2020 Numerology: Overcoming Limitations & Strengthening Relationships

2020 Numerology: Overcoming Limitations & Strengthening Relationships

2020 is considered a sacred and special number within the realms of numerology and ‘angel numbers’. Such sequences of numbers are said to hold divine guidance and powerful energy, and symbolise a significant shifting point in life. 2020 is all about recognising your potential and moving beyond your current limits, especially with regard to the relationships you have with yourself and others.

We’ve probably all been there: standing at the precipice of another year, full of hopeful intentions and promises, plans and potential. A few days in and that ‘new year, new me’ resolution might still be going strong, but after a couple of weeks, it’s easy to slip back into old habits. That’s where the importance of 2020 comes in, and where we can use the powerful symbology in these numbers to guide us through the year.

In numerology, the number 2 represents harmony, relationships, duality and balance, and 0 represents everything and nothing simultaneously. 0 is the number of infinite possibilities, a sense of having a ‘blank slate’ to write our own destiny or indeed our own story upon. Combining 2+0+2+0 equals 4, the number linked to community. So, 2020 seems to be very much about releasing limits around the relationship we have with ourselves and our relationships with others. Do you feel limited in your relationship to yourself? Or perhaps a sense that something is preventing you from reaching your full potential with your community, friends and family? At a time when ‘social’ media is furthering isolation and loneliness in an already depersonalised culture, it seems fitting that right now is the time to reconnect with each other. Try these practices and rituals to cultivate more connection to yourself and others:

Journal:

Start this year by writing down your thoughts. It’s easy to let our worries and plans stack up in our minds, but when we translate them onto paper, we bring them out into the world and are much more able to work through them. Try making three lists: one of the things you want to achieve this year and the people you want to connect to more, one list of all the ways you’ve perhaps previously prevented yourself from reaching your potential and connecting to those people, and a final list of the things you can start doing to manifest great things in 2020, and move beyond those previous limitations. Putting all of this onto paper can help you observe the workings of your mind without getting caught up in thoughts or emotions.

Eye-To-Eye:

Rather than emailing or texting friends or colleagues, arrange to meet them face-to-face if possible. Having a physical conversation allows each person to harness deeper and more meaningful relationships, have more fulfilling conversations, and satisfy our human need for social connection. Plus, there’s less likely to be any awkward misunderstandings when you can tune into each other’s facial expressions and body language instead of reading short text messages.

Mudra Magic:

The elephant-headed deity Ganesh is the symbol of new beginnings and clearing limitations from our life path. Mudras are incredibly powerful tools to use in meditation or even throughout the day as a way to shift mindset. To practice Ganesh mudra. Clasp your hands together in front of your heart horizontally, pulling your elbows out to the sides. Visualise yourself overcoming any challenges you’re facing, or releasing any self-imposed limitations. Chant Ganesh’s mantra to invoke his obstacle-clearing energy; ‘Om gam ganapataye namaha’.

Let Go Of Your Story:

‘narrative becomes paradigm’ says Christopher Ryan in his new book Civilised To Death, and he’s totally right. The story we tell ourselves has a huge impact on the paradigm within which we live and view the world – whether that’s the “I’m unlovable”, “I’m not thin enough”, “I’m always stressed”, or the “I never get what I want” narrative. Once we’ve told ourselves that story enough times, it becomes ingrained within us, and we start actively living out that story. The more we live within the narrative of that story, the more we limit ourselves and squash any potential we might have of positive change. But knowledge is power. Once we’re able to observe the story we tell ourselves, it has less power over us, and we’re able to move beyond those limiting beliefs towards our full potential.

Self-Care:

The notion of ‘loving yourself before you can love others’ may sound like new-age self-help speak now, but it holds great truth. So much of the time, anger, resentment, irritability or disappointment we may hold against loved ones says more about how we feel towards ourselves than it does about them. Practise voicing how you feel, being honest and open, and actively practising self-care and self-respect in order to strengthen the relationship you have with yourself. From a greater relationship with ourselves, we begin removing the limitations around relationships with others.

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