7 Year Cycles: A Key to Forecasting Critical Periods in Your Life

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The two Applications I introduce on this site will accurately identify periods of Challenge and Opportunity in your present life process or identify significant periods in previous or future periods in your life.

Present period application HERE, Future and past periods application HERE

“Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust—we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.”

Einstein, Albert. The Ultimate Quotable Einstein (p. 326).

The Astrological Zodiac can be used as a 7 Year Life Clock.

This Life Clock can very accurately forecast challenge/opportunity periods in your life when your attention and energy become more highly focused or bound by projects, concerns, problems, or other issus. Similar to how the Blue Dot is rotating around the image of the Astrological Zodiac, your life experience rotates counter-clockwise around this Life Clock starting with Aries through each Sign of the Zodiac for 7 Months before completing one full rotation every 7 years. Each Zodiac Sign Phase of 7 months forecasts the character of your experience during the 7 Month Period.

Each Zodiac Sign Phase of 7 months has 4 Challenge Periods.

Challenge Periods last 8 weeks and occur over 7 Stages. They are similar to a series of wave forms in which the Blue Dot of your life experience moves up these waves of time to a 2 week peak period when your attention and energy are more absorbed or constrained by issues, concerns, deadlines, etc. Once you reach the peak and start downward you tend to experience a certain resolution, at least temporary, when your attention and evergy are more freely available. These periods are very precisely predictable and remarkably accurate, which you can ascertain for yourself by following your own.

These periods are the "invisible piper" in your life. Knowing when these periods will arise will give you a useful tool to anticipate the period and grow and learn from what challenges may arise. These periods can be very obvious in your life experience or be more subtle in their manifestation. However, they always manifest greater absorption of attention and energy.

Contrary to present scientific materialist dogma, the universe is not just a physical phenomena but a psychophysical one of repeating patterns at all levels of it's manifestation. You can observe this in your own life and experience by observing the consistent pattern of these challenge periods, challenge days, and turning points as they arise in your life based just on your date of birth alone.

Verify for yourself whether what I assert may be true by trying this simple test. As clearly as possible, recall the period surrounding your birthdays when you turned 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42 and any other birthday that is a whole number multiple of 7. The periods around these birthdays are highly significant and can range from many weeks prior to and after the birth date. They often mark a significant change or disruption in terms of what life issues come to the forefront of attention and energy for some time thereafter. The beginning of any 7 Year Cycle is related to the Aries Sign and the Spring Equinox when "new life struggles to emerge". These periods can thus mark a significant new direction for your life in some fundamental sense.

Present 7 Year Cycle and Challenge Period Application

Enter the Name for this Chart:

Enter Date of Birth as MM/DD/YYYY:

Once you enter a birthdate (DOB), dates will populate the charts. The 48 dates around the perimeter of the 7 Year Cycle chart mark the Turning Points (or midpoints) for every Challenge Period you will pass through over the course of your present 7 Year Cycle. As stated above, each 7 Year Cycle starts with the Aries Phase and moves counter-clockwise until it returns to the same point exactly 7 Years later on your birthday. Of these Turning Point dates, the most significant are associated with the Initiation Points and Reorientation Points, whose influence can extend for a period of many weeks before and after the actual date that is clearly noted on the 7 Year Cycle chart.

The Blue Dot MARKING TODAY'S DATE, will show exactly where you are in your present 7 Year Cycle.

A print button will also become visible after you enter your birthdate that will allow you to print both the charts and the interpretation material. Once you click the print button wait for the print preview, and then print as many of the pages as you want. © 2023 application and all material.

Present Challenge Period

The dates that populate the x axis of the Challenge Period wave chart cover 8 weeks of time and 7 Levels or Stages, with the peak being the Turning Point for the period and is one of the dates near the Blue Dot on your 7 Year Cycle chart. The Blue Dot MARKING TODAY'S DATE will show exactly where you are in your present Challenge Period. The 2 week period at the top of the wave of every Challenge Period tends to be the most demanding period for whatever challenges/opportunities may arise. Each of the colored dots is a Challenge day, each of which is 7 days from one another, and will often manifest as more "demanding" in some way. The forecasted days are generally accurate to within a day. ^{Point your cursor at any of the colored dots and you will see the date.}

Interpretation Material for Present Phase and Challenge Period

The Phase description will give you a sense of the broad area of concern during your present 7 Month Phase. The Challenge Period description will give a sense of the process that occurs during the particular Challenge Period you are moving through: Beginning, 1st Quarter, Mid, 4th Quarter. Each of the Challenge Periods represent a kind of Learning Process.

