Category: BaZi

Common Sensei: Timeliness of Elizabeth Warren

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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.

Sheep Month : Earth, Wind and Fire

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America traditionally bids farewell to the Horse month of June in a haze of rockets’ red glare, cordite and insomnia. This year we significantly magnified Independence Day’s carbon footprint thanks to you know who. Many people in the neighborhood mentioned recently that they can’t tell the difference between the noise of the gunshots and the fireworks. I thought it odd that most of them didn’t seem bothered by that. It’s funny the things you can learn to live with without even really thinking about it.

Now we’re in the Sheep month and themes of 2015 are piling up like…Earth I guess. Every day we become more aware of the attacked and oppressed while bullies posture as benevolent victims who are punished for their good deeds. They know that even an empty threat could be enough to terrorize a person into hiding. Bullies rely on that. We uppity and arrogant women will keep speaking up and doing our thing. Bullies can rely on that too.

If you have yang Earth, yang Metal or yang Wood as the day stem or year stem of your bazi, this is a Nobleman month for you.

Oxen are hard at work and coming out of the woodwork into public presence. The Ox can learn from the Sheep’s sunny nature while the Sheep gains from the common sense model of the Ox. A Sheep month clashes the Ox but who’s to say that’s a negative?

Ask Megan Rapinoe, a 1985 Wood Ox experiencing a Sheep month. What does the Sheep bring to Megan that is special? Study with me and find out!

Ba Zi of Megan Rapinoe
b. July 5 1985 at 12:25
Life House
Yang
Metal
庚
辰
Dragon
Hour
Yang
Water
壬
午
Horse
Day
Yin
Wood
乙
巳
Snake
Month
Yang
Water
壬
午
Horse
Year
Yin
Wood
乙
丑
Ox
Big Fate
Yang
Fire
丙
戌
Dog

Megan’s current Big Fate will change to Fire Pig in 2026.

I have a client who shares Megan’s birthday (except hour) and she’s been on a sweet run of luck since 2017. You are fortunate if you have an Ox handy for the next couple of years. Is there one in your BaZi? The Ox is coming to teach us how the yin principle handles power. The Sheep will have an important role as well. Mercy and grace are part of the plan.

In Seattle, June is usually rainy and dark so we live as if summer begins on the 4th of July. Even in July, however, we are used to wearing sweaters on gloomy mornings. The cloud cover burns off late in the Horse hour or early in the Sheep hour. You can actually tell the approximate time using these and other environmental cues. When Monkey hour is imminent, in the summer the air starts moving between the mountains and the sea and the wind chimes sound.

The Sheep month is usually the driest but not this year. There’s already been an unusual amount of rain this July, in fact, it’s raining as I write this. The current weather pattern we are in is something like November – that’s the Pig month. Who’s in charge here in the northwest right now? Oink! Perhaps the watery nature of the Pig is protecting us from the wildfires.

In other news, this month I’ve been practicing my Qi Men Dun Jia by asking about the facing direction of my house. The results were kind of spooky, incredibly revealing, and even emotional. I’ve also been studying earthquake patterns in the Pacific Northwest. Don’t worry, you can keep reading. I’m not about to predict “the big one”.

Feng Shui masters often refer to the earth branches of Dog and Dragon as portents of earthquakes, but the Sheep and Ox are earth branches too. That’s important to consider in this Pig year. Don’t underestimate the yin side.

In the context of recent earthquakes…did you know there’s a divination method that literally maps the 10 heavenly stems and 12 animal branches of the Chinese zodiac onto the world map? It’s fascinating.

Just to keep it brief, I’ll say that my opinion is that the Tiger branch has an important role in the geological life of the entire West Coast and the Pacific Rim. A Tiger can move earth, especially in a Pig year. A Tiger is a station – it has to do with movement and starting things. Elementally, Wood is constantly growing therefore constantly in motion.

If you live on the West Coast of the United States that kind of qi changes the way you think. In many ways, we live with death under our feet. There’s geology, and then there’s the fact that all this land was taken by the Metal of guns and knives. We have learned to go big on definition, progression and reinvention. We throw ourselves into the process knowing death is always near. Our ideas of commitment are unorthodox. The Earth is young here.

The geological features are a big deal, but the influence of the Moon must be considered as well. Yesterday we had a partial lunar eclipse, full Moon, a Wood Tiger day and another earthquake in California. Coincidentally (?) the auxiliary star called Moon is located in the Tiger this year too. I don’t like to get carried away with these things but there they are. That’s divination.

