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February 24, 2007

Age 8, 56, 104

EGO PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Cycle: energy/consolidation/change
Phase: ego
Phase Type: energy/consolidation/change
Year: ego
Year Type: change
Expression: immature personal development/proud personal development/philosophical personal development
Astrology: At 8 you're Aries-Sagittarius and energizing; at 56 you're Leo-Sagittarius and consolidating; at 104 you're Sagittarius-Sagittarius and changing.

8, 56 and 104 are wonderful ages to achieve all you've ever wanted to achieve. This is your year to develop yourself -- to take your ego one step further than simple aggression or pride. Self-development implies stepping outside your comfort zone -- having an adventure -- and this implies risk.

A typical scenario for an 8-year old is slipping out of the home at night to meet friends in the graveyard in order to prove his bravery -- not so much to his friends, but to himself. Adventurous, brave and risky deeds accomplished at 8, 56 and 104 boost our egos and are vitally necessary for our development. We want to be proud of ourselves.

At 56, some may seek to sail or fly around the world solo, others may seek cosmetic surgery. The ego is as much dependent upon personal appearance as heroic accomplishment, and cosmetic surgery is definitely the more risky. At another age, we would not dare.

At 8, 56 and 104 we throw caution to the wind and seek to do something outrageous or extraordinary. Ordinarily we'd say a woman of 104 making her first parachute jump would be foolish, but if she missed her magic chances of adventure at 8 and 56, she would be a fool not to grasp the last opportunity she has. She has to stretch herself, even if it lands her on a stretcher.

The lesson to learn from the year of ego personal development is to go for it! There are only three more years remaining in the ego energy phase, and you sense that time is running out. It is. After the 12-year ego energy phase ends, your focus moves from ego development to material development, and you will have to wait another 48 years to gain the sort of confidence, desire and downright dare devilishness that's necessary to get out there and climb that mountain, sail that boat or do whatever you have to do in order to be proud of yourself.

Don't let anyone or anything hold you back this year. There may never be another chance. Go for it!

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