Next Challenge Period

This Section gives you a preview of the forthcoming Challenge Period, which will overlap your present one by about 2-3 days. This can be useful for notating the Challenge Days on your calendar prior to their arrival. Once this Challenge Period begins, it will show as your Present Challenge Period. ^{Point your cursor at any of the colored dots and you will see the date.}

Interpretation Material for Next Challenge Period

This section will give you a description of the next Challenge Period, which may or may not be associated with a new 7 Month Phase, since there are 4 Challenge Periods during any 7 Month Phase.

You may download the pdf file showing descriptions for all Zodiac Phases and Challenge Periods HERE.

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Get in touch for questions or comments

My name is Robert Lohmeyer. My interest in this area of forecasting spans 40 years. The application is a very useful tool in and of itself and I am happy to offer it. Feel free to reach out with comments, suggestions, and general questions. I always attempt to follow up. Move the cursor over the email address until the cursor turns into a hand, then click to copy the email which you can paste into your email to ask a question or make a request.

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I will demonstrate how the forecasting tool works by looking at the present 7 Year Clock of Donald Trump. What makes him useful as an example is the fact that there is verifiable evidence in the public record that will correlate to the periods immediately surrounding the Turning Points on his 7 Year Clock. I demonstrate this in the section of an article I posted on the website Medium located HERE. When finished reviewing the article just click the back arrow on your browser to return to this website.

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Until the late Middle Ages, Astrology and Astronomy were considered a single discipline. They were both referred to as "astrologia" in Latin and were often practiced by the same individuals. It is important to understand that writing, written math, and the beginnings of science with astrology and astronomy, which were not separate endeavors, were birthed in Sumeria/Babylonia over 2500 years ago. With the later Babylonian culture the systems for measuring not only time but position in space with the coordinate system to measure longitude and latitude was developed. The most significant advancements in Babylonian astronomy, astrology and mathematics occurred during the later periods, especially the Neo-Babylonian Empire (626-539 BCE). We continue in the present day to use the same mathematical principles to measure time (seconds, minutes, hours) and position in space (degrees, minutes, seconds of arc).
The square image that begins the carousel of images below is one of the oldest known complete zodiacs known as the Dendera Zodiac, a relief from the Hathor Temple in Dendera, Egypt. This dates to around 50 BC. It's considered one of the earliest known depictions of the classical 12-sign zodiac with each sign located at the touching or crossing of the hands of the figures. The figures with crossing hands are located at the equinoxes and solstices at Aries, Cancer, Libra, And Capricorn. The other images were meticulously drawn in large manuscripts during the late middle ages for both artistic and "scientific' purposes. Enjoy the images:

