The Turning of a Nine-Year Cycle: What 2025 Is Asking Us to See

Every year carries its own vibration, a frequency of light beneath the noise of everyday life. I’ve been a student of Numerology for 35 years and I’ve learned that the rhythm of our years follows a repeating nine-year cycle, each year carrying a distinct spiritual tone.

To find a year’s energetic signature, we add its digits together.

2025 → 2 + 0 + 2 + 5 = 9
2026 → 2 + 0 + 2 + 6 = 10 → 1 + 0 = 1

So, 2025 is a Nine year, a year of completion.
And 2026 will be a One year, a year of beginnings.

This dance from Nine to One is a time of contemplation.  What have you learned over the last nine years?  What will dream into being during the next nine? Let’s look a little closer.

The Meaning of a Nine Year

A Nine year is an ending. It feels like standing on a ridge at dusk and looking back over the landscape of the trail you’ve walked for a long time. You see the journey with new eyes. You feel the weight and the wonder of all that has happened.

Nine brings:

• Completion
• Integration
• Release
• Closure
• Reflection
• A soft invitation to let go of what no longer serves you

A Nine year says, “Honor what has shaped you. Bless what is complete. Let go of what no longer serves you. Make space for what’s calling.”

My Own Nine-Year Journey

Nine years ago, my father passed away. His leaving cracked the world open. I was fifty-six then, standing at a threshold I didn’t yet understand. Grief rearranged me. It softened my edges and sharpened my truth. It pulled me into the mystery of what it means to create safety for myself.

Life has stretched and shifted in ways I couldn’t have predicted.

I traveled across oceans and into ancient temples. I walked through sacred places very few people have experienced. All my children grew fully into their own lives. More grandchildren arrived, each one a small miracle with their own bright orbit.

Mark and I changed our work, our direction, our offerings. We kept moving forward when the road was dark – and it was really dark a few times.  We listened for what was next and we let go of what no longer matched our desires.

And now I find myself here, at the edge of a One year, wondering what the next arc of my life will reveal. Wondering what seeds want to be planted in this new cycle. Wondering where spirit will guide me in this next stretch of years.

Maybe you feel something similar.

Your Nine-Year Reflection

A Nine year invites all of us into reflection. You’ve lived a lifetime inside these past nine years. You’ve grown, stretched, healed, endured, loved, learned, stumbled, and risen. I invite you to pause. Ask yourself a few of these questions.  Journal about them or have a conversation with a friend.

Journal Prompts for Closing the Nine-Year Cycle

Looking Back

1. What were the defining moments of my last nine years?
2. Which experiences changed me the most, and how?
3. What did I grieve in this cycle, and what did I gain?
4. Which relationships shifted, deepened, or dissolved?
5. What strengths surfaced that I didn’t know I carried?

Honoring Completion
6. What is finished for me now?
7. What identities or roles am I ready to release?
8. What habits or patterns no longer match who I am?
9. What do I want to bless and let go of before stepping into 2026?

The One Year Ahead: Dreaming the Seeds

A One year doesn’t rush. It doesn’t demand immediate decisions or grand declarations. It begins like a soft snow fall in the winter, offering a subtle sense of possibility.

January to March is the Dreaming Time, the darkest time of the year for those on the northern hemisphere. These are the months when the inner world lights up, when imagination begins crafting the next nine-year arc.

During this three-month period, ask yourself the questions here.  Journal about them or speak with a friend.

Journal Prompts for Entering the Dreaming Time (January–March)

Softening Into Vision

1. When I imagine my life nine years from now, what feeling emerges first?
2. What new desires are tugging at my sleeve?
3. What parts of my soul are asking for more space?
4. What images, ideas, or callings have been quietly circling me?

Calling in the Next Chapter
5. What do I want to begin in this One year?
6. What three qualities do I want guiding the next nine years of my life?
7. What new experiences or relationships do I want to welcome?
8. Where am I being invited to grow?

Committing to My Future Self
9. What small ritual or practice can help me align with my next dream?
10. What would it look like to trust myself completely in this next cycle?

A Blessing for Endings and Beginnings

May the past offer its wisdom without weight.
May the future open its arms without fear.
May the Dreaming Time wrap you in quiet inspiration.
And may the next cycle rise like a dawn inside you, calling you into a life that feels sacred.