by Carol Adrienne

 2011 was a 4 Universal Year

(2011 = 2 + 0 + 1 + 1 = 4 Universal Year)

The past year of 2011 has brought to our notice world-wide events that seem to match the numerological qualities in the number 2, 0, and 11.

The millennial number 2 will continue to try to teach us the value of cooperation, patience, and peaceful living.

Intellectual Curiosity and Breakthroughs

The 0 of 2011 will continue for many years to highlight various cultural ideals to which our human race can aspire. Spiritual teachings, which may seem to get lost in our materialistic endeavors, remind us that that life on Earth is more than just a physical, mortal existence. While many may not yet be ready for the idea of karma and reincarnation, science has helped us evolve our thinking to recognize the mysteries of the nano world, and genetic patterns. The search for ever smaller particles helps connect us to the invisible world from which our life springs.

Critical Mass and Shifts in Perspective

The 11 of 2011 is a master number called the Iluminator and the Inspirer. It often brings sudden outpourings of activity or emotions. No better event—of an extremely unfortunate nature—could have been found in 2011 than the terrible Japanese earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster. The 11 literally shook our foundation, not only in Japan and the immediately affected area. The tragedy also illuminated and changed the thinking of governments in other countries as to the potential danger of nuclear energy. The events and the aftermath and the strong spirit of the Japanese survivors inspired everyone in the world. We saw our vulnerability as very real.

Strengthening our Global Network and the Need for Common-sense and Austerity

Since 2011 added up numerologically to the number 4, we saw a strong demand for common-sense and practical decisions. Suddenly a call for austerity and reorganization came from many countries in the Eurozone, such as Greece and Italy. The economy of United States also fell prey to out-of-control spending, bad loans, and crushing debt.

2012 is a 5 Universal Year

(2012 = 2 + 0 + 1 + 2 = 5 Universal Year)

Not an End but a New Beginning with an Avalanche of Change

What might we expect, then, from 2012?

Many people will secretly wonder if--or fear that-- the ancient Mayan predictions of the end of the world will prove true, specifically on December 21, 2012.

Numerologically, 2012 adds up to the number 5—the number most associated with change and the need for adapting to changing conditions.

I don't believe that the world is literally going to end.  However, uncertainty is sure to increase. Government leadership is even now in flux in many countries, including the United States. The spirit of revolution begun in the Arab worlds will continue to flare up in other disenchanted groups of people—especially young people--in such protests as Occupy Wall Street.

The year 2012 is a time to break through complacency and denial.

Increased population (which just hit the 7 billion figure in 2011), dwindling resources, increased consumerism, and on-going conflicts will continue to require our most creative and inspired solutions.

The 5 Universal Year Encourages Adventure, Exploration (Space?), Competition, and Experimentation.
Due to shifts in power and known and unknown environmental stressors, 2012 will likely continue to foster economic volatility and unemployment. Industries and institutions will continue to be forced to confront outmoded beliefs and operating systems.

While the 5 Universal Year calls for increased individualism, progressive ideas, and adaptability, the freedom to bring ideas to market may, ironically, be somewhat limited.  New solutions for drought zones, dwindling energy supplies, hunger, and other environmental issues will come to the fore, but increased corporate and governmental authoritarianism may slow implementation and progress.

Issues of Individual Freedom and Instant Communication

The 5 Universal Year will put personal freedom front and center.  We will begin to wake up to where our personal data is being monitored as we make on-line purchases, use computers, cell-phones, and social media. 

The Internet, despite its capacity to invade our personal freedom, has also come along at exactly the right time to meet our psychological demand for instant info, sharing personal on-the-spot observations, and tuning into what's happening. We don't wait anymore for the morning newspaper.

Picking up the Pace

This is a year to rock and roll and boldly go into unfamiliar territory.  In physics, no energy is wasted. Problems activate the need for better solutions.

During 2012 we may find that more people must migrate in order to flee areas of environmental or climate change or be able to access emerging opportunities for work.

People will invent new services, products, and occupations, and entrepreneurial activity should increase.

As people look for ways of being more self-sufficient and less dependent on a government they no longer respect, they may increasingly decide to raise some of their own food, start community projects, or buy energy efficient vehicles.

Companies will find it expedient to cooperate with unlikely partners, conserve resources, re-invent methods, recycle wherever possible, and work with economies of scale.

Crises will stimulate opportunity and catalyze the development of new methods and techniques. Even now some diseases are responding to gene therapy, and the miracle properties of algae are being studied.

The year 2012 is likely to explode with a quickening of intellectual and technological development that is no longer limited to the developed world. In fact, real innovation is more likely to be found in emerging economies, whereas older economies will be struggling to stay current. Even now farmers in India are checking agricultural prices on their smart phones, and African women are cooking over solar stoves and working to bring clean water to their families.

At this moment, somewhere a genius is being born, and a young woman is starting her own business.