As the Lunar World Turns
Friday, March 24, 2018
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| [a] Peering In on Saturday RF |
Day Personality
Today's "constellation personality" is "Weaving Maiden" (女)—the second day in a row of this item. The narrow translation is "woman," but it is paired with "Ox" (牛), which comes right before it in the twenty-eight constellations. This relates to the powerful East Asian mythology surrounding the Herdboy (Ox Boy) and the Weaving Maiden. Unfortunately, these are not among the more positive items among the constellations.
In fact, the modern astrological implications of "Ox" and "Weaving Maiden" are quite negative, with images of sickness, family disputes, and diseases...especially of the bowels (if you arrange a badly planned funeral). This isn't fun stuff, but, still, they are not among the very worst of the negative constellations. Oh, yeah. It can get worse.
The jianchu "personality" is "Establish" (建) which only seems negative because of its black ink. Think about the rhythms of your life, and now get ready for the first of twelve straight jianchu "personality" days. How could the first of twelve not be Establish? It is generally good, of course (get 'er underway, people). But why isn't it red-ink boffo stuff? Well, getting things established is hard work, and it doesn't always work out well right away, does it?
Spend the energy to get something going. And what if you established something (the first of twelve days, all of which have the rhythms of life) every twelve days, all year long (and all life long)? It would change your life, wouldn't it.
Establish. Justdo establish it.
Dos and Don'ts
It's a bad day for planting crops (栽種) and boring wells (穿井). Think of these. Where I live, in Beloit, Wisconsin, we can all see that it isn't a particularly good day for planting and cultivating. Boring wells, though; how about that? Well, the ground up in these here parts is still pretty non-forgiving. Sounds like good advice...unless you live in Texas (or Hunan).
And don't think of going up to an already established well, and reading sections from Kant's Critique of Pure Reason to it. You heard me: Don't bore wells.
It's a solid day for meeting friends (會友), going out and about (出行), tailoring (裁衣), and making livestock payments (納畜). There are five other items on this two-wide day-column, so click the links and check them out.
Today's "constellation personality" is "Weaving Maiden" (女)—the second day in a row of this item. The narrow translation is "woman," but it is paired with "Ox" (牛), which comes right before it in the twenty-eight constellations. This relates to the powerful East Asian mythology surrounding the Herdboy (Ox Boy) and the Weaving Maiden. Unfortunately, these are not among the more positive items among the constellations.
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| [b] Ready to Establish RF |
In fact, the modern astrological implications of "Ox" and "Weaving Maiden" are quite negative, with images of sickness, family disputes, and diseases...especially of the bowels (if you arrange a badly planned funeral). This isn't fun stuff, but, still, they are not among the very worst of the negative constellations. Oh, yeah. It can get worse.
The jianchu "personality" is "Establish" (建) which only seems negative because of its black ink. Think about the rhythms of your life, and now get ready for the first of twelve straight jianchu "personality" days. How could the first of twelve not be Establish? It is generally good, of course (get 'er underway, people). But why isn't it red-ink boffo stuff? Well, getting things established is hard work, and it doesn't always work out well right away, does it?
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| [c] Bored Well RF |
Spend the energy to get something going. And what if you established something (the first of twelve days, all of which have the rhythms of life) every twelve days, all year long (and all life long)? It would change your life, wouldn't it.
Establish. Just
Dos and Don'ts
It's a bad day for planting crops (栽種) and boring wells (穿井). Think of these. Where I live, in Beloit, Wisconsin, we can all see that it isn't a particularly good day for planting and cultivating. Boring wells, though; how about that? Well, the ground up in these here parts is still pretty non-forgiving. Sounds like good advice...unless you live in Texas (or Hunan).
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| [d] LIvestock RF |
And don't think of going up to an already established well, and reading sections from Kant's Critique of Pure Reason to it. You heard me: Don't bore wells.
It's a solid day for meeting friends (會友), going out and about (出行), tailoring (裁衣), and making livestock payments (納畜). There are five other items on this two-wide day-column, so click the links and check them out.
The baleful asterisms (the bottom of section six) are pretty standard, but the big, black-ink "zodiacal mouth" asterism only comes up once or twice a year. It is called "Rabbit Mouth" or "Hare Mouth," and it should give you pause before you start curling up with cute little Easter bunnies in the coming days. Just think about horror films...with rabbits.
Well, it's hard not to have a soft spot for the Oliverian BOTUS, isn't it?
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| [e] Rabbit Mouth RF |
So, establish stuff, avoid boring wells, meet friends, and maybe go march in a local event. Watch out for rabbit mouths, and I'll see you back here tomorrow night for Sunday in Lunar World.
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