Chinese Almanac Astrology December 14 - 17, 2017

In honor of Liu Ming

my teacher

To support grace and ease / For the resolution of all beings

CHINESE ALMANAC ASTROLOGY

commentary and compilations 

by Jamie Shulander

All notes from class notes/works by Liu Ming

Scroll down to find daily indicators...

INDICATORS

YEAR of the FIRE ROOSTER 4715

(Native Yin Metal) Analytical

"Charged: critical, intelligent, confident, alert, social, dignified, articulate, forthright, spontaneous, inspired, financially adept, challenging, meticulous and tidy.

Deplete: volatile, rude, proud, argumentative, blunt, vulgar, tactless, close-minded, hypochondriac, vain, snobby, aloof, harshly competitive and fanatical.

Image: The Rooster talked about in Chinese Astrology is well known to the Chinese as the ordinary version of the phoenix. This bird is an ancient amulet used to ward off the 5 poisonous creatures (snake, scorpion, spider, centipede and toad). The Rooster (not hen) is sacrificed only at rituals requiring oaths (trustworthy). The most familiar image is, of course, the Rooster lording over hens in the yard and dueling to the death in a cockfight - extrovert extraordinaire. There is the precision of its sharp beak (intellectual), the powerful wings (competitive) and the call to sun at dawn and dusk (eloquence). Basic materials become luxury items when chosen by the Rooster eye. Roosters collect books and documents.

Fire Rooster (1837, 1897, 1957, 2017, 2077) 'Solitary Rooster'
Fire Roosters are skillful, sensual and restless characters. They are excellent craftspeople and have a strong ambition to escape the limitations of poverty and class. They flip-flop from iron self-confidence to hopelessness and back. Though apparently strong willed they collapse in the face of difficulties. Their unapologetic, anti-social attitudes will complicate their relationships and dim their fortunes. Their sexuality is ferocious and embarrassment unknown to them. They often carry the burden of unresolved ancestral (congenital) illnesses and are haunted by the unsettled dead."

LUNAR MONTH: YIN METAL BOAR (1851, 1911, 1971, 2031) ‘Garden Pig’

Metal Pigs are gentle, kind and determined characters. Their dark previous causes visit them in their youth and slowly subside with age. Unstable family life disorients them in childhood but eventually hones their inner resources into strength or madness. Their strength and determination defeats all obstacles, and they find many. After midlife (40) they may over-react to difficulties and damage their health (injury). They will marry, more than once or be promiscuous before settling down. Their emotions affect their immunity and they often suffer from bowel disorders and hypochondria.

QI NODE: 21 Great Snow

Yin Matures

“The Great Snow qi node is a time of visions and magic. Our inner yang sees images in the Great Yin. Things are not as they appear. Yin extends its influence into our dreams. During this qi node qi is best at 11pm (when you are asleep). Practice neigong in the  morning and evening. Remembered or forgotten dreams appear in this qi node that portend the coming year. The darkening of the light means shorter days, no rainbows and abundant snow. Stillness may lead to stagnation. All activity slows down, many things seem to stop or die. Every being/thing must rest. A trip south (winter vacation) is recommended for those with insufficient yang.”

LM The Way of Three Treasures

LUNAR HEXAGRAM: 63 Jiji: Already Across

"Everything is ending well but decline and disorder is inevitable. Do not hurry or press for
completion...Do not imagine that change ever stops. Things do not come to an end. When you
succeed, do not assume things are complete or finished. To maintain success is no easy matter.
When we are triumphant, we are fated to have the same decline and loss as our predecessor."

LM Changing: Zhouyi 63 Jiji

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THURSDAY December 14, Yin Wood Pig 27

Hexagram 53 Jian: Gliding

Lunar Mansion: The Well / Tapir
Solar Indicator: Shut

Emotions might get the best of you today, you know, stress can be a bear. So always consider
rest an option today. There is also great energy to calibrate. Eat lightly, delve in and enjoy the
flight.

"Jian is the omen read from the gliding, settling, gliding and settling of migrating birds. It is
about gradual and instinctive progress. Jian also represents the growth of plants, a traditional
courtship, the gracious acceptance of fate, and our natural continuity with the ancestors. It is the
story of a long and predestined journey, the power of perseverance, and the predisposition
(character, nature and fate) inherent in our birth.”

