In January 2021 I was living with death; my father was weakening by the day and so was my beloved dog, Oliver. To say those days were excruciating in their pain is nothing to what I felt for months after they both died within 2 weeks of each other. I landed into February with the heavy bear of grief on my back. This is my analogy for the weight and pain of grief, it feels Read More
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Happy Lunar New Year - Flying Stars February 2022
As we reflect on the first month of the Tiger year, we remember that the Tiger Month gave us a snap shot of all that 2022 is for us individually as well as collectively. I couldn’t believe all that happened just in the first week! Tiger energy is fast and furious, then comes to a stand still. As we ride this rollercoaster we must know our limits and when to jump off the ride to Read More
Life Story - original poem by Lydia Nitya Griffith
If I were to write my life story I’d start from now and work backwards, All the while forever continuing the story forward Until I can write no more Until I’ve been written off the page This morning I saw a veiled gray image Hovering over the highway Like a giant ghost of a thing I drove into this day noting that it was remarkable The world fresh and bright with hope hanging In the Read More
Flying Stars Feng Shui for January 2022
It may seem like a new year according to the Gregorian calendar but for millions if not billions around the world, the Lunar New Year is the one that is followed and celebrated. See the recently posted Blogs on How to Prepare and what the Year of the Tiger means for you and our world. So it is we are now in the month of the Ox and the Year of the Ox. This is Read More
The Year of the Black Tiger
Tiger is erratic as its innate personality is to go full tilt ahead or come to a screeching halt. Balance, therefore, is what Tiger teaches us best as we ride the roller coaster of this year. The Tiger waits in the tall grass, watching and waiting. Timing is everything this year too and we are cautioned to not be hasty, not rush out of the pandemic into the rat race of life as if we Read More
Prepare for the Chinese New Year
January offers us a time of preparation between the Full Moon on January 17th and the New Moon, Chinese New Year, February 1. Yet, beginnings and endings are not clear cut. One year doesn’t end and another begins. There is a shadow of the old Ox of 2021 lingering just as the Tiger of 2022 begins to purr. January this year is EXTRA! The reason is that it is the month of the Ox in Read More
Flying Stars Feng Shui for December 2021
So it is we find ourselves sliding into the 11th month of 2021, the month of the Rat with the element Yang Metal sitting atop. It feels like a cold shiver of energy. For some, the Rat may feel like a dip back into 2020. People born on the Day or Year of the Horse may feel embattled as the Rat is the arch enemy of the Rat and is Harmed by the Ox. The Read More
So It Goes
This golden light Falling through the windows Open to the wind. The garden echoes with invisible voices. Chairs positioned for conversations Covered in pine needles. Painting landscapes red and orange stained. Music pulses, a mood starts to rock In the chair next to me. Hello old friend, where have you been? All the things we can imagine Are pressed against a mute tongue. Paper words flying in this new evening Like moths seeking the false Read More
Flying Stars Feng Shui for November 2021
The Clash of the Dog with our annual Ox played out all kinds of whack-a-mole moments in world events in October. Just a glimpse into what’s been happening: The return of the Taliban has led to the crumbling of Afghanistan, the Covid-19 Pandemic rages on even as vaccinations bring deaths and cases down, Venezuela is another country on the verge of collapse among other countries dealing with economic instability, major Ecuador prison riot, Yemeni Civil Read More
From Whiplash to Whack-A-Mole
At the beginning of the pandemic I wrote a Blog called Life Whiplash. I think it pretty much summed up the impact that lockdown had on my mental health and livelihood. Fast forward a year and half later to this year I call Whack-A-Mole. Maybe you are feeling this too, maybe this is just my own astrology playing out, maybe this is something else…? Sometimes in our life we meet hardships, conflicts, challenges that seem Read More