2- 18 - 1972 = 2 - 9 - 1 = 30/3
challenges: 7/8/1/1

personal year: 7

This year - as of your last birthday and until your next b-day is a quiet year for you. You should arrange for vacation time, time OFF from the usual routine and stress. Pay special attention to any health matters. Meditate and maintain your peace of mind. Let people know that you may be caving more than usual and that they shouldn't take it personally. Start studying something - this is a great year for doing some self-study, correspondance courses, or going back to formal schooling.

b-day 2004 starts 8 year - business concerns, competition
b-day 2005 starts 9 year - wrap up the last 10 year cycle, endings, awakenings. If you meet a partner this year, it may be "the one."
b-day 2006 starts 1 year- very challenging year. You must start new projects, maybe move, change jobs.

Born on the 18th day is quite challenging. That and the two 1 challenges tend to make you a person of extremes. Beware of getting caught up blindly in things. It's okay if you want to live a passion and gear your entire life towards that, just keep grounded.

When balanced and grounded, you're an excellent leader, teacher, counselor. When negative and challenged, you get into arguments, pick fights, or guilt trip people for not appreciating all you do for them, that kind of thing.

Beware of being too hypersensitive - use your emotional skills to help people, but always see yourself as a person of power no matter what your position. Approach things with the attitude of "what position gives me the most empowerment without denigrating anyone else?" In other words, take full responsibility for your actions and feelings. Don't say "you hurt me," say, "I allowed you to hurt me" or "I found what you did to be hurtful." You need to learn how to do these "I" statements, they are very empowering without accusing the other person. SEe the distinction?

An asertiveness training course would be great for you, as would the 7 habits of highly effective people. 9's have such potential but they get there the hard way usually.

Life lesson 30/3 can also make you very shy. You chose the challenge of being a person who expresses themselves creatively, and so this could be very easy for you or very difficult. You probably started out being quite shy but got into sports or something that you were good at so that helped you gain some poise and overcome shyness. If you become an artist, be sure to get a great agent who can speak for you. :)

Hope that makes sense! :)