April, 2020 | Serious Feng Shui

Metal Dragon 庚辰 Month
April 4th 15:48-May 5th 09:08

Here are the Animal Fortunes for the month of the Metal Dragon. 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

辰 Dragon
Years: 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024
Month: April roughly. If you’re near the beginning or end ask.
In the Dragon month the Dragon is susceptible to the self-clash which is oddly helpful now when solo time may be keeping us safe. Take on some feedback to avoid errors in judgment. You’re calling the changes. Careful not to risk too much or outsmart/overwork yourself.
Hint: Heavy lifting to do and you are made for it, however, you don’t have to save everyone. Save yourself first.

巳 Snake
Years: 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025
Month: May roughly. If you’re near the beginning or end ask.
This year I see the sign of the Snake as a healer which, this month, puts the Snake in a position to disrupt the Ox’s coronation. The Snake can remove blockages. This month is for assisting the Dragon’s changes.
Hint: Look for kindling. Fan the flame with your secret knowledge.

午 Horse
Years: 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2026
Month: June roughly. If you’re near the beginning or end ask.
A leader brings an opportunity to direct your energy towards helping those who are at risk but still don’t understand – could be ancestors or descendants. They might not be able to take it in but you have and you’re past the fear now. Do what you can from a distance.
Hint: Stay flexible with plans.

未 Sheep
Years: 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015, 2027
Month: July roughly. If you’re near the beginning or end ask.
A competition for companionship has you feeling left out and that’s a tough place for a Sheep to be. You’re not usually one to stir the pot but this month may make you want to. If you feel your safety is at stake go solo – temporarily. Maybe until July.
Hint: Your group will let you back in or you’ll find a better one. This isn’t the end of the story.

申 Monkey
Years: 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016, 2028
Month: August roughly. If you’re near the beginning or end ask.
Hands on. What can you repair? What can you do to make people laugh? What do you have to say? This month your work can make a big difference in people’s understanding of you and your important role this year. Try a little tenderness.
Hint: If you want to be taken seriously spread your work ethic to both what you want and what is timely, that is to say, what is needed.

酉 Rooster
Years: 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017, 2029
Month: September roughly. If you’re near the beginning or end ask.
This month supports your partnerships. Someone wants to take care of you. You can be irresistible in a charming way or not – your choice. Try not to take advantage of your favored position by creating frivolous distractions that hinder important work – both yours and that of others.
Hint: Enjoy and appreciate the attention. No need to demand it this month.

戌 Dog
Years: 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018, 2030
Month: October roughly. If you’re near the beginning or end ask.
A mountain takes up a lot of space without any reason to consider the impact. That’s the nature of the beast. This month could magnify the close quarters for everyone. If you want harmony with your cohabitants it’s time to think about boundaries. Give room for others to move freely where you can.
Hint: Channel that restlessness into mending fences.

亥 Pig
Years: 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1994, 2007, 2018, 2030
Month: November roughly. If you’re near the beginning or end ask.
Still misty but emotions are less overwhelming this month. If you’ve disappeared off the radar just let yourself come back at your own pace. Let your supportive but firm people know how you’re really doing. You’re getting closer to the reboot.
Hint: Sometimes we just have to wait for the wheel to turn.

子 Rat
Years: 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020
Month: December roughly. If you’re near the beginning or end ask.
Long lasting success and long-term plans are made possible by your actions and choices this month. Tap into the Dragon’s storehouse of magic as only you can. Offer your revelations in return. Make donations as you are able.
Hint: Dream it up! Let patience and persistence follow.

丑 Ox
Years: 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021
Month: January roughly. If you’re near the beginning or end ask.
Being even more sensitive than usual in this Dragon month means that you may feel overstimulated. Sounds are louder. Smells are stronger. It’s not them it’s you. Your intuition and inspirations are in full effect too though. You’re the yin to the Dragon’s yang.
Hint: Retain common sense but don’t let habits get in the way of considering magical possibilities.

寅 Tiger
Years: 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022
Month: February roughly. If you’re near the beginning or end ask.
You’ve got a tight window this month to take on money making projects. At the same time you may be dealing with more complex challenges. The Fire Triple combination of Tiger Horse and Dog are still rushing to assist others as well as figure out what can safely be done to help.
Hint: Keep looking around for answers. Your superior vision can enlighten others.

卯 Rabbit
Years: 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023
Month: March roughly. If you’re near the beginning or end ask.
It could be hard to find your purpose this month. Don’t think that means you don’t have one. You’ve often got good advice about health (and many other practical matters) and it will be valued when presented with your gentle love and commitment.
Hint: Even the slightest force may be perceived as creating a loss; nitpicking or nagging.

When you’re used to walking on Fire, always growing and expanding, it takes a little longer to learn to walk on Water. For some, contemplation is a downer. Even though I had some ideas about what was coming, I didn’t take in the scale. And it has taken me a little longer than I thought it would to get my Rat year legs. How about you?

