Wednesday, 6th of April
Today’s LUNAR LODGE is THE WALL; the SOLAR INDEX is SHUT.
Master Mouse Says:
The METAL HARE on duty today is the Twin of the Year, and he will show his well-mated defiance of the Dragon Moon, by carrying himself with a pensive attitude, a high tolerance for tension, and a sharp-edged sense of what will not be acceptable. Facing this united front, the Dragon will take it as a sign to exercise the option—indicated also by the SHUT Day—to cease to press his program forward, and to call a moment of truce. In whatever way you can, follow this same mode, stepping back from the prongs of your own considerations, and allowing yourself to move towards rest and restoration. Sometimes this sort of break in engagement is what is needed for the sides of an argument to review their true aims, and find the way to help their opponent voices reach a satisfactory and workable resolution of differences. Whatever your internal troubles or dilemmas, imagine yourself stepping out of the room, and allowing the component factions to work out a solution between themselves, and without your interference.
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Talk to the Animals
Born in the Year of the Rat: With the Hare on the watch causing the Dragon to relent in his critical commentary, it can’t be a wise thing for you to appear to continue with it in his absence; your efforts to do anything but moving—as much as is feasible—towards energetic deflation and deep rest, will only stiffen the resistance of the Bunny Boys to change, and put you in danger of some level of exhaustion which might take you the better part of the next week fully to recover from. You do know exactly what you have to do in order to strengthen your resources and de-stress your nervous state: just ask yourself. Make it a Top Priority to follow your intuition to divine where Nourishment, Rest, and Enjoyment are convening, and make the trip there; consider it the Dragon’s intent, and the good-will gift the Twin Hares have sent you. Tomorrow’s Dragon will re-open the negotiations, and you’ll need to remember to remain friendly to both sides of any disagreement.
Born in the Year of the Ox: For one such as yourself who needs far less time devoted to recuperation than almost anyone around, it might seem that the clearing of the field of combatant parties is almost designed for your particular benefit, and will leave you free space to increase your speed and your sense of progress. As long as you promise to make that the result of raised efficiencies and lowered effort, I can’t see any reason to argue with the idea. But if you’re due for some “scheduled maintenance,” you’ll find it serendipitously useful to get it taken care of today, while nothing much is cranking forward around you, and the fine points of What Needs Fixing can be dealt with with exactitude and completion. You might be fooling others—or even, yourself—but I’m quite clear that you do have a taste for indulging yourself; put it to good use today, and let somebody else take responsibility for the Hands On The Job part. Tomorrow’s Dragon will re-open the negotiations, and your example may prove to be instrumental in reaching resolutions.
Born in the Year of the Tiger: With the Dragon declaring a strategic temporary withdrawal in the face of the Twin Hares’ perfectly-meshed front line, your enthusiasm and energy are going to bounce upwards, as if in triumphant victory. Of course, no-one will be more aware than you are that, while there have been hostilities and tensions arising with the Dragon Moon’s arrival, none of them have in fact led to Open Combat. Still, since disengagement might lead to negotiated solutions, and improved options for all concerned, perhaps a celebratory moment is justifiable, and I can’t think of anyone more trustworthy in taking it: consider yourself the Designated Celebrator. Whether you fulfill that office by entering a frisky cycle of stalking-and-pouncing, or by curling up for a cat-nap or two, is best left to your own whims of the moment. But whatever you do, make it playful: this is not a good day to Take Things Seriously. Tomorrow’s Dragon will re-open the negotiations, and you’ll have such a powerful position that you might think you’ve reached Super-Hero status.
Born in the Year of the Hare: What with your Clan-Mate on the watch perfectly mirroring the shape of the Year, and the Dragon judiciously calling a Time Out, the list of concerns troubling you will seem much less burdensome, and your wits in setting them into proper order will seem refreshed and re-energized. Be very careful not to go forward with too much speed; you too need your batteries recharged, and the relatively empty space around you will mean that you’ll get lots done even if you don’t hustle-and-bustle. Beyond that, any haste you demonstrate will only put your actions ahead of the understanding of those to whom the results matter, and make them question whether you quite know what you’re doing. Put your attention on clarifying your demands, and on simplifying your argument as to why they should be met: it will help a lot if you look at the issues from the Opposite Point Of View. Tomorrow’s Dragon will re-open the negotiations, and if you maintain the wisdom not to worry, you’re going to come out ahead in them.
