I was wondering if it is good or bad to have the same life challenge number (on the nine year cycles) for most of your life. Both I and the guy I'm currently attached to have our challenge numbers as 2 for the first one and then 1 for the remaining three cycles of our lives. Is it common to be stuck in the same challenge for a long duration in this way? And does it necessarily mean that we won't overcome the challenge for a long time, or is it possible it will be smooth sailing if we figure out how to face it early on? Is it also helpful to be with someone with the same challenges as you?

I've always been curious about this!

"Is it common to be stuck in the same challenge for a long duration in this way? " yes alot of people have repeating challenges "And does it necessarily mean that we won't overcome the challenge for a long time, or is it possible it will be smooth sailing if we figure out how to face it early on?"  this is exactly the case    good or bad?  thats totally up too the person  walking the path  ."Is it also helpful to be with someone with the same challenges as you?  "  one law says birds of a feather flock together  if both understand these challenges  two heads are better than one .

Thanks for the info! I suspected it must be a common pattern. I've heard that the upper numbers are less common (and of course the 9 is not possible) than the lower ones. So they must appear repeatedly. I should probably consider myself lucky for having so much time to concentrate on one main challenge ;) too, rather than having to deal with new ones.

Hey Caithiggs,

When two people are a couple and have the same challenge number it can bring them closer together.  It gives the natives a sense of commonness and closeness you could say.  When you or your partner are feeling down or facing an obstacle you know exactly how the other is feeling, you can relate, therefore can help one another out.  

Hope this helped!