By Patrick Phillips
2025 marks the end of a major chapter. In Numerology, 2025 is considered a 9 Universal Year (2+0+2+5=9), and 9 represents completion and the conclusion of a cycle before beginning again with a fresh 1, as we will in 2026 (2+0+2+6=10, and 1+0=1).
A 9 Universal Year also marks the halfway point in what’s called a Push Cycle. Made up of years 8, 9, 1, a Push Cycle is marked by a crescendo of power and experience in the 8 Universal Year, followed by the acclimation and completion achieved in the 9, before beginning something new in the 1.
While we’re welcome to begin something new in a 9 Universal Year, in general, there is no need to rush into anything or make enormous changes. The more we focus on wrapping things up and coming to terms with the people we have become since 2017 (the beginning of the current cycle), the more brilliant and fruitful our options will be when we embark on a new journey next year.
Certain people or situations may also exit our lives during this time, but remember that 2025 is a year of release and purging that which no longer suits us. In other words, if something or someone does leave your life, there is likely a very good reason for it, one which will become very obvious next year when the world begins anew.
This year is an opportunity to detox our lives. Relationships that no longer suit us or support us can end. Jobs that don’t satisfy us or meet our needs can be left behind. Most importantly, personal habits that hinder and harm can be totally eclipsed from our lives.
This doesn’t mean we need to deep clean every corner of our lives with bleach and a scrub brush – change can happen gradually. It’s in our best interest to remember that improvement and positive change sometimes requires eliminating things so we can make room for new opportunities and experiences.
The 9 Universal Year marks the end of a cycle, and while we don’t need to bring every element of our lives to a conclusion, we should stay open to natural endings and culminations that allow us to enjoy a sense of completion.
We’re meant to experience a feeling of satisfaction this year, so there’s no need to race into something new as soon as we complete something else. We’re better served by taking our time.
Our lives can come with lots of bells and whistles and plenty of other little distractions, but the 9 Universal Year encourages us to eliminate superfluous elements in order to make more time for the things that truly matter.
Mildly destructive habits, like getting worked up over things that don’t matter very much or indulging in routine shopping sprees to fill our homes with things we don’t need, often distract from other areas which might be lacking. We’ll experience the greatest benefit of this year’s energy if we avoid expending energy and resources where it simply isn’t necessary.
While the 9 Universal Year will impact everybody throughout 2025, the influence you'll feel most directly comes from your Personal Year number. Calculating your Personal Year number is easy -- simply look at the date of your birthday in 2025, then add each digit together. If you end up with a double-digit number as your sum, add those digits together as well until you come up with a single digit.
For example, if you were born on November 20, your birthday in 2025 will be 11/20/2025.
Create an addition problem with each digit in that date -- 1+1+2+0+2+0+2+5 = 13.
Add again until you get a single digit: 1+3 = 4. So, your Personal Year number for 2025 would be 4.
Easy enough, right? Once you’ve calculated your Personal Year number, read the description below to learn about what 2025 may hold in store for you.
How will the numerological energies of 2025 impact YOU? Find out now!
The world may be wrapping up as a general rule, but you are very much starting fresh this year. A 1 Personal Year heralds a time of initiation and new beginnings when you can put yourself in first place and focus your attention on yourself without fear of being selfish. Indeed, you are receiving cosmic clearance to be as “selfish” as you like, albeit in the sense that you must put a premium on your own needs and desires this year. It’s those very needs and desires that will impact the rest of this new nine-year cycle, which you are beginning in 2025.
Pay special attention to the people and situations that enter your life for the first time this year, including romantic connections, new friends, professional opportunities, living situations, or even hobbies you’ve always wanted to try. These will likely impact you for a long time to come, but you are still being asked to assert your individuality as well, so don’t be shocked if you feel that you are growing in tandem with others, but also on your own personal timeline with your own personal program. This truly is your year.
2024 was a year to focus on yourself and your needs while you experienced a 1 Personal Year, but that theme changes course in 2025 as you enter the people-pleasing dynamic of the 2 Personal Year.
The 2 is a year of balance and adjustment. After following your own program for so long, you now need to learn to work in tandem with others and ensure that your plans work not only for you, but for other people as well, as often as possible. The very nature of the 2 is apparent in its value -- where there was only one before, now there are two, and it’s very normal to find yourself working closely with new partners during a 2 Year, be they romantic, professional, or platonic.
This energy can sometimes feel limiting or like you must wait on everyone else to give you the green light before you can embark on any particular projects, but there is value in slowing down and allowing others to give their input. No one person is an island, and 2025 will teach you that lesson as many times as it takes for you to properly learn it.
Last year, you may have felt like you were being confronted with endless red tape or other detours that forced you to slow down and wait while other people took their sweet time catching up to you and your needs. Now, however, you are entering a 3 Personal Year, a time of discovery, exploration, and communication, which will allow you to stretch your metaphorical muscles and move beyond the blockages you dealt with during your 2 Personal Year.
The 3 Year puts a big emphasis on the exchange of ideas and networking, allowing you to meet new people who can bring wonderful experiences and opportunities into your life. Even if you think of yourself as a bit of a wallflower or a lone wolf, you will have a hard time ignoring the social prospects on offer. As a general rule, don’t turn down any invites that might arrive -- you never know when you’ll meet someone with the potential to change your world into something exciting and new.
This is also a very creative and inspired cycle, so projects begun this year can wind up having a big impact on your life for a long time to come.