Born in the Year of the Dragon: What with the Hare on the watch perfectly mirroring the shape and attitude of the Year, and your Clan-Mate calling a judicious Time Out, you won’t need me to tell you that you’re in a seriously weakened position today, and—given the dryly quaking terrain you’ve been on since the Rabbit Regime took up with your affairs—that’s saying something. All will go well, however, if you show your famous ability to turn on a dime and disappear into a cloud. Such an action will be the opposite of cowardice or panic, and will display your command of the situation in the most clear-cut terms: the Big Problem must be ignored properly before it can be dealt with properly. You know how to play this sort of cat-and-mouse game better than almost anyone, and I urge you to make a brilliant demonstration of it today. You motto for the day: ”Strong hunches make high hopes.” Tomorrow’s Dragon will re-open the negotiations, and you’ll display the art of departing from convention.
Born in the Year of the Snake: The arrival of the Hare on the watch to reflect so perfectly the shape and texture of the Year, will raise your confidence in your own aims, but weaken your grasp of the tools you think you’ve summoned to accomplish them. This is all to the good. The Dragon’s judicious departure from the negotiating table will lower your stress significantly, and the softer focus you feel—being left to bask in the attention of the Ravishing Rabbits—is exactly what you need to carry yourself more securely towards your satisfactions. As if moving through a dense, sweet fog, the closer you come to each goal, the more sharply you’ll see its exact location, and how most deftly to lay hands on it. Don’t presume to know what you’re doing, however, while things still look grey and fuzzy; move forward without haste, as if feeling your way along through your tactile sensations. Remember: that you can’t see others doesn’t necessarily mean they can’t see you. Tomorrow’s Dragon will re-open the negotiations, and your partnering skills will look indispensable to all sides.
Born in the Year of the Horse: With the Hare on the watch virtually merging into the image of the Year, and the Dragon taking a powder to wait for a more propitious time, you may feel curiously abandoned, or at least a bit confused about what you’ve been left alone to deal with. While it’s true that the main points of negotiation between the Demanding Dragon and the Bunny Boys have little to do with your concerns and interests directly, the way they get worked out will have a lot to do with your comfort and productivity for the remainder of the Year. The blank time you’ve been left with today will serve you well, if you’ll take it as an opportunity to mull over—without a particular goal or purpose in mind—the events and issues of the last 6 or 8 weeks, and give yourself the chance to view your experience without the contemporaneous idea that there’s something to be done about it. You don’t need a lot of rest today, but any you’re able to allow yourself will be both delicious, and very, very good for you. Tomorrow’s Dragon will re-open the negotiations, and if you’re called in for testimony, you’ll have to be careful not to answer more than you’ve been asked.
Born in the Year of the Sheep: With the Hare on the watch reflecting so perfectly the tenor and trajectory of the Year, it won’t surprise you at all to find the Dragon demonstrating his wisdom by taking a powder. And it won’t surprise me at all to find you displaying your shrewdness by button-holing the Bunny Boys, in order to skim over your current game-plan, and the new range of options the Dragon’s vanishing act seems to have made available. While it’s true that you’re in a strong position this Year—and an indispensable one, today—you’ll need to be careful not to over-estimate the leverage you can render from your advantage, or to plan farther into the future than your current range of visibility justifies. The truth is, we’re going to be in a fog bank for at least a couple of more days, and though you’ve got your hands firmly on the steering wheel, you’ll need to keep a light touch on the accelerator pedal. You can go virtually anywhere you want; don’t make it into a ditch. Tomorrow’s Dragon will re-open the negotiations, and you’ll have to balance your game-plan against how you play it.
Born in the Year of the Monkey: If you’ve been playing fast-and-loose with your options under the demands of the Dragon Moon, you’re very likely to feel that you’ve been left holding-the-bag when the Hare on the watch arrives to mirror so perfectly the image of the Year, and to give the Dragon good reason to pull one of his famous vanishing-acts. On the other hand, if you’ve been judicious in your engagement, and properly indeterminate in your location, the blank left by the Dragon’s excusing himself for the day will open the strange possibility that whatever it is that you’ve been hoping to get out of the negotiations could be left right there on the table, ready for you to insert into the deliberations, if not to grasp and depart with, outright! I’m not talking “theft” here; you’ll need to ask permission before you do anything today. But if you’re sharp on the particulars, you may find that what you’re after is not part of the argument at all, and that no-one will be deprived if you walk out of the room with it under your arm. Do not let yourself get greedy; if you can’t carry it out by yourself, and under your own independent power, just leave it alone. Less is more, less is more, less is more. Tomorrow’s Dragon will re-open the negotiations, and your affable satisfaction will be one of his trump cards.
