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… Read More
January 2015 : Fire Ox Month in the Garden
Walking in Seward Park you can smell the burgeoning fertility of the earth. The ground is wet and springy silencing your steps so you can hear the bossy blue jay in the distance. The fog makes sounds carry strangely so that it’s not clear where they are coming from or how far away they are.… Read More
2015 Year of the Wood Sheep Forecast Roundup
The Year of the Wood Sheep or Yi Wei, also known as the year of the Blue Wood Sheep, Green Wood Sheep or Serious Sheep*, will begin on February 4th, 2015. If you want to go straight to the forecasts please scroll down. If you’d like to read my 2015 feng shui forecast for gardeners… Read More
Feng Shui for Gardeners 2015 : Year of the Wood Sheep
The Year of the Wood Sheep or Yi Wei, also known as the year of the Blue Wood Sheep, Green Wood Sheep or Serious Sheep*, will begin on February 4th, 2015. If you have a Horse in your chart this will probably come as a welcome relief. It should be easier to let go of… Read More
Mammoth Sunflowers and the Yang Wood Element (Jia)
It’s been a great year for those hot weather plants like sunflowers, just as I predicted. I planted nine mammoth sunflowers on the south side of the house near the sidewalk. They are on the dragon side. Sunflowers are a great example of the the yang wood (Jia) element and how it works. They grow… Read More
Core Theory of Feng Shui : Five Elements
I missed this post when I was doing my forecast roundup this year. In a sense it doesn’t “fit” with the others on the list because it is written by a consultant who uses a westernized form of the traditional Later Heaven Bagua. In the western method the bagua is static and it’s orientation is… Read More
What’s Wrong With This Picture : Preparing Your House for Sale
Here’s a nice house in a great neighborhood that’s on the market right now. It has off street parking and a garage. It’s a rectangle shape which is good for feng shui. What is not in its favor is that it lacks immediate curb appeal, which may be slowing down the sales possibilities. It definitely… Read More
Using Feng Shui Outdoors
One of the ways in which feng shui was westernized in the 1990s was by placing the emphasis on what is happening inside of the house. It made the concept of feng shui more palatable to the average person because it seemed to be mostly about re-decorating, placing symbolic objects, and making color choices. The… Read More
Yin Water Pig Month and the Water Element
Thursday November 7th is the first day of the Yin Water Pig Month, also known as Gui Hai. Since the main element of the pig is yang water, the pillar for the month is yin water sitting on top of yang water. An entire pillar of water (except for that tiny bit of yang wood… Read More
Coincidence or…What? October 21- 22, 2013
On Monday, October 21st 2013 which is a Metal Monkey (Geng Shen) day in a Water Dog (Ren Xu) month in the Chinese calendar. A Bing Fire (Yang Fire) day master that I sometimes work with has so many combinations in his bazi chart in this unseasonally fiery time that he became very strong. Coincidentally(?)… Read More