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11 March 2024, is second lunar day of the second lunar month in the Chinese Calendar. It marks an extra significant Longtaitou Festival; a traditional Lunar festival that honours the ‘Dragon raising its head’.
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Section of Qing Ming scroll,: detailing Spring Ploughing on first day of Qing Ming © National Palace Museum.
The Vernal Equinox was but a fortnight ago. The 5th solar term commences on April 5th 2022 and we usher in the month of Chinese Wood Dragon. This Solar term is the only term whose first day is also a traditional Chinese festival, known as Qing Ming.
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I'm a bona fida sucker for mid-century chairs. Honestly I can spot one at 40 paces. Not many things make me green with envy but the want monster comes out when I see a great armchair that fulfills both aesthetic and feng shui criteria.
Read moreThe ‘Double Fifth Festival’ is known by other names such as Duanwu Festival or Dragon Boat Festival. This year the famous Dragon Boat festival is scheduled 3 June.
The abbreviated ‘Double fifth’ festival burrows its name from the calendar date; the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in the Chinese calendar.
Read moreMOON LORE Series :: Wisdom from moon beams and the ancient Chinese Almanac for PERSONAL + BUILDING + GARDENING + GROOMING pursuits.
Read moreOink Oink it's pig month 🐖
If you’re born in a year ending in 2, then this month is your lucky Lu Cun Lucky Money Month.
Could today's new moon, Jupiter moving signs, a lunar node shift and an Initiate day in the Tong Shu, combine to make the celestial pig fly?
It’s also a Balance 平 (Ping) day according to the Almanac (Tong Shu) with the energies of the day best used when balance and the pursuit of equilibrium.
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An uber neat virgo book shelves. Image created olga chernenko design
This balsamic moon (4th quarter moon) personally feels stagnant and draining. Mind you, as I write this the four pillars in today’s Bazi chart are actually Earth. . . adding to the current lingering ‘Stuck’ stagnant feeling.
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Find out what the 18th Solar Term - Frost Descends (Shuang Jiang 霜降) seasonal node has in store and align yourself with the seasons energies.
Read moreHappy FENG SHUI ISM Friday!
You just gotta love Fridays, it’s the end of the working week for most folk and the benefic planet Venus, is the ruler of the day. Mind you she’s in REtrograde motion till Nov. 16th so the Goddess requests us to REassess the areas of life she governs - love, beauty and money.
Read moreToday brings plentiful abundance for those that tap into the energies of a Full 满 (Man) day. According to the Chinese Almanac (Tong Shu) such fecund days brings rewards to those that seek something in return.
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