Lunar Month: WOOD MONKEY 7
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.
Wood Monkey Month
"Wood Monkeys are versatile, adventurous and ambitious. Hurt by uncaring parents or orphaned in childhood, they tend to live unsettled lives. They often work at more than one job and live in more than one place - and have an untrusting character. Their ambitions can land them in lawsuits or in prison. A strong mentor or partner can release them from some obstructions. Strong in their youth, they decline in old age plagued by sleep disorders, congenital heart disorders and psychosomatic complications. They are prone to madness and depression.
Qi Node: 13 Autumn Begins
"Yin Reverses Yang
In Autumn Begins there is the reversal of what the Chinese call "late summer". At this time autumn qi (particularly in evening/night), which is Dry, will reverse the lingering damp heat pattern. It often causes typhoons and tornadoes.
During this qi node qi is the best at 3pm.
Now and then, during the day, practice neigong facing southwest. Do not overexert yourself (or sweat); let the qi move the blood and transform nutrients. Dress lightly (cover well), and stroll about in the morning to avoid the damp.
Chew well. During the day eat two meals, rest (nap) after lunch, snacks of fruit (pears) are good on hot days. Drink green and flower tea and in the evening enjoy a light savory soup.
Vegetarian meals are fine.
Activity should turn from outward to inward - begin to edit and then store what has been accomplished. Continue the cautions of Great Heat.
Before bed bucket bathes and go to sleep not long after dark. Do not go about in the evening or by the coast. Rest, relax, travel (inland), exercise (modestly) and do not be exposed to coastal or night winds." LM The Way of the Three Treasures
Lunar Hexagram 12 Pi: Obstruction
"Pi is a situation in which good or superior people are temporarily held back by minor obstructions. This includes mistakenly working against your own Fate. It is also about a time when inferior, small-minded people prevail. When the best people are stagnant, held back or obstructed; change for the better is inevitable.
Pi is not a time for going forward. You are blocked by your own pretense or by external circumstances. Be humble, patient and cancel or postpone great plans. Adaptation and patience are the keys to positive change in the future." LM Zhouyi
MONDAY August 17, Yin Wood Ox 4
43 Guai: Lurch - The Roof, Maintain -
The indicators today have a fascinating potential. With a capacity routed in tradition and strength (family relationships), an opportunity arrives to make a culture shift, together. What may appear as an obstacle, may in fact turn into a tool, an ally. Favorable for everything relating to foundational collaboration, medical treatments, home repair/remodel/roof raising, family gatherings and collective compliance. Traveling and being away from home may be inauspicious for your character. Take a nap, 7 - 14 minutes, sometime in the afternoon.
TUESDAY August 18, Yang Fire Tiger 5
14 Dayou: Prosperity - The House, Destroy -
An excellent day to get real. Drop-to-your-knees gratitude today will sail you on and on and on. Honor everyone and especially the dead. "The surprise is that the ascension to power includes a loss (of the last vestiges of childishness). The invader must now honor his officers, make solid alliances with former enemies and show self-sacrifice to inspire a new unity." LM Notes: Solar Passions can be fierce on a Fire Tiger day, can you find passion for humility?
WEDNESDAY August 19, Yin Fire Rabbit 6
34 Da Zhuang: Great Strength - The Wall, Danger -
There is a spurt of energy possible today. Where will you direct your focus? Think communal benefit, innovative system design, fengshui adjustments, socializing, commitments and shared visions. Keep it light, where there is unfamiliar territory, elegance will offer safe passage.
THURSDAY August 20, Yang Earth Dragon 7
Consult the Oracle - The Stride, Complete -
There are moments after a game is won, before teams shake hands, before medals are adorned. It is a time to take stock, hydrate, put on another layer, be honorable and kind. Auspicious for resting and enjoying the arts OR fortifying, repairing, preparing for autumn, medical treatments and routine work. Travel and digging the ground are ill-advised. Consult the oracle for further direction.
FRIDAY August 21, Yin Earth Snake 8
9 Xiao Xu: Minor Force - The Mound, Harvest -
The value of collective work done this last week will emerge united and with ease today. A "Midas touch" is possible, if you stand back to let new alliances join in the group effort. Today is best with a dose of self-reflection and discipline, expect setbacks. " Do not forget timeliness and patience. In Xiao Xu situations patience, subordination and alliance are the keys to success." LM Zhouyi "It is a good time to build (thresholds, public buildings) and add on (growth of family: new baby, new bride) to property. It is a day for feasting, gatherings and romance. Marriages contracted / performed today produce resourceful and wealthy children. It is an excellent day for assemblies, parties and celebrations...Contraindicated activity: It is inauspicious to enter retreat, practice renunciation or travel alone. Avoid confrontation." LM Notes: Lunar
I am because we are. May we, together, practice honest self-reflection and open to our collective potential.
