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Samkhya Yoga is a mathematical science that measures the movements of the heavens. Samkhya Yoga is expressed in mathematical equations.

Yantra Yoga is a sub–lesson of Samkhya Yoga and uses the same mathematical formulas but at a personal or everyday–life level. Using a mathematical formula, we are able to evaluate both your name and date of birth.

Knowing our Soul Number and our Cycles helps us understand how a certain numbers can influence our life and those we care about. Knowing our Birthpath helps us understand what is the best name for us and what yogas to practice.

Similar to astrology, one can harness the power of numerology to learn and discover what influences are happening in one's life.

Unlike astrology, the numerology information provided is more practical to one's life rather than mystic.

Which is better? Astrology or numerology? It all depends on who you talk to and your personal preferences. Ultimately it is said that the best numerologists and astrologists will come to the same answer.

While there are many forms of numerology, the original science of numerology is known as Yantra Yoga, which this information is based upon.

• Enter month and day of birth.
• Enter the year to review. Can be past, present or future.
• Works with all calendars.

Using Yantra Yoga, we know that we experience a new cycle beginning around October 18 of each year.

Unlike astrology, numerological cycles look at the influences in your life rather than your personalities and/or characteristics.

Numerological cycles do not make predictions. Numerology cycles help us much the same way a farmer understands the seasons. A farmer would be foolish, as an example, to plant his seeds in the winter rather than the spring. When you understand your numerology cycles you then learn the seasons in your life.

Understanding your numerology cycles allows you to know when to start things just like the farmer knows when to plant his seeds. When you work in harmony with your numerology cycles you then help obtain success in all aspects of your life. At the same time, understanding your numerology cycles allows you to to realize why there have been failures much the same way the farmer would say I was such a fool to plant the seeds in winter. I should have known those seeds would never have grown.

By identifying what numerological cycle you are in, suggestions are made. It's for this reason that many appreciate the numerology cycle information for its practical guide to every day living.

There are 9 yearly cycles which encompass 108 monthly cycles and 3285 daily cycles (not including leap years). After all of these cycles are finished, one starts again at the beginning. In addition to the yearly, monthly and daily cycles, one can also calculate cycles by the hour, minute, second and all the way to the millisecond or even nanosecond. In all honesty, the cycles can be calculated to infinity but for practical purposes, yearly and monthly cycles are most crucial followed by daily cycles.

There are also cycles known as the cosmic and solar cycles which have an outside influence on your yearly, monthly and daily cycles. But for general purposes, one does not need to worry about them.

Few people know or have the knowledge of the cycles and of those that do, many incorrectly calculate the cycles.

In addition to Karma Yugas (Personal Cycles) there are also Dharma Yugas (Solar Cycles) and Rita Yugas (Cosmic Cycles)

To benefit from this information, it's important to understand or realize that your yearly numerological influences are the most important. The yearly cycles act as a guide so you can realize how to plan, develop and grow your life during the year.

The monthly cycles are the next most important. The monthly cycles act as a guide so that you know what needs to be done, or what should be done, each month of the year so you can have a successful year.

The daily cycles help you discover what should be done each day so you can have a successful month which in turn helps you have a successful year.

No two people are the same.

Two people may be under the same influence, but they will react differently to those influences based upon the personalities, characteristics, age, location in the world and so on.

As an example, a student who is in a cycle of success may find that selling his used school books earns him some valuable money. Meanwhile, a self–employed business woman just sold her business and made a million dollars.

In Yantra Yoga, cycles are related to the life of a plant. Starting with the seed and ending with the plant creating new seeds so it can start the whole process again. When reading your cycle information, you will discover references to the life of a plant.

Here is a brief summary of how the cycles work.

First Cycle: Seeding Time — Starting point

Time to plant a seed. You must sow seeds of ambition. Whatever you sow, whatever seeds or thoughts you plant, you must make every effort to carry them through to the end of the 9 cycle. Do not uproot your plant in the 4th cycle. New life and new beginnings are highlighted. This is the time to plant wise seeds and seeds of ambition so you create a successful life plan for the next 9 years and in some cases, the next 27 years. If you don't plant seeds, the Univserse will plant seeds for you and you may or may not like what the Universe decides. You must make every endeavour to sow seeds of ambition, for as you sow, so shall you reap, and if you do not sow you cannot reap. Very positive.

Second Cycle: Germination — Association

Your seeds take root. Your life plan begins to develop a foundation. A time to gently nurture your life plan much like a farmer gently tills and waters the soil. An average year. A year of growth yet very uneventful. A time to further what was started in the 1st Cycle. But if no constructive change was made last year, nature will force you out this year. Further your efforts through social contacts, diplomacy and association with others.

