Cổ Trùng – Dark Sorcery 1

(Continued from Hexagram 18 – Poisonous Dark Sorcery) Cổ Trùng In the ancient world, the word Cổ Trùng include poisonous toads, frogs, snakes, spiders, scorpions, centipedes, as well as various other types of animals we would not normally consider poisonous. This also includes certain types of ticks and butterflies, and even bacteria and viruses. Please don’t misunderstand. I am not disparaging those animals sharing the … Continue reading Cổ Trùng – Dark Sorcery 1

The Original Asian Zodiac 6: The Ten Heavenly Stems

(Continued from The Original Asian Zodiac 5:  The Twelve Earth Branches) Ten Heavenly Stems I have to state for the record that this subject is an exhausting subject to dig into.  I kept running into a few issues, and although they are not huge issues, they exhaust me. Firstly, all the words are not modern.  They are either Middle Vietnamese, or Old Vietnamese, or Ancient … Continue reading The Original Asian Zodiac 6: The Ten Heavenly Stems

The Original Asian Zodiac 5: The Twelve Earth Branches

The Twelve Earthly branches 2020 is the year of the Metal Rat on top of the earthen wall.  Sounds quite amazing doesn’t it?  That’s the power of the Can Chi working together to give you the whole picture. Out of everything that has to do with the Asian Calendar, the twelve Earthly Branches take the cake as the most popular iconic pop stars of them … Continue reading The Original Asian Zodiac 5: The Twelve Earth Branches

Them Sticks

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I have a confession to make.

For all the years that I have been a living, breathing bona-fide card carrying Taoist, I have never owned a set of yarrow sticks.

embarrassed1I’m so embarrassed.

Yes, I know how to use yarrow sticks for I Ching divinations.  It’s not rocket science.

But even if it was, I would have figured out how to do it.  Why then do I not own a set of yarrow sticks?  I’ll tell you why.

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Lên Đồng 3: Mother Goddess

(Continued from Lên Đồng 2: Mounting the Medium) Folk beliefs are all the rage nowadays.  Everybody wants to go tribal. It is the hottest new trend.  The Japanese have their Shinto.  The Chinese have their Zhōngguó mínjiān xìnyǎng.   And us Việts, we have our Đạo Mẫu. I am not surprised that this is so.  Remember, we were a matriarchal society, which meant women were valued … Continue reading Lên Đồng 3: Mother Goddess

I Ching Sphere 2: Zeroes and Ones

Zero We have to start somewhere, and zero is the perfect starting point.  Since I have that dreaded mathephobia disease, I am rather handicapped and cannot calculate huge numbers in a multitude of dimensions, I need to use a computer to do the grunt work.   Now, I may be blonde, but I’m no dummy.  I know that to start any kind of data analysis … Continue reading I Ching Sphere 2: Zeroes and Ones