I’ve experienced three earthquakes that I can remember. The most recent one was early morning July 12: Sheep month, Dog day in the Ox hour. These three signs together make up the Bullying Punishment. You may remember me going on about that all of last year. The morning after the quake, there was an unusual impression of deep silence; a big tension release. I hadn’t realized that for days I had been experiencing something like constant noise until it was gone. It shook something loose for me in a helpful yet uncomfortable way.

I was off by one day in predicting the July 12 earthquake. I should have paid more attention to those Feng Shui masters! The epicenter was N/NE of me. I did get that right.

In the last Earth Pig year of 1959, in Washington state, there were earthquakes in January (Ox month), July (Sheep month) and August (Monkey month). Nothing devastating. We seem to be following that same pattern here in Washington State this year. If you’re interested in this sort of thing, you can time travel into the future and read more.

N.B. The Sheep month this year started on July 8 and ends on August 8. The Chinese calendar months are not the same as the Gregorian calendar months.

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A Horse In The Running : Joe Biden

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The Horse respects rules only in the sense that rules are for others. This is slightly less true with Water and Metal Horses.

That’s why it will be interesting to see what transpires with Joe Biden this summer, especially in August. He’s a 1942 Water Horse born in the Metal Pig month. With those two branches in his BaZi chances are high he’s going to embarrass himself in June by over relying on what he thinks is his irresistible charm; foolishly overstepping boundaries again. You’d think he would have grown past that. His Wood Dragon hour says he probably hasn’t but he’s got some magic left in him, courtesy of the Moon.

With three out of a possible four self clash signs in his BaZi, at age 77 Biden knows he makes stupid mistakes. For this reason, he is probably more open to learning from them than most men his age. I think that is also what gives him his awkward sort of empathy.

Joe Biden has a Fire Ox day pillar. That could be really useful next year. Unfortunately it’s also a weak point because it reveals he is accustomed to and expects pampering. Joe is only just now starting to get an inkling of how privileged he has been. Under pressure regarding his behavior, in the past he has come off as a typical old white guy, highlighting his cluelessness.

In Biden’s BaZi you can see he has a lifelong pattern of being disappointed by loss, interruptions and delays. His timing is always off. It may not be obvious but Joe’s failures also have to do with a lack of preparation. He has not shown he is prepared to lead.

Joe says he’s listening and learning. Inside he’s frustrated though. Can’t you feel it? When it comes to disappointment maybe he’s had more than his fair share, if there is such a thing. He’s impatient and wants to get past this part of the campaign process as quickly as possible. Collateral damage is likely; the type of damage so great that it overshadows the desired outcome. A Horse’s victory is often the Pyrrhic sort. Joe should know that by now.

If timing is what has kept Joe from success, the Earth Sheep in his current Big Fate removes that barrier. Biden just started this 10 year luck cycle in late 2018, probably about the time Dr. Jill Biden agreed to help him out with another campaign. I don’t think Joe would have tried otherwise.

What could be more helpful for a Horse running for President than a Sheep? Horse and Sheep are best friends and the Sheep will keep the Horse from burning out. The Sheep is perfect for signing up supporters and will make apologies for the Horse’s occasional stumble.

If Biden really wants to revise his value system then the Sheep clashing his Ox will be helpful, however, Dr. Jill is going to be under pressure again from people who think she’s a gender traitor for supporting Joe. Is it impossible that Jill helps him because she loves him and chooses him? Her motives are attributed to either internalized misogyny or defending her privilege or both, but adult relationships are not that pure. Who’s to say it isn’t all of the above?

Joe should be aware that Jill’s views may be the ones that change. In August, she may be defending Joe again regarding his sexual politics. For her sake, I hope Jill already knows what that will be about. August is a Water Monkey month – predicting that Joe’s treatment of Anita Hill is still a live issue. Joe says he’s listening and he wants to learn but he still hasn’t made a proper apology to Anita. If you’re looking for signs and portents you can probably stop there.

Chris Cornell and Generation X

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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 time for the peak that was 1990. In any case at that time Seattle was a magical musical place filled with intellectually rebellious young people. None of us had much money. We used to joke that we were continually passing the same dollar bills around to each other as tips in various venues. There was a lot of love and couch surfing. Have you ever heard that song by Jimi Hendrix called “Little Wing”? For me that summed up the Seattle scene in 1990, Metal Horse year.

“Well, she’s walking through the clouds
With a circus mind that’s running round
Butterflies and Zebras
And moonbeams
And fairytales
That’s all she ever thinks about
Riding with the wind”

“When I’m sad, she comes to me
With a thousand smiles she gives to me free
It’s alright, she said, it’s alright
Take anything you want from me
Anything, anything
Fly on, little wing”

It’s not really a surprise that Chris Cornell has that exact pillar, Metal Horse, in his chart, as well as the pillar that matches the year 1991 (Metal Sheep).

