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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:
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A book of wisdom
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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 (ę) actually means and how Stuart interprets it in his introduction.
This is not a poetic flourish. It is not...
March 22āApril 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 āYear of the Hare,ā as haresĀ are swifter than rabbits.Ā They are born with a coat of fur and have good vision, while rabbitsĀ are born naked and blind.
The Yin Water Hare is spiritually powerful this year. All hares an...
Size: 12ā³ by 24ā³ Wall Calendar
Order now from the Sanctuary of Tao to receive the calendar before the lunar Chinese New Year, January 22nd, 2023. This calendar starts on that date and follows the lunar cycle for the Year of the Rabbit.
This one-of-a-kind calendar combines the various elements of C...
When putting togetherĀ our TaoistĀ calendar it became clear to me how interconnected Taoism and Chinese astrology really are, with the roots of both having developed long before Taoism existed.
The primary text on Taoism, theĀ Scripture on the Way and VirtueĀ [éå¾·ē¶, Dao De Jing) by Lao Zi (čå), never me...
Over the years weāve had many students question the purpose of using red envelopes in making offerings, gifts, and donations to others, so hereās a brief explanation of this practice.
āRed envelopeā (ē“ å , Hong Bao) literally translates as āred package.ā They are traditionally used in Chinese culture...
Chart Your Chinese Animal Signs
Each hour, day, month, and year correlate to one of twelve animals in the Chinese Zodiac so that each person has an astrology chart made up of four animal signs, one for their hour, day, month, and year.
There are both lunar and solar-based Chinese calendar systems,...
