Chinese Almanac Astrology December 22 - 25, 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: YANG WATER RAT (1852, 1912, 1972, 2032, 2092) ‘Mountain Rat’
WATER is the native element of the Rat Earthly Branch. Water Rats are cunning, changeable and slightly paranoid characters. Their fortunes are very uneven when young but improve with age. Their finances will peak and plummet but end up solid. They are astute in many ways, insightful but easily also distracted (untrusting). Their luck (and self-centeredness) changes when they partner with a strong and stable mate or meet a confident teacher. They are prone to wind disorders (nervousness) and poor circulation. Old age will seem like the outcome of survival.

QI NODE: 22 Winter Solstice

Yin Rules

“The Winter Solstice qi node has the shortest day and the longest night of the year. It is one of four
annual pivots that rectify the annual qi. During this qi node qi is at its height at midnight! At the end
of this qi node, the new calendar year begins. In the Chinese official calendar it is the mid-point of
winter. The astrological year is still months away.

Yin peaks but in this same qi node it begins its inevitable decline - supreme yin gives birth to the
flux of yang. Tigers mate. Christmas lights twinkle. Birth and death commingle, but life is cold and
apparently dead now begins to move toward life.

"Everywhere in Chinese cosmology black (dark) produces ‘yellow’ or light of the sun. ‘The
darkest hour is just before dawn’.”

LM The Way of Three Treasures

LUNAR HEXAGRAM: 24 Fu: Return

“Short-term plans succeed in the context of a broad view. Things are turning for the better.

Routine work comes to fruition. It is favorable to have a clear goal before setting out."

LM Changing: Zhouyi

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FRIDAY December 22, Yin Water Goat 5

Hexagram Consult the Oracle

Lunar Mansion: The Neck / Dragon

Solar Indicator: Danger

The nature of today is selfless and slightly paranoid. Beware grudges and tap into elegance. 

Consult the oracle for specifics.

“Good auspice has to do with withdrawing and transforming and not pushing forward.

A willingness to learn and reform will bring good fortune.”

"It is an auspicious day to withdraw and plan, enter retreat (withdraw and not plan),

practice meditation and seek inspiration. It is a good day to practice our initiate austerity,

respect taboos and consult a healer or physician. One can easily recover if one rests and

follows healing protocols.

"It is auspicious to comply with the orders of superiors and/or let assistants/helpers lead

the way. The image is auspicious, in a preordained sense, but can be ruined by unnecessary

effort. It is about the useful conventions of education. Collecting data before action.

"Contraindicated activity: Industry, marriages and weddings, signing contracts and starting

or initiating production invite calamity. These activities will bring ruin over the following

10 days. Building on this day causes strokes for fathers and eldest sons. Burying the dead

will cause the spread of disease. Going to battle is disastrous.
Travel by sea invites shipwrecks."

LM Notes: The Neck

SATURDAY December 23, Yang Wood Monkey 6

Hexagram 20 Guan: Observance

Lunar Mansion: The Root / Badger

Solar Indicator: Complete

Adventure is the name of the game today. Its about modesty, observance and concentration,
not establishing what is trustworthy.

"It is auspicious to go to school, maker offerings to ancestors, consult oracles and/or physicians.

Avoid abandoned buildings and the wilderness (as spirits that cause illness are active). Comply

with superiors and taboos (follow conventions/traditions).

"Contraindicated activity: Marriages and weddings bring accidental death. Contracts signed

today invite betrayal and embezzlement. Travel by sea invites shipwrecks."

LM Notes: The Root

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LUNAR HEXAGRAM: 64 Weiji: Not Yet Across

"Expect to be unfulfilled at first and then later satisfied. The old has not quite turned into the new...Good for waiting and preparation, education and growth. Bad for pressing forward,
conflict, lawsuits, examinations, and travel."

LM Changing: Zhouyi

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SUNDAY December 24, Yin Wood Rooster 7

Hexagram 8 Bi: Alliance

Lunar Mansion: The Room / Hare

Solar Indicator: Harvest

Keep your trap shut today and go with the flow. Resources abound if you do...

"Bi is about those who strengthen their power through new and renewed alliances with capable

people. It is about the confidence to go forward when trustworthy allies and coherent plans unite.

Those who do not use this wisdom (join late) do not succeed.”

LM Changing: Zhouyi 8 Bi

"It is auspicious to make (sincere) offerings to ancestors, consult oracles, practice ritual and

meditation, move home, begin construction and add rooms (remodel) to homes and shops.

It is a good day for fengshui adjustments, acquiring luxuries, medical treatments (esp food/herb

cures) and making investments. Success will visit anyone who studies and/or takes exams today.

Funerals on this day benefit both the living and the dead. Straight-forwardness and sincerity

bring success."

"Contraindicated activity: Finalizing divorce, excessive ambition and ingratitude. Exaggeration

and hypocrisy bring disaster. Not a good day for taking leadership or management

responsibilities."

LM Notes: The Room

"Let new resources and assistants come forward by standing back.”

LM Notes: Harvest

MONDAY December 25, Yang Fire Dog 8

Hexagram 23 Bo: Erosion

Lunar Mansion: The Heart / Fox

Solar Indicator: Open

Keep calm and carry on as they say. An open heart will help guide you...

"Bi is favorable when appearances match the inner nature of things. Simplicity, rather than

extravagance, is recommended as the aesthetic of confidence. Beware of the deception that

comes from superficial decoration."

LM Changing: Zhouyi 22 Bi: Ornament

“It is auspicious to comply with superiors, make offerings the ancestors, move home and/or

immigrate. Only routine work may avoid negativity. Contraindicated activity: If you start a

lawsuit (making your case) you will lose everything (imprisonment). If you construct a

building, get married or bury the dead, disaster follows. Everything sold today will be at a

loss to the seller. Pushing forward (forcing progress) on this day will have three times the

negative result of other days.”

LM Notes: The Heart

“The choice here is whether to call fate something to fight or something to embrace. It is a day

with an easy qi... An open heart gives the option to acquire great wisdom.”

LM Notes: Open

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Play with resilience.

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Jamie Shulander

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