Chris Cornell
July 20, 1964 Snake Hour (est.)

Chris Cornell is a Yang Metal day stem person with strong Fire. His chart consists mostly of Metal and Fire, and the Fire in the chart stresses the Metal. Metal also represents the head, thus his struggles with mental health. Wood is “empty” in this Ba Zi which tells me Chris was probably unable to fully experience or believe his success.

I chose Snake as his hour because of the way Chris associates snakes with deception in his lyrics. The song “Black Hole Sun” comes to mind. The Snake wreaks havoc in the chart because depending on timing, it births either supportive Metal or destructive Fire. The Snake created a theme of cyclic alliance and betrayal in Chris Cornell’s life where he felt constantly pushed/pulled in two different directions. You might even call the Snake a trigger.

Chris’ chart could use some Water both as an outlet for the Metal and a balance to the Fire. The Fire Rooster year of 2017 magnified the Metal and Fire conflict. At that point, in his current fate of Fire Rat, even though there was some help from Water, Fire became overwhelming. Chris Cornell died in the Snake month.

On first impression, Chris Cornell was a dark and beautiful poet and musician with curly black hair, classical features, and piercing eyes. But then there were his lyrics, and maybe that’s why I first came to associate him with Orpheus beyond his looks. Orpheus was said to have such charm with his voice that he could even make the Gods weep and that was Chris, too. In looking at the course of his life you could say that he visited the underworld (depression/addiction) and returned, just like Orpheus. There was something doomed about him but that was no different than the rest of us Gen Xers. He just made it seem elegant through his words and his quietly mysterious off-stage presence.

The rest of us angst ridden former latch key kids looked at him (and Kurt Cobain) as the ultimate example of turning pain into art; rising above the past by expressing the sadness and anger in beautiful ways; overcoming the cliche of the broken childhood. Our motto: See us? Hear us? We’re messed up and angry but still here kicking ass. We don’t want you to notice we are secretly idealistic and peace loving because it hurts. If you listen to our music the soft underbelly will tell you exactly how to undo us but you won’t hear it through the screaming.

If it’s the case that we choose our parents and our life path before we are born then Gen X kids knew before we were born that our parents were probably not going to be around much. It wasn’t that they didn’t love us or care, but our parents were going to be busy doing the best they could to deal with their relationship/marriage/divorce, job, commune, religion, band, cult, addiction, you name it. The route for some of us was taking care of our own parents and siblings. For others it was all we could do to keep track of ourselves.

Even in elementary school many of us already had house keys and knew that if we lost them, we would not be able to get inside any time soon without breaking something. Many of us had braces but no one was taking us for haircuts. If we lost our lunch money we were not going to have lunch. Grunge came from the latch key kids who were used to doing it themselves if they wanted it done. We gathered up the leftovers: people, clothing, records, books, anything that was discarded. We even recycled music by sampling. This was our way of “owning” the past albeit in a somewhat mordant way. We learned to rely on ourselves and we were okay with that. Right. We were the most inept tightrope walkers ever, working without a net. Having no context for the experience of falling, we were convinced that we could bring ourselves up. We tried to take care of each other but we knew some of us weren’t going to make it. RIP my friend Ingrid Liiv.

We didn’t understand that many of the lessons we learned at that time might not be helpful. Everyday problems for latchkey kids were loneliness, boredom, fear, anger, premature sexual experience, depression, addictions, and anxiety laden burdens of sibling responsibility. We also learned about independence, problem solving, first aid, domestic skills, making money, saving money, and planning. We learned that if we just put in enough effort we could make something happen, no matter how graceless we were.

We knew there would be pain so as we got older we tried control it by being the ones hurting ourselves; making it into art, making it beautiful, reinventing ourselves. We were ready to show you our scars; that we were freaks. We learned to blur the lines between attraction and repugnance with our punk rock aesthetic. We embraced androgyny. If cleanliness was next to godliness we stayed pagan by not using deodorant and avoided bathing regularly. We excelled at making beautiful ugly and ugly beautiful; sporting electrical tape, safety pins, Doc Martens, duct tape, torn tights, black leather jackets, spikes, thermal underwear, and shaved heads. The Modern Primitive movement with its piercings and tattoos was a way for us to literally take control of our own pain by volunteering for it.

Maybe we knew that once we were born it might feel like a trap, but still thought we could make a success of it. If you believe that we choose our parents and life experience before we are born, then of course it could happen that some of us take on more than we ultimately feel we can handle.

