Fire Rooster

By way of an experiment, I’m sending out this simple feng shui tip for the month
of the Fire Rooster. It is intended as the first of many, partly because my
diaries are sometimes long on words and short on tips and partly because the month between them can feel like a long time to be out of touch. So, unless I’m
avalanched with protests, watch for another one about this time next month. I
also expect to send out something with more esoteric and predictive stuff
derived from the Chinese Calendar.

Some will know that the Fire Rooster also ruled 1957. It brings a flashy type of
energy, by turns profound and superficial. The Rooster is one of the toe fars or Plum Flowers of the Chinese Zodiac, so like the Rat, Rabbit and especially Horse, centrally concerned with relationships, distant, close, subtle, close, not-so-close, of the soul and of the body. The Rooster, not generally introverted, also suffers the so-called self clash which means Rooster does not necessarily get on easily with Rooster. More to the point, it means that in a Rooster month, the Rooster may feel crowded. Each Animal responds to each month, like each year, in its own distinctive way. There is more about this on the Animal Fortunes page of my website.

September 2011 is a 1 month which means that the number 1 Star takes its turn at the centre of the lo shu or magic square. In some buildings the tai chi wants to remain still under all circumstances, and in your case I may have told you to keep it quiet. Otherwise, if you’re in search of a break in the clouds, activate – that is occupy, make loud or bright – the tai chi or geometric heart of your building just for this month.

Some days are better than others; the 8th of September is pretty good,
the 17th and the 26th and the 5th October; a single cup of water at the tai chi
on these days could make all the difference.
My next Feng Shui Diary should be with you next week.

Discover the Secrets of the Four Pillars of Destiny

Starter professional ba zi course 2011/12

Why do some people make good decisions and some not?

I think of the ba zi or Four Pillars of Destiny as a map of our most likely mistakes. Since the Elements run in eternal recurring cycles, the moment of birth can be run backwards or forwards to reveal a person’s choices, potentials, opportunities and as far as such things are possible, their mistakes. Through the prism of the Tao, all of these things are decisions and if a decision can be made it can be unmade.