Born in the Year of the Fowl: If you’ve been operating under the presumption—since the arrival of the New Moon 4 days ago—that you’re somehow under the Dragon’s power to protect, you’re going to be perfectly astonished to discover that even with him making virtually no show of his presence or influence at all, your prospects for the day can rise. It’s a mystery, of course, but the Hare on the watch is just like the Clan-Mate he’s so perfectly mirroring: so inscrutable as to seem absolutely crazy. There you are, left in the room alone with the both of them, where hostilities were just about to break into Open Warfare, and now they’re joking and guffawing with you, and wanting to invite you out to lunch—on them—at their favorite malt-shop. Don’t try to figure it out; that would only make your head hurt. But take it as a bit of wisdom the Dragon left you on a note, before he dashed out for the day: ”What you don’t think you know, is powerful. What you’re sure you know, is dangerous. What’s left in between, is just a hunch, but it’s all you’ve got: follow it.” For my part, let me only add: you’re not the only one who thinks “they’re crazy.” Tomorrow’s Dragon will re-open the negotiations, and if you don’t forget the joking-and-guffawing, what you know will turn out to be useful again.
Born in the Year of the Dog: Lucky Dog! Not only is the Hare on the watch the perfect image of the quarry you’re dedicated to hounding down this Year, but his appearance to join forces with his Twin seems to have given the Demanding Dragon a case of the frights, and good reason to vanish for the duration. It might look as if all you’ve been working for is right there in front of you, ready to be bagged, tagged, weighed, and displayed; but if you’ll notice, the chase has taken you into a Neutral Zone, and your hunting license is invalid in these parts. Damn! ”So close, and yet so far!” Still the day cannot be a total waste: calm yourself, and summon the one question you think is most important for you to get answered. If you ask it with precision and self-possession, you’ll get an extremely informative reply. Don’t delay: the Dragon’s only gone to the wash-room, and will be back before you know it. (Special Note: do not be cautious with your money, today.) Tomorrow’s Dragon will re-open the negotiations, and dangle promises in front of your nose.
Born in the Year of the Pig: The Dragon has roiled-and-broiled your carefully laid plans for long enough—since the New Moon arrived 4 days ago—for you to take great delight in his making a hasty retreat to the wash-room, leaving you to have a tête-a-tête-a-tête with the Hare on the watch and the Twin he so perfectly mirrors. You won’t have long in privacy, but if you clear your head, gather your thoughts, and lay out your plans in clear, direct terms, you can more than make up for any lost time or obstructed opportunity since the Demanding Dragon muscled in and started getting in your way. Minimize your gestures, and lower your voice; acting excitable and over-wrought will only cloud your meaning, and waste energy you’re going to need over the next few days to keep your attention on your intention, and your eyes on the prize. Leave plenty of room in your strategy for things to go off into uncharted territory, or to simply refuse to unwind in The Normal Way. Think of it this way: ”If you’re caught by surprise, that’s not necessarily a problem; if you’re surprised that you’re caught by surprise, that’s definitely a problem.” Special Note: Your appetite will be healthy; satisfy it in small doses, taken frequently. Tomorrow’s Dragon will re-open the negotiations, and your attention will have to shift from strategy to tactics.
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Words to the Wise:
Picture the Royal Gentleman sitting by his phone, checking his email twice an hour, staring out the window awaiting the mailman:
On this day, he’s eager to learn of your requests, and requires only that you honor the time, and use proper formatting.
Sit still for a moment; aim for boredom. Compose your deepest wish, and hold it in the heart like a feather on the hand.
Take up your pen, and mark the clear, clean sheet of paper. Make a grateful bow, as it burns and joins the incense smoke, coiling upwards.
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“If your ancestors made the sacrifice, surely you should supply the labor.”
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