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The Daoist Outlook・068

Dec 12, 2025

Fire Pig Moon Wanes


   Here we are at the curly-tail end of our Yin Fire Pig Moon. The solstice is nearly upon us and we're quickly encroaching upon the deepest pit of Yin for the year - but don't worry - it'll fly right by and should be over before it even begins. Once this phase comes to pass, Yang will be on the rise yet again... and so the world goes - as it always has/always will.

   As for the poetry of the moment, this is the time for dreaming. If you were to pit a day against a year, Winter would align with the dead of night - when we should be sleeping. This isn't a time for hustle and bustle, it's a time for deep rest and slumber. Allow your conscious mind to wander freely towards new realms of potential. Let yourself dream about best case scenarios and watch them pan out upon the limelit stage of your imagination.
   To make this make sense, dream big. Push the limits of physics and bend a natural law or two. Let yourself think of your most promising possibilities, and pretend as if they're real. Relish in the "What," "Where," "When," and "Why" of your dreamscape - you can sort out the "How" next moon. 

✧ Dream Outside the Box ✧

Dress for the Occasion: Take your sleep seriously.
Turn it all Off: 
Every light, every screen, even your router.
Prime your Sleep State: Drift off to themes of dreams achieved.
Put a Bow on It: As you wake up, end your dreams sweetly. 
Write them Down: Look out for themes over time.

The Womb of Winter

Contents

・Shifu Says: A brief word from our head teacher, Shifu David Wei.
・Students of the Month: This month we have TWO! Could it be you?
・The Daoist Calendar:
Special holidays and how to observe them.
・Deep Steeps: Lunch with magic manifester, Geraldine Convento.
・A Second Steep: This one is with our Kung Fu cousin, Lindsey Wei.
・Final Fortune Cookie: Big wit and wisdom from a tiny little idiom.

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