I think if we could ask Chris Cornell what happened that’s what he might say. His words in his final phone call with his wife are quite revealing: I am just tired. Maybe he just needed a break and a hug. Maybe if he could have just waited another hour or another night he could have stayed here with us a little longer. In reading his chart I can see how the moments around midnight on May 17, 2017 would have been precarious. Three of the pillars in play in his chart are duplicated at that time. Almost all of the elements of the moment are against him. In effect, he probably felt like all of his problems had doubled somehow. That moment would have passed.

To continue with my original idea of Chris Cornell as Orpheus…did you know there was an ancient Orphic religion? I think its philosophy is reflected in Chris’ songs about the allure of death as an escape from the pain of this physical existence. You see, the central principle of Orphism is that the immortal soul is torturously imprisoned by the physical body and wants to escape. A short time after death, however, the soul is sent to a new body and the cycle starts over. That is not an ending. I don’t think Chris Cornell got that death was not the end. Our actions, our parents actions, and the actions of all of our ancestors resonate in each of us every day regardless of the concept of time. Do I think Chris Cornell meant to commit suicide? No. I think he was having a really bad moment, but then I like to think that at the last moment every suicide would like to take it back.

Harvey Weinstein : Release the Hounds

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Let’s take a look at the Ba Zi of Harvey Weinstein. He was born March 19, 1952 in Queens, NY. His birth time is unknown but I have estimated it to be the hour of the Horse.

As you read through this analysis please keep in mind that how all of this plays out is much more about choice than fate.

Mr. Weinstein is a very strong Yang Wood person born in a Water Dragon year with all of the male potency and thrusting type energy of the Wood element. You’ll see his Day Stem (self) marked in red on his chart. The Wood element here is so strong that early pruning, by which I mean the intervention of the Metal element in his youth, would have been a great benefit.

My question is: Since the Metal element often is represented by the Father, where was his? Harvey himself speaks as if he and his brother were raised solely by their mother when the fact is his father was still alive when Harvey was in his twenties. How does a mother treat children whose father is absent? What is there to be said about choosing a partner who will be an absent father?

In elemental terms, Metal is exhausted by Water. Maybe his father stayed away to avoid Harvey’s tumultuous emotions. Because there is an abundance of the Water element in Harvey’s chart that tells me he is intelligent, deeply emotional and has strong sexual desire. Don’t take this as an excuse for his bad behavior but the sheer amount of water would be difficult to control, just like a flood. Ironically, the Metal element which would promote constraint, can also increase the Water.

Harvey lacks self control or discipline until he reaches his 50s, which is probably when he started stalking, terrorizing and manipulating his victims. He is so far out of balance that this is how he would perceive the idea of self-discipline. Instead of keeping his hands, etc. to himself Mr. Weinstein tries to take control by keeping his assaults hidden from the public eye.

For most of his life he has had really good luck. From his year you can see he’s a risk taker. From his month you can tell he sees himself as a great romantic, however, this applies to his work environment as opposed to his marriage type relationships. For many years he probably thought his charming nature would always keep his victims from blowing the whistle on him. How could anyone really be mad at such a great guy

In his day pillar he has the “groping hands” ch’i called Loy Hong Yim Sat, but also Yute Duk – a type of lunar related, feminine energy which enables him to survive disasters. Go figure. I’d say this is related to his mother, but more on that later.

To top it all off, his day pillar also asserts that his sexual escapades will be made public – more so in a Rooster year. Still, his natal chart has the solution to his problems built in because of the presence of the Dragon. His punishment will probably not fit his crimes. It’s the timing of the Rooster and the Dog that brings in his current bad luck. It looks like the Dragon may save his bacon once again – this time from the Dog.

This is a chart where the Dragon plays a very important role, and the part of the Dragon is played by Harvey’s mother Miriam. You see, because of the month he was born in, the sign of the Dragon gives him a sort of magical protection from the problems he would have without it. His mother is the person whom he saw as keeping him out of trouble. He speaks of his anger management issues and going to therapists in a New York Magazine article (from 2003? 2004?) saying:

“Of course, they always ask me about my mother, Miriam. And the trick about Miriam is, my brother and I love her. She was widowed maybe 30, 40 years ago, so we grew up, you know, with Mom. She was incredibly supportive and tough on the both of us. She’s still, you know, the one person you, we have to toe the line with, you know”.

The relationship of the Rat and Rabbit in his chart makes me think that he came to disregard his mother’s teachings and influence and he thought he could keep it a secret from her. Miriam Weinstein died in November of 2016 by the way, before her son’s scandalous behavior came to light. I don’t see this as a coincidence. Her death meant that Harvey’s brakes were off and his reckoning was on the way.

In 2017 the Dragon in his year is compromised by the Rooster, bringing out the Metal element to correct Mr. Weinstein. The Rooster also creates a clash with the Rabbit in his month stimulating the women he molested to speak up. #metoo And – Harvey has been in a 10 year period of Rooster energy which heightened his nastiness and made it public.