I like to think that when this is over we will be as sailors just returned from a long journey. Wobbly off the boat; joyful but still cautious. That’s when we will fan the flame together. Oh yes.

Tomorrow we enter the Metal Dragon month. Here in Washington State we’ve been advised to stay home until May 4th. I had already been thinking that certain types of businesses will ask that employees return to their workplaces in the Snake month. First day of the Snake month is May 5th this year. It’s a Metal Snake.

Snakes have been on my mind since 2016. In 2020 Feng Shui forecasters, masters, and others commented on how the Snake was a lucky sign this year. Many of them included people born on a yin Fire day in the same group. One question is: Is the luck for the Snake or does the Snake bring the luck to us?

The yin Fire of the Snake makes it the most unpredictable sign of the Zodiac. Yin Fire is also the tamer of Geng; the yang Metal of the Metal Rat. I’m mostly talking Ba Zi here, but in terms of Qi Men Dun Jia, to paraphrase my teacher Master Richard Ashworth, “Geng will usually tell you where the trouble is”.

The idea is that the unpredictable yin Fire tames the yang Metal problem. I’m always looking for the patterns and this year I see one iteration of the yin Fire as the doctors and first responders. Asclepios comes to mind, because of the Snake.

It’s All Greek to Me

Asclepios was the son of Apollo, the god who drives the chariot of the Sun across the sky each day, and Coronis(!), a mortal woman. Some versions of Asclepios’ birth say he was cut from his dying mother’s womb by Apollo as she lay on her funeral pyre. Coronis was then transformed into the constellation Corvus. Obviously this is sacrificial stuff. It reminds me of Eve’s relationship with the Snake. Both the power and the price of “forbidden” knowledge can be high.

Asclepios was raised for awhile by his father Apollo who taught him about medicinal herbs and healing. He was then sent to live with the Centaur Chiron for further education.

Known as a mythological healer, a doctor, Asclepios ultimately became so good at his work that he was said to be able to resurrect the dead. For that reason, he was killed by Zeus who felt that bringing people back from the underworld was destroying the balance of power. Tyrants often show their sociopathic natures when they are not the ones acclaimed as the givers of the miracles. This is familiar to us.

The myth goes that Asclepios’ abilities were enhanced because he did a favor for a serpent and the serpent “licked his ears clean”. The snake taught him the secrets of healing. After Zeus killed Asclepios he turned him into the constellation Ophiuchus. The staff Asclepios carries is depicted with the snake twined around it.

Coronation

Back to Chinese ideas now. The Snake, Rooster and Ox make up the Metal Triple combination. The Snake starts a new cycle.

If you’ve read my forecasts you’ll already know I have talked about the Ox being in charge this year even though it’s the year of the Rat. The Ox month is most of January in case you didn’t know. That was when we recognized the presence of the virus.

By my calculation the Ox also has a Special Star this year called Wah Koi or Magnificent Crown (I know). It often signifies heightened talents and creativity, but can also indicate a self imposed habit of social distancing: introversion, withdrawal or even celibacy. For those with the Wah Koi star in their Ba Zi, work may seem/be more compelling than intimacy, however, they get lonely too. That sometimes provides the raw material for their work. I’m not making this up.

People with the Ox or a Wah Koi in their BaZi may find it easiest to ride this time out by way of productivity. That’s not true for everyone so give yourself (or someone else) a break if you’re not feeling particularly artsy, contemplative or philosophical.

Back on the Horse

So far this has been a year of plans that require changing. That didn’t come as a surprise. The fear first hit me when I was writing this year’s Horse forecast in late December. I wish I had kept the original versions. I’m also kind of glad I didn’t. There’s always a part of forecasting that involves creation so you have to be careful with your projections.

Part of my plan, which I had been working on since September, has been to clash myself; to choose the impact so to speak. And that is why I’m not living in my house now. We moved out to make way for big renovations on March 8th; the day before many Seattle employers sent employees to work from home. That was the beginning of our social distancing. As I write this it’s been 25 days.

I’m kind of homesick but there’s no going home right now because my kitchen and bathrooms are down to the studs. Although I miss my garden there are so many others to enjoy here where I am. If this is my “disaster” I’ll take it and be grateful. In know I’m going to be alright, even if I don’t know exactly what that will mean.

I’ve been helping my parents in Arizona and my children in California and Oregon as best as I can, but going to the post office in order to send toilet paper through the mail is a tangible experience of my helplessness. So is learning how much of my anger comes from anxiety – duh.

Anyway, I’m still here and working, for which I am thankful. I do know that good things are still happening beneath the surface of this epidemic even if we are unable to identify them right now. If I can help in some way please get in touch. My fees have always been negotiable.

Month: April 2020

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