Energy of the New Year, December 17th, Thoughts of the Day

Those of you interested in Astrology or Numerology may be familiar with the concept that every day has a unique energy.  A unique set of possibilities, surprises, gifts and difficulties or issues rather.

As each day and each year have their unique energies, so does our own years as well.  What do we mean? Well, according to numerology, starting on the day of our birthday every year of our lives offer a different energy to live and deal with. Some say that this is how our destiny is set and revealed. Some believe that a child is born at a time that has been predetermined and that date and time identify that child’s destiny. So, every year, his or her year up until his or her birthday and after the birthday offer different possibilities for the child, for the person. These two time fragments have different energies and will affect the person differently.  In short, the numerological year starts and ends with our birthdays.

Let’s look at what number 2016 is in Numerology. 2016 adds up number 9. 2+1+6=9.  What does the number 9 say to us in general?

Well, 9 is usually told to be about introspection.  It’s considered to be about going inward, maybe learning to connect or connecting with our inner voice, with the inner voice of our spirit, the real voice of the universe as some may call.

9 is usually told to be about searching for internal fulfillment and about finding it.  In 9, there is a connection with the real truth.  How can I describe this state better? You know, there are times when regardless of what is happening outside, at work, with friends, with the World, regardless of how bad everything might seem and be, regardless of the cloudy greyness and darkness in life, internally we may still feel complete, safe, light and delightful.  That feeling of feeling complete without needing anything or anyone or at least needed less from outside is considered to be about the energy of number 9 in a year or day or a person.  9 is taken to be about searching, experimenting and sometimes reaching that state.  This may involve spending more time alone and being aware that we can always choose not to be alone.

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There is an important date for many Turks , Muslims and Sufis in December.  December 17^th. 

December 17^th is the death anniversary of Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi. That date is considered to be a date of a wedding since according to Rumi and his disciples that is the date he returns to God.

 Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi lived in the 13^th century, spent most of his life in Anatolia and passed away in the city of Konya on December 17^th, 1273. 

Rumi - that is the name most of the World know him and call him by, although we Turks use the word Mevlana - was a scholar, teacher, religious and spiritual master, a master of words and poetry.  For many he is a true example of showing how one learns to surrender to God completely and with utter love.

This year let’s look into what this December 17^th might be telling us through its interpretation in Numerology. To be able to look that up for this year, we need to make a calculation to find its number in Numerology.  We need to reduce it to a number including or less than 22.  17.12.2015 can be reduced to the 22 possible numbers of Numerology by adding up the numbers of the date and month first.  17+12. 29. Then, we add 2015 and 29. That is 2044. And now we need to add up the individual numbers is 2044. 2+ 0+ 4+ 4. The result comes out as the number 10.

Some believe that the Universe is based on a mathematical system and that life and destiny is designed and may be revealed through math. Through numbers. Sufis and Kabalists are known to look into the number values of name, prayers and the holly texts and look for answers in the numbers that come up and appear.  Numerology tries to do it in its own simpler way. Let’s look into what the energy December 17^th offers might be telling us this year.

10 is told to be about expansion. It is believed to contain an energy of break-throughs. Unexpected goodness and positive personal self-realizations may appear.  How that date will actually live out in our lives is of course for us to discover.  If we choose to listen to Rumi, we might need to let go of all our expectations and just surrender to what is or surrender to God.  And maybe that will involve doing what we can with what we see and discover.

And let’s leave the last words to RUMI. 

From the book The Glance (A translation of RUMI by Coleman Barks):

The Self We Share

Thirst is angry at water. Hunger, bitter

with bread. The cave wants nothing to do

with the sun. This is dumb, the self-

defeating way we’ve been. A gold mine is

calling us into its temple. Instead, we

bend and keep picking up rocks from the

ground. Every thing has a shine like gold,

but we should turn to the source! The

origin is what we truly are. I add a little

vinegar to the honey I give. The bite of

scolding makes ecstasy more familiar. But

look, fish, you’re already in the ocean:

just swimming there makes you friends with

glory. What are these grudges about? You

are Benjamin. Joseph has put a gold cup

in your grain sack and accused you of being

a thief.  Now he draws you aside and says,

“You are my brother. I am a prayer. You’re

the amen.”  We move in eternal regions, yet

worry about property here. This is the

prayer of each:  You are the source of my

life. You separate essence from mud. You

honor my soul. You bring rivers from the

mountain springs. You brighten my eyes. The

wine you offer takes me out of myself into

the self we share. Doing that is religion.

