What Does Life Path Number Four Reversed Mean?
Life Path Number 4 highlights your practical, stable, and hardworking personality. It is a very auspicious destiny number to have in the modern world, where work ethic is so precious, and stability so hard to come by. You seek stability and security in your relationships, as well as in your career. In fact, the drive for stability is behind many of your decisions, and is one of the reasons that you have difficulty deviating from a path once you’re on it.
Not only do you tend to become almost unconscious of the world outside your path, but you can become the slave of a nagging fear that, if you go off the rails, whatever is off them is much worse than what you currently have, and you’ll be left helpless and alone. By conquering this fear, you can continue to use your legendary work ethic, while not wasting your psychic energy on work or people that you hate. Can you feel the power of your Life Path number 4? Are you a tireless worker who can make the best of any situation, as long as you feel like you are actually working through it? Do you have a highly practical outlook on relationships that makes ‘fairy tale’ trappings seem unappealing? How will you harness your destiny number’s natural energy to fulfill your goals and reach your dreams?
Reversed Meanings: rigidity, excessively controlling, loss of business, absentee father, abuse of power, lack of control, family problems, lack of ambition, dependency, stubbornness, lack of discipline
The Number Four in reverse as a person signifies an older man or person in authority in your life who may be abusing his power or being too authoritarian leaving you feeling powerless or rebellious. This person may actually be trying to give you solid guidance but the message is lost due to their domineering behavior. The best way to handle this person is to remain calm and logical. Take the advice that works for you and throw the rest away. Don’t be afraid to stand up to authority but do so in a practical and logical manner which will get you the results you want. The Number Four reversed can also indicate a father figure who let you down or abandoned you. If not representing a person in your life, The Number Four reversed can indicate that you are letting your heart overrule your head too much and need to balance your mind with your emotions. This major card shows that you may be lacking self-control and need to get more structure in your life. The Number Four reversed can represent paternity issues or questions over paternity.
The appearance of Life Path Number Four shows us that domination of the mind over the heart is sometimes necessary even though it is not wanted. In fact he should be welcomed and that is what you must think about when he appears. When hard choices must be made it’s important to maintain your concentration and focus. Life Path Number Four signals this but he also signals that now is a time you should find it easier to make hard choices. Enjoy the assertiveness and confidence that this self-control and focus brings. Forge ahead and do what you know is best. If you can master yourself then you should have little problem mastering most of the other obstacles that life throws at you.