2016 – 8 Transitions to 9

2016 – 8 Transitions to 9 - (680)

2016 - 8

This year was really a hard year in many senses, not just for myself but for a few others that I know, especially in the area of health. There were really some scary and sad moments regarding people’s health. There were also some moments of relief and triumph.

Certainly this year being 8, certainly did live up to, and still is living up to its core qualities – tests, patience and justice.

2016 – 9

This new year according to Kabbalah is ruled by the number 9 – ‘The Hermit’. This year promises some solitude and the push to make some individual inner efforts to conquer new stages in our owrk and the esoteric path. So it will be interesting but not as tough as last year.

Evaluation

We are going to have a small retreat tonight, and one of the key features of the retreat will be an evaluation of ourselves. An exercise going over the year seeing how we have progressed or regressed. To cap it all off we are going to construct a new psychological inventory of ourselves, to be better prepared for the work on ourselves this coming new year – 2016.

End (680).

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