Scaredy-cat keeps away from water – so should you!

Although today is a Water Tiger day, the Chinese almanac suggests not doing anything with water, other than washing, drinking or cooking.

An imbalance of water causes fear, and water in June is pretty thin on the ground, apart that is from the water logged parts of the country. Hence today’s title refers to scaredy as a state of fear and a large cat is a Tiger.

I guess the real reason for not opening a water course or even meditating, is due to last night’s lunar eclipse and the ability of the moon to affect water. As you know a lunar eclipse is where the earth’s shadow is cast upon the moon by the Sun. Is the abstinence from water therefore due to earth controlling water in a ke cycle arrangement? Or perhaps, it’s because the moon draws groundwater with recuperative minerals to feed plant life and last night the process may have been affected by gravity from astral bodies pulling in opposite directions. Whatever the cause, it’s probably a good bet to stay as dry as you can today.

Chinese books use on average about 25% less paper than western books, due to the binomial system of characters used to describe even the most complex words or phrases. That is until you look at how time is displayed, which can sometimes be up to 300% more. For instance, last night’s eclipse could be first seen at 02:23 (Beijing time) which in Chinese uses seven characters, almost twice as many as in English. It also lasted several hours and three different sites were listed, using up all of the space normally used for “suitable activities”.

We don’t normally allow a minor technicality such as NO SPACE stop us and so turn to other auspicious features that have an influence today.

The lunar mansion today is “Horn”, said to represent the Dragons horn. It is the first of twenty eight lunar mansions and is auspicious for new beginnings, making it good for growth, birth and marriage but not so good for concluding affairs or funerals.

The Jian Chu lists today as SUCCESS; a good day for all kinds of activities. Cultivate friendship, avoid gossip and speak well of everyone. This is a day when one can start to organise large scale activities, take out pen, paper and diary and start planning. It’s a good day to begin long journeys or to begin digging, particularly laying foundations or turning over the garden.

It’s a slightly better day tomorrow and better still on Saturday.

Until then – enjoy now

Finn & Slim Shooey