Return of the Light: Navigating the Winds of Change in a 9 Universal Year (2025)

Beloved Sol Family,

It’s been a moment since I’ve shared my heart with you through this space, and I pray that these words land like sacred embers in your spirit—sparking reflection, clarity, and courage. We are walking through a powerful threshold in time, one that holds the potential to alter the landscape of our souls and the direction of our paths. It's if that Oya energy, is something that we cannot escape. I feel the presence and wisdom of our ancestors among us during these changes.

2025, in the language of numerology, is a 9 Universal Year. A year that brings the energies of completion, spiritual culmination, and karmic unraveling to the surface of our lives. If you’ve felt the quiet pull to release, to reflect, or to finally lay down what no longer fits your evolving spirit—you are attuned, you are right on time, and you are in rhythm with the universe’s sacred beat.

The number 9 is often misunderstood. Some see it as an ending. But in truth, 9 is a spiral—the great turning point where all that has been built, learned, and endured over the last eight years finds its place in the cosmic mosaic of who we are becoming. It’s the wise elder of the numerical family, holding space for the last rites of outdated versions of ourselves while gesturing toward the portal of something more expansive. This isn’t just a year to finish what we started. It’s a year to forgive, release, and transmute.

The beauty of the 9 energy is that it doesn’t force you to let go—it invites you to see, clearly and with compassion, what is no longer aligned with your highest vibration. It asks us to walk with honor and humility through the spiritual housecleaning that must occur if we are to be ready for the 1 year that follows in 2026—a year of rebirth.

But this is not a one-size-fits-all journey. As we dance with the collective 9 energy, we are also each on our own personal path, shaped by our Personal Year Number, which is calculated using your birthdate. That number tells you what energetic lesson or theme you’re working through on an individual level, layered beneath the universal influence.

For example, I will be 52 this year. When I add 5 + 2 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 5, it brings me to a Personal 7 Year. The 7 energy is deeply spiritual and introspective. It invites solitude, study, inner healing, and time with Spirit. In a 9 Universal Year, this pairing is potent. It suggests that the changes I will experience won’t be loud or flashy—they will be interior. A quiet transformation. I may be called to end inner narratives that have run their course. The masks I wear when I’m trying to be “who I think people need” are being stripped away so that I can return to the raw truth of who I actually am beneath the titles, the service, and the roles.

For me, this is a year of sacred subtraction, and I suspect some of you may feel this call too.

Now imagine someone in a Personal 1 Year within this 9 Universal energy. They may be ready to birth something bold and brand new in their personal life—launching a business, stepping into leadership, or claiming their voice in a way they’ve never done before. But the 9 energy surrounding them will ensure that before anything new truly begins, they’ll be forced to release the dead weight of fear, imposter syndrome, or codependent relationships. It’s like the universe saying: “Yes, I will bless you. But come clean first.”

In this way, the Universal Year and our Personal Year are like sacred dance partners—one guiding the tempo, the other expressing the unique rhythm of our own soul’s evolution. And when you become conscious of both, you don’t resist the flow—you learn to move with it, even when the movements feel unfamiliar.

This year is a time of heightened intuition, ancestral closure, and karmic repayment. Some relationships will dissolve without drama—just a mutual knowing that the lesson is complete. Projects that were once promising may suddenly lose their luster. People may exit. Opportunities may shift. And in the midst of it all, the voice of your higher self will become clearer. Not louder—but clearer. If you’ve been ignoring your intuition, 2025 will bring situations that demand you listen. If you’ve been holding on too tightly to what used to be, life will gently—or not so gently—loosen your grip.

But don’t fear this. Do not resist this process. The 9 year is not here to punish—it’s here to purify. This is a sacred house clearing, not a destruction. And anything that falls away now is creating the fertile soil for something far greater to bloom in your life come 2026. That’s the divine design.

So I ask you, beloved Sol Family—what are you ready to release?

What outdated versions of yourself are you still dragging into present time?

What would happen if you allowed grief, not guilt, to guide your letting go?

What would happen if you allowed joy, not fear, to shape your vision for what’s next?

Let this be a year where we don’t just talk about healing—we embody it. Let this be a year where we lay down our armor and tell the truth: about what we need, what we deserve, and what we are no longer available for.

This is not the year to beg for doors to stay open. This is the year to bless the closing, trust the unraveling, and walk into the next season lighter, wiser, and more aligned.

I am walking it with you. Every prayer, every purge, every revelation—you are not alone.

We are the light.

We are the closure and the new beginning.

We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. Don't forget to sit with this month's guided meditation and listen to the inspirational message.

With infinite love and cosmic fire,

Sister Ningba