Ming Gua, East and West Life Groups The Ming Gua is a number that is calculated using gender and birthday in order to employ the Feng Shui method called 8 House, 8 Mansions or Ba Zhai. Each number corresponds to a trigram and an element in the Later Heaven Bagua. The Ming Gua is also… Read More
Dream of Sheep
Let me be weak, let me sleep and dream of sheep Kate Bush Sheep month is coming, and for those of us who no longer know for sure where we belong, sleep might provide the only escape. That is, if you can get any. If you can’t, maybe it’s time to face what you already… Read More
12 Animal Fortunes for 2021 ~ Metal Ox Year
How To Use The Animal Fortunes If you already know your Four Pillars click on the animal name or your birth year in the table below to go straight to your Zodiac Animal nature and forecast. If you don’t know your four pillars please ask me. You’ll want to read the fortune for all four… Read More
Metal Ox 2021 (pt. 2) : A Clash Among Friends
Read Part 1 A Clash Among Friends I’ve heard the Earth Penalty, which is the juxtaposition of Ox, Sheep and Dog, called the clash among friends. I see this as something like the Greek Furies being called the Eumenides or “kindly ones”. We hope to influence whatever forces might be against us, and choosing the… Read More
Metal Ox 辛丑 2021 Feng Shui Basics
While there’s still plenty of time to prepare for the coming year of the Metal Ox, here are some things you may want to think about when planning for the shift of the energy in your own home. You can use this information to set up, but keep in mind that while it’s accurate and… Read More
Metal Ox 辛丑 2021 Your Good Directions
Ming Gua, East and West Life Groups The Ming Gua is a number that is calculated using gender and birthday in order to employ the Feng Shui method called 8 House, 8 Mansions or Ba Zhai. Each number corresponds to a trigram and an element in the Later Heaven Bagua. The Ming Gua is also… Read More
Rooster Month: Stuck On the Yin Side?
The lack of good water placement dates this month is indicative of the Rooster’s uneasy relationship with Water. I’d say it’s something like seduction vs. truth telling. I don’t necessarily see those concepts as opposites or mutually exclusive even though they often seem to play out that way in real life. In a Rat year… Read More
Monkey Month : Strangers, Guests and Gods
Possibly even more so than November, this is the deciding month of the year. It’s a Wood Monkey month so decisions will have a lasting effect. If that makes you anxious, you need to know it’s care that will make all the difference. I’ve seen the evidence that this is true many times. Caring can… Read More
Water Horse, Willow Tree
The coming Water Horse month starts Friday afternoon. That’s June 5th. The Full Moon arrives that day along with a penumbral lunar eclipse. June 6th suggests hoped for but unexpected good news. My calendar tells me this month is going to be better than the Snake month for sure. There are many more good days… Read More
I Want to Believe
In a Metal Snake month in a Metal Rat year, conspiracy theories abound. As Stewart Brand is credited with saying in 1984 (a Wood Rat year): Information wants to be free. This phrase in itself supports ideas about conspiracy, and since then people have used it to leverage various causes. For example, a librarian might… Read More