The Solar Eclipse of April 2024 occurred on Monday April 8th 2024, shortly after we entered the solar month of the Earth Dragon. It was visible in North America and Central America. The path of totality included Mexico, the central U.S., Texas and East Canada. States that were in the path of the totality included: Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and parts of Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee. Here are the Four Pillars of the day and time totality began April 8th, 2024 11:21 PDT   Hour Day Month Year ..read more

Earth Snake 己巳 Month May 5th 08:22-June 5th 12:34 Here are the Animal Fortunes for the month of the Earth Snake. 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 environment ..read more

Kamala Harris was born in a 甲辰 Wood Dragon year – like 2024. She turns 60 this year which, in the system of Chinese Astrology means she has completed the Cycle of 60 Pillars. When you turn 60 you have lived through all the possible pillars, you’ve had at least a year of every possible energetic combination and presumably you have learned from this experience. Regardless of whether that’s true, turning 60 is a starting over point. Some would say now you are like a child again. Certainly 2024 will be one of the most significant and interesting years of her life. In such an important year, Kamal ..read more

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