The Pig Month, which covers most of November, marks lap dung in the Chinese almanac. This is the beginning of winter. The winter season also includes the Rat (December) and the Ox (January). In terms of 5 elements, winter is the season of water. Think ice, snow, cold, rain, sleet, hail, flooding, slipperiness, clouds, downward… Read More
Fiery Patterns in Time : Metal Horse Month
I was going through my Twitter feed this morning and came across this tweet from History Link: A historical tidbit like that is just the right thing to get me looking for patterns in time and circumstance. Today is the first day of the Yang Metal Horse month, also known as Geng Wu. June 6,… Read More