October 24th, 2025
		Forecast Day(s) for the Fire Horse Year 2026 There are three well-known Chinese curses of which the most famous is perhaps “May you live in interesting times”. And it’s hard to deny that 2025 with its many setbacks and few triumphs has been interesting. Whatever next? Citing prophecies going back to Grand Master Yang Yum… Read More
	 
		
		
October 13th, 2025
		Forecast Day(s) for the Fire Horse Year 2026 The Hexagram from the Yi or Book of Changes for the Fire Horse Year is Da Guo, Number 28 Preponderance of the Great. The image is of the ridge pole (or tai chi) that holds up the house straining under the weight above it. It speaks of… Read More
	 
		
		
October 9th, 2025
		  My new book I Talk to the Animals (click to read a chunk) cover by the wonderful Ellie Spinelli (above) is out this month. If you are tempted, please pre-order as it is apparently pre-orders that most influence the numbers of copies booksellers take. Also on ebook. Here I am talking about it with… Read More
	 
		
		
September 8th, 2025
		 Auspicious Dates and Places for the (8th) month of the Wood Rooster 2025. (18:15 7th September to 10:19 8th October inclusive) in the Year of the Wood Snake. Public Edition My next book I Talk to the Animals (click to read a chunk) cover by the wonderful Ellie Spinelli (above) is out mid-October. If you… Read More
	 
		
		
August 7th, 2025
		Auspicious Dates and Places for the (6th) month of the Wood Monkey 2025. (14:53 7th August to 18:15 7th September inclusive) in the Year of the Wood Snake. Public edition   A 5 month                                is about chaos and power A… Read More
	 
		
		
July 4th, 2025
		Auspicious Dates and Places for the (6th) month of the Water Sheep 2025. (04:46am 7th July to 14:53 7th August inclusive) in the Year of the Wood Snake. Public edition A 6 month                                  is about authority, often patriarchal A… Read More
	 
		
		
June 6th, 2025
		Auspicious Dates and Places for the (5th) month of the Water Horse 2025. (12:34pm 5th June to 04:46am 7th July inclusive) in the Year of the Wood Snake. Public edition   A 7 month                                     is about interruption and… Read More
	 
		
		
May 31st, 2025
		 Richard will be running a two hour crash course in basic ze ri (Date Selection) He will introduce the basic components – the Chinese Animals, the Elements (or Wu Xing) the so called Daily Officers and Mansions of the Moon –  and outline how to fit them together.  He will show how we can all select… Read More
	 
		
		
May 28th, 2025
		Off to see the Wizard. “Somewhere over the rainbow, blue birds fly”. Arlen and Harburg, “Over the Rainbow.” Another chapter from my forthcoming book Love Made Visible which like The Feng Shui Diaries, is pretty much an account of what it was to be a working feng shui practitioner and ultimately Master from the year 2000 to date. In this… Read More
	 
		
		
May 27th, 2025
		About tonight’s New Moon (27th May) and Apology. Qi peaks at the Full Moon and then diminishes over the following (approx) fourteen days; the New Moon does exactly the opposite, marking the corresponding low point. It makes sense then, if you’re deliberately employing the rising and falling energy, to get the moment right. Prompt and… Read More