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
News Flash: The opening weekend of Richard’s next ba zi starter course Discover the Secrets of the Four Pillars” is now January 19th & 20th 2013. Early Bird offer still open. Sound and Vision. When Linda lay dying, Paul McCartney is said to have reminded her of her favourite moments: riding her horse in the… Read More
September, the month of the Earth Rooster in the year of Sudden Change, the Water Dragon, 2012; feelgood Britain is flush with pride following the bread and circuses of the Olympics as libraries and public toilets close and badgers barricade themselves into their homes. I’ve just returned from a brief walkround survey of the most… Read More
Never too late. “No truth is ever a lie. I stumble and fall but I give you it all.” Barry Gibb. Late July and it’s raining fit to remake Blade Runner. This year is different. Back from trips to Singapore (twice) and Bangkok in search of wisdom, I’m teaching, drafting half-a-dozen ba zis at any… Read More
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