Black spot sheep finds Success at Well

Today's Water Sheep is associated with the colour black as well as transport and communications. With that in mind, today's picture is of a house with the speed limit painted on the side that measures a whopping 5 metres in diameter. It is placed on an accident black spot to slow motorists rampaging through a Devon UK village and allow villagers to access the local shop.

This reminds me that in ancient times, Chinese villages were placed in a nonagonal arrangement around a well and this became the origin of town squares. This assembly of nine has been fully adopted in Chinese culture and is found is such diverse subjects such as writing and feng shui. In the latter, it is found as a Luo Shu magic square and “Well” itself is a constellation that the Moon rises in once every 28 days and known as a Lunar Mansion.

Interestingly enough today is a “Well” day in the lunar mansions and is associated with learning. This is partly the reason for going into such detail in this blog and wholly the cause of painting the warning sign on the house. It marks the start of Road Safety Week in the UK and the owner will paint over it on 5 December.

In another cycle, today is also a “Success” day; highly auspicious for such an important awareness campaign. Furthermore, today's Sheep unites the monthly Pig and annual Rabbit signs making it an extremely lucky day, so much so that I heard a rumour the campaign was even mentioned in a Chinese astrology and feng shui blog. Go figure!

The Chinese almanac is following this theme and seems to be doing a “happy dance” and smiling with its auspicious horseshoe formation. Suitable activities to do today include meditation, asking for blessings, taking a course, visiting friends, getting engaged, having an astrology reading, buying or making clothes, opening a business and trading, refurbishing a home or office, moving earth, fixing a roof, making wine or fermenting, buying or setting direction for your bed or setting up a tombstone.

To see how your own sign is affected today see our dedicated Water Sheep web page and we will return tomorrow with a Wood Monkey. Don’t worry we will be over the moon… Until then, enjoy NOW!

Finn & Slim Shooey