Life Path 18: Its Meaning and Significance
You have a life path number of 18, which makes the number 18 one of the MAIN energies that guide and control your life.
Your life path number is also called your "karma number" because you will potentially have to go through all the aspects and live with the qualities that are the diametric opposite of the positive aspects of your life path number.
The balanced 18/9 is a natural leader with high levels of strength, integrity and wisdom. As a 9 you will always intuitively know what is right and how to lead others on a path of integrity - you are a SPIRITUAL WARRIOR at heart.
The opposite of these virtues are fear, weakness, dishonesty and lack of wisdom - so there may well be times in your life when you act from a place of fear, weakness, dishonesty and lack of wisdom.
A central issue is that of TEMPTATION. As an 18 it is TEMPTING to set high ideals and it is TEMPTING to BREACH those very ideals you set. It is almost as if the 18 is setting traps for itself - "let me make a rule for myself, break the rule and then punish myself for breaking the rule" - a pattern that repeats itself and can lead to guilt, shame and self-hatred.
HOW 18 APPLIES TO YOUR INNER LIFE
The inner life of an 18 person can be quite turbulent, with a raging battle between desires and principles.
Fear and guilt
With an 18, you may FEAR your own inner DESIRES - they can seem like energies coming from outside, trying to enslave you with their agendas. There is often a battle within the number 18 between the super-ego and the desires - it can resemble a Spanish Inquisition taking place in the theatre of your mind.
Hardworking
The high level of inner principle and sometimes almost religious fervour that often motivates the number 18, combined with the inner fear, guilt and anger, makes the number 18 extremely hardworking. 18 is a number that gives you the strength to potentially work 80-100 hours a week.
CHILDHOOD PATTERNS
A life path of 18 may have given you a difficult childhood. As part of the karma of 18 is strength and integrity, you may have experienced situations in your life that "forced you to be strong". Many people with life path 9 or basic vibration 9 have experienced serious bullying in their youth. With the number 18, the problem is compounded because the number 8 also brings a lot of karmic tests related to strength and self-confidence.
Bullying is one of the most severe tests of strength that a person can endure, which can lead to a deep sense of helplessness, fear, isolation and mistrust.
The inability to stand up for themselves in their formative years can leave 18s with a deep inner anger that can sometimes rise up and almost completely overwhelm them. Many 18s report being deeply surprised by their own anger, which seems to come out of nowhere and engulf them completely. It's no wonder that many 18s don't trust themselves when gut feelings are so prevalent. Feelings of helplessness, anger and revenge often play out in the mind of the 18, where the tormentors are duly punished.
To counter the inner helplessness, many young 18/9s have an inner fantasy life where they fantasise about gaining superpowers, punishing their tormentors and becoming heroes. Fantasies can include saving people from burning buildings or falling bridges. In the end, everyone claps and praises the 18/9 for being a hero.
For this is the path of the 18 - the path of the hero, with dangers lurking along the way - a path from WEAKNESS to STRENGTH.
CHALLENGES OF GROWING UP
Some of the biggest challenges 18 faces in adapting to the outside world are
- Anger management - when to use force and when to turn the other cheek.
- Which set of ethics to choose and live by.
- How to deal with deep feelings of fear, guilt and shame
- How to move from feeling victimised to taking positive action
- How to keep emotional states consistent and not swing between conflicting emotions.
- How to lead and guide others and not get stuck in one's own views, ethics and ego patterns.
RELATIONSHIPS
As a 18/9, your ideal partner is someone who respects your strength and can see your greatest potential as a spiritual warrior - a strong person who is not intimidated by your strength and is not easily offended. But also someone who can understand your depths, and who understands that you can sometimes carry a lot of guilt and fear. Such a partner understands that you have more vulnerable sides and that you may have been through a lot of trials, especially in your childhood.
For an 18 it can create such a deep level of love and trust when their partners don't take their outbursts of anger too personally - it can be such a relief because the 18 has often experienced hurting or driving people away because of their inability to control their emotions.
DEVELOPING YOUR LIFE PATH NUMBER 18
Finishing projects
Important for 18s is the ability to FINISH projects. This gives you a sense of self-confidence which then helps you to finish the next even bigger project. The trick is to take BABY STEPS. By accomplishing small goals at a time, much of the potential guilt of not living up to the ideals and goals can be averted. The 18 can help themselves by rewarding themselves when a small goal is achieved - this will make the journey much more fun and alive.
Follow higher laws
A great challenge for 18s is to find a set of divine laws and follow them, for 18s are BUILT to follow higher laws - but before following the law it is important to feel if you are READY to follow those laws and if they resonate with your whole being, otherwise you risk the aforementioned conflict between your ethics and your desires. A large part of the necessary inner work with the number 18 is to examine deeply the relationship between your principles and your desires. Where do your principles come from and do they serve you? Where do your desires come from and do they serve you?
For many 18s, their principles may be exacerbating their desires. The more "taboo" something is, the more INTERESTING it becomes. The 18 has a tendency to say "I should not [fill in the blank]", which makes whatever is in the blank more desirable. So in many cases the 18 needs to get rid of both principles and desires and live according to higher and less fanatical laws of nature, which give more breathing space and room to be human.
Humanitarianism
The highest potential of the number 9 is awakened by HUMANITARIANISM. The 9 is the last number of 1-9 and therefore potentially the wisest and most experienced. When you take this leap to the next level and become a person who focuses more on GIVING than on RECEIVING, the magical aspects of the number 9 come to the fore.
Developing the Spiritual Warrior
The number 18 is sometimes referred to as the SPIRITUAL WARRIOR, so a large part of developing the potential of the 18 is developing the attributes of the spiritual warrior.
Starting from the physical plane you can consider how to develop your warrior nature - being in good shape is very important for your self-development. Through practice you transmute and sublimate your inner fire and the energy of anger is transformed into willpower and focus.
Directly developing your fighting skills through martial arts, especially the more refined martial arts such as Kung Fu or Aikido, would be in complete alignment with your soul structure.
You can also develop the mental aspects of being a warrior - strategic thinking, business planning, deep thinking, etc.
Finally, you can develop your spiritual side through a disciplined meditation practice. The number 18 gives you the necessary willpower, focus and discipline to sit for many hours in complete physical stillness.
A deep and disciplined yoga practice would also be good for the 18 life path, where body, mind and soul are harmonised.
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