Yang Wood Horse Moon
Peek-a-Boo Pony! It's the Yang Wood Horse Moon, the peak of Summer. If we include this Fire Horse Year as a base, that puts a Double Yang Horse in our hands! Careful, this double Yang Wood & Fire Horse combo is especially volatile - tensions WILL explode! We're in for a double Yang rodeo ride!
As for the poetry of the moment, try to tip toe through the tulips. Horses get it done, but at a cost. They may have to blaze through a few finish lines before they'd even think to look back and notice the flowers they trampled along the way - and by then, it's almost easier to just keep pushing forward and sweep it all under the rug. So for this moon, imagine if all that character was doubled... and on fire too! Think you can handle that?
To make this make sense, prevention is better than medicine. Slow down and get things done well. The more we fluster ourselves focused on a goal, the more we tend to trample on those that matter most. It's way too hard to back track and tidy up after ourselves, so with that in mind, let's try to keep our side of the street clean as we go. Deal?
⧠Double Horse Moon â§
Slow: The forgotten luxury
Small: Pay attention to the details
Soft: The only way to overcome hard
Smooth: Just like Billy D. Williams
Safe: For yourself and others
Slow is Smooth, Smooth is Fast
Contents
ã»Shifu Says: A brief word from our head teacher, Shifu David Wei.
ã»Astrology and Tea: Shifu and Seanan talk about the lunar calendar.
ã»The Daoist Calendar: Special holidays and how to observe them.
ã»Tai Chi True or False: You've got a 50/50 chance. Is it Yin or Yang?
ã»Along the Way: Tale of two Daoist brothers and their angry master.
ã»Madame Xu's News: Zodiac forecasts from our Hong Kong Oracle.
ã»Final Fortune Cookie: Big wit and wisdom from a tiny little idiom.
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