“Measure what is measurable and make measurable what is not so.” Galileo Galilei Lockdown II Day 30. “May you live in interesting times” goes the first of three ancient Chinese curses, the assumption being, I guess, that the happiest lives are the least eventful. Or maybe the least interrupted. Life is pretty uninterrupted right now. And… Read More
Auspicious Dates and Places for The (4th) month of the Metal Snake, 2020. (09:08 5th May to 13:49 6th June 2020 inclusive) in the Year of the Metal Rat. Qian ———- ———- ———- ———- ———- ———- The Creative Hexagram 1 The Metal Snake Month, Animal by Animal The Pig is dubious, Rats may feel less… Read More
“A terrible beauty is born.” WB Yeats Yeats was writing about the first shots of the uprising that led to the Irish Republic following seven or eight hundred years as an English possession. Something was gone forever and no one could be quite sure what was next. But the change was inevitable and right. These are… Read More
Quite a week coming up. At 9pm last Sunday Narendra Modi ordered Nine Minutes of candle light. This ritual which shut down the Indian national grid, fell on the 9th Day of the Lunar Month Ram Navani (which corresponds precisely to our (Lunar) Dragon) and was a well-calculated invocation of Fire. The night is dark and… Read More
My Corona Back at the turn of the century I did a whole string of surveys on radio. Listeners would ring up and tell me they had a problem with say, their Father. And so I’d ask them what was happening in the North West of their home, the North West of course being the… Read More
Auspicious Dates and PlacesforThe (3rd) month of the Metal Dragon, 2020.(15:48pm 4th April to 09:08 5th May 2020 inclusive)in the Year of the Metal Rat Kuai—- —-———-———-———-———-———-BreakthroughHexagram 43 The Metal Dragon Month, Animal by AnimalThe Pig is less certain,Rats may feel boosted,The Ox is a little reduced,Tigers usefully challenged,Some Rabbits are ambitious,The Dragon may feel crowded,The Snake… Read More
Ongoing Online Book of Changes/I Ching Course Starting in May 2020 Richard is planning to host a small monthly group via Zoom examining the meaning, use and application of each of the 64 Hexagrams of the Book of Changes or I Ching. Concentrating on one Hexagram per session – the course is set initially to run… Read More
Auspicious Dates and Places for The (2nd) month of the Earth Rabbit, 2020. (11:05 5th March to 15:48pm 4th April 2020 inclusive) in the Year of the Metal Rat Da Zhuang —- —- —- —- ———- ———- ———- ———- Great Power Hexagram 34 The Earth Rabbit Month, Animal by Animal The Pig is in clover,… Read More
Auspicious Dates and Places for The (1st) month of the Earth Tiger, 2020. (17:18pm 4th February to 11:03am 5th March 2020 inclusive) in the Year of the Metal Rat. Tai —- —- —- —- —- —- ———- ———- ———- Peace Hexagram 11 The Earth Tiger Month, Animal by Animal The Pig recovers, Rats… Read More
Auspicious Dates and Places for The (12th) month of the Fire Ox, 2020. (06:06am 7th January to 17:18pm 4th February 2020 inclusive) as the Year turns from Earth Pig to Metal Rat. Lin —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —- ———- ———- Advancing Hexagram 19 The Fire Ox Month, Animal by Animal The Pig… Read More
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