Year: WOOD GOAT 4713
Lunar Month: WATER GOAT 6
The Wood Goat, a little girl kid, lends a soft grounded context for us this year; Still very new, maturing quickly and playfully, sincere and disciplined. Herd up, slough off what no longer serves your appetite, compost and go fresh.
Water Goat Month
"Water Goats are talkative, sentimental and persevering characters. Their emotional attachments to people and things cloud their wisdom. Their consideration of others undermines their success. Egalitarian idealists they work very hard ‘against all odds.’ Their generosity is unfailing. Rarely thanked for their work they nevertheless are strong helpers. They are often robbed or make poor judgements in financial matters and their fortune does not smooth out until old age (60+). Though rarely ill their illness tends to be complex and hard to diagnose and/or treat."
LM Notes
Qi Node: 11 Great Heat"Great Heat refers to the extreme heat in the yang twilight of the year. Oppressive heat draws up the dampness of the Earth. At this time declining Yang partners with the inter-seasonal Earth and creates Dam Heat. Damp Heat has an oppressive quality (mold, rot) in this qi node and it fosters unprecedented growth and a legion of illnesses. Though much continues to grow and flourish we must avoid the pernicious quality of the season. The great mantle of Yang must be handed down to Yin. The wise prepare for transference not defeat.
During this qi node the environmental qi (Heaven/Earth) is best at 2pm. Practice neigong several times a day facing due south. Dress lightly, wash your hair often and stroll about to avoid the damp. Chew well. During the day eat two meals, rest (nap) after lunch, snacks of fruit (melon, grapes) are good on hot days. Drink green and flower tea (jasmine, honeysuckle, lily) and in the evening enjoy a light savory soup.
It is a good time for initiating new and practical disciplines of conservation (that anticipate autumn). Activity should slowly turn from forward to reverse - begin to edit what has been accomplished. Cut back on obligations. Pace yourself. It is not a time for laziness and indolence but it is auspicious to edit what is 'unrighteous' - do not store what will mold or close down too soon.
Upon waking and before bed bucket bathe (with a final cold salt rinse), watch the sunset and go to sleep not long after dark. Rest, relax, travel (vacation by the sea), exercise and do not be exposed to coastal winds.
Guard the heart (shen) by modestly expressing your feelings - it is natural to feel emotionally lethargic or distant. Expect less from those around you to avoid emotional congestion. Be real! Honestly clear away emotional heaviness - denial. Damp heat inspires denial. Neurosis can easily go pyschotic. " LM The Way of the Three Treasures
Lunar Hexagram 10 Lu: Treading
"The weak and inexperienced or naive may succeed when given the freedom and daring to lead. Unique circumstances lead to an unexpected or unusual outcome. The process contains danger because you do not have the power to create success with certainty. Everything depends on exactly how you conduct yourself. Humility, caution, fear-management and contemplation bring success." LM Zhouyi
SATURDAY August 1, Yin Earth Rooster
61 Zhongfu: Holding the Center - The Willow, Full -
Sink into, stretch your body and move throughout the day. Movement will keep Rooster Qi attentive and affective. "The Qi is forming patterns and remaining in the channels... The Prince (yang) is gaining support. Discipline in small matters succeed. True confidence requires no aggression." LM Notes/Solar Hold to your center today, in conversation, action and stance. Ground your toes and heels, your core, into EARTH. Consider the stag. Annually birthing and shedding his rack, rebirth and death without questioning that possibility. Like mycorrhizae spread throughout the surface of the planet, honor your ancestors, calibrate and align fengshui.
I am because we are. May we, together, practice honest self-reflection and open to our collective potential.SATURDAY August 1, Yin Earth Rooster
61 Zhongfu: Holding the Center - The Willow, Full -
Sink into, stretch your body and move throughout the day. Movement will keep Rooster Qi attentive and affective. "The Qi is forming patterns and remaining in the channels... The Prince (yang) is gaining support. Discipline in small matters succeed. True confidence requires no aggression." LM Notes/Solar Hold to your center today, in conversation, action and stance. Ground your toes and heels, your core, into EARTH. Consider the stag. Annually birthing and shedding his rack, rebirth and death without questioning that possibility. Like mycorrhizae spread throughout the surface of the planet, honor your ancestors, calibrate and align fengshui.
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In resilient relations,
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