In the United States, Presidential elections are held every four years. The first Presidential election was held in 1788, an Earth Monkey year. Because the Chinese Zodiac follows a 12 year cycle, this timing set the precedent for US Presidential elections being held in Monkey, Rat and Dragon years. You can read more about that… Read More
US Presidential Elections and Ba Zi
The system of Chinese Astrology known as Ba Zi can be applied in analyzing any pattern and predicting a likely outcome. How might it be applied to the four year pattern of United States Presidential elections? America’s birthday is generally reckoned to be July 4, 1776. That was a Fire Monkey year (like 2016). The… Read More
12 Animal Fortunes for 2024 ~ Wood Dragon Year
How To Use The Animal Fortunes If you already know your Four Pillars click on the animal name in the table to go straight to your forecast. If you don’t know your Year Animal, click on your birth year. You’ll want to read the fortune for all four of your pillars. If you don’t know… Read More
The Fire Tiger Month of 2024
Fire Tiger Month ~ February 2024 The Fire Tiger, also sometimes called the Fiery Furnace, has arrived to begin the solar year of the Wood Dragon. The Tiger marks the beginning of spring which is the season of Wood. With Wood and Fire together this way, you can expect some insomnia, excitement, mania for the… Read More
Water Rabbit Year Part 3: Wild Speculations
In the past, using Wild Speculations in the title of a year forecast might have been too over the top even for me, but not this year. Who ever thought there could be more wild conspiracy theories than there were in 2020? We should have asked the Water Rabbit of 2023. Our taxed brains would… Read More
Water Rabbit Year Part 1 : All Roads Lead to Mom
Mary, Untier of Knots A Rabbit year is one where maybe all roads lead to Mom, mothers. or concepts of mothers and mothering. The Earth is a Mother too. Maybe you’ll be thinking of your mom more than usual this year. I know I will be thinking of mine. To put it bluntly, as a… Read More
12 Animal Fortunes for 2023 ~ Water Rabbit Year
How To Use The Animal Fortunes If you already know your Four Pillars click on the animal name in the table to go straight to your forecast. If you don’t know your Year Animal, click on your birth year. You’ll want to read the fortune for all four of your pillars. If you don’t know… Read More
The Ox in 2023 ~ Water Rabbit Year
Crowns not Frowns For the Ox, life since 2019 has been…eventful? 2022 may have knocked the Ox for a time loop – all the way back to 2020. What seemed great then has expired. What’s fresh is the pain of waking up to harsh reality. Even if the echoes of the Metal Rat are loud,… Read More
The Rat in 2023 – Water Rabbit Year
All in the Meaning 2022 was nothing special for the Rat. In many ways it was nothing but repetition. Work that is normally easy may have taken longer or required more sighs and tears, but you did it. In 2023 it may be time to present something beyond your usual – something more elegant and… Read More
The Pig in 2023 ~ Water Rabbit Year
Out of Nothing Pigs have a special connection to the Water Rabbit year by way of being part of the Wood Trio of 亥 Pig, 卯 Rabbit and 未 Sheep. Like the Dog, Pigs have friends and acquaintances in positions of power, which can make for a smoother ride. You have assistance from heaven as… Read More