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Newsletter November 2025 – Month of the Yin Fire Pig – Ding Hai 丁亥
Medicinal and Sacred Smoke – November 7 to December 7 – Tomorrow, we step into the Month of the Yin Fire Pig, This is a time of profound and potent contradiction. The ruling element is Yin Fire – the candle flame, the spark or smoke. It is soft on the outside but strong within. This …
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October 2025 – Month of the Fire Dog – Bing Xu – 丙戌
The Ground Beneath Our Feet and Soil, War, and the Forgotten Science of Paramagnetism – October 8 to November 7 – On October 8th, we enter the Yang Fire Dog month— a period known in Chinese astrology as “the grave of fire.” As we transition from autumn to winter, the fire element dies out, creating …
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September 2025 – Month of the Yang Wood Rooster – Yi You – ⼄⾣
The Esoteric 39th Parallel – The Wood Rooster month begins September 7th and lasts until October 8th. Unlike the elusive yang wood Monkey who ruled last month, the September yin wood Rooster possesses the classic Rooster’s organizational skills, but is more focused on using them for the benefit of a team or a cause, not just …
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August 2025 – Month of the Great Wood Monkey – Jia Shen 甲申
Orbs and Hungry Ghost Month – August 2025 is ruled by the Great Wood Monkey. The monkey’s cerebral yang metal energies represent the qualities of agility, intelligence, optimism, courage, strength and chaotic individualism. This month, however, the yang wood element sitting on top of the monkey, tends to reign in some of the chaos making the …
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June 2025 – Month of the Blue Water Horse – Ren Wu – 壬午
June 2025 is ruled by the dark Water Horse, Ren Wu, which starts June 5th and ends July 5th. The element of the month, water, brings an inner clash with the inherent fire energy of the monthly horse. This means we are going to see massive changes and conflicts this month – fire beneath water. …
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May 2025 – Month of the Golden Metal Snake – Xin Si ⾦蛇
Xin Si (Yin Metal Snake) starts May 6th, 2025 and ends June 5th 2025. Sitting on top of the snake this month is the yin metal element. This creates a metal snake which traditionally symbolizes power, authority, intelligence, charm, intuition, and strategic thinking but the image of this golden metal snake can be a beautiful …
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April 2025 – Month of the Golden Metal Dragon – Geng Shen ⾦⿓
This 3rd month (April 4th to May 5th) is ruled by the Golden Metal Dragon or the Golden Shen Lung. There are three great spiritual dragons in Chinese cosmology and Shen-Lung is the Rain God who controls rain, wind, thunder and lightning. Dragons stand for the yang or the positively charged masculine forces and their …
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2025 Year of the Yin Green Wood Fire Snake – ⼄⺒
With all the craziness going on in this year of the Yin Green Wood Snake, I decided to look at the tarot cards for the year and am amazed at how closely their symbols align with those of the Chinese Snake Year. This year, in western numerology, 2025 is a 9 year (2+2+5 = 9) …
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Happy New Year – Tai Shi Talisman for protection to print
The Yin Green Snake year is slithering in with a bang! Since I’ve been inundated with so many unexpected annual Feng Shui consultations this year, I have not had time to put together the usual newsletter where I review the energies of the year based on past cycles. So, I decided instead to send out …
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January 2025 Newsletter – Year of the Yin Green Snake Yi Si ⼄⺒
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025 Year of the Yin Green Snake Yi Si ⼄⺒ Happy New Year! I’m sending this newsletter out with the direction/location of the 3 yearly afflictions and star #5. With the direction/location of the annual Feng Shui Flying Stars changing the 4th of February every new year, the annual 3 afflictions …
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