Johannes Kepler and Sir Isaac Newton were part of the tradition of "astrologia" that bridges astrology and astronomy. Both made significant contributions to our understanding of the cosmos, building on the foundations laid by their predecessors in the ancient world. Kepler's laws of planetary motion were revolutionary. In "Harmonices Mundi" (The Harmony of the World), Kepler described the relationships between the orbits of the planets in terms of musical harmony, which is how he viewed the structure of the known cosmos. He discovered that the ratios of the planetary orbits corresponded to musical intervals, which he saw as evidence of a divine harmony in the cosmos. In his third law of planetary motion he showed a harmonious relationship between the distance of a planet from the sun and the time it takes to complete one orbit.
Newton's laws of motion and universal gravitation further built on Kepler's findings. Newton was steeped in Astrology, Alchemical, and Hermetic traditions which were foundational and fundamental in his understanding of the cosmos. His work unified the cosmos and Earth under the same physical laws, showing that the same principles that govern the motion of objects on Earth also govern the motion of celestial bodies. This was presumed to be a monumental shift from mystical interpretations to a more scientific approach. And yet for Newton himself he did not see his laws of motion as contradicting the alchemical, astrological, and hermetic worldview. He viewed the laws as confirming and mathematically articulating the deeper, hidden principles of cosmic interconnectedness that alchemists, astrologers, and hermetic philosophers had long intuited.
Arthur Young, a Princeton trained mathematician, philosopher, astrologer, aeronautical engineer, and inventor of the first commercially licensed helicopter, continues and expands upon this tradition by laying out a compelling case that the Astrological Zodiac is an archetypal "geometry of meaning" that "characterizes", through the Zodiac Signs and their relations, Newton's physical laws of motion that make up classical physics and pre-anticipates Quantum Physics. In addition, this Zodiacal geometry "characterizes" the fundamental pattern of how humans learn and then are able to apply that learning to manage their environment or circumstances, whether external or internal. Courtesy of arthuryoung.com, © Anodos Foundation.
As quoted from his book: "As I have been at pains to show and have obliged my patient reader to witness, the measure formulae—which are the very basis of science—draw their meaning from the same angular relationships, from dispositions about a circle, from the oppositions and complementarities, that thousands of years ago were evident to the ancients. This circle of the zodiac (not constellations, which are quite arbitrary pictorial projections hardly even resembling the stellar configurations to which they refer) is basic. It is at once the cycle of action (or learning), the progression of the seasons, directions in space, the measure formulae. Even more importantly, it is the whole whose various aspects are the signs, the measure formulae, and the seasons." Young, Arthur M.. The Geometry of Meaning (p. 138). Anodos Foundation. Kindle Edition. Courtesy of arthuryoung.com, © Anodos Foundation.
This Astrological Zodiac and it's characterizations of the signs is the foundation of this forecasting tool. Our life "times" are harmonized or "patterned" by the archetypal geometry of meaning inherent in this Astrological Zodiac. The tool is rigorous in it's mathematics and accurate in it's forecasting which anyone can prove to themselves by clearly observing the patterns in their life related to challenges and opportunities for learning and growth. The following three images identify clearly how the Zodiac signs clarify archetypal meaning associated with the fundamental laws of physics as well as human learning and the gaining of competence. Click on each image to enlarge it so you may see it clearly. Courtesy of arthuryoung.com, © Anodos Foundation.

The Rosetta Stone of Meaning

Arthur Young associated each sign of the Zodiac with the 12 "measure formulae", the Laws of motion used in Classical Physics and Aeronautics and which pre-anticipated Quantum Physics. To quote: "They describe the skeletal anatomy of all of science, and even anticipate modern discoveries. Quantum theory, in giving prominence to the quantum of action as its most basic ingredient, only drew attention to a concept already included in the measure formulae." Young, Arthur M.. The Geometry of Meaning (p. 52). Anodos Foundation. Kindle Edition. The three groupings of 4 Zodiacal Signs are associated with Acts, States, and Relationships.

The Learning Cycle

The Learning Cycle is associated with the four signs related to actions. To quote Arthur Young: "The start of the learning cycle is blind action: the infant reaches out at (1) and touches the hot stove, and at (2) reacts. Then at (3) he considers what has occurred; he becomes conscious that hot stoves hurt (if you are a behaviorist you can say he associates the pain with the stove), then at (4) he avoids the hot stove." Young, Arthur M.. The reflexive universe: Evolution of Consciousness (Page 297). Anodos Foundation. Kindle Edition.

The Cycle of Action and the Learning Cycle

To further clarify the relationship of the Learning Cycle, notice in this illustration how Arthur Young relates specific measure formulae to one of the "Four Acts" and with a specific stage in the Learning Cycle. Young, Arthur M.. The Geometry of Meaning (p. 63). Anodos Foundation. Kindle Edition.