Third Cycle: Manifestation — Expression

Your seed begins to show life above ground with the first leaves appearing. A time of expression and creativity. You find your life plan begins to take off allowing you to celebrate and have some fun.

Fourth Cycle: Testing Period — Examination

Time to build a strong stalk so your plant can withstand the challenges of nature. The previous cycle, due its creative influence, can leave you disorganized because you had so much fun. Therefore, build a strong stalk during this time period by organizing your life. This will help ensure your life plan is strong enough to continue and ultimately succeed in the 8th cycle.

Fifth Cycle: Rapid Growth — Change

Your plant starts to grow branches. New life appears. It's time to have your life plan branch out. But you also want to prune back unnecessary shoots in your life plan much like a gardener prunes back branches on his tree that are twisted, not needed or that hamper the main branches from growing healthy and strong. By pruning back the unnecessary shoots, you put all the energy into making strong shoots so you have healthy branches rather than weak and leggy.

Sixth Cycle: Budding Time — Decisions

You start to see buds appear on your plant. A time of hope and aspirations. You start to get a sense of the success that will soon come. It's as if it is spring time when you see the buds on the trees while knowing that after the bud comes the flower and we all know how beautiful flowering trees are.

Seventh Cycle: Blossom Time — Sabbatical

Your plant begins to flower and bloom. A peaceful time in life. Time to rest. Enjoy the full bloom of your life.

Eighth Cycle: Fruition — Reward

Time to take in the harvest as the flowers have turned to fruit. Reap the rewards of your life efforts especially financially.

Ninth Cycle: Harvesting — Reflection

Seeds drop. The seed you initially planted has come full circle. The plant is now producing its own seeds. Keep the best seeds and throw away the bad. This is a period of reflection.

View the Monthly and Daily Cycles chart.

Law of Growth governs growth and is bounded Time (Kala). Time is an expanding force that manifests as growth and disintegrating life and life forces.

Space (Dik) is known as the Realm of Cohesion and embodies the Law of Attraction.

Space is a realm or area encompassed by a contracting force drawing together atoms for incarnation or re–incarnation.

On the Wheel of Life, Time and Space are represented by the Nine Phases or States are best illustrated using the Plant Cycle.

Each incoming cycle has an influence upon the current cycle patterns. These influences are predictable and follow roughly the same pattern or transition times.

An incoming 1 Cycle begins to be felt in October.

An incoming 2 Cycle is felt to have an influence in December.

An incoming 3 Cycle is felt to have an influence in November. A 3 year hits its peak July 18th.

An incoming 4 Cycle begins to be felt in July. A 4 years hits its nadir or low on July 29.

An incoming 5 Cycle begins to be felt in late August.

An incoming 6 Cycle is felt to have an influence in December.

An incoming 7 Cycle begins to be felt in October.

An incoming 8 Cycle begins to be felt in late August.

An incoming 9 Cycle is felt to have an influence in December.

Some cycles can be more difficult and/or accentuated. In fact, any type of cyclic pattern, circadian rhythm or biorhythm can and will experience minor influences upon its normal curve or cyclic swing based on one's Soul Number.

Although the Soul Number is the most important, to a lesser degree, the Minor Lessons, particularly if one has an unbalanced name, can also be considered.

There's no such thing is the perfect number — each number has its pros and cons — and everyone will experience a more difficult cycle and an easier cycle. So think less in terms of being more difficult and more in terms of the cycle simply being accentuated.

Numbers encased in (brackets) indicate easier or alleviated cycles.

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. — Newton.

For whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. — Galatians 6:7

Sow a thought, reap an action,
Sow an action, reap a reaction.
Sow a reaction, reap a habit,
Sow a habit, reap a characteristic
SOW A CHARACfERISTIC, REAP A DESTINY — Hindu / Buddhist Axiom

Sanyassa Ashrama is from 81 years to the close of life or can begin upon choice at any time.

Great Outer Wheel = Birthpath, Soul Number or Life Lesson and encloses the three minor lessons which are in turn divided in three Karma Yuga cycles.

The Karma Yuga are all periods of 9 years.

Regardless of how small a thought or action may be, the Great Wheel of Life will always turn. Your thoughts and actions during the 9, 18 and 27 year Karma Yuga cycles of your First Minor Dharma Yuga (from infancy to the age of 27) is the Bramacharya Ashrama (Educative Period) and sets the stage for the Second Minor Dharma — the Grahasta Ashrama (Productive Period). The outer wheel represents the Sanyassa Ashrama and everything you do throughout your life will affect your Spiritual Life as determined by your Soul Number and Life Lesson Number.

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