The lack of good water placement dates this month is indicative of the Rooster’s uneasy relationship with Water. I’d say it’s something like seduction vs. truth telling. I don’t necessarily see those concepts as opposites or mutually exclusive even though they often seem to play out that way in real life. In a Rat year… Read More
Water Horse, Willow Tree
The coming Water Horse month starts Friday afternoon. That’s June 5th. The Full Moon arrives that day along with a penumbral lunar eclipse. June 6th suggests hoped for but unexpected good news. My calendar tells me this month is going to be better than the Snake month for sure. There are many more good days… Read More
I Want to Believe
In a Metal Snake month in a Metal Rat year, conspiracy theories abound. As Stewart Brand is credited with saying in 1984 (a Wood Rat year): Information wants to be free. This phrase in itself supports ideas about conspiracy, and since then people have used it to leverage various causes. For example, a librarian might… Read More
Prescience or Pre Science?
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… Read More
The Rat in 2020 ~ Metal Rat Year
Who is a Rat? Years: 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008. Month*: December Hour: 11:00 pm – 01:00 am Day: ask us * Caution: the start of the Chinese month can be as early as the 4th and as late as the 9th, depending on the year. I can let you know this too. What… Read More
Metal Rat 庚子 2020 : Bearing Witness
Observers who go unnoticed: this is your year. Take back authority through your revelations and actions. I’m talking to those who aren’t sleeping at night because they are making plans to protect their families and the planet. We’ve been heading in this direction for some time and now we’ve arrived in a place where we… Read More
Metal Rat 庚子 2020 Feng Shui Basics
Here’s what you need to know to get ready for the Year of the Metal Rat. Tai Sui, Sui Po and San Sha In the Year of the Metal Rat, which opens on December 22, 2019 at 13:04 to be exact, the Tai Sui is in the north. If you’re not already familiar with the… Read More
Fire Rat Month: For Faith’s Sake
When Water is at its strongest, Fire is weak. This is yin and yang; a cycle without end. The Fire Rat month emphasizes these elemental interactions. Water tends to dampen our faith in things turning out right. We lose optimism. Do we stick or split? Do we give up and start over or stay the… Read More
Common Sensei: Timeliness of Elizabeth Warren
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?… Read More
Monkey Month: Water Tests Mettle
You will always find an answer in the sound of water. Zhuangzi In times that test fortitude and persistence, there are urgent choices to be made. The balance between our public and private selves seems to seesaw with every exchange. Thank goodness there’s everyday life to distract us. We need to have dinner. The kids… Read More