by Roxana Muise 

The sixth anniversary of 9/11 is coming up, however there is another date you may find interesting.

September 9, 2007 equates numerologically to 9-9-9. Ninth month, ninth day, 2007=a nine year (2+7=9) the whole thing adds up to 27, which, added together =9. This is the first 9/9/9 day since 1998 (every 9 years).

A calendar date (just like a clock time) is an arbitrary number, supported by mass consciousness. The western calendar is used for business, economics and government, and also by western religions. In the Pythagorean number/numerology system, the number 9 is a number of completion, conversion and transformation. It is a number associated with the finishing up of old patterns and projects, in preparation to a different path.

Because mass consciousness supports this concept, we may all use the principle in our lives. And so, wherever you are, when the clock reads 9:09 AM on 9/9/2007**, the collective consciousness of our world will support you in a ceremony of endings. Plan ahead of time to focus on a project that you need to complete. Set up the chart ahead of time and compare it with your natal chart to see the possibilities for how you can consciously use those energies in your own life.

Each of the Arabic numerals denotes a sequential part of the life process. In numerology, we add numbers of items or issues (i.e. names, places, dates) to describe the part of the process with which we are dealing. However, nine is a number that is invisible - it does not contribute in a visible, corporeal manner. Number 9 is symbolic and intangible. It is a carrier, like a womb - or a catalyst, like an enzyme, or an intermediary, like a relationship. Nine has a symbiotic relationship with 8, which can offer the hope of successful action, or the perfection of the current level of involvement. When we reach nine, the perception is that we are faced with choice. Do we wish to advance to the next level or retreat and repeat the lesson to perhaps do it better? Since we cannot exactly repeat the past, we may become entangled in a repeating loop, where the concept is the same but there are different props and characters in our play.

Eight lays the groundwork for advancement. Look at the degrees of the eighth harmonic of a circle: 0, 45, 90, 135, 180, 225, 270, 315. Each of these number groupings add up to nine. In harmonic astrology, the eighth is the harmonic of action, a sub harmonic of the fourth - decision points (90 degrees). After we take action, we expect transformation, or a different outcome. If you doubt this, look at the work within Cosmobiology (Reinhold Ebertin), Uranian (Martha Taub), and Harmonic astrology (John Addey). Depth of personal interpretation is found in Vedic (many), Medical (Eileen Nauman), and even Sidereal astrology (witness the works of Garth Allen and Cyril Fagan). These charts are known as ninth derivative, novien, or navamsa (which means number 9 in Sanskrit). It is said that 9 contains the values of all the numerals. Add the number groupings of the ninth harmonic aspects: 40, 80, 120, 160, 200, 240, 280, 320, and 360. Interesting what is revealed: 280=1, 200=2, 120=3, 40=4, 320=5, 240=6, 160=7, 80=8, and 360=9.

In order for change to take place, an interruption of the old patterns is essential. This can take place by physical means, such as a transiting eclipse or occultation (such as the Moon occulting Saturn on September 9th) which momentarily cuts off the energy path from the eclipsed body. The principle of number is non- physical, and consciousness may be single, unique to an individual; or it may be shared consciousness, beliefs agreed upon unconsciously by many people. Such transformative changes are not always decisions made with awareness. How much better it might be to improve our awareness of shared beliefs.

And if you really wish to follow this thread, examine the mutual aspects between the 9/9/9 chart and your own natal. Then look within and beyond those charts by calculating the ninth harmonic of that local 9/9/9 chart. And while you are printing out all these charts, why not look at your own ninth harmonic chart, and/or the United States chart, etc.

I did, and found some fascinating areas for personal research.

By the way, transformation is one of the primary keywords for Pluto, previously known as our Solar system's ninth planet.

** You might also look at charts for 9:09 PM, and include the dates 9/18/2007 and 9/27/2007. Whatever consciousness supports avails us of tools for self-discovery and understanding.