When my highest power was explaining the cycles to me in a channeled session, I asked how many lives I have led and Rama, that's my highest power, answered me. https://medium.com/illumination/i-speak-to-god-and-god-speaks-to-me-23bff8ec2274

I was pretty blown away at first, but have come to realize that 17,043 is not a large number of lives.

I don't have any memories of any of my past lives. I have been given info about a handful of them. Sometimes my guides reveal some facts to me on their own. Sometimes I have intuited certain types of events and have asked. https://medium.com/grab-a-slice/i-am-avessel-with-17-042-previous-life-cycles-of-amassed-empathy-46df1b45261a