2024 may have felt like one big party with a revolving guest list, but it’s time now to roll up your sleeves and put your nose to the grindstone. In 2025, you’re entering a 4 Personal Year, which is characterized by hard work and effort. That doesn’t mean you’ll spend the entire year burning the midnight oil, but you’ll certainly need to focus on shoring up the foundations of your life in order to make yourself as secure and as successful as you can possibly be.
Consider that tables and chairs with four legs are deemed the sturdiest. Your mission this year is to follow their example to make yourself as sturdy as possible, but simply put, that process doesn’t always look or feel very fun. That doesn’t mean that pleasure or silliness are off limits this year. On the contrary, you’ll need to consciously make time for fun -- otherwise you could get so wrapped up in the work in front of you that you forget to take your moments to go dance in the sun. After all, what’s the point of all that work if you don’t get to enjoy the fruit of your labors?
Get ready to shake it off! Last year may have felt like one big homework assignment as you completed task after task in order to strengthen your own sense of security and stability. In 2025, however, you are embracing the 5 Personal Year, which is all about change and the kind of exciting disruptions that will bring new opportunities into your life.
The way your life looks at the beginning of the year versus the end of the year can be drastically different, even moreso than the usual sea changes that occur over a twelve-month period. The 5 Personal Year can bring big moves, new relationships of all kinds, new professional and financial endeavors, and a wide selection of detours to help you enjoy the change and freedom on offer.
A big part of this year is discovering the person you’re becoming and evolving into, so you may find new hobbies or interests that you never would have imagined in a million years. Part of the fun is uncovering these sorts of surprises. Don’t be shy about doing some major personal excavation. The things you dig up in the process could change the trajectory of your inner and outer lives for many years to come.
In 2024, you had the freedom to roam as much as you liked, or at least found new ways to change up your usual program, but this year you are leaving behind the changeable energy of the 5 Year and embracing the energy of the 6, which is all about your relationships and how you relate to other people.
This is a very powerful year to build new connections of all kinds, but it can be a particularly good year if you are hoping to meet a new romantic partner or to progress things forward with a current partner. You may meet a new group of friends who bring fresh energy into your world, or you may find yourself spending time with your co-workers and discovering you have much more in common than you thought.
A 6 Personal Year isn’t just about building connections -- it’s also a powerful time for you to learn lessons around how you relate to people, where you shine as a partner, and where you might need some improvements as well. Because of this, 2025 can be a very emotional time. Relationships often bring our emotions to the surface, but there are many rewards within reach if we fully embrace our feelings and are as honest with ourselves as we are with others.
After growing in tandem with others during the 6 Personal Year you experienced in 2024, in 2025 you are entering a 7 Personal Year, which is a time to focus inward on personal evolution and growth. The lessons you learned and the growth you experienced last year were largely inspired by other people, but this year, it’s all happening inside you, and your mission is to get to know this new you, to discover the person you are constantly becoming.
From the outside, this may not look like a very dynamic or progressive year because it’s not marked by outward action. Don’t expect to spend all of 2025 sitting on a lily pad, waiting for a spiritual epiphany. You can indeed reach major milestones this year, but they’ll likely be markers along the way to your preferred destination moreso than crossing any particular finish line or reaching the very top of the mountain.
The essential purpose of a 7 Year is to develop personal wisdom and to know yourself as truthfully and openly as possible. Next year, when you experience the energy of the 8, you will be given the chance to express your power and authority, but this year you must hone them inwardly so you don’t misuse them in 2026.
Draw from your inner wisdom. Your in-depth 2025 Numerology predictions can show you how!
The 8 Personal Year arrives bringing an opportunity for you to step into your own power in ways you never dreamed possible. This can bring major developments on the professional front, as long-standing goals or aspirations take center stage, but although this year does place a lot of emphasis on material gains, watch for potential in other areas as well.
An 8 Year invites you to become more comfortable in a position of authority. Teach yourself (and others) that you do indeed know what you’re doing. You’ve more than earned the right to be in the position you now occupy (or will be occupying by the end of 2025), be it a literal new professional role or something a little more nuanced. Either way, the chance to become your most powerful and assured self is one of the great gifts of the 8 Personal Year, and you’d be wise to embrace it fully.
The 8 Year may feel a little lonely, but that’s only because you are being encouraged to grow upward and outward as your own authentic self, without counting on the impact or influence of other people. By the time the clock strikes midnight on December 31st, a new you will be ready to greet 2026.
After working your way up life’s great ladder during your 8 Personal Year in 2024, 2025 invites you to step into the gentle energy of the 9 Personal Year. This is a moment to catch your breath and float along, enjoying the fruits of your labors but also the spiritual gains you have made over the last eight years, before you begin a fresh cycle next year with a 1 Personal Year.
The 9 is also a time of release and removal. You’re processing the gains of the last eight years and also eliminating the accumulated baggage and drama you acquired along the way. Therefore, the 9 Year invites you to be your most judicious self. Make conscious decisions to be a better you in the future, one who will no longer be hindered by the roadblocks or insecurities that held you back previously. You must do this to make sure you don’t carry that baggage with you next year. Otherwise, these issues will continue to plague you unnecessarily.
If you feel cast adrift in 2025, know that the cosmic tides are indeed guiding you to new and exciting territory. Still, you’re required to complete this chapter before you can begin a fresh story.
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