Getting Bolder Not Older: Advice on Reading Color for Birthdays

A note on adversity and astrology

I was born during mercury retrograde

So I’m no stranger to setbacks. This weekend is my 33rd birthday. Unlike the big milestones that end in zero, I take numerology’s master numbers a little more seriously. So much so that today’s color reading with the new and improved color cards got me rolling over my trips around our Sun.

Don’t you love it when your cards see through you and the Universe knocks you around so you can learn a lesson?

At first, I was enchanted by the colors that came up and started to feel reinvigorated because this is a re-designed deck with a larger font and the cards move so fluidly as I shuffled. Then as soon as I posted on Instagram the Universe hit me with the realization that the cards have essential numbers: 14, 33, and 27. So I rode the intuition train some more to concur that my soul as it approaches my solar return (a la Birthday mode) is experiencing a convergence of timelines.

Who I was in 2005, 2018, and today are all meeting inside my mind.

I remember how I felt being bullied not only at school but also at home. I was ridiculed for my sweet and tart personality at 14. I struggled to accept my sexuality and identity. Others made it excruciatingly difficult for me as a boy to meet their expectations, narratives, and propaganda of what it means to be a man. I never understood why people force gender stereotypes as if it’s scientific law. It took a lot of courage to come out to myself first about my true desires and interests.

At 27, I quit a dead-end job as an underpaid office assistant. I couldn’t keep up with the rent so I left my first apartment in Pittsburgh to move to Florida and chase the sun. I longed to feel rewarded for my pursuit of happiness. But with the timing of moving spaces, I sacrificed the closest thing to a job offer on the table as a copyeditor for a local marketing agency near West Palm Beach. But the original plan I had in motion was to stay in Orlando and they weren’t open to me being remote. Eventually, Florida flopped and I moved back to Pittsburgh - burned.

I haven’t had a turnkey life.

But I’ve always taken pride in having people in my life who meet me where I am in whatever hair bun of a mess I arrive without judgment or fear. I love how patient people have been with me over the past 33 years.

My birth chart is eye-opening because it’s as if my Capricorn stellium in my 4th house of home and family is by design showing me that we get to build our life. It’s tough nuggets for sure, but the reward is feeling accomplished. You want who you are, what you make, and how you live to mean something. I feel that. You deserve for others to see you for you. Holding all that you’ve endured with grace and celebrate the space you take up in the world.

As I approach 33, I no longer feel guilty about burning what’s not working and igniting more of what lights me up. If this makes me a little fruity to some and tart for others so be it. I am curt, blunt, direct, observant, raw, passionate, intuitive, investigative, progressive, spiritual, and gay.

So what.

Having these colors appear for my birthday synchronizes with spring. Despite the storms, stress, and struggles, I’ve come to terms with how I shine.

Reading Color for a Birthday

Remember when a color comes up in a birthday reading, take note of the number. It may represent important dates, ages, or moments in one’s life that need reflecting. Then go ahead and apply the colors intentionally.

Based on my reading, I’m feeling sushi, green tea shots, and getting more sun as vital ways to use these colors.