It Could Be Sunshine If you were born in a Dragon year, congratulations on completing another turn of the wheel. Some Metal Dragons turned 84 last year, some turned 24. Some Water Dragons turned 72 in 2024, some turned 12. When you think about the Cycle of 60 pillars this way, you might see how… Read More
The Tiger in 2025 ~ Wood Snake Year
You Won’t See Me In a Snake year the Snake, Tiger and Monkey form a triangular relationship called the Fire Penalty or Ungrateful Punishment. The last time this happened for a whole year was in 2022 but being a Water Tiger year, the Fire wasn’t as strong as it will be this time around. If… Read More
The Pig in 2025 ~ Wood Snake Year
Vardo and Bardo We all ride the wheel. When you get to the top, you ride down. When you are at the bottom, the next thing that happens is going up. Pigs who can remember these ideas may find the year easier. The Dalai Lama, born in 1935 (a Wood Pig year) is someone who… Read More
The Dog in 2025 ~ Wood Snake Year
Trained Not Restrained Dogs have made it through the shakeup of another Dragon year. You made it through the clash of 2024 and perhaps now, you’re feeling a little loose and uncertain. Your life has been rearranged. Nobody likes feeling that way, but after a year of learning, and maybe unlearning, you’re in the right… Read More
The Rooster in 2025 ~ Wood Snake Year
Power Tools I am curious to see what Roosters have to say this year when I meet up with them for their annual readings. Roosters know I listen, and that I can and will keep their secrets, which makes me a person they feel comfortable sharing with. Roosters don’t trust just anyone so it’s kind… Read More
The Monkey in 2025 ~ Wood Snake Year
Make Love, Not War For the Monkey, all relationships involve Water. This could be a saving grace for Monkeys who experience the Fire penalty in 2025. Only a thorough analysis of your Ba Zi will tell you what the heck this might mean. What I can say without a full analysis is that because the… Read More
The Sheep in 2025 ~ Wood Snake Year
The Caretaker What the Sheep has going for them in 2025 is much like any other year – the Sheep creates a hospitable beauty out of whatever is available. Having a party but you can’t afford any flowers? Just get creative. The Sheep will go and gather wild flowers from the neighborhood and before you… Read More
The Horse in 2025 ~ Wood Snake Year
Hephaestus for the Rest of Us Put your head up Horse. You may get lost at times, but you don’t stay that way do you? A Horse is good at running away, which is probably how they become good at finding their way home when they want to. If you have disappeared, maybe it’s time… Read More
The Snake in 2025 ~ Wood Snake Year
Cognitive Dissident Maybe it’s time to acknowledge that you know things you would prefer not to know and act accordingly. What’s it like for a Snake in a Snake year? As every good teacher will say to you sooner or later in answer to a question like that: it depends. What they usually mean is… Read More
Wood Snake 乙巳 2025 – Your Good Directions
Ming Gua, East and West Life Groups The Ming Gua is a number that is calculated using gender and birthday in order to employ the Feng Shui method called 8 House, 8 Mansions or Ba Zhai. Each number corresponds to a trigram and an element in the Later Heaven Bagua. The Ming Gua is also… Read More