I received a complementary copy of this book from Hay House for review purposes. The opinions are completely my own based on my experience.
I’ve always been skeptical of systems that analyze personality type based on birth year. Those place mats you often see in Chinese restaurants come to mind, where a person’s temperament is described in detail depending on what year he or she was born. Everyone like me born in 1956, the year of the Rat, has the same personality? Really?? So I was hesitant at first to read Jean Haner’s “Your Hidden Symmetry: How Your Birth Date Reveals the Plan for Your Life”. I discovered the Nine Star Ki system described in the book is far more sophisticated than a simple birth year analysis.
Nine Star Ki has its roots in Chinese Energy Theory, the Yin and Yang system that is also the basis for Acupuncture and Feng Shui. I’ve received treatments from an acupuncturist for several years with great benefit. I recently finished reading and reviewing a book on Feng Shui that was also very worthwhile. “Hmmm, maybe there is something to Nine Star Ki,” I thought as I browsed the first few pages of Your Hidden Symmetry. I was intrigued and I read on.
Unlike those Chinese restaurant place mats, Nine Star Ki uses your birth month and day, in addition to the year, to give you three numbers as a guide to your personality type. My numbers came out to be “8.8.5” – described in part as a “mountain” personality. Your Hidden Symmetry details the 81 different Nine Star Ki types. Was it accurate in my case? Here were some characteristics of my type as described in the book:
You’ll tend to be a deep thinker, perhaps with an interest in philosophy or personal growth, and you’ll need to think through decisions slowly and carefully. (check)
You love to study and learn and may have an extensive library in your home, take seminars, or do self-development work. And because you’re so nurturing, you’ll want to teach people what you’ve learned or in some way use all your accumulated wisdom to help them discover their own hidden treasure and become the best they can be. (check)
You tend to be quiet and people may complain that you’re hard to get to know. (check)
You usually appear calm and quiet and aren’t easily provoked, but there are times the mountain can turn into a volcano! (yep, that’s me)
I found Your Hidden Symmetry remarkably accurate in characterizing my own personality. As an added bonus the book includes affirmations from Hay House founder Louise Hay tailored to each personality type.
I liked the overall “go with the flow” theme of Your Hidden Symmetry and the Nine Star Ki system. “Trust the process,” Haner writes, “attempting to force your will on life only drains your energy and can block wonderful things that are trying to come to you, if you’ll just stop and allow.”
“You were born with a unique spirit that is yours and yours alone, yet which is also a part of the greater patterns of the whole of nature,” the author says. Your Hidden Symmetry is a good tool to understand your strengths and areas for growth. Haner concludes the book with wise words for anyone to follow:
“The more fully you can embrace yourself for who you really are, the more you can move into a place of confidence and compassion, where you can fulfill your sacred purpose in the world. I’ll meet you there.”
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