October, 2019 | Serious Feng Shui

Wood Dog 甲戌 Month
October 8 23:25-November 8th 02:42

Here are the Animal Fortunes for the month of the Wood Dog. To get the most out of the fortunes you’ll want to know all four of your pillars which are based on your birth date and time. If you don’t know them get in touch. Each of the four animals of your BaZi correlates with an aspect of your life.

Year Pillar
Has to do with your physical body and what you do with it, ancestors, family traits. In terms of luck the year pillar is said to take the first “hit” of any event, good or bad.

Month Pillar
Relates to career, work environment, training, age mates and peers, siblings, exes and your modus operandi

Day Pillar
Yourself and true partner; your immediate environment and home life.

Hour Pillar
Your innermost self, your children, future, hopes and dreams.

The Fortunes

Dog
It’s been a financially draining year, not to mention the other more poignant losses you’ve experienced. I wish I had better news but you’re going to need to hold on until the end of November before you have true relief. The Pig is your Gip Sat. Look to Tiger, Horse and Rabbit for optimism and support.
Hint: This too shall pass. The only constant is change.

Pig
Some Pigs will find themselves preferring to sleep alone this month. If you’re in a relationship it’s likely your partner is already used to your periodic need to go solo. Don’t take this for granted. That’s how you lose your allies and supporters without realizing it until there’s a problem.
Hint: Take your space but express your appreciation of those who prop you up.

Rat
Like the Pig, some kind of relationship time out beckons but you will probably be distracted by putting out the fires that pop up this month. You’ll want to be careful of coming off as a wet blanket though. If you think someone is controlling you it’s probably the other way around. Go lightly with criticism and reality checks.
Hint: Start thinking about who you want as your new boss.

Ox
Just to complete Water Season branches’ rejection of the Dog, the Ox is also more interested in what competitors are doing than in their relationships. Kind of typical of Ox though to be staying on task and repetition instead of noticing it’s time to change.
Hint: If you haven’t already learned this you will miss out on next year’s opportunities.

Tiger
It’s been a great year hasn’t it? This month you are doubly favored by the Dog and the Pig. If anyone is getting paid this month it’s you. Enjoy the ride but don’t forget that whomever you step on in your ascent you encounter on the way down. Use your keen vision to see who needs an assist. You have more luck than you can use.
Hint: Peak experiences end. What goes around comes around.

Rabbit
One last burst of Fire means you’ve got lots of work to do and the stamina to do it. You’re the catalyst this month. Use your networking skills to increase your audience and win over new supporters. Financial and other rewards will come from doing that on behalf of others too.
Hint: Teach and promote resilience. We’re all going to need it.

Dragon
In a Dog month your role is often to be settling conflicts and standing up to power that’s gone wrong. It takes your attention away from what you feel is your real job but it’s just the part of it that you don’t enjoy. Get on with it if you want to get back to your special interests.
Hint: As always, you have the capacity to make it seem easy.

Snake
The Fire in the Dog month strengthens you but also brings out competitors and your competitiveness. In a Pig year the combination of restlessness and blockage you’re experiencing makes for both health issues and housing instability. Get that check up if you haven’t already.
Hint: If you still haven’t settled into a permanent residence make that a priority.

Horse
Here’s some welcome relief for the Horse’s Fire. Your optimism is based in reality this month. The best entrepreneurs will employ kindness. Creativity is enhanced. Artists, writers and other communicators find a burst of productivity. Work holds more interest than intimacy. Don’t let the home fires burn out.
Hint: Express your desire to focus on work clearly. Set time limits as needed.

Sheep
The Sheep is the whistleblower that gets exposed. You risk it because of your own life experiences but also because you know there are so many others like you. How do you keep yourself untainted by bitterness? We’re really going to need that this month.
Hint: Speak out against the misuse of power in the moment. Immediately.

Monkey
There’s a kind of grudging support that the Dog gives the Monkey. The hidden elements in them are nearly a match. That small but crucial difference means the Monkey can finally get some recognition. All the hours you’ve been putting in are going to be noticed.
Hint: Don’t engage with immature haters. Someone will get hurt.

Rooster
The tone of this month was set by last month’s behavior. You’re not part of the inner circle in a Dog month and maybe that makes you jealous. Anyone you peck is going to turn out to have powerful allies so make sure it’s worth the repercussions. Take note of themes and experiences that have to do with your upbringing.
Hint: Change your mind by changing your perception. Or vice versa.

Elizabeth Warren was born June 22, 1949. Her birth time is unknown but I have estimated it to be in the Horse hour. My estimate is based on her history.

Elizabeth Warren has a good chance of being chosen as the Democratic candidate for the 2020 Presidential election. What is it that makes her timely? There are so many indications. Even her name, Elizabeth, seems fitting for a woman ruler. Don’t you think so?

Let’s start with her Ming Gua. Elizabeth Warren is a 9 Gua person entering the 9 Fate; a person whose guardian element is Fire entering a Fire fate. At 70 years of age, in a sense, this is her time. It’s taken most of her life to arrive at the right moment. Now there’s something to think about when you’re feeling like your time will never come. Sometimes you just have to be patient. Like decades of patient.

