Challenge number is calculated by reducing the master number into a single digit number. Month of birth and Day of birth = 1st Challenge Number Day of birth and Year of birth= 2nd Challenge Number 1st and 2nd Challenge Number= 3rd Challenge Number Month of birth and Year of birth = 4th Challenge Number
THE MEANING OF THE CHALLENGES
Everyone is born with some weaknesses and strength. With the help of Numerology, these could be calculated for a person, which in turn would help convert weaknesses in to strength. We should always be working to improve ourselves by acknowledging the weaknesses and converting them into our strength in order to become a complete person. As we have to learn lessons throughout our life, there are four types of challenges to be faced. Some people have to face all four types of challenges while others may face same challenges. Throughout your life, you will face challenges on your life path to learn lessons. You must attend these lessons with specific characteristics of your challenge numbers and face the situations. All the four challenges, either same or all different will influence you during different periods of life, and they are required to overcome in the course of lifetime. Except the main challenge, which lasts from birth till death, all other challenges are not fixed.
Let's understand how to calculate Challenge number in numerology by taking an example-
Date= 16= 1+6= 7
Month= 9
Year= 1965= 1+9+6+5= 21= 2+1= 3
Life path= 7+9+3= 19/10/1
Age at which person will have first challenge = 36- LIFE PATH=36-1= 35
First Challenge = C1= Month - Date of Birth= M - D
Second Challenge = C2= Date - Year = D - Y
Third Challenge = C3= C1 - C2
Fourth Challenge = C4= Month - Year = M - Y
Let's find the Challenges of above Date of Birth i.e. 16/9/1965
C1= M - D = 9-7 = 2
C2= D - Y = 7-3 = 4
C3= C1 - C2 = 2-4 = 2 (2-4=-2 but -ve sign is not considered, hence C3 is 2)
C4= M - Y = 9-3 = 6
In this example, first challenge will occur at the age of 35, (0-35= C1)
second challenge period= 35+9= 44 ( at the age of 44 C2 will be at its high peak, 36 to 44 yrs age= C2)
third challenge period= 44+9=53 (45 yrs to 53 yrs age= C3)
fourth challenge period= stays for the rest of the life
C3= C1 - C2 = 2-4 = 2 (2-4=-2 but -ve sign is not considered, hence C3 is 2)
C4= M - Y = 9-3 = 6
In this example, first challenge will occur at the age of 35, (0-35= C1)
second challenge period= 35+9= 44 ( at the age of 44 C2 will be at its high peak, 36 to 44 yrs age= C2)
third challenge period= 44+9=53 (45 yrs to 53 yrs age= C3)
fourth challenge period= stays for the rest of the life
THE CHALLENGE PERIODS
THE FIRST CHALLENGE
It usually starts from birth till the age of 30 – 35.
THE SECOND CHALLENGE
It starts from 30 - 35 to 55 - 60.
THE THIRD CHALLENGE
As this is also called the main challenge, its effect would be felt throughout life. Mastering the main challenge would allow you to enjoy more control of your life. As is its main purpose, you would integrate the positive features of this challenge into your personality. Therefore, this challenge is considered a great reward too which may become a secret to your success.
THE FOURTH CHALLENGE
It starts at the age of 55 – 60 and its impact is felt strongly on our lives.
Challenges and their Descriptions
Challenge 0
The growth takes place without any particular obstacles as this is not a demanding challenge. There would be no particular or consistent challenge throughout this period. You need to be focused and stay focus with your highest ideals. There is a possibility to explore within yourself and discover the inner you.
Challenge 1
You need to become independent. You have to stand up for your rights and for yourself. You would face situations where you have to stand up for right or give in to other person’s demands. You will struggle to realize your will power and strength.
You need to trust your judgment and learn how to remain firm. So, be and individual and stop following the crowd. This lesson would teach you about the limits of your consciousness while you learn with trial-and-error method. You need to control your aggression and also not being intimidated by someone; control your anger and frustration until you are ready to act upon your deepest instincts.
