You may have been a totally different person in your past life. But the decisions you made then can affect your life now.
Editor's note: This article was originally published on March 28, 2020. It has since been updated.
Your birthday isn't just a day of celebration. While it is a time to enjoy being surrounded by family and friends, the day you were born actually holds a deeper and more special meaning. It can say a lot about who you are, where your future is headed, and even what kind of person you were in your past life.
The term "karma" is used too often these days. What it essentially means is what you give is what you get. But it cannot be understood at its depth with this basic definition alone. Karma also includes life lessons that you need to learn to evolve and get closer to your Higher Self.
According to Gaia, in numerology, "it is believed that our souls are core, but our bodies reincarnate many times in order to further evolve." As we go journey along the path of evolution, our soul takes many forms in different lifetimes. The same soul comes back to earth to learn new lessons and gain deeper insights. Sometimes, along the journey, the soul learns through making mistakes, trials, and experiments. All of this constitutes the karmic debt. The experiences we must have in order to learn our soul lessons and move to the next step in consciousness. The karmic debt number reveals the kind of experiences we will have. You can find your number here.
If you have this number, you might find yourself constantly working hard to accomplish tasks or fulfill your dreams. You feel a sense of restlessness or "incompleteness." What can easily flow into your life seems challenging and obstacles often crop up without warning. You might see yourself playing the victim often and be absorbed by negativity. This could be due to a few life choices made in a previous lifetime. You may have sought immense control and perfection over harmony and peace, or you may have refused to value human connections over efficiency, or you might have gone through situations that left you constantly feeling helpless and alone.
There's a way to turn this around. The more you choose to trust life and the natural flow of energy, you will develop a sense of calm. Learn to appreciate the simple joys of life and be especially grateful for having your loved ones around and healthy. You will also learn to develop strong boundaries and say no when needed so that you take back your power and feel in control of your life. When an obstacle arises, step back and see what is the life lesson behind this new challenge. The more you understand that inner work and self-growth determines external success, the obstacles will reduce in number and you will attract into your life what you truly deserve.
If you have this number, you might find yourself feeling extremely powerless even in everyday situations. Whether it's emotionally or physically, you constantly experience a sense of lack of control in your life. This can leave you feeling unsatisfied and confused. You may tend to get into addictions as a means to escape the chaos. This karmic debt could be either due to having abused immense power in a past lifetime or lacking enough self-discipline to make use of your resources to grow and evolve personally.
In order to change this, you need to master these two skills: flexibility and focus. You need to learn, even in emotionally unstable times, to be objective in your approach and not let your feelings get the better of you. Similarly, you need to learn to adapt to people, situations, cultures, and times. Choosing harmony over stubborn beliefs and objective reasoning over emotional reactions can negate your karmic debt and lead to a fulfilling life.
If you have this number, you might be experiencing chronic loneliness and a sense of sorrow that comes from not being understood even by those who know you. You may also be one of those who is talented and has much potential, but somehow end up making choices that sabotage your plans to succeed, whether that be in career or relationships. This is because, in your past life, you might have either been a rather bit vain and untrusting of people, or you have gone through so much pain in a previous lifetime that you are afraid to make new connections in this life at a very subconscious level.
This debt can be a bit difficult to overcome, but if you can spend enough time watching your reactions, thoughts, insecurities, and feelings, you will gain enough self-insight to have a breakthrough. Learning to develop compassion is key to negate the karmic debt. But that doesn't just mean compassion for others, compassion for yourself, too. Understand that whatever you see outside is a consequence of deep-rooted beliefs you hold within about yourself and the world. And the sooner you dissolve unhealthy self-beliefs and assumptions about the world, the quicker you will heal.
If you have this number, you might find yourself unable to accept help, even when you're struggling. This can make you feel alone at times, yet your pride or belief that you need to be independent and strong at all times might not let you get anyone's help. This could be due to a few experiences in your past life. You might have had incredible talent, which put you in a position of power. However, you didn't use it to anyone except yourself. Now, in order to change this pain, you will have to learn give-and-take. Or, you may have gone through so much betrayal that you never trust anyone in this lifetime as well. But learning to receive is as important as learning to give.
You will have to not only be of service to others but also know how to accept others' support. Creating deep connections with others might be something you find hard or unnecessary when in fact your soul longs for it. Once you learn to trust people and have a healthy balance between giving love and receiving love, your soul will be free of this karmic debt.
References:
https://www.gaia.com/article/karmic-number-birthday-past-karmic-debt
https://www.ganeshaspeaks.com/numerology/karmic-debt-numbers/
https://www.worldnumerology.com/numerology-karmic-debt.html
https://medium.com/@OccultSpirits/karmic-debt-number-what-it-is-and-how-to-settle-it-367ff8e5c95
