"great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds"
- Einstein
Artemis, your Life Path of 7 ...
You are a reserved, analytical and peace-loving soul who is blessed with intuition and intelligence. Your ability to concentrate, learn and absorb information far outshines other numbers and you often excel at all forms of scholastics. Usually your intellectual prowess as well as the clarity and foresight of mind is very evident to others at an early age.
However, at the same time you are also a very spiritual number. This is because you believe whole heartedly in the relationship between Mother Nature and science. This is part of your inquisitive nature and determination to get to the bottom of what makes the world tick.
You dislike braggarts, gossips and neurotic individuals and find socializing difficult. This is because you can barely hold back your contempt of other people, who are often, indeed acting like fools. You dislike crowds, noise and confusion, so others are more likely to find you watching television at home rather than attending a big sports events.
As you are so intelligent and intuitive, you almost always end up being in the right place at the right time. Number 7's tend to excel at any career that they choose as they have the discipline and mental power to master anything in half the time of the other numbers. As they are so smart, they are also often very good with money and never make the mistake of letting compound interest work against them. If you are a seven then you are the number that is probably the most reluctant to lend or borrow money.
Your mind works at the speed of lightning but often this makes it difficult for you to be understood by others. Others simply cannot evaluate or analyze information as fast as you. Some 7's have such quick minds that they have difficulty expressing themselves. One of your life path challenges is to learn how to slow down and accommodate those that may not be as smart as you but may offer you emotional rewards in your life.
* "slow down and accommodate ..."-- tehee, what a sacrifice!
The fact that you are so easily misunderstood makes social and love situations very challenging for you. Usually 7's suffer a great deal of rejection from their peers as they are seen as contemptuous and aloof. Overcoming shyness is also a common problem for sensitive 7's who can't understand why others don't appreciate how smart they are.
You are not likely to have a wide circle of friends, but once you do accept someone as your friend the bond is usually for life. The same thing goes for your love life. It is not unusual for a seven to go their entire life without a partner simply because you cannot relate to the emotions and drama that accompany most relationships. This causes you to appear self-centered to others as you opt to spend your time on more interesting subjects.
* :-) .. yes, "on more interesting subjects" indeed, lol!
some friends accuse me of being cold and unemotional just because i really can't stand their indulgence in too much drama, and the melodramatic movies they love to watch.
As emotions are very trying for your brilliant mind, you may find yourself feeling very unbalanced when you are in a relationship. More than any other number you are very prone to negative codependent behaviors such as obsession or acting out fears of abandonment on a partner. For this reason many close personal relationships don't often last.
* emotions very trying for my brilliant mind? tell me, is this a curse?
* close personal relationships don't often last? not very true in the past but possibly from now on as I have been discovering more of myself :-)
You are happiest when you are alone to pursue your innermost thoughts and inner dreams. You may also be interested in the occult or metaphysical matters as well as science, anthropology, archaeology and religions. Many number 7's are great music lovers as it is an art form that blends math with spiritual qualities.
*... i'm a music lover though i'm not a musician. the math they teach in school (or maybe how they teach it?) is not loved by me. the rest of the description is 99.9 % correct.
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there was once a friend of mine who is exceptionally brilliant. his Life-Path too, is number 7. though he is a genius and has a very strong character, he treats people really harshly - in the way he talks to them. i felt sorry for these people so i told him to be more compassionate; to be more accommodating and tolerant of the weaknesses of others. what is being a genius for if not accompanied by compassion and understanding of the different Life-Path of others?
i reminded him Jewel's song: "in the end, kindness is all that matters."
his response was something i did not expect. he posed the question:
"is the strong gonna stoop down to the level of the weak?"
he says that it serves the weak better to look to the strong, for challenge and motivation. so they could strive to strengthen their character and upgrade their level of intelligence. he said that he is being severe with the weak because he wants to challenge them and mold their characters - that he is acting as a "worthy opponent" to the warriors who take the challenge. and that by being a worthy opponent, he is in fact being compassionate.
his words made sense to me as it reminded me of Carlos Castaneda's worthy opponent, Dona Catalina, who stood in the way in his quest to become an impeccable warrior. Because of Carlos' "worthy opponent," who really was "worthy" for a warrior like his caliber, Carlos amassed more power.
Then there was this Indian guru who said something like this: if there are 20 poor people, and there's only 1 person who is wealthy, as an act of compassion and spirituality, is it advisable for the wealthy one to distribute his wealth to the 20 poor people?
the answer is NO, for that would NOT make the 20 poor people become rich. that would only make more poor people, as there will now be 21 poor people.
the wealthy person's task is to be a good example to the other 20 poor people, on how to become prosperous.
... such is the dilemma of a number 7; how to balance the gift of intelligence with compassion.
