October is a powerful month in 2024’s numerological cycle, resonating with the energy of 9. In numerology, 9 symbolizes completion, release, transformation, and preparation for new beginnings. This month carries a collective message of closure, urging us to let go of what no longer serves us and make space for something new. What’s fascinating is how this 9 energy gives us an energetic preview of what’s to come in 2025, which will also resonate with the number 9, shaping the entire year with themes of personal growth, endings, and renewal.

In this post, we’ll dive into what the 9 month of October means for you, how it acts as a microcosm of 2025, and how you can align with these patterns to prepare for a meaningful and transformative new year.

Collective Energy vs. Personal Numerology: How Both Influence You

While the collective energy of a 9 month influences everyone on a broad, societal level, it’s important to remember you also have a personal monthly number that influences your life more directly. This personal number is calculated by combining your Personal Year Number with the current month (October is 1+0=1, so you’d add 1 to your Personal Year Number). It reflects the specific energy patterns you're moving through right now, helping you understand the personal themes, challenges, and growth opportunities that are unique to you.

For example, October might be a 3 month for you, which would bring a focus on creativity, self-expression, and social connection. While the collective 9 energy may urge you to reflect and release, your personal 3 month could nudge you to express emotions creatively and reach out to others for support.

This combination of personal and collective numerology creates a richer, layered experience. Think of the collective energy as a broad regional weather pattern—everyone feels it, but how it interacts with your personal energy is like the weather in your specific city or neighborhood. Understanding both can help you work with the energies at play more intentionally.

What Does a 9 Month Mean in Numerology?

The energy of 9 is all about cycles completing, loose ends being tied, and emotions rising to the surface for processing and release. Think of it as a gentle nudge to reflect on where you’ve been and where you still want to go, recognizing that to move forward, we must let go of the past. The 9 holds a sacred space for endings, but not just for the sake of closing doors—these closures create opportunities for deep integration and wisdom.

Some key themes of the 9 include:

• Forgiveness and Release: Letting go of grudges, guilt, or old patterns.

• Gratitude for the Journey: Acknowledging the lessons that came through challenges.

• Completion: Projects, relationships, or patterns reaching their natural conclusion.

• Integration: Taking time to reflect on everything you’ve experienced so you can apply the wisdom.

• Service and Compassion: Tapping into a sense of purpose by contributing to the greater good.

October 2024: A Glimpse into 2025’s Collective Energy

October offers a sneak peek of 2025, where the entire year will carry this 9 energy. As a collective, we’ll experience a year-long journey of recalibration, healing, and clearing the slate. If 2024 has been marked by action and forward movement, 2025 will be a year to pause, reflect, and realign. We may find ourselves evaluating old habits, careers, relationships, or even belief systems and deciding what needs to be released so we can evolve.

This October is your invitation to experiment with this energy on a smaller scale—think of it as a dress rehearsal for the full-year energetic pattern of 2025. Pay attention to what naturally comes to an end this month, whether it’s a project you finally wrap up, a habit you outgrow, or emotional baggage that gets resolved. What you release now creates fertile ground for what will take root in the next cycle.

How to Work with 9 Energy in October

1. Reflect & Journal:

   What feels like it’s coming to a close in your life?

   Are there relationships, habits, or commitments that no longer feel aligned?

   How have the events of 2024 shaped your personal growth, and what lessons are you carrying forward?

2. Release Rituals:
   Use the Dark Moon on October 31st as an opportunity to release what is no longer serving you. Use the reflective energy of the Dark Moon phase to turn inward and consider what you’d like to keep and what you’d like to let go as you close out your current cycle.

3. Prepare for 2025:
   Begin to visualize the kind of energy you want to embody in the new year. With a full year of 9 energy ahead, focus on setting intentions around completion and healing rather than new beginnings—those will come naturally in 2026, which will vibrate with the energy of 1.

Why Crossroads is the Perfect Transition into the New Year

The Crossroads Virtual Retreat was designed to align perfectly with these energetic patterns, helping participants transition smoothly from one year to the next. Through tarot archetypes, numerology, and the cycles of the sun and moon, we’ll explore your unique energetic patterns and how they blend with the collective energies at play. Crossroads offers a guided space for deep self-exploration, so you can reflect, release, and plan with intention.

The retreat is cozy and accessible—conducted virtually so you can join live from the comfort of home—and blends intuitive practices with practical planning to help you lay the groundwork for a meaningful year ahead. You'll leave with a clear understanding of how to navigate the 9 energy of 2025, a personal roadmap for your own transitions, and tools to stay aligned with your intentions and energy as you step into the new year.

Your October Challenge: Practice Letting Go

To align with the energy of October and get a head start on the transformative year ahead, try this challenge: Choose one thing to release this month. It could be something physical like clutter, or something intangible like self-doubt or an outdated belief. Reflect on what happens when you let it go—notice the spaciousness it creates and how it shifts your energy.

October 2024 is a month to practice release, integrate wisdom, and embrace closure. The lessons you learn now will prepare you for the journey that awaits in 2025—a year of transformation and completion, where the past will dissolve to make way for new possibilities.

If you’re ready to walk the path of transition with intention, the Crossroads Virtual Retreat offers the perfect space to reflect, release, and energetically align with the next phase of your life. Enrollment opens November 15, 2024, so stay tuned for more details—and get ready to meet yourself at the Crossroads.

Are you feeling the energy of 9 in your life already? Share your thoughts in the comments! I’d love to hear what’s coming up for you during this powerful month.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Erin Harker (she/her) is a High Witch who delights in the magic of hearth and hedge. She believes in a world filled with wonder and that there's magic in each of us and everything we do - even our simple, everyday tasks.

Despite working with tarot and witchcraft for over 28 years, she only recently came out of the broom closet when she launched Magick Makers in early 2020. 

Based in Durham, North Carolina, this charmed space is a witch shop and community where modern witches and craft-curious folks can inspire and supply their everyday magic. She is also the author of SPELLbook, a seasonal publication and upcoming book, and the fairy godmother behind, Kindred Club.