Today Saturday 28th of August is a yang metal dog day. The dog is yang earth and is supportive or resource to yang metal.

It means that yang metal is extremely strong today. We have two yang metal stems in the day and the year. We have yang metal as the primary stem in the month branch (monkey). The dog also has as secondary qi yin metal.

The flow of qi is strongly yang and every position in the productive cycle is represented. Even if all the other elements turned against the yang metal there would be still be a surfeit of yang metal. Yang metal without a job to do and without some control measures becomes very querulous and destructive. It can also add to mental pressure and unguarded speech. Even if you are a straight speaking person you do need to reflect upon whether that needs to be said now, by me or ever! Metal also governs the head / brain. So it can mean a build up of pressure, tension headaches or even brain events such as TIA's or strokes.

Metal without control can also mean crashes where metal meets metal. So take care on the roads. We still have two travel signs causing pressure on and towards travel.

The second strongest energy today is yang wood and it is sitting opposite yang metal in the cycle. It is therefore able to challenge the metal to be productive. It is sitting in the position of wealth. It can therefore be a very productive day in terms of growing your wealth - remember benevolence if you are in a fortunate position today.

The dog and the tiger combine to form the half frame of fire and fire is power in today's cycle. At 1100 - 1300 the full frame is present (the hour of the horse). This means it is a power time! Use it if yang fire is your power element and you need power. Power helps us get things done. Makes the wealth useful and controls the excessive strength of the day master. Tony Abbott is a yang metal day master. Yang fire is his power. He already has a very strong day master so he needs to be cautious today as metal can also control teeth and the mouth. Lets hope he does not take on another heroic sporting venture today as he could lose a few teeth.

Your challenge today is to spend 10 minutes 3 times today sitting in meditation and reflection. Self examine to see the times that you are over the top, when you are overbearing and domineering. When we self reflect, catch ourselves in the mirror of self reflection we can begin to address the aspects of our personality in order to glimpse our true nature.

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