The clash of Rabbit and Rooster has been present for everyone during 2017, bringing trust issues, questions of loyalty and sexual jealousy. This has come up as a theme in every Ba Zi I’ve read this year. As for 2018, it will be a Dog year, and when it comes to the Rabbit the Dog is on her side every time. I’m hoping that this will bring some justice for the women involved but not optimistic.

Finally, the role of the Dog in Harvey’s chart is to bring more Fire element which relates to fame. In his case the fame turns to infamy. Mr. Weinstein’s widespread abuse of women came to light in October of 2017 which is a Metal Dog month in a Rooster year. This was the beginning of his fall from grace. Most likely though, Harvey has been at it at least since 1970, a Metal Dog year. That may be the true beginning of the problem.

The energy of the Metal Dog is fierce, protective and will bite – something like good cop/bad cop. Which one will it be? Mr. Weinstein’s next luck pillar is also a Metal Dog and it will begin in 2019 so I’m guessing we won’t see him going to trial before then.

Maxine Waters Reclaims Time

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Summer 2017 in America

Many Feng Shui masters might not agree about this but the way I see it we are now in the 9th fate: the age of Fire. The super powers of women are becoming obvious to everyone whether they like it or not. Boys are getting angry that there are female only showings of Wonder Woman. Guys like James Damore and Steven Mnuchin are getting nervous and making a pre-emptive strike to block the oncoming rise of women by pouring on the rhetoric. We have seen these tactics of avoiding answering the question that was asked (Mnuchin), or defending a weak position by claiming the victim role (Damore), used against women in authority positions many times. Maxine Waters is not having that. Her super power is reclaiming time. Mnuchin was not able to derail her – instead he opened the eyes of the world to her mastery. Times are changing. The change is accelerating.

Maxine Waters was born in an Earth Tiger year. Earth and Wood together is about power and success, aka kun and choi in the language of Ba Zi.

I wrote a post earlier this year about how people with a Tiger branch in their Ba Zi are quite effective against the Trump administration. Rather than spending a lot of time blustering on social media or in other public arenas, these Tiger people are watching and waiting. They are also working behind the scenes to make sure that when they go in it’s for the kill. They will not forget who did what and who stepped out of their place in the pecking order. The Tiger branch clashes with the current month of Monkey so Tigers will be prominent in August, and then again in October because of the Tiger’s alliance with the Dog.

As the year has progressed I have come to describe our current political situation as a tension between Earth and Wood elements. In the dynamic cycle of the Five Elements, Earth is controlled by Wood. In Ba Zi terms this means Wood is Earth’s power, and Earth is Wood’s success. Under certain circumstances Earth and Wood can also combine to create more Earth. Earth and Wood combining is a characteristic of Trump’s birth chart. He seems to be able to render his opponents ineffective. I say this only happens when the opponent lacks subtlety due to a surfeit of aggression.

Earth vs. Wood

Let’s use Earth element to represent Trump since he has an Earth day stem, Earth day branch and was born in a Dog year. We’ll also have Earth represent the U.S. Government since the office of President and the government are virtually inseparable.

Birth Chart of Donald Trump
Born June 14, 1946 at 10:54 am

Qualities of Earth

  • Remote
  • Stubborn
  • Unmoving
  • Powerful
  • Heavy
  • Compiling
  • Massive

 
Trump’s particular type of Earth reminds me of a small planet becoming huge; adding to its own gravity by consuming everything in its orbit. HUGE!

Now Wood will represent people with a Tiger branch in their chart, such as Maxine Waters and the Tigers from my earlier post. For the Wood element I’m also including the citizens of the U.S.A. since we are the ones who give the power to our government.

You’ll also want to note Maxine also has strong metal in her chart so it’s in her nature to speak up fearlessly about her beliefs.

Birth Chart of Maxine Waters
Born August 15, 1938

Qualities of Wood

  • moving in every direction
  • constant movement
  • stubborn
  • flexible
  • persistent
  • ambitious
  • idealistic
  • wants space

 

From the words alone you can see how these Earth and Wood clash, but they also have a relationship that can be harmonious.

If you follow my logic, Trump is a problem that “we the people” have the power to fix. How to begin? Don’t get distracted by the daily drama. Stay attentive to all the important things you do in your own microcosm even if all that means is communicating kindness and love to those around you. It does make a difference in the macrocosm. Align with those who share some or even just one of your values – don’t worry if you don’t match up on every issue. Be ready to move and change. Success is in flexibility and cooperation.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders : If You Want a Friend in Washington Get a Dog

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What would it be like for a woman growing up with Mike Huckabee as her father? And why would that compel her to stand and loyally defend the crass actions of her boss Donald Trump? To answer these questions one must consider both nature and nurture. This is just one of the ways to use Bazi.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders was born on August 13, 1982.

