Today’s title refers to a popular saying derived from a poem by Scotland's national bard, Robert Burns. How we arrive at today’s Wood Rat is also a bit of an epic and is hopefully worth the tellin’. Being as we have only just returned to our blog and it’s the start of a new 60-day cycle, we will ease into it gently.
In Chinese philosophy and culture the mouse is often treated as the same as Rat, (should that be synonymouse?) For example, in the year of the Rat, the mouse is also celebrated, although this may well be because they share the same Chinese character and word of Shu.
Best laid plans refers to strategy, the discipline of which is the province and domain of the wood element, most strongly represented in Yang Wood. And so we arrive at Yang Wood Rat, todays totem. However, we chose the title primarily because according to the book of nature or Chinese almanac, today is excellent for most activities; not a case of the best-laid plans of mice and men “gang aft agley” or translated from native Scottish as “going awry”.
Being easily the best day of the week, lucky pursuits include meditation, asking for blessings, visiting friends, having a haircut, travelling, getting engaged, getting married, exchanging gifts, having an astrology reading, emigrating, opening a business and trading, collecting debts, refurbishing home or office, moving earth, fixing a roof, making wine or fermenting, buying or setting direction for your bed and even hunting.
We will return tomorrow, a Wood Ox day, until then enjoy NOW!
Finn & Slim Shooey
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