LM Changing: Zhouyi  53 Jian

“It is auspicious to build, remodel, do fengshui adjustments, take exams, and maintain routine
industry. The earth can be dug (gardening = wealth) and it is a good day to donate, buy or sell
(investment) real estate. Community or charity projects will flourish. It is favorable for apologies.
It is favorable for medical treatments (particularly for initiating a series of treatments for a
chronic condition).

“It is not auspicious to postpone needed repairs, apologies or difficult tasks. It is not good for
funerals or burials of those who died by suicide, violence or sudden illness because others will
soon follow.”

LM Notes: The Well

FRIDAY December 15, Yang Fire Rat 28

Hexagram 39 Jian: Stumbling

Lunar Mansion: The Ghost / Sheep
Solar Indicator: Design

Ming (my teacher listed above) described the Fire Rat as: a reckless Robin Hood. Step back, honor ancestors and the co-factors of your life, and you may avoid squandering your resources.

“Events call for experts, but, even if experts cannot be found, all goes well. Caution, patience,
humility and self-discipline pay off. If you are not anxious or selfish, you are given success."

LM Changing: Zhouyi 39 Jian

“It is especially auspicious for funeral/burial (resolution of fate). It is also good to make
gifts/donations to temples and offerings to the divinities, spiritual guardians and make memorials
for the dead (ancestors/lineage). It is advantageous for entering retreat, meditation, fasting,
spiritual initiation, ordination and ‘crossing over’ into transitory states.

“It is not auspicious for worldly industry of any kind. It is a bad day to go to war (many casualties)
or get married (husband will die early). One should avoid the wilderness (possession/illness will result).”

LM Notes: The Ghost

“It is an excellent day to recover wisdom by stepping back, planning, recalling alliances and
reassessing our position.”

LM Notes: Design

SATURDAY December 16, Yin Fire Ox 29

Hexagram 52 Gen: Still

Lunar Mansion: The Willow / Roebuck

Solar Indicator: Divide

Assertiveness and strength arrive today. And yet, the auspices suggest holding back. Employ discipline and restraint, the river is too high.

"You are advised to keep still (resist the urge to move) and enter the unseen (meditation) - two actions,
which are non-actions. Good fortune comes from keeping still. Let things arise of themselves. Do
not struggle.”

LM Changing: Zhouyi  52 Gen

“It is especially auspicious for seclusion and the composing of memorials. Is is favorable to make
offerings and practice divination. It is fruitful on this day to fast, enter retreat, practice meditation
and receive spiritual initiation and/or ordination (lineage). It is ideal for funerals / burials and the
complete resolution of the unsettled dead (exorcism).

“It is not auspicious for marriage. Do not indulge in lawsuits (as it will ruin 3 generations).”

LM Notes: The Willow

"Holding back on this day is related to deeper self-reflection, education of all sorts and consulting
with experts and elders - rather than forward action. It is not about immature reluctance or
cowardice but about shedding inessentials."

LM Notes: Divide

SUNDAY December 17, Yang Earth Tiger 30

Hexagram 15 Qian: Modesty

Lunar Mansion: The Birdstar / Horse

Solar Indicator: Full

The energy boost continues, a cavalier quality today that may make negotiation difficult. Go
with the modest approach, it's a clever reverse step for calibration.

“With true modesty anything can be accomplished. In modest steps a great journey can be
accomplished. Even when strong action needs to be taken, do not abandon modesty.”

LM Changing: Zhouyi  15 Qian

“Think powerful, but gentle succeeds...It is auspicious for building and routine work (you
will meet / hobnob with the powerful). Good auspice is directly related to continuity, convention
and not innovation.

“It is not auspicious for funerals/burials or marriages (rape, divorce). It is a dangerous day for
travel and/or medical treatments.”

LM Notes: The Birdstar

"Discipline in small matters succeeds.  True confidence requires no aggression. Though
nothing needs to be done, the natural maturation of strength occurs.”

LM Notes: Full

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Play with resilience.

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Jamie Shulander

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