The year pillar reveals the nature of parents, grandparents, ancestors, family attitudes, and traditions that are handed down. Compare it to the day pillar and you can have a quick read on the nature of a person’s parents and how he or she responds to that influence. This is where our decisions or reactions usually come from unless we consciously change ourselves.

Twitter/Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Dog 戌 vs. Dragon 辰 is a Clash

In the case of Sarah, the relationship of Dog in the year pillar and Dragon in the day pillar is key to understanding why she is willing to take on the task of defending Trump. There is a conflict between loyalty to authority and defending those who are bullied. There are boundary issues. Her problem lies in discerning who is the bully and who is being bullied.

Because Sarah has been bullied herself she perceives that type of energy as negative. Unfortunately, bullying and being bullied also has the comfort of familiarity and invokes a possibly troublesome loyalty she feels to her father Mike Huckabee.

Being bullied at the same time you are learning to love and be loved is a powerful but useless lesson many girls and young women have learned from their fathers. It’s difficult to believe in a love without manipulation and pain after that. Maybe a big part of the problem is that there is a certain thrill simply in having your father that focused on you. Imagine the outcome if his focus was on teaching you self care instead.

Dog the Father

Source: Getty/Mic

A man who can make remarks like this is a scared misogynist at best. At worst he is a bully who is interested in taking away women’s freedom. For Sarah he is the archetype of the father. As such he represents authority – even the highest authority which some would call God. Sarah’s loyalty to Trump is a reflection of her loyalty to her father. She will have a huge conflict going against Trump in any way and feels compelled to defend him even though it makes her look like an ass.

Some of the characteristics of the Dog correspond with Sarah’s father’s career:

  • Mike Huckabee ran in the Presidential Primaries in 2016 but didn’t really have anything new to say.
  • He is a Christian Minister who probably thinks he is protecting his flock but is too dogmatic to be an inclusive and charismatic leader.
  • He was the Governor of Arkansas from 1996-2007 which shows that he does have leadership qualities with the like minded, i.e. his pack/PAC.
  • Coincidentally(?), he was born in Hope, Arkansas, the same town as Bill Clinton. Also interesting is that Bill Clinton, Donald Trump and George W. Bush were all born in 1946 which was a Dog year. This would lead one to think that the phrase “You lie like a dog” means not only that you lie, but that you do it badly.

 

Sarah has some of the Dog characteristics too. In Sarah’s chart, the character representing her self is 戊 and the character representing her father is 戌. Even if you’ve never studied Feng Shui or Bazi you will probably notice how similar these characters are. Sarah and her father are similar too, but not exactly the same.

But don’t forget Sarah’s day branch is the Dragon. Have you noticed how much more reluctant and heavy* she seems with each new press conference? She knows that Trump’s behavior is out of line and yet she doggedly pursues her own success by continuing in her protective position. She attempts to portray Trump’s behavior as paternally oriented but you can see she is struggling. On the other hand it’s the Rooster year, this is her big chance and the money is good, so…

The Rooster Year 2017

Because there is a Dragon in the day branch of Sarah’s chart, in a Rooster year she may find herself attracted to the fame and power of her job as a spokeswoman and losing track of her own mojo.

Her current fate is Wood Dragon indicating that this is a time where she has new opportunities for both power and money. Her problems are “first world problems”. This kind of big success must distract from any unpleasantness she has to go through to achieve it, but she doesn’t see the crash and burn coming. Unfortunately, a second Dragon means she may be kidding herself about how much she is able to outsmart those around her. Thinking about her long term career (i.e. post-Trump) might be a better strategy.

*I don’t mean she gained weight.

James Comey in Hot Water

Posted on by Stephanie Stewart

James Comey
Born December 14, 1960 (hour unknown)
is too much water? He gets fired from his position of FBI Director on May 9, 2017, ostensibly due to damage done to the credibility of the FBI on his watch.

You don’t need to use divination to know that Comey’s firing has much more to do with our current administration’s ties to Russia than it has to do with some other action on Comey’s part. The reason Comey was fired is that he was perceived as having too much power over information about events that happened last year. The element of water represents Comey’s power in his ba zi but the element of water in general is about communication. Communication will not be suppressed by his dismissal in 2017 because the central energy of this year is water.

But let’s look at his ba zi.

