Measure The Day

“Here’s what they don’t print: sometimes starting over isn’t a choice you make. It’s what’s left when everything else gets taken off the table. You don’t reinvent yourself at seventy-six because a life coach told you to find your passion. You do it because the alternative is sitting in the quiet until the quiet wins.” – Carol Seymour, substack

Now’s the time “to embrace and welcome the darkness, not with dread, but with hope and connection.” Astrology by Lauren

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When we’re settled, dug in, the notion of moving forward to the unknown is bitter on the tongue. Even explorers, who take more naturally to journeying, can find themselves wearied toward the latterly travels through unchartered lands. A 1 year pushes and pushes…and pushes more until we are rather far away from the familiar.

October 2026’s new territory occurs within the realm of master number energies. It’s an 11/2 month in the final few months of a 1 year. We’ve arrived at a new place, but perhaps we’re not sure what to make of it.

Arriving in an unrecognizable place feels awkward, and sometimes a little wrong. But arrive we have, like it or not. However you’ve entered this new realm, give yourself permission to adjust. In the new territory, we are but mere fledglings, largely incompetent. Infants to our surroundings, we are patently bad at being new. But with time and effort, we grow, we strive, we evolve.

“When the past dies, there is mourning, but when the future dies our imaginations are compelled to carry it on.“

Gloria Steinem

“Storms make trees with deeper roots.”

Dolly Parton

Master Number 11

To understand how this tracks, we first have to understand how Master Numbers work. The double repeat digit (11) signals the step up in potency, while the 2 denotes a lowered but not inconsequential object lesson. Taken as a whole, all Master Numbers (11, 22, 33) challenge us not just to step out of the box of normal affairs, but out of the narrow worlds we’ve constructed for ourselves.

Plainly, an 11 master number is wisdom based leadership, with inspiration at it’s core. It resonates with the element air and its energy is a vortex of intellectual activity. Like Air, 11 energies are elevated, they rise above the mundane and from this vaulted position perception is heightened, amplified. What looks pedestrian on the ground, can be rather complex from a multiplicity of angles. 11 shines a light. 11 is the torchbearer of knowledge and enlightenment. We reckon with the magnificence of the world under an 11, doubly dedicated to bringing clarity and illumination to the world.

Number Two

Two, while less expansive than 11, still retains the unique sensitivity of the higher 11 essence. It also intuits situations easily, picking up on the unspoken. Both are very much into the subtle subtext of life. But while 11 leads, two follows. While 11 is explicitly a teacher by its nature, inventive and novel guiding light, two is more practically a follower, or at the very least an actor who operates behind the scenes. Two’s foster cooperation and harmony. They lay the groundwork for teamwork, and toil for the collective, drawing people, ideas and thoughts together, like a symphonic conductor.

It is entirely up to us to determine what level we want to work on for October (that is 11 or Two). And the world we’re in will look different depending on our choices.

“We live in a modern world……whatever talents you have, I mean it may sound a bit absurd, but I think it’s absolutely your duty to resolve them.”

Tim Curry

The Synthesis

In a 1 year, we can be inspired to aim for the master number.I wrote back in August of 2018 of the impact of 1 energy paired with the 11: “It shoves you out of the shadows and into the implications of your actions. There is no pretending in the bright glare“. Elementally the Universal number 1 of 2026 is Fire, which pairs spectacularly with the airy element of 11. It champions idealism and revelation, the theorist chasing utopian vistas. Of course, like a wildfire, the impulse to burn too brightly can be highly problematic.

Two, associated with the water element, works on a different plane, employing tact, diplomacy and supportiveness for the general wellbeing. They bring calm to calamity, and order to the unruly. Tranquility with a lower case ‘t’ is their wheelhouse, but conciliation can degrade into drudge.

Both energies—high or more modest —call for B-A-L-A-N-C-E…and both are invaluable in October’s new territory.

“I think the success of my work stems from being truthful.”

Catherine O’Hara

If you are up to the 11, bring a vigorous and principled discernment and sage judgement to your monthly dealings.

If choosing the Two, employ sympathy, tact and emotional resonance as you make your way through the month.

Choose your adventure…

And know that October is a sneak peak into 2027…a year long master year (11) or Two year.

Photo credits: Elisabeth Courington-DePass

Original Artwork: Deanna DePass-Stulgaitis