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The Year of the Black Tiger
Tiger is erratic as its innate personality is to go full tilt ahead or come to a screeching halt. Balance, therefore, is what Tiger teaches us best as we ride the roller coaster of this year. The Tiger waits in the tall grass, watching and waiting. Timing is...
Prepare for the Chinese New Year
January offers us a time of preparation between the Full Moon on January 17th and the New Moon, Chinese New Year, February 1. Yet, beginnings and endings are not clear cut. One year doesn't end and another begins. There is a shadow of the old Ox of 2021 lingering just...
Flying Stars Feng Shui for December 2021
So it is we find ourselves sliding into the 11th month of 2021, the month of the Rat with the element Yang Metal sitting atop. It feels like a cold shiver of energy. For some, the Rat may feel like a dip back into 2020. People born on the Day or Year of the Horse may...
Flying Stars Feng Shui for November 2021
The Clash of the Dog with our annual Ox played out all kinds of whack-a-mole moments in world events in October. Just a glimpse into what's been happening: The return of the Taliban has led to the crumbling of Afghanistan, the Covid-19 Pandemic rages on even as...
Flying Stars Feng Shui for October
The month of the Rooster is waning and you may have found that September served you some wake up calls. Certainly communication was hi-lighted; the need to speak up and to be heard. This year of the Ox is Yin Earth, and there are 3 other Earth Zodiac Animals, the...
The Foreboding Astrologies of the USA and Biden
When I first was researching last fall 2020 the astrology forecast for both the USA and President Joe Biden, I knew there was something coming. This foreboding feeling has been rising in me as a palpable anxiety. I hear from so many people how stressful and intense...
Flying Stars Feng Shui for September 2021
As the August month of the Monkey swings out of view, what surprises jumped into your lap last month? Were there any problems solved? Did you feel scattered in thoughts and feel the urge to diversify, multi-task more than usual? Well, all that monkey minded-ness is...
Flying Stars Feng Shui for August 2021
You may be falling into August bruised and scraped for having survived one very problematic July. The Wood Sheep last month, the first of 3 conflicted months in 2021, butted heads with our annual Metal Ox. I saw relationships fall apart, I saw tempers flair and...
Flying Stars Feng Shui for July 2021
So the push and pull of last month's Wood Horse gives way to a very problematic July. This is the month of the Wood Sheep, the first of 3 conflicted months in 2021 that have the potential for earth shaking kind of activity, seismic shifts are likely in the weeks...
Flying Stars Feng Shui for June 2021
Summer time makes me think of music, of the smell of hot grass, and of the longing to be by water. Here it is, the 5th month of the Chinese calendar welcoming in the summer season and the month of the Yang Wood Horse. Being a Horsey person myself, I know so very well...
Flying Stars Feng Shui for May 2021
The heat rises in this month of the Snake. With Yin Water sitting on top of this Yang Fire Snake it is very much like a pot on the stove reaching a boil. Time to cook, create, and take action. The lights are green so let's go! You may find this month to be easier...
Flying Stars Feng Shui for April 2021
The most celestial and enchanting of all the Chinese Zodiacal Creatures is the Dragon. He is of the Earth but is viscous as he rises from the swamp, wet and covered in seaweed. Where March we had collaboration, here we find competition. Dragon is fully absorbed in his...
Feng Shui Flying Stars for March 2021
When I think of March I think of wind and the feeling like change is pushing itself up and out as in crocuses and daffodils, the budding of trees and the energy it takes to birth a leaf. So this month of the Rabbit hops in and is pretty harmonious with the annual Cow....
Chinese New Year Forecast for the USA 2021
The United States for 2021 As of 2017 the United States entered into a new Luck Cycle ruled by the Earth Sheep. So from 2017 – 2027 The United States will be re-branding itself, finding a new identity, reshaping who we are and how we govern. It is a very ego-centric...
Chinese New Year 2021 The White Cow
February 12, 2021 – January 31,2022 The beginning of the Yin Metal Ox or White Cow year is the New Moon on February 12th. According to the Chinese calendar this is the 4706th year. The actual first day of the New Year is the beginning of the Tiger month, the first day...
