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?
Read moreHalloween + APPLE + Samhain Symbol
How many times have you pressed the Apple command key today?
Well if you're sitting in your office and thought you'd escaped Halloween then think again. Because apart from the humble fruits ties to the festival, so too unbeknownst to most Mac users has Apple's ⌘ Command symbol.
Read moreDouble NINTH Festival
Landscape Painted on the Double Ninth Festival by Shitao (Zhu Ruoji) dated 1705. Public Domain Met Musuem.
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.
Read more2025 FENG SHUI FORECAST
Year of the Wood snake
This article was originally published by Wellbeing Astrology 2025– Universal Media, Australia
Fuxi and Nüwa — primordial beings with serpent bodies, take on added timely significance. The father of Emperors Fuxi discovered the Ho-t’u arrangement of trigrams, a key tenet of Feng Shui and the underlying nature of all things. While Nuwa the supreme mother, shows up as the annual moderator. Together when depicted as conjoined serpents they form a double helix — the secrets of life; cells, DNA, and years later its double helix shape all occurred on snake’s watch.
Read moreUS 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Image credit; Roller Coaster by Jeremy Thompson via CC BY 2.0 creativecommons
It’s hard to escape the US presidential election. According to pollsters the 2024 race to the White House is tight — The same can be said for both Harris’ and Trumps’ Bazi charts; the roller-coaster car sits a top the steep descent, the ride on the go big or go home roller-coaster starts tomorrow. Who has the edge?
Read moreLily Ledbetter, led best.
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