"Yin Reverses Yang
In Autumn Begins there is the reversal of what the Chinese call "late summer". At this time autumn qi (particularly in evening/night), which is Dry, will reverse the lingering damp heat pattern. It often causes typhoons and tornadoes.
During this qi node qi is the best at 3pm.
Now and then, during the day, practice neigong facing southwest. Do not overexert yourself (or sweat); let the qi move the blood and transform nutrients. Dress lightly (cover well), and stroll about in the morning to avoid the damp.
Chew well. During the day eat two meals, rest (nap) after lunch, snacks of fruit (pears) are good on hot days. Drink green and flower tea and in the evening enjoy a light savory soup.
Vegetarian meals are fine.
Activity should turn from outward to inward - begin to edit and then store what has been accomplished. Continue the cautions of Great Heat.
Before bed bucket bathes and go to sleep not long after dark. Do not go about in the evening or by the coast. Rest, relax, travel (inland), exercise (modestly) and do not be exposed to coastal or night winds." LM The Way of the Three Treasures
Lunar Hexagram 12 Pi: Obstruction
"Pi is a situation in which good or superior people are temporarily held back by minor obstructions. This includes mistakenly working against your own Fate. It is also about a time when inferior, small-minded people prevail. When the best people are stagnant, held back or obstructed; change for the better is inevitable.
Pi is not a time for going forward. You are blocked by your own pretense or by external circumstances. Be humble, patient and cancel or postpone great plans. Adaptation and patience are the keys to positive change in the future." LM Zhouyi
MONDAY August 17, Yin Wood Ox 4
43 Guai: Lurch - The Roof, Maintain -
The indicators today have a fascinating potential. With a capacity routed in tradition and strength (family relationships), an opportunity arrives to make a culture shift, together. What may appear as an obstacle, may in fact turn into a tool, an ally. Favorable for everything relating to foundational collaboration, medical treatments, home repair/remodel/roof raising, family gatherings and collective compliance. Traveling and being away from home may be inauspicious for your character. Take a nap, 7 - 14 minutes, sometime in the afternoon.
TUESDAY August 18, Yang Fire Tiger 5
14 Dayou: Prosperity - The House, Destroy -
An excellent day to get real. Drop-to-your-knees gratitude today will sail you on and on and on. Honor everyone and especially the dead. "The surprise is that the ascension to power includes a loss (of the last vestiges of childishness). The invader must now honor his officers, make solid alliances with former enemies and show self-sacrifice to inspire a new unity." LM Notes: Solar Passions can be fierce on a Fire Tiger day, can you find passion for humility?
WEDNESDAY August 19, Yin Fire Rabbit 6
34 Da Zhuang: Great Strength - The Wall, Danger -
There is a spurt of energy possible today. Where will you direct your focus? Think communal benefit, innovative system design, fengshui adjustments, socializing, commitments and shared visions. Keep it light, where there is unfamiliar territory, elegance will offer safe passage.
Lunar Hexagram 32 Heng: Constancy
"Heng is about the power of constancy - the celestial model of Nature. Heng says we can be as constant and persevering as Heaven. Favorable for travel means that constancy removes all obstacles (ill omen) to progress.
On a personal level, Heng warns us that when self-discipline, loyalty and perseverance give us great power we must avoid the trap of arrogant self-righteousness and moral rigidity. In other words, it is in the observance of what is natural that we find constancy; and that naturalness includes generosity, flexibility and sensitivity." LM Zhouyi
THURSDAY August 20, Yang Earth Dragon 7
Consult the Oracle - The Stride, Complete -
There are moments after a game is won, before teams shake hands, before medals are adorned. It is a time to take stock, hydrate, put on another layer, be honorable and kind. Auspicious for resting and enjoying the arts OR fortifying, repairing, preparing for autumn, medical treatments and routine work. Travel and digging the ground are ill-advised. Consult the oracle for further direction.
FRIDAY August 21, Yin Earth Snake 8
9 Xiao Xu: Minor Force - The Mound, Harvest -
The value of collective work done this last week will emerge united and with ease today. A "Midas touch" is possible, if you stand back to let new alliances join in the group effort. Today is best with a dose of self-reflection and discipline, expect setbacks. " Do not forget timeliness and patience. In Xiao Xu situations patience, subordination and alliance are the keys to success." LM Zhouyi "It is a good time to build (thresholds, public buildings) and add on (growth of family: new baby, new bride) to property. It is a day for feasting, gatherings and romance. Marriages contracted / performed today produce resourceful and wealthy children. It is an excellent day for assemblies, parties and celebrations...Contraindicated activity: It is inauspicious to enter retreat, practice renunciation or travel alone. Avoid confrontation." LM Notes: Lunar
I am because we are. May we, together, practice honest self-reflection and open to our collective potential.
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