ETP 71 // Numerology, Astrology & Soul Purpose: Why Your Greatest Challenge Is Your Gift with Kari Samuels
ETP #71
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“Your spirit guides can talk to you through numbers, because numbers are literally everywhere.” -Kari Samuels
Numerology and astrology can tell you a lot about how you're wired, and intuitive counselor Kari Samuels has spent decades using both to help people find a purpose that has nothing to do with a job title. Her secret is almost too simple: the key to happiness is being yourself. The tools just help you remember who that is. Kari calls herself the blue collar psychic, and talking with her is like sitting down with a friend who happens to read numbers. Two curly-haired Virgos, one big spiral of a conversation.
What Is Your Soul Purpose? Hint: It's Not Your Career
Purpose is a word I struggle to use in my own business, because people hear it and think career. Kari doesn't. To her, your purpose shows up in the lessons you came here to learn and in the way only you can express your gifts. As she put it, "your life purpose is not always your career."
Then she said something that hit home for me. Part of your soul purpose is hiding in your greatest challenge. For me, that's been my voice. I was the shy kid whose big sister did all the talking.
Self-Abandonment and the Empath: The Tiny Moments That Add Up
Kari's happiness coaching starts with the small choices: the thing you don't say, the new recipe you skip in case it lets everyone down. For empaths, those moments stack up over the years until you're not sure who you are anymore. It's a big part of why I built The Wild Ones the way I did. Kari's way back starts in the body, and she has a few things to say about why empaths need to get a little more selfish.
“Remember, happiness is being yourself, and there's so many times a day that we're monitoring ourselves to not be ourself.” -Kari Samuels
Numerology and Astrology: How Your Life Path Number Shows the Way You're Wired
Kari spots messages in numbers most of us drive right past. To her, numerology and astrology are two ways of reading the same story, and your life path number is the easiest place to start. Her read on mine (a Virgo with an 8 life path) explained a pull I've felt my whole life. Have your birthday handy for this part.
How to Use Astrology Like the Weather Without Giving Your Power Away
I had to ask about the shadow side, because I fall into it too: the astrology rabbit hole, scrolling forecasts when I could be listening to myself. Kari's answer is to treat the sky like the weather. Respect it, plan around it, and let your intuition have the final say. Her own motto is "come for the astrology, come for the numerology, stay for the intuition."
And wait until you hear what her very first astrologer told her about her love life.
Key Takeaways
Your soul purpose is how you express your unique essence, and part of it lives in your greatest challenge.
Empaths abandon themselves in small daily choices, and checking in with your body before you decide is how you come back.
Your life path number shows how you're wired; read astrology like the weather, and let your intuition make the call.
Episode Breakdown with Timestamps
05:38 — Kari's portal moment: how practicing palm and tarot readings on people turned into her life's work
10:08 — Saturn and Neptune leave Pisces: 2026 astrology, Pluto in Aquarius, and community that protects our differences
16:04 — Soul purpose beyond your career, and what the law of attraction gets wrong
26:10 — Finding your essence: empaths, people-pleasing, and everyday self-abandonment
38:03 — How numerology and astrology work together, and numbers as messages from your guides
43:32 — How to calculate your life path number and how it works with your sun sign
49:09 — Life path number meanings, 1 through 9
58:11 — What your name says in numerology, and why your greatest challenge is part of your purpose
61:41 — The astrology rabbit hole: reading the astrological weather without giving your power away
72:05 — Listening to what feels good in your body, and where to find Kari
About Kari Samuels
Kari Samuels is an intuitive counselor and happiness coach, and the host of Get Psyched with Kari Samuels. She helps people understand the language of the Universe through astrology, numerology, soul healing and intuitive guidance, and shares must-watch monthly forecasts on her YouTube channel. At the heart of her work is a simple truth: you are magical, and your life is meant to feel that way.
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Resources Mentioned in This Episode
Kari Samuels' Soul Healing Sessions: try 7 days for $1
Kari Samuels' free numerology ebook and Life Path Number calculator
Matthew Merlin Kenney, the astrologer Kari mentions: hear him on Astrology as a Portal to Physical and Celestial Healing
Pythagoras, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: background on the mathematician and mystic Kari calls the grandfather of modern numerology
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