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With love and light.

Zeynep

December

December is the month of Rumi for me.  The great Sufi master Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi passed away on December 17^th, 1273 in the city of Konya in Turkey.  He is known as a poet, a theologian, a sufi mystic.  He is the best selling poet in the US.   He is even better known abroad and I believe that his energy, his soul belongs to the highest truth and therefore is valuable to people of very different beliefs and traditions. 

December 17^th is celebrated in remembrance of his reunion with his Creator. 

And every December I like connecting with his writings a little more, in order to connect with his wisdom.  Kabbalistic teachings say that we are able to connect with the energy, the soul, the wisdom of a person on the yearly anniversary of their death.  Kabbalist say that to increase our awareness, we can connect to the energy of a Tzadik on their death anniversary, which in the Jewish tradition means a righteous person or spiritual master.   I would like to write more on Kabbalistic traditions in the future articles.

In the Turkish Islamic tradition it is also customary to pray for loved ones who have passed away on the anniversary of their passing.  It is considered important to make sure that we pray for them, for their soul on those dates.

I believe that it is possible to connect with those who have passed away.  That it is possible to communicate. The important thing is, why do you want to connect?  If there is a need, a real need, it is possible, it will happen.  It can happen anytime, anywhere. However, I have also seen that it is possible to connect with some souls on their death anniversary, and/or near their graves.  Sometimes it is easier and more possible to connect with hem in places that they like or find important, or used to find peaceful and serene. 

And sometimes out of nowhere, we will feel their presence.  We will hear their voice or just know that they have given us an answer or a message. 

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One of the personal development tools that I love is the Transformation Game of Joy Drake and Kathy Tyler.   This spiritual game is an amazing tool that helps us to connect with our inner wisdom as well as what we might call Universal Wisdom. 

The creators of the Transformation Game sent me an e-mail at the beginning of this December, they do at the beginning of every month, inviting me to connect with the Angel of Wisdom this December.  Wisdom really seemed like the perfect angel to connect to this month.  In the Transformation Game, concepts like Wisdom are defined as angels, or rather that some concepts are also strong energy frequencies that we might invite and experience and communicate with, that we might also call Angels.

As always, intention is the key.

The Universe provides us with information, with power to know, with strength, with power to heal ourselves and others. However, the ability to use or have any of these depends on our intentions.  Are we respectful to free will?  Are we respectful of others’ choices even if we do not agree with them?  Of course, we have the full right to protect ourselves if others violate our rights.  You know what I mean,  are we manipulating others to make our wishes, our ideas to come true, or are we working to allow what is meant to happen to come alive? The information is always there. The power is always there.  Whether we will be able to see it or use it depends on choices and intentions.

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And RUMI has said most of it so well so long before…

Two Kinds of Intelligence

There are two kinds of intelligence: One acquired,
as a child in school memorizes facts and concepts
from books and from what the teacher says,
collecting information from the traditional sciences
as well as from the new sciences.

With such intelligence you rise in the world.
You get ranked ahead or behind others
in regard to your competence in retaining
information. You stroll with this intelligence
in and out of fields of knowledge, getting always more
marks on your preserving tablets.

There is another kind of tablet, one
already completed and preserved inside you.
A spring overflowing its springbox. A freshness
in the center of the chest. This other intelligence
does not turn yellow or stagnate. It’s fluid,
and it doesn’t move from outside to inside
through the conduits of plumbing-learning.

This second knowing is a fountainhead
from within you, moving out.

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With best wishes,

Zeynep