Feng Shui Flying Stars for December
This is the Rat month in a Rat year which translates to most of the forecast for your personal astrology and the collective astrology of our world is magnified this month. So the pandemic is likely to rage its worst in the coming weeks. Reflect on the over arching...
Flying Stars Feng Shui for November 2020
By the time November rolls in we will be past Election Day and into the flavor of November starting on the 6th. Predictions leaning strongly toward a Biden-Harris win for Presidency in the USA. Read the Blog posted a few weeks ago for more on Election Day forecasts...
Flying Stars Feng Shui for September 2020
September 7th we are influenced by the Yin Wood Rooster. The Rooster is Yin Metal and the Yin Wood on top conveys the image of a small knife cutting flowers, or perhaps it is less benevolent since Metal and Wood conflict with each other, Wood is injured by the Metal....
Flying Stars Feng Shui for August 2020
August 7th we have a month of Yang Wood Monkey energy influencing our lives. Monkey is Yang Metal with a little Water and a a little Earth. There is a surge of Water moving in so the chi is very cool and wet but also charged with Yang active, movement, and this could...
Flying Stars Feng Shui for July 2020
July 6th which is also the day of a Full Moon Eclipse begins the month of Kui Wei or Yin Water branch with Sheep. We are moving from the rebellious, independent, impulsive, passionate Horse which with the bigger Rat 2020 influence really ramped up the movement we are...
Flying Stars Feng Shui for June 2020
June 5th which is also the day of the Full Moon Eclipse begins the month of Ren Wu or Yang Water sitting atop Yin Fire with a little Yin Earth. These are conflicted elements. The big wave of Water is definitely controlling the heat. Does this signal a cooler start to...
Flying Stars Feng Shui Report for May
As I wrote in the previous FS Posts, this year is really aggravating respiration and this is playing out in our homes and places of business as much as it is affecting our health and livelihoods. May 5th is Xin Si or Yin Metal sitting atop the Snake which is...
Flying Stars for April
March began on Thursday the 5th with ALL of the Flying Stars DOUBLED! ALL the energies have been exaggerated and amplified. Then look what happened - BOOM! Quarantines, self-distancing, borders closed, and lives brought to a halt worldwide! Look at the timing of the...
Feng Shui of Yoga
From a Satsang talk given at Satchidananda Ashram Yogaville February 29, 2020. There was a point a few years ago where I made this connection – the Feng Shui of Yoga – recognizing that they not only overlap in places but really support each other, are strengthened by...
Flying Stars Feng Shui for March 2020
The New Year rang in January 25th and somehow I never got around to posting the Stars for February. Life has been a whirlwind of energy and movement and activity. It is a Yin Earth Rabbit time as our world begins to re-green, as the nests fill with eggs, as we witness...
Flying Stars Feng Shui for 2020
Flying Star Feng Shui for 2020 A Flying star chart shifts each year and there is usually a mix of positive and negative chi to either activate or remedy. In Period 8 the negative stars are 2, 3, 5, and 7. Proper placement of cures, keeping the rooms dark as in...
2020 Chinese Astrological Forecast for the US Presidential Candidates
Year of the Metal Rat Presidential Candidates If you are born in the Year or Day with a Yin Earth OR Wood Stem, the Rat offers the Nobleman Star to you. The Nobleman sends Angels of protection, support and comfort. This is a Divine Blessing ensuring 2020 will be one...
POTUS Trump and Candidates Astrological Forecasts for 2020
Donald Trump POTUS 2020 As of 2013 President Trump has literally been under attack. His Luck Cycle of a Yin Metal Ox is directly affecting his wellbeing, his marriage, and leaving him very vulnerable. There are now Three Punishments that occurring with Sheep, Ox...
2020 Astrological Forecast for the USA
The United States for 2020 As of February 17, 2017 the United States entered into a new Luck Cycle ruled by the Earth Sheep. So from 2017 – 2027 The United States will be re-branding itself, finding a new identity, reshaping who we are and how we govern. It is a very...
Flying Stars Feng Shui for December 2019
Time to reflect back on November as it nears its end next week. Did you see the year 2019 playing out? Lessons magnified? Truths emphasized in stereo surround sound? I know I did. There was a moment when I stopped and wondered hat was going on, followed by that big...
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