Week #17: April 21-27
food for thought for your yearly cycle number
Welcome to the seventeenth week of the year, but in many ways, it’s the first. Just ask Mars, which finally moved into Leo, whose ruler the Sun is now luxuriating in fecund Taurus. Ahh, feels nice!
2025 has already been full-on and all-consuming, but in so many ways it’s also been murky and slow-moving—like some sort of horrifying purgatory. But He is Risen (or whatever 😉) and so shall we! I think we’re owed a resurrection! A turning of the cosmic leaf! A breather and a break; a chaise and a cornucopia of cherries and cheese. Amen.
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They’re especially helpful because in a 9 collective year, every single daily, weekly, and monthly number is amplified. Due to the fact that 9 can essentially be canceled out in any reduction calculation it appears in (truly, try some out, i.e. 1+9 = 10, 1+0 = 1), every core number this year becomes more of itself. Magnified, and polarized. Embodying both sides of the coin at the same time.
Meaning for this week…
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🛒: Shop courses, spellbooks, or buy me a coffee on Gumroad
🌀: SPIRALING THROUGH THE WISDOM YEAR
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Week #17
Seventeen is a number of consciously wading through muddy waters, embracing the mysterious and the mundane as co-teachers in this life experience, and daring to drink the sweet poison of snake medicine—to risk it all in hopes of being rewarded with regeneration.
Last week, my friends and I started a Lord of the Rings re-watch. Extended Editions, duh. At the point in the movie where Frodo finally crosses the threshold between the Shire and the road ahead, the group chat kicked off with truly upsetting truths about how he will never be the same again. The Frodo that embarks is not the Frodo who will one day returns home. A pity, the self that must be shed in order to fulfill one’s sacred duty. Horrible, the wounds one must endure, and the trials one must overcome, to make it to the end of the mission.
This week, do not forget that every single one of your forms is a cosmic creation that is worthy of love, devotion, pleasure, and care. You carry within your body the power of the universe, of source energy, of God. Whether you can see her between the folds of your sweet skin is between you and you (and God). Nobody makes it out of this alive. It would be a pity to add insults to your injuries.
Keep reading for some food for thought based on your yearly cycle number!
April 21-27 for Your Yearly Cycle
To find your yearly cycle number, add the digits of your month and day of birth to 2025, and reduce until you reach a single digit. For example, the calculation for my birthday of July 7 looks like: 7+7+2+0+2+5 = 23, 2+3 = 5.
Please note that I reduce doubled digit numbers like 11 and 22 to their root numbers when working with yearly cycles, so please calculate and read accordingly.
Now, I’m not going to stop anyone from watching Lord of the Rings, but the below forecasts offer you another famed adventurer to spend some time with this week! Perhaps you’ll be inspired by something about the ways in which they tackle challenges? Maybe their wardrobe might have pieces you’d like to add to your own? Or their role in your life could just be to sit you down with a little bevvie and a snack, and whisk you off to a faraway place for a couple of hours. You know what they say… choose
your own adventurewisely.
1
Bastian from The Neverending Story — You’re flexing Main Character energy this year, and Bastian is the closest to a chosen one on this list. To avoid bullies, Bastian runs into a bookstore, only to lose himself in the world of Fantasia, and the suspiciously familiar, human savior they need in order to triumph against “The Darkness.” It’s a bit silly and dated, but it’s totally magical, and will remind you of what it’s like to be a kid again. This week, what memories want to be un-earthered, and what might make them important to access?
2
Princess Buttercup and Wesley from The Princess Bride — *trumpets blare* The world is so hard and your heart is so soft! Sounds like a job for a sick day re-telling of a fairy tale of childhood lovers, separated by status, but reunited before a royal wedding! There are homoerotic sword-fights, gentle giants, and Rodents of Unusual Size! But is there a happy ending? There’s only one way to find out… Tune in this week to see what Wesley’s catchphrase (“As you wish!”) can teach you about acting selflessly (and self-sacrificially) with the ones you love!
3
Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which from A Wrinkle in Time — Author Madeleine L’Engle said that her famed science fiction novel was rejected by 26 publishers before someone took a chance on it. She couldn’t blame them, it was different. Just take the three Mrs. Whatsit, Who, and Which, respectively: supernatural shapeshifters who help the book’s other trio of Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin travel throughout time and space. What do these wise women offer as spiritual mentors, and how can they encourage you to connect further with your cosmic and creative core?
4
Dorothy Gale from The Wizard of Oz — “There’s no place like home” becomes a powerful spell for the farm girl who gets swept up in a tornado and dropped off in a colorful, glittering land of magic and mischief. Despite wishing to go over the rainbow, once Dorothy gets to Oz, she finds she has a lot of responsibilities on her hands! It’s hard to be a grown-up when you’d rather have the freedoms of a child, and yet, so often we don’t know how good we have it—or who we have it good with—until it’s gone. What do Dorothy’s dreams, inner turmoil, and lessons from her journey have to show you this week about your own?
5
The Goonies from The Goonies — When brothers Brand and Mikey discover their family home is in jeopardy, they assemble a motley crew to follow a treasure map to where X marks the spot! Let’s just hope they can get to the loot before the bad guys do! It’s the perfect example of banding together in trials and tribulations, in hopes of changing their fates. What’s in jeopardy in your own life and what are you going to do about it? This week, let The Goonies be your guides.
6
Robin Hood and Maid Marian from Robin Hood — They steal from the rich and give to the poor and they do it as equals! Maid Marian didn’t join her lover Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men in the forests outside Nottingham in the earliest tales, but before long she was sword-fighting right alongside them! What do their values, methods, and caring actions have to teach you about how to show up in your life—and this world—this week?
7
Alice from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — A heroine on both the page and the screen, Alice has been the star of plenty of adaptations and re-imaginings, but she has always remained curious, imaginative, and eager for Life. She doesn’t always know where she is, or what’s going on, but she sure is going to find out! What about her trips down the rabbit hole inspire you to take your own this week?
8
Rick O’Connell and Evelyn 'Evie' Carnahan from The Mummy — Nothing says eight energy like treasure hunts, ancient tombs, and a vengeful reincarnation! Plus, Rick and Evie are a bisexy dream pairing! What can an action romp across the Sahara—and a couple of enemies/rivals to lovers—offer you this week when it comes to embodying your fullest self, going after what you want, and taking creative action in the face of mythical ordeals? This week, let it be a delight to find out.
9
Indiana Jones from Raiders of the Lost Ark — He’s a professor! He’s an archaeologist! He’s an expert in the occult! He’s a government contractor! He’s a total heartthrob! Played by Harrison Ford in a trilogy of amazing movies (and a few recent, debatable one-offs), Indiana Jones is the perfect antidote to this current shit-show of a modern moment. Jet-set to exotic locations, find buried treasure, and punch some fucking Nazis! What more could you want in a hero?
Were you surprised by your pairing? Are you familiar? If applicable, will you check out the book or the movie version of your character(s)?
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