The Challenge Period charts are based on concepts Arthur Young further developed in his book "The Reflexive Universe" which identifies 7 stages as fundamental to any complete developmental or evolutionary process. Any complete evolutionary process plays out as an arc of interplay between expansion (possibility, openness) and contraction (limitation, focus), a recurring theme in his process theory. The Challenge Period charts are a 7 stage process, which also play out over the course of any Challenge Period as the experience of moving from expansion (possibility, openness or freedom of attention/energy) to contraction (limitation, focus or constriction of attention/energy) and then back again to continue the cycle as another Challenge Period starts. Such is life. Courtesy of arthuryoung.com, © Anodos Foundation.
During each 7 month Zodiacal Phase there are four Challenge Periods. Each of the four Challenge Periods are associated with one of the four stages of the Learning Cycle. Thus the first Challenge Period of a 7 month phase is associated with the Aries sign and it's potentially impulsive and assertive tendencies as actions of the individual or "apparently" external and sudden events that affect the individual. This is one of the remarkable observations about this forecasting system. How could it's forecasted periods correspond to "events that happen TO an individual", since the forecasting tool is ONLY based on an individual birthdate. It implies that there is NO fundamental distinction between the individual and his/her environment.
The second Challenge Period of a 7 month phase is associated with Cancer and a reaction of protectiveness in the unstable environment initiated by the first Challenge Period. The third Challenge Period is associated with the Libra sign and it's inclination to seek balance through observing and "measuring" in order to understand the issues arising during the phase. The fourth Challenge Period is associated with the Capricorn sign related to control and management of the issues that have been observed and "measured". During this final Challenge Period of the 7 month phase there can be a sense that the events initiated at the beginning of the 7 month phase are reaching some level of management or control. The final event is actually the start of the next Challenge Period when the individual has internalized the lesson or growth from the previous period, or if there was no growth at least survived it, which is obviously not the best way to move through life.
So to clarify, the forecasting tool is built upon four distinct 7 stage processes nested within each other. The 7 year process has twelve 7 month phases nested within it. Each 7 month phase has four 7 stage Challenge Periods nested within them. Lastly, each Challenge Period has a series of Challenge Days, which tend to be associated with a particularly demanding day at some level, and occur every 7 days. Thus we have a nested process of 7 year cycles, 7 month phases, 7 stage Challenge Periods, and 7 days between each Challenge Day. The Challenge Days are clearly forecasted on the Challenge Period charts and can be accurate to within a day of the forecast.
I need to sidebar here to note that there is actually evidence for endogenous "seven-day human biological rhythms", (defined as having an internal cause or origin) known in research as circaseptan rhythms. The source located (here) hypothesizes that "the 7 day time structure of human beings is endogenous in origin - a hypothesis that is affirmed by a wide array of evidence - and synchronized by sociocultural factors linked to the Saturday (Hebrews) or Sunday (Christian) holy day of rest. We also hypothesize they are representative, at least in part, of the biological requirement for rest and repair 1 day each 7 days, just as the circadian time structure is representative, in part, of the biological need for rest and repair each 24 hours."
The article located (here) notes 7 day rhythms in the onset of disease (dating back to Hippocrates), rainfall, geomagnetic disturbances, and space weather. Research has uncovered many bodily systems and functions that seem to rise and fall in seven-day cycles. These include blood pressure, body temperature, hormone levels, acid content in the blood, red blood cell count, oral temperature, female breast temperature, urine chemistry and volume, the ratio between the brains neurotransmitters, epinephrine and norepinephrine, and the flow of several body chemicals such as the stress-coping hormone cortisol. Even the common cold tends toward a 7 day span. The fact that a 7 day periodicity exists in biological processes and is "synchronized by sociocultural factors" supports the thesis that this periodicity can be observed and "timed" as a "challenging day".

