The Number "6"

In a year of responsibility, problem solving and re-inventing yourself, January is a time of analysis, introspection and planning. This combination often creates an initial fear of not knowing how to deal with a particular situation. But there is no need to think the worst. There is something you need to clarify inside you before you make any further judgments or moves. This month, life asks only for your presence, your attention, and your genuine intent to learn new things.

Before your new direction can be seen, you may have to recognize a misunderstanding that you are holding on to, particularly with regard to people to whom you feel you have some kind of obligation. Seriously analyze your situation, as it is now. The door of opportunity is knocking, but how can you hear it if you reject the possibility that an alternative exists?

Know what your responsibilities actually are. There is a lot of sorting out to do. Be patient. Trust yourself. Spend time alone, with no distractions. Minimize your activities. You need time for yourself. Listen to the questions you ask yourself, and hear the responses you give. Listen to how you argue with yourself when alternatives appear. Notice your resistance to change. Feel yourself resisting - fighting off - your own changing reality and, consequently, your potential for greater happiness. When you become aware of this inner battle, you will also realize that everything starts from within. Forgiving yourself for whatever you are regretting right now will enable this year's essential healing process to begin.

Once you have accurately assessed your circumstances, consider your own needs and desires. How do you want things to turn out? What do you actually desire in your life? Then consider the reality of the outside world; this changing, evolving, dangerous world in which dependence is an unwise option. Then ask yourself if you are free, or are you trapped in stagnation because you have outgrown the norm? Perhaps what you want - in the way you want it - is no longer possible. Examining all the details can lead you in a new and more satisfying direction. Notice where your old familiar ways of doing things are no longer appropriate or desirable.

Take charge of your life as you travel through these confusing evolutionary times. Broaden your outlook. Accept what cannot be done and focus on what can. Work on restoring the LOVE which your anxiety now threatens to harm in some way.

Guilt holds you responsible for everything that does not feel good. Never forget that guilt is the great deceiver. It may be twisting the word "responsibility" in a way that makes you feel responsible for someone else's problem, or using its deflecting nature to blind you to certain matters that you really do need to know about. Life is now urging you to accept a responsibility lovingly and, at the same time, find a way to balance it with your own needs.