7 LIFE PATH: The Analyst and (sometimes reluctant) Spiritualist
You were born to learn to have faith in yourself and in others. There is a lot of spiritual energy surrounding you, so you need a strong spiritual base. You would excel as a philosopher, analyst, or researcher because you’re always seeking truth and knowledge, and love delving into life’s mysteries.
You tend to devour information and excel when you’re able to consolidate meaning out of a stack of data and then share your findings with like-minded people. It’s as though you’re a character in the TV show The Big Bang Theory — a little geeky in your own charming way.
Do you feel as though you’re a little out of place in the world? Many 7 Life Paths feel as though they’re old souls who are here exploring the material world. You’re most often on a different wavelength than other people. You’re bright, intelligent, and intense. You’re good with technical problems, at writing, and in discovering things.
Do you feel intuitive? You have a natural intuitive ability that is in some ways at odds with your highly analytic mind. This can be a point of confusion for you. On one hand, you’re all about data, knowledge, and research, and you need accepted systems of thought to operate in your chosen realm.
On the other hand, you’re constantly receiving intuitive data that you can’t qualify or quantify and it may scare you. Either you block and suppress your intuition—which could lead to dissatisfaction and ill health—or you learn to respect and balance both aspects of your highly calibrated mind.
Perhaps you experience the opposite: You fully embrace your psychic awareness and refuse to use your grounded, analytical abilities.
Either way, inviting both aspects of your cognition (analysis and intuition) to co-exist and co-create can have a profoundly positive impact on your life.
Really, at the end of the day, yours is a highly internal journey where you’re primarily purpose is to get to know who you are in the deepest, most authentic and soulful way. And this will take a lifetime. Because of the push-and-pull between your belief in hard data and your intuition, it’s important for you to take time alone periodically to regroup.
In Numerology, the 7 is the number of contemplation and of being alone. Often those on a 7 Life Path prefer to spend good portions of their lives on their own.
Meditation is imperative. Nature is rejuvenating. You flourish and relax when you connect with the environment in some way. You need consistent exercise to move your energy around as well. Self-care is necessary for you to have a balanced life.
In healthy, loving relationships, you tend to be honest, loyal, and direct. Even so, you often have trouble being supportive or praising your partner. This behavior is based on a fear that your loved ones might realize you’re not “good enough” for them and will leave you. The irony is that if people do leave it’s because they feel undervalued and neglected.
You’re learning how to connect emotionally, both to yourself and to other people.
You can have a sharp tongue, so you need to think about your style of communication and the goals you have for communicating. You tend to get stuck in your head. You’ll over-analyze everything and every situation.
You’re also not always the best at understanding people’s wants and needs. You have an air of secrecy about you and enjoy a sense of mystery. You’re often a classic introvert.
You may appear aloof to others, yet you are simply observing the world and processing it in your own way. If you don’t operate with the higher-level vibration the 7 Life Path Number brings with it, then you’re probably exhausting to be around because you will focus on petty things and can appear to be somewhat shallow.
In some ways, it’s as if you’re visiting the planet because you really don’t feel as though you’re from here. If you lack the anchor of solid spiritual beliefs, you’ll attempt to escape the rather mundane routine of daily life. When you’re off track and lack psycho-spiritual resources, you’re drawn to drugs, alcohol, sex, excessive travel, or overwork.
Powerful intuition, refinement, science, and philosophy are your strengths in a lifetime optimally devoted to study and inner reflection.
Common threads when a 7 Life Path is working with optimal energies are being attuned equally to intuition and intellect, wisdom, being at peace with yourself, and not being afraid of opening up emotionally to others.
Your Life Path Explained
How to calculate your Life Path Number
If you’re only going to know one number in your entire Numerology Chart, I’d recommend that you know your Life Path Number.
This number is derived from your birth date and indicates your ultimate life’s purpose. Knowing your Life Path Number gives you solid direction about what you’re meant to be doing in your life.
Yet also understand that what we came here to do will always be the most difficult thing for us to do. That’s why it takes a lifetime! Why would you sign up for a degree program where you’d already earned a Doctorate? You’re here to learn something new and your course requirements are revealed to you through your Life Path number.
Always know that the key themes of your Life Path number indicate exactly where you’ll experience challenges and difficulties throughout your life as you go about learning to acknowledge and master your life’s purpose.
First you need to know your Life Path Number. See how to calculate yours with the example below.
Calculate your Life Path number:
EXAMPLE:
DECEMBER 6, 1942
- DECEMBER is the 12th month: = 1 + 2 = 3
- The day of birth is 6: = 6
- The year of birth is 1942. Add all four numbers together: 1 + 9 + 4 + 2 = 16; continue adding until you get a one-digit number:
1 + 6 = 7
We now add the resulting single digits.
Month = 3 Day = 6 Year = 7
3 + 6 + 7 = 16 (16 is a Karmic Number; see this post for more on the Karmic Number 16/7)
In Numerology, you always keep adding until you reach a one-digit number.
1 + 6 = 7
The Life Path Number is 7