James Comey was fired on a Fire Monkey day. You may remember that 2016 was a Fire Monkey year so already you can see here that there is an implication that he was fired for things that happened last year. Obviously there are echoes of recent events – anyone remember what happened shortly before the election? The 2 months prior to the election were Fire Monkey (August) and Fire Rooster (September). The same sort of chi as 2016 and 2017 but on a different scale.

When the Monkey is in the chart along with the Dragon there is a triple water combination in his chart. In a sense in the Rooster year the Dragon is lurking all of the time but it looks like April 2017 (Dragon month) completes the water combination and it is just too much. The Monkey has to do with getting in trouble with spoken words and the Dragon has to do with sudden change. When they come together with the Rat, keeper (or revealer) of secrets Comey is fired.

Comey’s current Big Fate is Water Snake. We just entered the Snake month on May 5th. Look to the Snake for marking out liars, spin doctors and truth seekers. Always a theme for the Snake. And just so you know, I’m not creative enough to make this stuff up.

Dragons and Roosters and Tigers Oh My

Posted on by Stephanie Stewart

I’ve been paying more attention to the people in the news lately (who hasn’t?) and I’ve noticed a trend amongst those who are making trouble for the Trump machine. Some of the people who really stand out have either a Dragon branch or a Tiger branch. Their actions now are related to the Metal of 2016 (Fire Monkey) and 2017 (Fire Rooster).

Metal is an element that can be fierce and competitive – not afraid to fight or call out injustice. Metal is strong in the charts of people who are openly fighting back right now.

The Dragon is diverted from his usual subterranean ways by the Rooster (2017) and will be forced speak out. People with a Dragon branch may go against their usual affiliations even at the risk of being ostracized by colleagues or losing their jobs.

The Tiger in 2017 is in conflict with the Rooster. Expect people with a Tiger branch to remind us to respect the hierarchy, represented in this case by the power of the Constitution. They will patiently wait until it’s time to be ferocious and then they will pounce. They will be especially prominent in February.

If you want to align yourself with people who will be effective in the resistance, look for the Dragons and Tigers for now. You can look for people with Tiger and Dragon qualities or you can look for people born in certain years.

DRAGONS: 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000
TIGERS: 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998

The Dragon or Tiger branch can be present in any of the four pillars that make up your birth chart, not just the year.

Who has a Dragon Branch?

Senator Susan Collins (R-ME)
December 7 1952
Year: Water Dragon

United States Attorney General Sally Yates
August 20, 1960
Day: Metal Dragon

National Parks Service*
August 25, 1916
Year: Fire Dragon

Representative John Lewis (D-GA)**
Feb 21st 1940
Year: Metal Dragon
Month: Earth Tiger

Senior Federal Judge William C. Canby, Jr.
May 22, 1931
Month: Water Dragon

Who has the Tiger Branch?

Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
November 23rd 1950
Year: Metal Tiger

Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson
February 23, 1965
Month: Earth Tiger

Senior Federal Judge Richard Clifton
November 13, 1950
Year: Metal Tiger

Where there are Tigers you will find Horses

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
June 22, 1949
Month: Metal Horse

Metal Element

Washington State Solicitor General Noah Purcell
I was not able to find any birth information for him but my guess is that he was probably born in 1980 – a Metal Monkey year.

*You can read the ba zi of an institution by its “birthday”
**John Lewis has both Tiger and Dragon

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Posted on by Stephanie Stewart

Hillary Rodham Clinton was born October 26, 1947 in Chicago, IL. Her birth time is unknown but I believe there is enough evidence available to support that she was born around 8am.*

Here is her natal chart:

Hillary Clinton Natal Chart

Hillary Clinton is a yang earth person. Does she have what it takes to be the next President of the United States? Here’s the Five Element breakdown.

Earth element

She’s got a solid base of supporters.

Yang earth (Wu)

Hillary is a Wu (yang earth) person Everywhere you see a Wu in the chart you see her supporters, the majority of which are always women. I say women because they have the same polarity as Hilary, meaning they are both yang earth.

There is even more Wu hidden in the Chen (Dragon) of the hour branch. Many of the causes she is known for supporting and furthering have to do with women and women’s concerns, i.e. children. In a Gallup poll taken in March of this year, 56% of women gave her a good rating while only 44% of men rated her favorably. If there is anything that can give her an edge in this campaign it is her women supporters.

Yin earth (Ji)

Look for Ji in her natal chart and you’ll find there isn’t any. Ji would be male friends or supporters. If she could get more men on her side it would be hard to keep her from becoming the next president, but in Hillary’s case Ji earth is not favorable. Ji is present in 2015 (Yi Wei), because hidden inside of Wei there is Ji. She has had to face a lot of attacks on her reputation from her mostly male peers in 2015.

The lack of Ji also predicts that Hillary is not good at the art of persuasion. She is also not good at social media.