I mention her age also to remind you of the Chinese Zodiac cycles and how they can influence elections. Elizabeth was born in an Ox year, just like Barack Obama who is 12 years younger. Barack was elected in a Rat year. Elizabeth is running in a Rat year. The Ox has a special relationship with the Rat called Secret Friends. It’s one of those friendships where one is in charge and the other is employed. This gives Elizabeth Warren a certain advantage next year. She can employ the power of the year.

Elizabeth’s good timing doesn’t end there though. The configuration of her Ba Zi reminds me of Trump – only because usually when he is attacked he gets more support. That’s the structure of his fate. Elizabeth Warren’s Ba Zi is unusual because it turns the Water that is her self element, the Water that clashes her Horses, into power. Clashes give her more authority. Why? Elementally speaking, Elizabeth Warren’s Ba Zi says she can and does transform to Fire.

Elizabeth Warren was born the day before the summer solstice when the Fire element is at its peak. The Stems and Branches in the chart create a self supporting Fire flow. This flow even supports her health. Elizabeth’s Fire is void, which sounds bad but it means her career takes off when Horse and Sheep appear. She’s got them “built in” to her natal chart. The Sheep is also her Yute Yeung which speaks to the good decisions she has made so far. Her mistakes will not be of the career ending type.

Almost every Stem and Branch in Elizabeth Warren’s chart refers to challenge, power and authority. She has lifelong experience and practice in that area. She evades bullies and she does not bully. She prefers the open conflict as opposed to covert resistance. In the culture of American politics where a lot goes on behind the scenes that may a problem for Elizabeth, however, I think that quality makes for a healthier leader for the people.

History Doesn’t Repeat Itself But It Rhymes

For further evidence of the favorable nature of Fire and Rat in Elizabeth Warren’s Ba Zi we can look to history.

In 1996 Elizabeth Warren changed her party affiliation from Republican to Democrat. This was a crucial move in her career as it eventually led to a potential Presidential nomination. I don’t see that happening if she had stayed in the Republican party. 1996 was a Fire Rat year. December 2019 is a Fire Rat month. The Big Fate pillar where her political career began to take off was a Fire Rat 2004-2014.

In November 2008, an Earth Rat year, Elizabeth Warren was appointed chairperson of the Congressional Oversight Panel managing the implementation of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act. The monthly reports from this panel covered foreclosure, lending, real estate, AIG, bank stress tests, the effects of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), government guarantees, and the automotive industry. Only an Ox could accept a job no one else wanted and turn it into an asset for the future. Elizabeth Warren already has the experience to handle next year’s financial fallout. It’s the nature of the Earth Ox to be prepared for any outcome, favorable or not.

Elizabeth Warren’s current Big Fate pillar is Fire Ox (2014-2024). 1997, a Fire Ox year, was the beginning of her career in politics. January 2020 is a Fire Ox month. February 4th, the first day of the Tiger month and first day of spring in the Chinese calendar is a Fire Ox day. This is significant because the Iowa caucus is in February.

Xuan Kong Da Gua Date Selection

From a Date Selection perspective Elizabeth has some big advantages because her year, month and hour have a compatible relationship with the year. Elizabeth Warren has timing on her side for the primaries in February, March, June, July and September. It’s important to note that the family hexagram relationships for her Ba Zi are similar to those of Trump in 2016. This seems to indicate a kind of behind the scenes luck that is hard to quantify. I don’t think it has been studied enough to say more than that.

The 2020 Presidential election date, Tuesday November 3 2020, doesn’t favor any candidate for this method of date selection. The election will take place in Dog month rather than Pig which is significant because she would probably do better in a Pig month. November 2019 will be an important predictor.

The election date itself looks to be pretty fierce. Can you see the potential Dog fight? There are two Yang Metal that the Fire has to deal with. Power struggles. I predict that whoever the final candidates are, this will likely be another election where popular and electoral votes don’t agree.

This idea harks back to the Fire Ox pillar I mentioned before and The Compromise of 1877 which was an “unofficial” attempt to settle the heavily disputed Presidential election of 1876. Some historians say the Compromise marks the end of the post Civil War Reconstruction and the roots of modern white supremacy. Sounds about right. Meanwhile, back to the future…

At least the Yang Fire in the month stem of Election Day is Elizabeth’s Yute Duk which keeps her optimistic and sure footed. Whatever happens Elizabeth Warren will be okay.

And the Universe Says…

When the fall equinox hit Elizabeth Warren got a boost. As Water gets stronger she does better in her campaign. Her competitors are falling away it seems. Her poll numbers are going up. If you want to back Elizabeth as a candidate, don’t rely on her luck. As she has said over and over: it will take millions pushing from the outside and someone leading from the inside. Do your part by voting for your candidate of choice, whomever that is.

Month: October 2019

12 Animal Fortunes for the Wood Dog Month

Common Sensei: Timeliness of Elizabeth Warren