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(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
I have resisted talking about COVID 19 for months now because I wanted this space to be the one spot that doesn’t have more of the same chaos that is swirling all around us, but today, my area has just been put on SIP (shelter in place) and we will be stuck inside until at least April 7th, and possibly even into summer. Since I’ll … Continue reading Hexagram 7: I Ching Advice for COVID 19
(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 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
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.
I’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.
(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
Ugh! I got all the easy parts done, and now it’s nothing but hard stuff. I am so dreading this section, but I have to finish it. I’ve been very, very bad lately. I start all sorts of subjects and I say that I will add to the information and finish the posting groups, but I end up dropping the lines and I forget to … Continue reading I Ching Sphere 2: The Bellows in Between 1
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
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