Reflections at 39... Nothing was Random

The last decade through the lens of astrology & numerology

This is a reflective piece I’m writing under a week away from my 39th birthday.

My hope is for something to reveal itself to you from your last decade: soul lessons, synchronicities, universal messages, self-growth ...

I noticed an interesting alignment with astrology and numerology. I am no expert, but I have learned and integrated from many sources over these past years. This knowledge has supported me and my clients, with validation and vision.

Saturn Return - The soul initiation - When Saturn completes its orbit around the sun and returns to its same position around 29-30 years after you are born. Its return creates major life shifts. Saturn rules time and amplifies transformation as the planet of discipline, structure and responsibility. It brings about the lessons and growth we are meant to experience in a more linear timeline. I wasn’t aware it was happening!

At 29, I was 8 years working at the family’s business in NJ which just sold. After graduating in 2009 from a business university near Boston, the recession hit. I didn’t intend to work for family but ended back here with less job prospects. It was filled with familial complications and the reality of being a woman in a male dominant industry. On the flip side, I received many opportunities and new skill sets in business, sales, marketing, and proposals that I may not have learned elsewhere. My now husband and I were in a long-distance relationship while he worked his corporate job with leadership rotations in New England and the Tri-State. He was not keen to move to NJ, but he loved me and did it.

We had a beautiful loft condo there. It just never felt right, it lacked community, and most of my family left the business. I wrote a lot of poetry during this time journaling about challenges, new dreams and sometimes the symbolism of flowers and trees (you will get this reference below). One day we went to Asheville, NC for vacation and my husband received a call with an offer on a job he applied to in CT where he grew up. This moment changed our lives. We received the news in the gardens of the Biltmore mansion. This photo captured it.

In 2017 we relocated, uprooted and changed our path. New beginnings.

Numerology - is the philosophy that numbers carry more than quantities based on Pythagoras Theory. Numbers carry their own energies and vibrations, reflected throughout the universe, nature and humanity. These numbers reveal insights into life paths, personalities, destiny, experiences and more. Numbers 1 through 9 represent an entire beginning to completion cycle. The last decade since my Saturn Return in conjunction with numerology;

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Years 1-3 - 2017-2019 ~ New beginnings, Partnership, Creation

• Moved from NJ to CT

• Bought a home with one income. I had an offer, but it wasn’t official yet!

• Began my new career in corporate Aerospace

• Traveled a bit - Prague, Scotland

• Felt a spirit baby. Motherhood was calling me. Pregnant in December.

Years 4-6 - 2020-2022 ~ Foundations, Structure, Heart

• The pandemic

• The birth of our rainbow baby

• Being a new mother feeling isolated and overwhelmed

• A poetry book download

Years 7-9 - 2023-2025 ~ Reflection, Success, Completion

Return to Self & Self-Love, Death & Rebirth, Duality

• Became an Author publishing my poetry book, despite imposter syndrome

• Started becoming familiar with the concepts of Self-Love and do the inner work

• Became a Certified Self-Love Coach

• Launched my business

• Wrote my Children’s Book

• Lost two loved ones

• Multiple family traumatic events, injuries, health situations

• Saw my daughter enter Kindergarten

• FOUND SELF-LOVE

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This nine-year chapter since my Saturn Return led me to Self-Love. All paths led to Self-Love. To myself, my soul calling, my soul family. One of the greatest lessons I learned in motherhood was in connecting back to all parts of myself. The ones who felt broken. I never was. I know now I am whole. We are all whole.

Duality is the throughline. Through this cycle I experienced joy with grief, love and loss, fear and courage.

Here we are again in a one year approaching the 40 portal. It feels new and liminal. I started this Substack and launched my podcast. A new form of expression and initiation. My husband left corporate to run his family business. I am building my soul business and calling in my next spirit baby into the 3D. I don’t what this next decade holds. But I do believe in the blueprint. I am trusting.

None of this was random. All of this was my soul calling.

Reflect on your last decade and a soul growth lesson. Connect with me in messages.

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With Love & Gratitude,

Mel

Your Self-Love Coach & Guide