I Say What I Mean and I Mean What I Say If you’re looking for brutal honesty consult a Pig. With the Pig, if things don’t turn out the way you expected that means you probably didn’t listen to what they were saying. Actually this is true with everyone you meet. It’s just that the… Read More
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A Dog’s Life
He makes friends wherever he goes. He is certain that everyone wants to make his acquaintance. When he’s out and about, women and children especially like him. Men are either charmed or afraid – he is a litmus test for men. He’s mostly well behaved and has a sense of humor, but if you enter… Read More
Of Calculators, Cusps, and the Uncommon Sense of Ba Zi
A calculator can’t deal with a cusp but a human can. This thought has been hanging around since I had a series of conversations first with my son Joe, and then with my husband Peter, about the time it takes to draft a ba zi. It takes me hours to draft a full ba zi.… Read More
The Softest Thing in the Universe
Courtesy of Hexagram 40 (Thunder over Water) and Wu-Jing Nuan’s edition of the Yi Jing, I recently came across this quote from the Tao Te Ching: “The softest thing in the universe overcomes the hardest thing in the universe.” ~ Chuang Tzu How does this idea of yin and yang play out in your life?… Read More
Horse Month : For the Birds
Welcome to the Horse month. The Horse has an impulsive nature that can be joyfully spontaneous and warm. It’s the Horse in each of us that makes us want to be known and seen; to be the apple of someone’s eye; to be in whatever our spotlight is; to move things forward quickly. A Horse… Read More
Notes from the San Sha
Way back in February I wrote about my new office and the risky business of being in the north in 2018. I’ve been acting as my own guinea pig, partly out of year-related doggedness and partly to see how much it is possible to mitigate the negative energy. As you may recall, the Wu Wang… Read More
But We REALLY Want a Fountain!
I was sitting here in my new office listening to the rain this morning, while working on calendars for date selection. The sound of the water and the idea of “a good date” got me to thinking about a couple that I worked with around ten years ago. They found me via my website. At… Read More
Color Me Courageous
Color choices provide a lot of information about what is going on with the people in a house. In addition, color is effective in engaging with the dynamic energy of Flying Stars, along with other adjustments. Color is a practical solution in this sense because the Flying Stars energy changes annually and it’s fairly easy… Read More
Chris Cornell and Generation X
I didn’t really know Chris Cornell but I had seen him in Post Alley a couple of times and once at the restaurant where I worked. And of course I had seen him perform with Soundgarden. Arriving in Seattle in late 1989 I was a little late to the Grunge scene, or maybe just in… Read More
Here We Are Again!
Here we are again! Try saying that out loud in different cadences and tones. Make it sound celebratory or mournful. Energized or exhausted. Comedic or tragic. You can hear in your voice that it’s a fine line, right?* One more trip around the sun. Here we are again where the daphne is just starting to… Read More