NUMEROLOGY: Life Path (Part 3 – Karmic Debt #13)

This is a continuation of a previous post: NUMEROLOGY: Life Path (Part 1) and NUMEROLOGY: Life Path (Part 2) so please consider reviewing those first if you have not already. Since the Life Path is considered the most important number of one’s Numerology profile, I did additional research online and sourced all of the information below from many different websites.

As a quick recap, the Life Path or “Destiny” Number eludes to what one is destined to be, do and face in this lifetime and understanding your specific number provides an opportunity for greater self-awareness, which may help better navigate life. It is calculated by reducing the sum of the entire date of birth to a single digit, but can be done in one of two ways, which may result in a karmic debt or master number that should be reviewed differently than the single digit sum of both numbers. With one calculation method, my Life Path number results in 31 or a Life Path 4, which was described in detail in the previous 2 Life Path posts. The other calculation resulted in Karmic Debt Number 13, which also does sum up to 4, but since some believe that both Karmic and Master Numbers should not be reduced, I wanted to do more research on it to see if this other calculation method is accurate.

For those who are not already aware, Karmic Debt is based on the foundation of reincarnation and the belief that bad actions in a past life is carried into the current life as a lesson to learn. The ideal goal is not to make the same mistakes from past lives, learning and growing from it so that the karmic debt is “paid” and the soul may move on to the next lifetime without it or hopefully evolve so as to not even need to reincarnate at all.

The 13 Karmic debt number is associated with several negative traits:

1. Laziness – Likely did very little in past lives by taking advantage of others and avoiding one’s duties and responsibilities.
   a. The karmic lesson in this lifetime is to be determined to work hard in a disciplined manner without procrastinating, often requiring to tap into courage as one struggles to achieve success while often encountering many obstacles and problems. Those with this Karmic Debt Number can’t give up no matter how beaten down and frustrated they may become and need to fight constantly and consistently to achieve happiness. Yet they must also strive to find balance between work and relaxation.
   b. Throughout my life I have always had the sense that I had to work much harder than others to get to the same level as them. This started since I was young in school, not feeling as smart as my classmates and needing to study long hours afterschool to make sure I understood everything. That practice only seemed to be magnified in my career noting many times I would be the one working 15-18 hour days, and noticing my colleagues didn’t often match that, wondering if I was simply unlucky to always have the more difficult and problematic projects or accounts. It has only been within the past year that I have taken actions to implement more balance between work and my personal life. Though I can’t say the time taken away from work is usually to relax, but rather focus on working personal goals, such as writing every single night. I know that I must still work on having down time to rest and recharge.
2. Blaming or hurting others – Because of the aforementioned characteristics in past lives, blaming and hurting others was another wrongdoing in a past lifetime.
   a. The karmic debt that must be paid in this lifetime for this is to take accountability for all decisions and actions, accepting the ramifications and outcomes with grace. One way to avoid hurting others is to ensure learning how to say no when it is likely that a promise cannot be fulfilled for any reason. Being of service to others, helping to lift them up in some way should be part of one’s life’s purpose.
   b. I do believe I am accountable in my life, however saying “No” has, until only recently, been something that I was never able to do. Because I always said yes, especially at work, I put myself in the position to be a workaholic and not have balance, which I am slowly changing. And in time, as I find my life’s purpose, I do hope that it will in some way result in being of service to others.
3. Negativity
   a. There is a probability of a negative self-image, due to not being successful, which results in a belief that they are incapable of being able to accomplish their goals. Those with this karmic number may feel they cannot discover their own talents, resulting in them trying many different jobs and interests without every feeling they have found their niche. However, the karmic lesson in this lifetime is to master positivity in all aspects, especially in actions and speech, thinking before speaking to avoid being overly critical, judgmental or harsh, so that the result lends to supporting and helping others instead of hurting others mentioned in the previous item.
   b. I’ve mentioned my negative self-outlook in many other posts, so I won’t belabor that here. After over 2 decades of working, I am only realizing now that writing is one of my talents. And if you looked at my resume, you would see that I have tried so very many jobs because I could never seem to find one that I really feel like I belong in. I have held Accounting, Finance, Legal, Marketing, Operations, IT/Technical Support, Sales, and Human Resources positions. I am one of the most negative people I know and have long realized this is not to my benefit. It is only through my recent spiritual journey that I have even attempted to address this side of me, not only in my thoughts by carrying out actions as if I expect a positive outcome, which is so out of my normal character.
4. Selfishness and lack of self-control – Chances are the past life was focused only on things that brought pleasure, not knowing when to stop resulting in over-indulgence and purposefully not taking on responsibilities (probably because of #1 above!).
   a. The current lifetime may be challenged with being overly controlling, demanding, rigid, and stubborn, all of which need to be carefully regarded and changed to the opposite positive characteristic.
   b. The karmic lesson to be learned is to focus and concentrate on being more responsible, one area at a time, in an organized and in a more self-limiting manner that focuses on others instead of self, without multi-tasking or prioritizing pleasure. Working on too many different projects or multi-tasking, without laser focus on one thing through to completion, will waste energy and result in failure. One must understand it is about quality, not quantity and decide on one project, start it, commit to it wholly and work on it solely until completion, before even contemplating the next project.
   c. After reading this one, I forced myself to pause and look at my current daily life more closely. I had complained to several people today alone that I was exhausted because I am busy trying to do so many different things and don’t have enough time in the day to do everything I want. I am notorious for starting project after project, yet never really completing anything and I fear I am putting too much on my plate that I am setting myself up for failure and exhaustion. Aside from my day job, I am trying to draft, edit, and prepare blog posts for publication which take on average at least 5 hours per post then record, edit and prepare podcast episodes for publication and post both on social media, do spiritual work which ideally would include running energy, meditations, affirmations, ho’oponopono, gratitude, manifestation work, Feng Shui, and learning new spiritual practices, read one of my many books on my bucket list, cook and eat healthy meals and any other regular life stuff like doing laundry, dishes, cleaning, going through personal email, etc. In a recent post, I indicated I want to start training for the 10K in December, write a novel and start a second podcast in the next 2 months. I can’t see how I can add all these things when I am already only getting about 6 hours of sleep on a good night. So as a result of this post, I am nixing the goal of writing a novel in the month of November and putting that on the backburner. This decision does not feel good, but I know it is the right decision until I can finish the 111 blog posts goal that was set at the beginning of this year.

One website’s advice for those with this karmic debt number says, to have the courage to be sincere and utilize a direct, open and organized approach in understanding self, passions, goals, and beliefs to achieve inner balance which leads to having the strength to accomplish finding one’s purpose in life.

Another website mentioned 13 represents the following: Brings good luck, prosperity, growth and change in a self-focused manner to work hard on oneself, which leads to a positive outlook, thoughts and ultimately to the right path in life. Those with Life Path 13 are natural leaders/teachers who are honest, speak their truths, have an open mind, strong intuition, are very creative and a great friend who is always there for others, wanting to make a difference in the world. If spiritual growth is neglected, then the universe will send challenges, problems and obstacles to redirect one towards it.

After doing the research and really absorbing the knowledge of everything I had written, I personally believe this other calculation method is accurate. While my last two posts on Life Path Number 4 all resonated very much so, I do think that Karmic Number 13 applies to me, knowing that those with Karmic Debt or Master Numbers will also have the characteristics of the single digit of the sum of the double digit number.

I now have better insight on exactly how to focus and direct my energy to maximize paying the karmic debt I owe from my past lives, so that I may ultimately achieve the goal of happiness, by being successful in discovering my life purpose that helps others.