There are many examples of natural structures that fall into 7 stage classifications:
Elements in the periodic table are organized based on the number of electron shells (energy levels) in their atoms. The known periodic table has seven periods, corresponding to seven electron shells (K, L, M, N, O, P, Q). Each shell represents a quantum level where electrons orbit the nucleus, with increasing energy and complexity.
The visible spectrum of light, as seen in a rainbow, traditionally divides into seven colors: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet (ROYGBIV). This division is a human construct, but it reflects the progression of wavelengths from longer (red) to shorter (violet).
One of the major fields of human endeavor highlight the fundamental significance of seven tone musical scales. Seven tone Diatonic Scales along with 5 tone Pentatonic Scales (a subset of a Diatonic Scale) are two of the very few most widely used musical scales in the world, and the preference for these scales are based on a biologically (endogenous) preference for the harmonious nature of these scales. To quote from Wikipedia "Canadian musicologist Bob Fink concluded from his analysis of the 45,000-year-old Divje Babe flute that it 'could produce four notes ... of a minor diatonic scale' and that this suggests human perception of 'what constitutes harmony is at least partly hard wired'. Evidence that the Sumerians and Babylonians used a version of the diatonic scale is found in cuneiform inscriptions that contain both musical compositions and a tuning system." There is further evidence that these tonal scales are rooted in human speech and that there is a clear biological rational for these musical scales. Refer to articles here for further research (here) and (here) and (here) and (here)
The Linnaean system of classification originally used seven main ranks to categorize living organisms: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. While additional ranks have been added over time, these seven remain foundational.
The Earth can be divided into layers, often grouped into seven main levels: Crust, Lithosphere, Upper Mantle, Transition Zone, Lower Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core.
There is a 7 stage classification for the life cycle of stars: Nebula (stellar nursery); Protostar; Main Sequence Star; Red Giant or Supergiant; Planetary Nebula or Supernova; White Dwarf, Neutron Star, or Black Hole; Stellar Remnants dispersing into the interstellar medium
Carl Rogers, a psychotherapist, was profoundly influential in psychology and beyond. He is considered one of the founders of humanistic psychology, emphasizing the importance of empathy, unconditional positive regard, and the therapeutic relationship. His person-centered therapy revolutionized the field by shifting the focus from the therapist's authority to the client's autonomy and self-discovery. He identified a 7 stage process in how people change and grow within the person-centered approach to psychotherapy located (here)
The esoteric anatomy of the Chakra System in the human body has 7 centers: Root, Sacral, Solar Plexus, Heart, Throat, Third Eye, Crown. These chakras correspond to physical, emotional, and spiritual dimensions.
The water cycle is often described as having seven stages, which are typically listed as: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, sublimation, transpiration, runoff, and infiltration.
The listing could go on ad nauseam, so in summary, many natural systems are classified as having 7 stages, some of which have a clear basis in science, others in spirituality, others in psychology. It appears to point to seven-ness as inherent in nature and man.
The images below will clarify the relationship of the forecasting tool with Arthur Young's work and how the pieces fit together based on the exact math used to calculate every significant period and date.

The 7 Stage Cycle of Conscious Action

When one consciously engages the Learning Cycle in which one finds oneself or chooses, this results in a Cycle of Conscious Action in which the limitations or rules of "the reality of the situation" are creatively "turned around" and used to create the desired or at least better result in one's experience. In other words, one must "make peace" with what is given and "turn it around" in some fashion. The Cycle of Competence thus occurs as a 7 stage process, which Arthur Young asserts in his book "The Reflexive Universe" is a universal process of development, growth, or evolution. Young, Arthur M.. The Geometry of Meaning (p. 124). Anodos Foundation. Kindle Edition.

The 7 Stage Cosmic Evolutionary Process

Arthur Young illustrates his Theory of Process in relation to the development of the cosmos as a whole. It is pictured as an Arc to illustrate the descent of the primal "act" that is the Photon or "light" into material form and then the turnabout toward successive levels of freedom till man and "beyond" is reached. Thus he takes into account all aspects of "known" reality, the quantum, the physical, the biological, the mammalian, the human and beyond the human "transpersonal" or spiritual/transcendental dimensions of reality attested to for thousands of years but disregarded in the present time period of scientific materialism. A more thorough explanation can be viewed HERE.

The 7 Stage Challenge Period

In the arc of the 7 Stage Cosmic Process Arthur Young demonstrates how each successive stage incurs either a "loss of freedom" as one moves toward the bottom of the arc or a gain as one moves toward the stage that Man/Anthropios occupies. As I have stated, each Challenge Period is also a 7 stage process, which can clearly be seen on the charts. As can be seen the arc has been inverted and displayed as a sine wave to show the "binding of attention and energy" as time moves up the sine wave. However, the principals are exactly the same. The lower stages on of the sine wave chart are associated with more relative freedom from the binding of attention and energy in concerns, issues, problems. This is what can clearly be observed as you move through any specific Challenge Period.

If you have questions, please reach out. I encourage you to observe the accuracy of the forecasting system. It can be useful to view your life through the larger lens of the 7 year cycle and it's 4 Initiation points and 4 Reorientation Points for the events that occur around these periods. The Challenge Period charts give a more granular or close in view, and can help one in understanding that one's life is itself a process which can be engaged consciously or unconsciously.