Tiger, Tiger. Fire Tiger month, Wood Horse year. February 5th 06:21am. Big Fire, Big Ice: Big Water. The Tiger opens the year with a burst of Fire. To some extent this is always true because the Tiger is part Fire. In some years this blast of spontaneity, of visibility, of passion is more marked than… Read More
“When you can tell Fire from Water, you are a Master.” Grand Master Chan Kun Wah. Merry Christmas Li Ka Shing. For more than a thousand years, the town of Godalming, deep in the Surrey woods, has been saved from flood by its Lammas Land. Although it is at the base of the Wey valley,… Read More
Ox Bow Wood Ox month, Wood Horse year. January 6th 20:07pm. Oxymoron Now, in the Ox month, human beings having stuffed ourselves either side of the solstice, are designed to lurk in our caves awaiting the spring. For many Masters the Year of the Wood Horse is already here and some are on the watch… Read More
6th December 2013 A View from the Roof Beam; what to expect in the Rat Month.Wood Rat month, Water Snake year. December 7th 08:21am. Rationale In the Rat month human beings are programmed to overeat. After that we’re supposed to sleep till the opening of the New Year with the Tiger on February 4th. Unfortunately… Read More
Pig Power Water Pig month, Water Snake year. Started 7th November 15:45. Pigs in blankets. Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne is a Pig. That, I hasten to add, is to say that he was born in 1971. One traditional trait of the Pig is to believe they know how other people should behave;… Read More
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
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