Hope you all had a great weekend and those in Australia had a fabulous long weekend. I managed to get out into the winter garden, mucked out the chook shed and tidied one garden bed, and put a wire cage over some bulbs that the chooks have been thoughtfully weeding for me!

Today is a yang fire monkey day. The monkey is metal. We are still in a controlling cycle, with fire controlling metal. We also have a clash in the branches - fire sits adjacent to water = steam. As you are reading this blog you now know that there is potential for out-right conflict so you will take evasive action. There are many ways of avoiding conflict. One is to 'offer the other cheek', one is to cop it sweet (particularly if there is any truth in the slings and arrows), another is to practice your well developed or developing skills of conflict resolution. Don't forget often (but sadly not always), people just want to feel heard. Reflective listening and matching some part of the body language is helpful.

In the branches we have the monkey in void and the monkey in clash with the tiger. Whenever the monkey or the snake come on the scene this year we have the potential for fire penalty to be activated. In the hour of the snake 0900 - 1100 that penalty comes along. Make sure that you avoid conflict, and perhaps avoid driving your motor vehicle. You should also avoid using sharp knives or decide to give blood today. This is only pertinent if the snake, tiger, or monkey is present in your chart. All you fabulous snake people who are following the daily blogs - this does pertain to you today! If you can't give blood today then do some sewing and bless your lucky stars when you prick your finger.

Again we have fire as the dominant energy with the 1/2 frame of fire being present and now the fire penalty. The weakest element is earth as it is not present in the environmental qi. So make sure you protect your digestion. Eat simply and modestly today and again make sure that you factor in root vegetables particularly of the yellow and orange colours such as sweet potatoes, pumpkin, squash etc.

Your challenge today is to maintain sweetness and faith. Keep faith that the universe does deliver, we just need to pose our questions / requests in the correct manner, be patient and act in the world with that sweetness and faith. When we can vibrate at this frequency we can offset the negativity and disbelief, the anger, the frustration the bitterness and the pain. Remember we are being asked / challenged to bring up the frequency of our vibrational state. We can do that by remembering that we are not alone in our endeavours and that there is more than one vibrating at this new frequency.

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