2014: The Horse in the Clouds What’s in store in 2014, the Year of the Wood Horse. For your diary: 14th December 2013, Godalming. My 2014 review: On my return from Singapore where I’ll be finding out what the Grand Masters have to say, I’ll be briefing my Padawans – senior students to you –… Read More
Doggy Paddle Water Dog month, Water Snake year. Started 8th October. The Water Dog Month The Water Dog is a working doggy and this is potentially a month of great industry. The Dog is yang Earth, the symbol of loyalty and consistency. Dogs stick to the task and this month has about it that quality… Read More
Rooster Diary Metal Rooster month, Water Snake year. Started on the 7th September. The Nature of this particular Rooster Month Rooster month, September, autumn, mellow fruitfulness, all that stuff; historically the most likely time for wars to be declared. But also the time when we feel the freshness of the colder seasons blowing in. It’s… Read More
It’s only frackin’ oil. Metal Monkey Month, Water Snake Year It’s around five and not yet fully light when I awake. The hour of the Tiger and the house is still. Joey our youngest, is rehearsing his band elsewhere for a big gig. And of course the others have all parted the nest now.… Read More
“The individual attains significance as a free spirit only by surrounding himself with limitations and determining for himself what his duty is.” Hexagram 60, Jie, Limitation Book of Changes Wilhelm Edition. Es Grau is what they call a “biosfera” that is to say a nature reserve. As well as home to abundant reptile life, it… Read More
Year of the Cat. For feng shui to work, timing is everything; feng shui is doing the right thing in the right place at the right time after all. Grand Master Raymond Lo – for me the gold standard – says very clearly that no formula is as powerful as simply respecting the Flying Stars… Read More
The Snake Year: what you see is not what you get. Overarching concerns include human trafficking and the treatment of women. Tiger month. First thing Friday, a demanding week. I’ve been preparing for the first weekend of this year’s ba zi training, conducted four or five ba zi sessions, a couple of surveys and a… Read More
Every year is different. We all know that, however we express it. For some 2012 was the year of Barack Obama’s second term, for others the year that austerity bit; for still others, it was the Year of Sudden Change. Likewise in 2013 women’s rights are already in focus while the traditional Chinese nickname, the… Read More
The end of the world as we know it? Er..no. Is truth always positive? Of course. Once the truth comes out, you know, it’s all right. We’re scared that if the truth comes out that it’s not all right. It’s the other way around. Yoko Ono. Hold the Maya Noise My son Thom once told… Read More
I’m back from the Convention where I spoke to the Singapore Grand Masters about my particular approach to ba zi*. I think it was clear that I know my pings from my pongs, I didn’t seem to upset anybody too much and we sold a few books, in which I was assisted by my Russian… Read More
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