Good day to everyone!
We have entered into the Chinese solar calendar of the Yin Earth Ox month 己丑月 from late afternoon on 5 Jan.
We are in the end of the Winter season.
📅Month Overview – 5 Jan to 4 Feb (☀️solar calendar)
Heavenly Stem and Earth Branch Interaction 干支作用
Heavenly Stem is Yin Earth 己 and can make Yang Wood 甲 transforms into Earth under specific conditions.
Earthly Branch is Ox 丑 is considered as a Yin Water, however, when considering the hidden Heavenly Stems found within, it contains Yin Earth, Yin Water and Yin Metal. Ox’s Earth can be transformed into Metal under specific conditions or makes Rat’s Water transforms into Earth under specific conditions.
Changes in your courses of action can take place if the above transformations do take place in your personal Ba Zi natal chart.
A pure Yin Earth pillar can mean a slower, ‘hibernating’ month in view. For a more detailed understanding, what slows down depends on which of the Ten Gods it is associated in your personal Ba Zi chart. For example, if Yin Earth is your Fortune 正財, it can be understand that work moves slower.
12 Deities of Linked Palaces 串宮十二神
As I am practicing a new Ba Zi technique, I have come across this interesting way for monthly forecast. Thought it may be of interest, hence include here for reference.
For Yin Earth Ox month 己丑月 , the 12 Deities of Linked Palaces comination is:
Warlord over Warlord 白虎坐白虎.
Warlord denotes aggression, violence and accident. This combination can mean noticeable aggressive behaviours, violence and accidents. Be very careful if you drive and do not take part in extreme sports/activities if you have never done so.
Do note that 12 Deities of Linked Palaces is calculate based on the current year, hence the monthly forecast can be understood as what happens externally. How it manifest exactly and to what intensity has to study with your natal chart to understand the overall interactions.
⚠️Days to Take Note
Avoid making hasty decisions 月破
Jan – 9 (Fri) and 21 (Wed)
Feb – 2 (Mon)
Avoid getting into conflict 月刑
Jan – 12 (Mon) and 24 (Sat)
Avoid getting sabotaged or subject of gossips 月害
Jan – 8 (Thu) and 20 (Tue)
Feb – 1 (Sun)
The above days were flagged based solely on Almanac considerations. Those who had your Ba Zi natal chart read by me may have other dates to take note.
🧭Feng Shui Caution
Please take not that the negative Flyings Stars combinations is more likely to manifest either your annual Ba Zi trend is not good or have specfic combinations in your Ba Zi chart that matches similar or equal types of events and if you are active in that directional sector over 3 hours consecutively.
The Monthly Flying Star 2 Sickness and Annual Flying Star 4 Academic both come to the West – this can be read as increasing common colds or mothers getting misunderstood.
The Monthly Flying Star 5 Misfortune and Annual Flying Star 7 Thievery both come to the North – this can be read as troubles due to speaking wrongly or at inappropriate times.
To minimise the negative manifestation, you can move to other sectors in that space every 3 hours for 15 minutes to break the momentum.
🎇Folk Commemoration Days (🌙lunar calendar)
11 Jan 十一月廿三 (Sun)
Descent of the Lord of the Southern Dipper 南斗星君下降
This is more specific for people who wish to pray for longevity, however, there are certain abstinences to observe for the prayer.
26 Jan 十二月初八 (Mon)
Laba Festival 臘八節
Traditionally a day to make prayers and offeriengs to ancestors and deities. In some custom, celebration leading up to CNY starts from this day. One way to comemorate this day is to consume 八寶粥 (lit. congee with eight treasures).
Commemoration Day for Buddha’s Enlightement 佛陀成道/降魔日
The Chinese Mahayana marks this day to commemorate on the Enlightement of the Buddha.
11 Feb 十二月廿四 (Wed)
Ascent of the Kitchen God 灶君上朝玉帝日
This is a folk belief that the Kitchen God ascends to the Heavens to submit his annual report of the one’s household’s deeds to the Jade Emperor. This gave rise to the practice of making offering with sweet rice cake in hope of Kitchen God being more lenient.
There is also a folk belief that along with the Kitchen God, all the deities that you worship at home also ascend to the Heavens except for the Door Deities.
The Arrival of Spring, Li Chun 立春, falls on the early morning on the 4 Feb (Wed) and that will have us entering into the Year of the Fire Horse 丙午年 on the Solar Calender. However, the 1st day of CNY, based on the Lunar Calendar falls on the 17 Feb (Tue).
🥳Announcement!!!
Bazi is traditionally and widely used to forecast one’s annual luck trend. However, for folks that do not know your birth time, divinations like Liu Yao Gua, Qi Men Dun Jia or 12 Opening Gua can be used to forecast one’s annual luck trend.
I will write a separate post on what to take note in the coming Year of the Fire Horse when we are closer to Li Chun.
Till then!
Best regards,
Shifu SiMing 思明師傅
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