December Full Moon + Xia Yuan Festival

December 4, 2025 FENG・SHUI ・ISM

Lantern floating festival by Kyle Nishioka CC BY 2.0 via Flickr

Moon, the night-time celestial luminary holds great significance in the Chinese calendar system. Nowadays, lunas passage through the sky pretty much determines China’s cultural and religious festivals and the solar component is used for timings in Bazi and the 24 solar terms. The upcoming Frost / Cold Moon in Gemini (2025) is especially significant to Taoist devotees, as this Full Moon marks the Xia Yuan Festival. There are five Full Moon centric festivals of note in the Chinese calendar. Two of which are more widely celebrated. All five Moon festivals occur on the 15th day of a Chinese lunar month as it guarantees Luna’s fullest splendor.

CHRISTMAS FENG SHUI STYLE

November 29, 2025 FENG・SHUI ・ISM

So when should you unfurl tissue wrapped baubles and detangle last years lights? It depends as Yuletide is steeped in a seasonal cocktail of tradition, folklore, personal bias and how long your eyes can handle the visual display. Shopping malls may well be dripping with ubiquitous tinsel tinged displays . . . but has the “magic” that surrounds true Yuletide faded?

PEACE DEAL

November 25, 2025 FENG・SHUI ・ISM

‍ ‍*Peace Doves by* Dark Dwarf via Flickr. Match by Sebastian Ritter CC2.5 viaWikicommons

PEACE DEAL — Firstly, this is not a political post just a little ponder on some verbatim astro in motion.

As the year draws to a close we’ve all become familiar with Elemental friction between the two elements in the annual pillar Wood & Fire (Snake) something I highlighted in my 2025 forecasts. “Fire is the child of wood; a metaphorical match offers momentary flashes into the future, a light bulb moment." Striking deals is another obvious manifestation - and arguably a more relevant than the ubiquitous and overly reliant theme of ‘shedding’ that flooded the socials as a key theme. Snake is not the only animal that sheds; Tiger, Monkey and Pig the other zodiacal ‘growth’ animals all shed. Also it’s the elemental union of Heavenly Stem and Animal sign that offers the most accurate analysis. I digress, back to deals 😉

FEAST OF APPLES - SAMHAIN

October 31, 2025 FENG・SHUI ・ISM

I’ve no doubt candy filled bags of loot and masks of the ghoulish variety are all that’s on the minds of kids. If Halloween fancy dress isn’t your jam, then here’s the download on the true meaning of Samhain. With some very on point cross cultural synergies with Humble apple.

SO WHAT IS SAMHAIN?

Halloween or 'Samhain' (pronounced SOW-win) as Celts called it, was first and foremost a celebration of the end of harvest time and the beginning of a dark half of the calendar year. Naive Irish speakers will know that the calendar months of May and November are called Beltaine and Samhain respectively (oh and August is called Lunasa). These are three of the four Cross Quarter days on the Wheel of the Year, Imbolc in spring completes the quartet. Witches know these markers as Great Sabbats. These power points are Midpoints or Culminating points of a given season - Samhain occurs between the Fall Equinox and Yule (Winter Solstice).

Double NINTH Festival

October 29, 2025 FENG・SHUI ・ISM

Happy Seniors’ Day! Since 1966 the Double Ninth Festival has celebrated Senior members of the community. The ‘Double Ninth Festival’ is also known as Chong Yang Festival; which burrows its name from the calendar date meaning the ninth day of the ninth lunar month in the Chinese calendar. In Chinese ‘Chong’ means ‘double’ and ‘Yang’ is a nod to the number nine (9) which is the highest Yang number. and its also known as as the Chrysanthemum Festival. This year the festival falls on Sun 22 Oct 2023, in the Universal calendar.

Symbolism of Bats

October 15, 2025 FENG・SHUI ・ISM

image by Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849. — image by Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849 via public domain

Bats and Halloween have a ubiquitous relationship. It’s most likely due to the nocturnal habits of the bat, that link the two - after all Hallow’s Eve is a festival that’s celebrated at nightfall. Spookiness aside, the winged creature is known to conjure up high levels of anxiety, day or night, for folks with long hair! (Myth No. 1, they don’t get tangled in your tresses). That said, without doubt that humble Bat is steeped in myth, negative omens and superstitions. Yet in some cultures, the omen is of an auspicious nature.

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