As the Dragon month comes to a close, the Snake comes slithering in on May 17th to represent the fourth month of the Chinese year. This Snake month will be a Water Snake month, which tells us more about the kind of energy this Snake has.

Snakes already carry the ideas of strategy, concealment, pati...

Hexagram #1, Creativity of Heaven, is a hexagram that carries pure Yang energy. It is the most active, generative force in the Yi Jing and is characterized as strong, initiating, and forward-moving. It is about doing, leading, creating, and pushing forward with clarity and intention. It favors initi...

We hope our newsletter finds you well as we welcome the Water Dragon, the ruler for the month, which comes soaring in on April 17th. The Dragon marks pivot or transition points. They store energy, and the specific element combination can determine how that stored energy expresses. Dragon months tend...

The hexagram for the month is #43 Decision. This hexagram is intense. The image suggests that something must be declared decisively or cut away. It represents a buildup that has reached a breaking point, the need to take a clear stand, and either exposing or confronting what can no longer be hidden....

This Second Moon of the lunar year (March 19, 2026) is represented by the Yin Metal Rabbit, who hops onto the scene on March 19th and ushers in the Spring equinox.

Gentle and clever, the Rabbit embodies receptive Yin energy. Its internal sensitivity grants it the ability to “sense” and “feel” its e...

Starting March 19, 2026, the Rabbit Moon’s hexagram is #34 Great Strength. This hexagram denotes strong energy and momentum delivered decisively. It alludes to a sudden increase in power, energy, or visibility.

When taken into account with the larger period’s hexagram (the year’s), which is #46 Asc...

This new year of the Fire Horse comes galloping in, full speed, on February 17, 2026.

Horses represent movement, restlessness, boldness, and travel, while the Fire element is characterized by brightness, directness, expressiveness, and charisma.

Generally speaking, Fire Horse years tend to signify...

The Book of Sun and Moon, more popularly known as the Yijing or Book of Changes, is one of the oldest surviving literary works in the world. At the same time, it remains one of the most profound pieces ever composed.

It serves many functions at once. It is:

• A book of wisdom

• A book of divi

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Why does Stuart render the Yijing as the Book of Sun and Moon instead of using the standard translation, Book of Changes?

To answer that, we have to look carefully at what the character Yi (易) actually means and how Stuart interprets it in his introduction.

This is not a poetic flourish. It is not...

March 22–April 19th, 2023

By Suzanne Nosko

As this new moon on March 22nd will be an intercalary month (or moon), the Yin Water Rabbit influence will be with us longer. This happens approximately every three years and is done in order to keep up the lunar year with the solar year.

Since the solar...

Please see the Book of Sun and Moon by Stuart Alve Olson for more details of the advice and correlations given in this piece for the present month (moon).

Great Strength, #34, Da Zhuang

This hexagram holds influence over the period of the Yin Wood Rabbit Moon (including the intercalary moon period...

About the Year of the Rabbit (Hare)

Technically, this year should be called the “Year of the Hare,” as hares are swifter than rabbits. They are born with a coat of fur and have good vision, while rabbits are born naked and blind.

The Yin Water Hare is spiritually powerful this year. All hares an...