You would develop into an individual with his own set of goals and innovative ideas. If you have 1s in your other core numbers then this lesson may not be strongly felt or difficult to learn.
Challenge 2
You merge in to crowd as you are over sensitive and aware of other’s expectations. Your over consciousness overwhelms you to avoid feeling exposed or visible. You become reserved as you fear gossips about yourself. As a result, you suppress your own identity as an individual.
Because of your hypersensitive, fearful, nervous nature and lack of self-confidence, you are likely to experience emotional turmoil. You should avoid jealousy as it can cause misunderstanding and pain. Sometime little things can hamper your growth as you are unable to overcome them.
The negative features of the challenge would force you to show your positive characteristics like intuition and awareness of good level. You can easily guess other’s feelings even before they can tell you.
You tend follow the emotional atmosphere rather than showing your inner strength to maintain character.
This challenge makes you understanding and compassionate; you have an enormous empathy for the inner turmoil of others and can do much good for people with emotional problems.
You can help others with their emotional problems as you have vast understanding of their feelings. The positive aspect of this challenge makes you compassionate and understanding.
Challenge 3
You are a critic of your own. You lack self-confidence and would rather suppress your creativity and individuality. Before you can make an impression, you start criticizing yourself which is far severe than others.
You feel alone and lonely due to which you rarely express your deep inside feelings. So, you try to cover up with humor or remarks. So, you play safe by indulging in superficialities and staying on surface of your emotions. You tend to make too many jokes and forced jovialities as you fear of social interactions. As a result, you strain your conversations.
You may indulge in writing, painting, singing, dance, acting, etc to express your creativity and imagination.
At the bottom of the challenge is an effort to bring out your true self. You will learn to truly value your own creative talents above anyone else's judgments. This must be viewed as a process of individuation, in which you become a whole human being, independent and free of the need to conform to others.
Your true yourself comes out as a positive aspect of this lesson. You would start appreciating your own talent and creativity and do not rely upon other’s judgment. As a result, you realize the importance of being individual and independent.
Challenge 4
You tend to be disorderly and disorganized. You are impractical and tend to fantasize about projects or possibilities that have little value or future.
You are not practical and may spend time fantasizing about possibilities or projects which are of no value or future. You could be confused, disorganized and disorderly. As a result, you are not able to finish projects or task. You lose the track ahead and your vision becomes chaotic.
You should learn to keep your surrounding neat and clean. Be efficient and should be aware of the details. You should learn the value of being practical and organized in your daily life as you are capable of both. This would get you the success at every level.
You need to be perseverant and face the challenge of building long lasting foundations for your life. You need to be determined in your efforts for future happiness. Shortcuts to fame would always backfire.
Challenge 5
You are in danger of becoming a rolling stone. Your desire to experience and enjoy life can overwhelm every other priority you have. Your need for freedom dominates you. You want to try everything and go everywhere.
You have a desire for freedom which could dominate your craving to experience and enjoy your life. You would like to enjoys everything and visit all the places. Because of this, you could become a rolling stone. So, you must not overly depend upon food, alcohol, drugs and sex; guard yourself against overindulgence.
You should learn to be tolerant and understanding which will help you establish and maintain long lasting relationships. You should avoid people who are mere company in your life.
You need to overcome your urge of change and bring disciple to your life. This will help you to stick to the projects and people rather than thinking of change as soon as situations are difficult or different.
Having fewer fives in your chart would make you over dependent on others and fear of change would not let go of situations or people. As a result you are held in the past and not able to grow. You should learn to be practical, take risks and be adventurous.
Challenge 6
Your challenge is to deal with distorted idealism. Your ideals are bit helping you to move ahead in life as they are unrealistic or too high. Due to this, you are not able to satisfy yourself in whatever you do or other’s do for you. You lack appreciation, so you are not able to enjoy the beauty in your life. In order to have clear view or perspectives, you need to let go off your rigid thinking. This will allow you to many good things that you receive.
