What Personal Year Changes Do

Although it is not a sudden switch, every year the numerology personal year energy changes.

It affects the personal essence within which a person exists. Generally, it inspires a person to either focus more on current interests or to follow new interests.

The new personal year energy tends to slowly arrive starting about mid-October. As the new personal year energy arrives and asserts its influence, the previous personal year energy diminishes.

By about the first week of January, the switch is complete. The new numerology personal year energy has fully arrived with its influence.

It's good to know what next year's numerology personal year energy will be. Even without additional preparation, simply being aware and anticipating the change is likely to help make it a smoother transition.

The Transition

If unanticipated, the transition of the energy represented by one personal year number to the following personal year number may be a bit disorienting — especially with transitions between incompatible numbers, or when the new personal year number isn't prominent in the person's numerology chart.

For some people, the change feels like a new start.

The number sequence for personal year number changes are from 1 to 9, in order, then back to 1 again.

Further below is a short synopsis of the energy represented by each personal year transition that a person can experience. The synopses have a link to expanded interpretations.

But first, before reading about the transition you are likely to experience, you will need to know your personal year number for the current year and for the next year.

To determine your current personal year number, add the current year, your birth month, and your birth day, then find the foundation number with the result. For next year's personal year number, use the next year instead of the current year for the calculations.

Or, use this calculator for the numbers:

Provide birth month and birth day:

Personal year information will be here.

There are two types of numerology personal year energy interpretations available at this website.

An interpretation of personal year energy represented by a single-digit number.
An interpretation of the transition from one number to another.

For an interpretation of specific personal year energy, the personal year calculation tool can be used. The calculator presents both the personal year number and next year's number, with interpretations.

For an interpretation of the transition from one number to another, the following synopses can be consulted. Every synopsis is followed with a link to an article with an expanded interpretation dedicated to that particular change.

Personal Year 1 to 2 Transition

The person is transitioning from a year of energy resonating with self-determination and going it alone to a year of energy focused on teamwork and relationships. It is a shift from self-focus to relationship-focus. The change can be dramatic and, if unanticipated, disorienting.

The Effects of 1 to 2 Personal Year Number Change article covers this.

Personal Year 2 to 3 Transition

The person is transitioning from a year's resonance of teamwork and relationships to a year's resonance of creative expression. It is a shift from relationships to pursuing creativity. The change can be somewhat disorienting if unanticipated.

The Effects of 2 to 3 Personal Year Number Change article has more information.

Personal Year 3 to 4 Transition

The person is transitioning from a year of energy related to creative expression to a year of energy related to a focus on how to build a secure foundation for the future — a transition from creativity to methodology. The creative expression experience may provide a head start to building a secure foundation.

The Effects of 3 to 4 Personal Year Number Change article is dedicated to this.

Personal Year 4 to 5 Transition

The person is transitioning from a year with focus on a secure foundation to a year with an expression of personal freedom. There is dissonance between the energies represented by the numbers 4 and 5 — the focus on building a secure foundation to an expression of personal freedom — but the 5 energy is good at quickly flowing through things like that while pursuing personal interests.

The Effects of 4 to 5 Personal Year Number Change article is focused on this.

Personal Year 5 to 6 Transition

The person is transitioning from a year of resonating with an expression of personal freedom to a year of service and responsibility related to home and family. This can be quite disorienting, from personal freedom to responsibility. If anticipated, the person can be ready for it.

See the Effects of 5 to 6 Personal Year Number Change article for more information.

Personal Year 6 to 7 Transition

The person is transitioning from a year of focus on home and family to a year resonating with introspection and self-improvement. Although the focus of one is external and the other internal, the energy represented by the numbers have no dissonance because they don't interfere with each other. The transition can be smooth.

More information at the Effects of 6 to 7 Personal Year Number Change article.

Personal Year 7 to 8 Transition

The person is transitioning from a year of resonating with introversion and self-improvement to a year's resonance with business and material acquisition. The introvert number 7 energy is replaced with the extrovert number 8 energy. Their energies don't overlap and therefore don't interfere with each other. Again, like the year before, the transition can be smooth.

The entire article Effects of 7 to 8 Personal Year Number Change is dedicated to this.

Personal Year 8 to 9 Transition

The person is transitioning from a year of energy related to business and material acquisition to a year of humanitarianism. The transformation from material to humanitarian can feel natural and welcome, a way of giving back using the gains of the previous year.

The Effects of 8 to 9 Personal Year Number Change article talks about it.

Personal Year 9 to 1 Transition

The person is transitioning from a year of humanitarianism to a year of self-determination and self-reliance. When not alerted to the prospect of this change, the energy focus from humanity to self can be disorienting. But the person generally finds their stride fairly quickly.

See the Effects of 9 to 1 Personal Year Number Change article for more complete information.

What the Changes Do

As you see, every year there is a change of energy that the personal year number represents. The change affects the energy within which a person exists.

The change can be inspiring. If unanticipated, the change can be surprising or provide some disorientation. Knowing what's coming can provide a cushion of anticipation.