personal Year influence, the 2 will deliver situations that bring emotions and relationship issues to the surface. It can also make you more emotional than usual, although your pragmatic 4 should lesson this vulnerability.

Your professional life and other project related activities should be relatively even-keeled and see steady progress, due to your effort and focus - although emotions could play a role even here, by highlighting personality conflicts or unwanted romantic attention.

During this period, you may be low on patience and high in irritability. The best way to maintain harmony and balance will be to focus on your career and productive life, while making a concerted effort to take care of the essential needs of others (without engaging unnecessary emotional issues).