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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: 12 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 59 Huan: Overflowing
"Huan represents the natural floods that come from time to time. If we can learn to bob and float with them, we will soon be able to plant in the rich soil deposits they bring. Huan speaks of the sometimes unpredictable partnership we have with Heaven. The wisdom of Huan is found in learning to survive. Huan may purge us or bring losses (sacrifice), but it also brings gifts - new and renewed resources. If we are relaxed, we float and, in the end, are left on high, dry and fertile ground." LM Zhouyi
THURSDAY August 6, Yang Wood Tiger 22
10 Li: Tread With Care - The Horn, Danger -
A fine line to walk today, your response is everything. Use discretion but don't be afraid to initiate most anything. Youth, new beginnings and proposals (asking permission/making your case) have particular favorability. The timing is tentative but successful if you play your cards right. Not a time for overcoming obstacles, just bite sized alignment.
FRIDAY August 7, Yin Wood Hard 23
11 Tai: Wide-Spreading - The Neck, Complete -
"Wisdom approaches and withdrawing succeeds." LM Notes: Solar Best to ride the flow today and acknowledge that you can't push the river. Be artful and simplify. Make plans, retreat or consult a physician. Follow healing protocols, orders of superiors and collect data, NOT take action. No contracts, marriages, industry, burying the dead, going to battle or travel at sea.
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
SATURDAY August 8, Yang Fire Dragon 24
26 Da Chu: Great Store - The Root, Complete -
The self-cultivation possible today will have a lasting affect and sweep as broadly over the globe and into your ancestral past as we allow it. Step into the opportunity to successfully heal, to resolve, focus on friends and family and deeply honor the dead. Good for education, consulting oracles and/or physicians and general compliance. Marriages, weddings, contracts and sea travel are ill-advised.
Lunar Hexagram 55 Feng: Abundance
"Feng is about and enormous windfall, harvesting a bumper crop or a fated reward that comes (and goes) naturally. It expresses the mysterious and fertile generosity of nature. The mention of astronomical and astrological influences in several of the lines indicates that success is a matter of fate - synchronicity with the cycles of time. Do not waste time feeling unworthy or claim the success is yours. Honor all co-factors and reward all co-workers. Celebrations and generosity express abundance." LM Zhouyi
SUNDAY August 9, Yin Fire Snake 25
5 Xu: Waiting - The Room, Harvest -
There is an ease to the day if you stand back, even postpone appropriately. "The qi seems to float us forward quite naturally - ebbing and flowing are both acceptable. The lessons of earthly life are found in both maturing and declining." LM Notes:Solar Consult the Oracle, practice ritual and meditation. Do not finalize but DO sweep your front and back steps, make investments and adjustments. Do not take on new responsibilities, exaggerate your capacity or be ungrateful.
I am because we are. May we, together, practice honest self-reflection and open to our collective potential.
THURSDAY August 6, Yang Wood Tiger 22
10 Li: Tread With Care - The Horn, Danger -
A fine line to walk today, your response is everything. Use discretion but don't be afraid to initiate most anything. Youth, new beginnings and proposals (asking permission/making your case) have particular favorability. The timing is tentative but successful if you play your cards right. Not a time for overcoming obstacles, just bite sized alignment.
FRIDAY August 7, Yin Wood Hard 23
11 Tai: Wide-Spreading - The Neck, Complete -
"Wisdom approaches and withdrawing succeeds." LM Notes: Solar Best to ride the flow today and acknowledge that you can't push the river. Be artful and simplify. Make plans, retreat or consult a physician. Follow healing protocols, orders of superiors and collect data, NOT take action. No contracts, marriages, industry, burying the dead, going to battle or travel at sea.
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
SATURDAY August 8, Yang Fire Dragon 24
26 Da Chu: Great Store - The Root, Complete -
The self-cultivation possible today will have a lasting affect and sweep as broadly over the globe and into your ancestral past as we allow it. Step into the opportunity to successfully heal, to resolve, focus on friends and family and deeply honor the dead. Good for education, consulting oracles and/or physicians and general compliance. Marriages, weddings, contracts and sea travel are ill-advised.
Lunar Hexagram 55 Feng: Abundance
"Feng is about and enormous windfall, harvesting a bumper crop or a fated reward that comes (and goes) naturally. It expresses the mysterious and fertile generosity of nature. The mention of astronomical and astrological influences in several of the lines indicates that success is a matter of fate - synchronicity with the cycles of time. Do not waste time feeling unworthy or claim the success is yours. Honor all co-factors and reward all co-workers. Celebrations and generosity express abundance." LM Zhouyi
SUNDAY August 9, Yin Fire Snake 25
5 Xu: Waiting - The Room, Harvest -
There is an ease to the day if you stand back, even postpone appropriately. "The qi seems to float us forward quite naturally - ebbing and flowing are both acceptable. The lessons of earthly life are found in both maturing and declining." LM Notes:Solar Consult the Oracle, practice ritual and meditation. Do not finalize but DO sweep your front and back steps, make investments and adjustments. Do not take on new responsibilities, exaggerate your capacity or be ungrateful.
I am because we are. May we, together, practice honest self-reflection and open to our collective potential.
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