Metal element

Hillary has some creativity to combine with her analytical skills and can bring innovative programs in fairly quickly. Her creativity is a bit heavy handed in its execution. Remember her role in what everyone now calls Obamacare?

Yang metal (Geng)

Hillary is good at the long game and will make sure Ts are crossed and Is are dotted. You might not realize it, but she is working on perfecting her next project right now.

Yin metal (Xin)

Xin is not present in the natal chart so Hillary has a hard time appealing to younger voters. She is not good at chit chat and the sound bite type of entertainment that entertains people. Instead, she seems too rigid, didactic and boring – or she says something stupid like claiming she is “flat broke”. People think she lacks a sense of humor. People want her to be more “real” by which I think they mean spontaneous. She isn’t good at that.

Lately she is trying to be more entertaining but it just comes off as awkward because she is not used to using that element. She should keep working on it or find a way to use her yin wood element (Yi) more effectively on behalf of young people.

Water element

She’s smart and she’s got plenty of money. She seems cold hearted at times, but that is because the water is hidden.

Yang water (Ren)

Hillary has more money and feelings than you think. Don’t be fooled because she is not a conspicuous consumer, doesn’t seem interested in showing off her wealth, and doesn’t like to talk about her money or show her emotions.

Yin water (gui)

Because the water is in the hour branch she’s not going to run out of money. It may go away but it will keep on coming back.

Wood element

Hillary has the guts to make tough decisions without flinching but she also has the self control to keep her actions within the laws and constitution. Hillary’s comfort with smart power is due to the nature of the wood element in her chart. She can come down hard but she also has a compassionate side. There is a dual nature to her power and she is usually good at using it.

Hillary has both Jia (yang wood) and Yi (yin wood) in her natal chart. Right from the start this tells you she’s patient and she’s in it for the long haul. The longer she can stay in the game the more powerful she will become. Next year will bring an even greater growth of her power, but if she doesn’t get elected next year don’t count her out.

Hillary has even more going for her than that. Her day pillar Wu Yin (Earth Tiger) is one of the best pillars for political power and leadership.

Yang wood (Jia)

Hilary has a proven track record of getting things done and making tough decisions without flinching – see her recent book Hard Choices. This is a great example of how the yang wood of the Tiger and the yang earth in the day stem are interacting. The elemental relationship is about power, control and winning. She has been called “hawkish” meaning she is ready to go to war when she sees fit. A woman with this type of energy in America is sometimes labelled as a “bitch” or at the least as “not very nice”. She doesn’t seem to do nice. In Hilary’s case, her yang wood is not gentle but is inclined to be kind or compassionate – sort of a benign dictator. Again, look to the causes she supports for evidence.

How does she handle the email scandal? She feels no need to apologize or explain. There is no evidence at this time that she has gained some advantage by keeping her email private but her attitude about it is unsettling. It may be getting too late to apologize or admit error.

Yin wood (Yi)

Yin wood is hidden in the Dragon hour branch. Hillary needs it to have a fighting chance at being president because it balances the qualities of the yang wood. Without the yin wood she might operating too far outside of the laws to stand up to the kind of public scrutiny a political candidate will have to endure. The Yi will keep her out of trouble.

How does she handle the email scandal? She reminds you that she never went outside the law or policy. Each time she is asked about it she says “it was allowed” to reassure you that she can play by the rules.

Fire element

She is good at analysis and has the experience and knowledge to be a competent and successful president. Of all five elements, the one Hillary has the most of is Fire or resource. In fact, there is fire in all four pillars.

Yang fire (Bing)

Hillary can see a few steps ahead in the game that is her career. She can identify key patterns and points that allow her to put forth innovative legislation.

Yin fire (Ding)

Hillary knows her facts, stays up to date on her information, and can win an argument by using these strengths.

Timing and The Peach Blossom Factor

Here’s the main thing that I think is working against Hillary’s run for the nomination: timing.

The branch that we call “peach blossom” for Hillary’s chart is Mao or Rabbit branch. There is no rabbit in the natal chart. Peach blossom is the type of energy that makes you attractive and draws people to you. A woman without peach blossom in the highest position of power may be too much for a male dominated culture to accept. If she had it she would have more male supporters and possibly more young people. It would be very difficult for anyone to beat her.

The only way for her to enjoy the peach blossom effect of the rabbit branch is through timing. From 1992-2002 her 10 year luck pillar was Yi Mao – for this 10 year period the Rabbit was present. If you look at photos of her from this time she is at her most attractive and looks happier than you ever see her again. She could really use that kind of luck now.

*Clinton, Hilary Rodham (Scroll down for Source Notes at Astro.com)