Monday 26^th of July is a yin fire ox day. The ox is earth, fire feeds earth, but yin fire ox is the most inauspicious of energies.

The ox clashes with the sheep on the month, adding to the difficulties. Today it will feel like you are stuck in a desert, and the sands keep shifting, threatening to bury you.

The sheep and the ox when they meet the dog today form a very unhelpful combination called an earth penalty. This will bring a challenge to your health. Protect yourself with the work below.

The strongest energy today is the yin fire followed closely by yin water. Fire and water clash with each other (stems). They are equal in strength today with the yin fire just ahead by a whisker because of the assistance he gets from yin earth controlling directly the yin water but there is not a lot in it.

The weakest energy today is the yang earth. Yang earth governs the stomach meridian. Because it is a strong earth day with clashes going on it is best to eat very lightly – do not give the stomach too much hard work today. I suggest vegetable broths, with some red / orange coloured fruit and veges which will also nourish the spleen.

The emotional state associated with the stomach is obsessive worry. If this picture matches your tendency then replace the worry with a mantra, a phrase that you reiterate every hour for 1 minute only! If you have the Life Mastery remedies then use both Faith and earth remedies. Put a drop on your palm, rub it in and then hold your hands over the midriff immediately beneath the breast in line with the nipple. Visualise the remedy passing from your palms into the meridian, and the meridian taking up that qi to nourish the whole organism. If you do not have the remedies then look at the picture of the remedy and inhale the qi of the remedy from a distance – obviously not as powerful as using it but still helpful.