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Chapter Twelve: Core Companions: Bridge Numbers
Bridge Numbers indicate the methods by which you can increase the compatibility and integration of your individual core numbers. These numbers serve to bridge the gap between the Life Path and Expression/Destiny number, as well as the Heart's Desire/Soul Urge and Personality number.
Life Path/Expression (Destiny) Bridge
The Life Path/Expression Bridge Number details how you can make your talents, strengths, and specific abilities (Expression number) more easily applicable and fitting the needs of your main lesson(s) and expected avenue of growth (Life Path).
Heart's Desire(Soul Urge)/Personality Bridge
The Heart's Desire/Personality Bridge number explains how you can make your deeper self - your needs and desires, your true nature - more aligned with the part of your personality others tend to recognize when they meet you. With a little exaggeration, you could say that your Personality number is somewhat like your mask. It is the more superficial you; a protective shield and a camouflage of the deeper you. You can easily imagine how much more comfortable, and less self-conscious, you will be when your deeper and more real you is closer and more fitting to the outer personality you show on a day to day basis.
NOTE: The number zero has different interpretations depending on which bridge number you are assessing. All other numbers 1-8 share the same interpretation but should be applied to the corresponding core numbers appropriately.
ZERO LP/Exp Number(0): Your Life Path and Expression numbers are the same digits, a fortunate opportunity to gain ground in the areas of life expressed by the repeated number. However, if your Heart's Desire and/or your Personality number are also identical to your Life Path number and your Expression number, you may be somewhat disproportionate and skewed. The characteristics of this repeated number may be excessively pronounced in you. Read your Life Path again, and ask yourself if you have not focused too much on the aspects described, at the cost of a more balanced approach.
ZERO HD/Pers Number(0): The single digit values of your Heart's Desire number and your Personality number are the same. With you, what you see is what you get. You easily make people feel comfortable around you. However, if your Life Path number or your Expression number are also identical to your Heart's Desire number and your Personality number, your chart may be somewhat off balance.
ONE (1): You are advised to depend on yourself more - use your own strengths and abilities to make decisions. Be barefaced and candid when expressing your thoughts and feelings. Take hold of the reigns and be the leader more often. Kick convention out the window, get off the beaten path and find original ways of doing things. And while you're at it, don't force yourself to fit the expectations of others - kick those out the window too.
TWO (2): You are advised to hone your skills of receptiveness, increasing your ability to sense the needs and expectations of others and responding to them with cooperativity and understanding. Attempt to make things run smoothly by keeping the peace and remaining rock-steady. Use your diplomatic ways to avoid confrontation while influencing those around you.
THREE (3): You are advised to have some fun! Don't let yourself get wound too tight or extended too far. Direct some of your generosity toward yourself and release your inhibitions by expressing creativity in performance art or writing. And while you're developing faith in yourself, let go of your fear of judgment and communicate your deeper feelings to those close to you.
FOUR (4): You are advised to stop being a procrastinator! Focus your energy by using a methodical and practical approach to your life's endeavors in order to avoid chaos. Get back to basics, work on simple things like punctuality and reliability, and get to know your true self through physical and outdoor activities.
FIVE (5): Only the combinations 6 and 1, 7 and 2, 8 and 3, and 9 and 4 can cause this Bridge number to appear in your chart. All fives are required to be more flexible and adaptable, adventurous and unconventional. However, the combinations indicate rather different requirements, and are therefore listed separately. Check your Life Path and Expression numbers to see which one of these combinations applies:
Combination of 6 and 1:
You are advised to reconcile your tendency to orient yourself on the extremes of selfish behavior and self-sacrifice, serious dutifulness and neglect of your responsibilities. Strive to be more independent, preventing yourself from resorting to a codependent existence.
Combination of 7 and 2:
You are advised to reconcile your inner conflict between your need of love and attention and your desire for privacy. While this conflict makes you somewhat disharmonius, you are also potentially gifted, a result of the combination of analytical power (7) and intuition (2). Learn to not take criticism too personally, while disregarding your tendency for self-pity.
Combination of 8 and 3:
You are advised to use your playful, outgoing creativity in a business- and goal-oriented manner. Do not suppress your creativity in order to further your career or business. You will actually be more successful if you can balance and incorporate the two.
Combination of 9 and 4:
You are advised to get a good grasp of the "big picture," becoming more aware of world issues, like humanitarian, political, and environmental matters, instead of focusing on petty details of trivial occurrences. Increase your tolerance and flexibility, and stop clinging to rigid dogmas and ideals or you'll never follow your dreams. Likewise, you'll never reach them if you allow your tendency to waste time and potential hold you back.
SIX (6): Only the combinations 7 and 1, 8 and 2, or 9 and 3 can cause this Bridge number to appear in your chart. All sixes must bridge the gap between their numbers through service and responsibility to others, giving of yourself to your family, friends, and community. In these endeavors, allow your creativity to flow more freely and you will find them more rewarding. Check your Life Path and Expression numbers to see which one of these combinations applies:
Combination of 7 and 1:
You are advised to follow the above recommendations, despite your generally harmonious nature. This combination often creates eccentrics - people who are highly inventive and unconventional.
Combination of 8 and 2:
You are advised to accentuate the positives of this combination, while eliminating the negatives. So what is the positive? Your innate ability to step into a leadership position ready to diplomatically negotiate any dispute. The negative? Your tendency to be a bit critical and over-sensitive, coupled with your inconsistency in financial matters results in broken relationships -friendly, romantic, and business.
Combination of 8 and 3
You are advised to apply your artistic creative talents to the fullest extent. Do not suppress them, or you will miss out on a true gift to inspire and motivate large groups of people.
SEVEN (7): Coming from either 8 and 1, or 9 and 2, this number urges you to spend more time and effort on spiritual matters. Check your Life Path and Expression numbers to see which one of these combinations applies:
Combination of 8 and 1:
You are advised to diminish your focus on and attachment to the material world - money, status, goods, or you will forever be vulnerable to the temptations of material matters.
Combination of 9 and 2:
You are advised to become more humble and not allowing yourself to think that you are a saint simply because you spend a great deal time and effort on the well-being of mankind. If you allow yourself to be righteous, your mind will be clouded by prejudice, arrogance, and indifferance - all of which will pose an obstacle in what you are trying to accomplish.
EIGHT (8): You are advised to learn early the function of money - it is nothing more or less than a tool for trading. Do not allow yourself to become obsessed with personal success and wealth, but on the other hand, don't allow your idealistic notions to cloud your practicality and cause you to disregard and dislike money. This combination is often successful at finding a middle ground between these two extremes, becoming a very ambitious humanitarian who has the potential to do very well in the corporate world, or any career that offers international connections and activities.
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