Author: Beth

FOR A NEW BEGINNING by John O’Donohue In out-of-the-way places of the heart,Where your thoughts never think to wander,This beginning has been quietly forming,Waiting until you were ready to emerge. For a long time it has watched your desire,Feeling the emptiness growing inside you,Noticing how you willed yourself on,Still unable to leave what you had outgrown.… Continue reading Month of the Wood Tiger: Welcome Year of the Water Rabbit

January 6 – February 3 “Stillness is vital to the world of the soul. If as you age you become more still, you will discover that stillness can be a great companion. The fragments of your life will have time to unify, and the places where your soul-shelter is wounded or broken will have time… Continue reading Month of the Water Ox

December 7 – January 5 The month of the Water Rat brings additional Yang Water to this Yang Water year, powerful ocean water now becomes a tsunami. The powerful and deep ocean water present in this year is one reason people have been struggling with mental health and powerful emotions this year, this month these… Continue reading Month of the Water Rat

October 9 – November 7 The month of the Dog brings us to the ending of the autumn season and the month which is the ‘graveyard’ of the fire element. The hope and optimism that fire brings makes way for the fear and uncertainty that the coming water season brings. An uneasy time to be… Continue reading Month of the Metal Dog: Calling All Spiritual Warriors

Month of the Earth RoosterSeptember 8 – October 8 Nature’s first green is gold,Her hardest hue to hold.Her early leaf’s a flower;But only so an hour.Then leaf subsides to leafSo Eden sank to grief,So dawn goes down to day.Nothing gold can stay. ~Robert Frost The month of the Rooster brings us to the mid-point of Autumn… Continue reading Month of the Earth Rooster

What is going on?! Why is the world going crazy?! What is all of this happening right now?!  These are frequent statements these days as we deal with war, economic trouble, political division, and the lingering impacts of illness and a global pandemic.  For those of us who work in Chinese Metaphysics we are no less saddened or upset… Continue reading Month of the Fire Goat

June 6 – July 6 The Fire Horse is the most fiery and brilliant of all 60 pillars which is good because we certainly need fire in the midst of this tumultuous, watery year. This powerful fire may be the calm before the storm as this feel good energy may give us a false sense of security… Continue reading Month of the Fire Horse

Month of the Wood SnakeMay 6 – June 5 The month of the Wood Snake brings us from the season of Wood into the season of Fire, the image of the warm sun growing flowers beautifully embodied by the Sunflower. Of course, these days one cannot see the Sunflower without also thinking of Ukraine, which at this time is still being bombarded and besieged… Continue reading Month of the Wood Snake