Weekly Numerology: The 53rd Week of the Year...

We have always been sold that there are only 52 weeks in a year. However, what we are not taught in school is that the week actually begins on Sunday, and no solar calendar year has the perfect amount of days to fit into 52 weeks. In saying this, the first Sunday in January doesn't officially begin until next week.

It's the 53rd week, and 53 reduces to an 8. The number 8 is related to the planet Saturn and the archetypical vibration of "Strength". It is a powerful threshold and liminal pause between energetic cycles. Before the "Wheel of Fortune" spins our 2026 destiny into action, we have this last and final week (or several days) of the year to master the moment and take in the year-end with clarity, understanding, and inner reflection. We end the year with "Strength" in our sense of self and in knowing who we are and what our intentions are for the future. This archetype reflects self-mastery, responsibility, the wisdom we gain from our experiences, and healthy boundaries. Saturn slows us down long enough to help us stabilize our lives, align to our will power, and claim our discipline to live in the heart-centered way we were destined to experience. Through trust, patience, honesty, and inner power, we are able to tame the inner lion and claim our happiness and personal authority of our realities.

Now more than ever we are being asked to stay present in our realities and not lose ourselves in the fears and worries of the world. By accepting ourselves for both our strengths and weaknesses, we lose the need to hold regrets of the past our attachments to what "should've been", and instead push forward into happiness and self-fulfillment. When no one else has a say in our choices, and we have the time to make positive decisions for our own lives, then what do we lean upon? What is our personal truth? Saturn helps us build structures around our dreams in order to stay on track in the creation of the life we've always dreamt of. This is the perfect week to go inside and align to our higher self by choosing Love and self-healing when faced with obstacles, delays, or challenges on the road to our personal transformation. True "Strength" comes from within, and this "extra" week of the year offers another opportunity to fine-tune, connect, and align to the higher truths that dwell within.