Every month, Madame Xu reads the phase of the moon and the energy of the year to give you a general outlook. This is the big weather report - the emotional climate, the pressure in the air, who should move, who should hide, and who should behave themselves. These monthly general insights are free...

   Listen carefully. First moon of the year and everybody already running around like headless chicken. Stop it. This is Tiger Moon, not Rabbit Moon. You don’t chase during Metal Tiger. You crouch. You breathe. You watch who is making noise and who is actually moving pieces. Yang Metal is blade ...

The Family Mystic, Chain-Smoking Oracle, and Lunar Gossip Queen Born in the Year of the Wood Rabbit, during the Hour of the Wood Snake, Madame Xu (pronounced “Shoo”) is the chain-smoking, blunt-talking, wildly beloved family mystic you never knew you needed. A staple of her Hong Kong neighborhood...