What can you say about a year from the information contained in two symbols? If you study Ba Zi, the answer to that question is: much more than I can write about in this lifetime. Let’s focus on what is relevant about the Wood Dragon pillar in 2024. Wood Dragon Pillar 甲 yang Wood 辰 Dragon The pillar consists of Heavenly Stem yang Wood 甲 sitting on top of Earthly Branch 辰 Dragon whose main element is 戊 yang Earth. Wood controls or clashes Earth. It might be a land grab. Every pillar has a signature energy which is the interaction of the Heavenly Stem and the Earthly Branch. Within the ..read more

I’ve recently published a couple of posts about US Presidential Elections and Ba Zi. One about the pattern of our elections and one about the patterns of elections held in a Dragon year. You may want to read those first. In this article I will focus on election results in a Wood Dragon year, starting with general considerations. and then working down to a Wood Dragon year like this one. What I mean is, not all Wood Dragon years occur in time cycle like the one we are in, so you want to focus on the ones that do. 2024 is a Wood Dragon year in the Chinese Calendar. The pillar consists of yang Wo ..read more

Earth Dragon 戊辰 Month April 4th 15:03-May 5th 08:22 Here are the Animal Fortunes for the month of the Earth Dragon. To get the most out of the fortunes you’ll want to know all four of your pillars which are based on your birth year, month, day and time. If you don’t know them just ask! Each of the four animals of your BaZi correlates with an aspect of your life. Year Pillar Has to do with your physical body and what you do with it, ancestors, family traits. In terms of luck the year pillar is said to take the first “hit” of any event, good or bad. Month Pillar Relates to career, work environme ..read more

In the United States, Presidential elections are held every four years. The first Presidential election was held in 1788, an Earth Monkey year. Because the Chinese Zodiac follows a 12 year cycle, this timing set the precedent for US Presidential elections being held in Monkey, Rat and Dragon years. You can read more about that and view the results of past US Presidential Elections here. In this post I will focus on US Presidential election winners from Dragon year elections and who is running now in 2024. If you’re familiar with Ba Zi, you can already identify the underlying Monkey-Rat-Dragon ..read more

The system of Chinese Astrology known as Ba Zi can be applied in analyzing any pattern and predicting a likely outcome. How might it be applied to the four year pattern of United States Presidential elections? America’s birthday is generally reckoned to be July 4, 1776. That was a Fire Monkey year (like 2016). The Fire Monkey is the year pillar of the United States and the sign of Monkey usually means something new is starting. Did you know that 1776 was not the year of the first election? The first Presidential election wasn’t held until December 1788, an Earth Monkey year. The Chinese Zodiac ..read more

Fire Rabbit 丁卯 Month March 5th 10:21-April 4th 15:03 Here are the Animal Fortunes for the month of the Fire Rabbit. To get the most out of the fortunes you’ll want to know all four of your pillars which are based on your birth date and time. If you don’t know them just ask! Each of the four animals of your BaZi correlates with an aspect of your life. Year Pillar Has to do with your physical body and what you do with it, ancestors, family traits. In terms of luck the year pillar is said to take the first “hit” of any event, good or bad. Month Pillar Relates to career, work environment, training ..read more

Before Truth As is the case for the Tiger, it’s unlikely to be an eventful year for the Rabbit. The focus has shifted off of you for now. Maybe you’ve got a new place to call home for a few years. I hope you were able to make that what you wanted it to be. Rabbits are the recipients of the 息神 Rest Spirit in 2024. It is considered an auspicious star, but in these times, I hope it’s not adding to your frustration. How’s your health? As implied, the Rest Spirit means you rest and/or you have time to rest. It may be related to breath, as in catching your breath. We have experienced the Rest Spirit ..read more

Can You Dig It? Looking at the Ba Zi of the Wood Dragon Year I’d say that in 2024 there are many people like the Tiger who are all interested in the same resources, housing and money. In the annual chart it appears that there isn’t much to go around. This describes the current situation but not the “reality”. Although there is still plenty to go around, the plenty is now only available for the few so the rest of us are left to compete for what’s left. That doesn’t have to be true. Some of the current energy of the Tiger is related to Boomers. This same Tiger energy could describe younger Tiger ..read more

Designated Decider The Ox is not clashed by the Dragon, rather the Ox and Dragon have a relationship called Destruction. This relationship carries a potential energy that may or may not be expressed. If that sounds worrisome to you, find relief by choosing how you would like it to be expressed. For example, the Ox is a creature of routine. What if you break up with some routines? If you’re an Ox, it’s good for you to get knocked out of your rut every once in awhile. That’s how I see the Wood Dragon year for the Ox. Get knocked out of the rut, then resettle into new productive patterns. The Woo ..read more

Behind the Curtain When you’re a Rat in a Dragon year, once again you control the frame, just as you did in 2020 and will again in 2028. What Rats do when they are in control this way is set a certain tone of concern about what is worthy of attention and what is important. Often the focus of their decisions involves Fire. Rats could probably go anywhere they like this year but I suggest, for your own safety, leave the south alone. The prevailing energy for much of the Wood Dragon year is Water and that’s exactly where the Rat lives. This timing gives Rats a special gift for command in a year w ..read more