This challenge is more about blinders as you are not able to broader picture due to which you think you know it all and have all the answers. As a result, you are not aware of the things which could help you.
You may need to work on your inner development which could be blocked by your urge for service to other.
You could feel that you are moral and know what is right and wrong. You may dominate others with your viewpoint. You also feel lack of thankfulness from others.
There would be occasions to help, teach and heal others. You need to be aware of your idealism and things which may stop you in your personal transformation.
Challenge 7
You do not easily believe on spiritual matters. You are very cynical of unproven things to you. You may find personal viewpoint difficult to understand the purpose of your life and peace of mind.
As you are not able to understand intellectual or rational thinking, you may block you’re your natural inclinations. You may repress the child within.
In order to avoid isolation and loneliness, you should find philosophy of your life or find a community which will help you to get your fundamental characteristics out and force them to be a part of you. Else all of your features like irrational, believing and holistic are being shut like spirit, humor, intuition and playfulness has been.
You need to have faith and learn that only a small portion of life is within the reach of our senses. The most part of the life is consisting thoughts, emotions, insights and love, which needs to be appreciated.
You may experience a transformation of deep and humbling inner being which is being trapped within inner you as you have too much pride.
Challenge 8
Your wish to attain financial wealth could block you from your other human characteristics and spiritual wellbeing. Your urge to make money could jeopardy the main priorities of your life.
In this lesson, you tend to suppress all of your other needs for your financial concerns which would influence everything you do. You are in danger of getting isolated from other parts of life while turning everything into gold.
You may be tempted to the path of ruthless and unscrupulous business functions as you may be obsessed with materialism. As a result, you may cross the limits of law and cause much misery to yourself and others.
You must realize that food is not the only achievement to live in a society. If you could overwhelm this challenge, you could achieve real spiritual and material balance in your life. You could become a powerful river which brings unlimited supply of resources and nourishment to all rather than being a lake whose resources are limited and is not supported for life for longer period.
Brief Description of Pinnacles and Challenges in Numerology
Challenge 0 = You are given new opportunities to start something fresh in your life, you can draw a new canvas of life
Pinnacle 1 = Leadership position, individual position, you will be able to portray yourself
Challenge 1 = you won't get opportunities to persuade yourself, you won't be able to stand on what you believe
Pinnacle 2 = Relationships will become better, sensitivity, intutive power will rise, get along with others, but progress will be slow
Challenge 2 = not good relationships
Pinnacle 3 = social life, money, strong communications
Challenge 3 = mind distracted, sacrifices in life
Pinnacle 4 = hard work, you will set a good foundation but will not get results immediately
Challenge 4 = hard work will increase, you won't be able to execute discipline
Pinnacle 5 = person turns restless for 9 years, all about travelling, every year something new happens (could be negative), a stable system is not achieved
Challenge 5 = inflexible period, circumstances will change but you won't be able to manage
Pinnacle 6 = responsibilities will increase towards home, support from governing boss, if you are in consultation, luxury based job or business, real estate job or business then it will be best period for you but if you are in other type of job then you may have to leave your job for the sake of family
Challenge 6 = weak body, no family bliss, disease, hypertension
Pinnacle 7 = you will get honor in life, rise in power of knowledge, if you don't have technical qualification and you are doing normal (non-tech) job then situations may arise to leave the job, relationships will also get disturbed
Challenge 7 = disturbed relationships, lack of money, misunderstood by others, exile from relationships for 9 years, you will not be analytical
Pinnacle 8 = opportunities of money, power and position but there will be stress also, you may also get hurt in accident in 8th year of this pinnacle
Challenge 8 = no money, power & position, no promotion
Pinnacle 9 = spiritualism, turmoil situations, may get job in foreign or get opportunities to travel abroad
Challenge 9 = heart attack chances, diabetes, overall stress, not able to take a decision
