The Water Goat month will arrive on Monday, July 7, a significant pivot point during this powerfully transformative Snake Year as we transition to autumn and prepare for the year’s second half.
The Water Goat pillar is likened to a life-giving water oasis in an arid landscape, cool water amidst the heat of summer, offering refreshment and respite. It is also a pillar of exceptional quality as it is one of ten spiritual pillars, which adds another dimension to the metaphor of refreshment.
In this pillar, we see an opportunity to resource ourselves, body and soul. This is an ideal time to seek refreshment for our minds, which are being bombarded with constant information and breaking news, for bodies which long to relax into the languid energy of summer, and most importantly for our spirits to gain the wisdom of higher perspective that spiritual nourishment can offer to navigate these fiery times.
The Goat, also known as the sign of Cancer in Western astrology, is one of the four Earth or ‘Graveyard’ signs in Chinese astrology. These signs are not about death but the quiet and stillness of the graveyard. This energy is good for returning from social engagement and seeking more time in solitude. As this month is a Spiritual Goat pillar, this is an excellent time to seek some retreat from the day-to-day routine to carve out time to go inward to listen to the soul and your emotions, the other hallmark of the Cancerian nature of the Goat. Or as the image of this newsletter suggests, seek out a spiritual refuge as an oasis for your soul. This is an ideal month to turn on your out-of-office message, turn off your phone, and take a holiday.
“The hexagram of this month, #47 Exhaustion, paints a similar picture to that of the month pillar. This hexagram comprises the Lake trigram over the Water trigram, an image of water drained from a lake. As always, the wisdom of the I Ching employs nature to provide insights to humans. Exhaustion hexagram asks us to look at the depletion of resources in our own lives. These could be material, financial, physical, emotional, or spiritual. In what areas of life are we running a deficit and in danger of exhaustion, and how do we seek the resources needed to refill that well? This month, don’t move toward the dried-up lake; seek the oasis, the quietude, and solitude for spiritual reflection that will refresh you.
Themes about water as a resource will be important themes not only this month but for the next few years as we go through the forging fires at the start of Period 9. Establishing supportive routines and practices to refresh our spirits will be necessary to stay balanced and centered in the months and years ahead.
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