Thursday, 7th of April
Today’s LUNAR LODGE is THE STRIDE; the SOLAR INDEX is DESIGN.
Master Mouse Says:
The WATER DRAGON on duty today has a conservative and self-conscious nature, a preference for deliberation over speed, and a trust in hidden resources as perpetual as an underground stream. In a perfectly regular progression, this Dragon appears as the Twin of the Dragon Moon, and as if to counter the Twin Hares who made their stand yesterday, arrives to double down, as it were, on their critical stance. While this might seem to indicate blocked loggerheads for the day, there are more promising signs that the see-sawing back and forth between these two camps will produce progressive results as the Dragon Moon ripens and comes to a close. For today, take a pensive and non-declarative position in as many matters as you find to be feasible; when effort will produce little result, there’s wisdom in simply maintaining your poise. ”Stillness is the ruler of motion,” and insight will come from giving up contending with the situation as it is.
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Talk to the Animals
Born in the Year of the Rat: Even with Twin Dragons to rely upon, your position today is weak; your Scaled-and-Clawed Friends may be able to make a few degrees of difference in the compass point, but you need to keep in mind the long-term implications of placing yourself on their side of the confrontation, demanding definitive movement, clear objectives, confident promises, and grand certainties. The Hare Year will not be kind to this sort of imaginative empiricism, and you’ll eventually have to comply with the go-as-you-go approach the Way of Rabbits and Hares supports. You’re completely up to the task, but you should take today as an example of how to comport yourself: be patient rather than pushy, trusting rather than calculating, and composed rather than over-extended. The Dragons actually know this about you already, and if you listen, you’ll hear them whispering it in your ear. Tomorrow’s Snake will arrive to arbitrate the obstructions, and your power to contribute will be called upon.
Born in the Year of the Ox: The Dragon on the watch has re-established negotiations with Team Rabbit, but unfortunately, since he has an essentially identical viewpoint to that of his Twin, he’s not bringing much that’s fresh to the bargaining table. In this sort of situation, where a “wear ‘em down” approach seems to be maintained by both sides, your mode of deportment can be a model for all—and that includes the Innocent Bystanders. You will not need—as most others will—to forego your normally expected state of progress; you’ll only have to summon a bit more patience, a bit more strength, and a bit more insistence that it will take place. You’re actually in a strong position to alter the eventual outcome, simply by showing how unflappable your determination to continue is. As to particulars, you have only to exert yourself as softly and as graciously as possible—given your circumstances—to gain your maximum effect. ”Iron hands,” after all, work best with “velvet gloves” on. Tomorrow’s Snake will arrive to arbitrate the obstructions, and your style will start to look popular.
Born in the Year of the Tiger: It’s not, perhaps, what you would expect with Twin Dragons threatening to throw down with you, but you’re in one of those rare positions today in which you’ve ended up on the high ground with armaments vastly superior to any who might wish to challenge you. Given the tentative delicacy of conditions around you, I’m of the mind to advise you to make little active use of your unassailable encampment, and to advertise yourself as the King of the Hill—or Queen!—only in order to inspire some stability amongst those around you. If, on the other hand, you see some needful or desirous object to be gained by dashing down from your precipice with whiskers flaring and your tail high in the air, you certainly wouldn’t find the likes of me standing in your way. If you do so, please don’t do it out of hastiness or worry; you’re going to be in your Super-Hero suit for most of the rest of the Moon. Tomorrow’s Snake will arrive to arbitrate the obstructions, and you’ll need to take a softer stance if you wish to be of assistance.
Born in the Year of the Hare: While the presence of Twin Dragons won’t do much to inspire your bone-deep confidence in the way your affairs will move today, you should not take temporary fretfulness as a sign that your position is weak, or that your long-term objectives are in jeopardy. In fact, that “feel your way along” style, which is so fundamental to the Way of Rabbits and Hares, is destined to succeed today, and the more you’re not quite sure what you’re getting yourself into, or how you’re going to get through it, the more you can be sure of success. It’s to be hoped that you won’t take this information as justification for doing something rash; but simply hanging back on account of Lack Of Certainty would be silly when you’re so attuned to what you’re after, if not exactly how to approach getting it. Don’t do anything with your money today without a knowledgeable friend involved to advise you. Tomorrow’s Snake will arrive to arbitrate the obstructions, and to inspire your sense of self-confidence.
Born in the Year of the Dragon: With your Twin Clan-Mates backing your position today, you might imagine that your prospects for influence and success are high, and that your voice and viewpoint may finally be heard and responded to. While this hopeful possibility does exist, the truth is that your position is still weak, and that if you want to use your (temporary) numerical advantage, you’ll have to add a serious dose of Sideways Thinking to pull it off. No technique you’ve displayed in the last 6 or 7 months is going to be effective; they’ve all been well-noted and researched, and you can be sure that counter-measures for each of them will be held in reserve, ready to be deployed, and rendering your tactic an empty feint. No, you’ll have to get Truly Twisted in your logic to make use of the (temporary) strength you’ve put yourself in contact with by simply refusing to give up. You’ve used up all the other options; reach out for something that doesn’t look like an option, at all. …Yes! That one will do! Tomorrow’s Snake will arrive to arbitrate the obstructions, and you’ll have to be willing to grasp The Problem by the heavy end.
Born in the Year of the Snake: The Dragon on the watch will express perfect willingness to pick things up exactly where they were left a couple of days ago, and while his Twin won’t have changed position at all, your opportunity to be influential will have risen dramatically due to the break inspired by the Bunny Boys while they were the ones showing overwhelming numbers. Now, you shouldn’t expect that your position makes you capable of immediately brokering Full Resolution of the current impasse; in fact, it’s scheduled to continue for today. But the leverage you gain acceptance for today, will open up Grand Vistas of attainment tomorrow, and that opportunity is Not To Be Missed. This is not a matter of raising your reputation, or even of ensuring that you get some sort of brokering fee; it’s all about removing impediments to your long-term prospects with Team Rabbit, and putting yourself in their unobstructed view. Act casual and confident: both sides think you look perfect for the job. Tomorrow’s Snake will arrive to arbitrate the obstructions, and you’ll only need to remain cool-headed to get excellent results.
Born in the Year of the Horse: The Dragon on the watch will not be intending to render much difference in the array of his forces, or in the range of options he’s apparently willing to consider in reaching some progressive resolution of the current impasse with Team Rabbit. The fact that he’s joining his Twin will only re-double their effrontery in challenging those with Long Ears to see things from the Scaled-and-Clawed point of view. This is an awkward condition in which to find yourself, and if you feel somewhat embarrassed or vaguely confused by it, let me hasten to reassure you that it’s Not Your Fault. The only true danger today, however, is that your willingness to make a Valid Contribution will be so strong that if you see an opening for it, you may charge in with too much zeal, and over-do what would be Quite Helpful in a more moderated form. The Twins will aid you in the deft accomplishment of your aims if you take their stimulations with a dose of slow-as-you-go, and give everyone a good opportunity to see you make your moves, from preparation, through trajectory, and on to triumph. Tomorrow’s Snake will arrive to arbitrate the obstructions, and help you feel that your exertions are correctly placed.
Born in the Year of the Sheep: The Dragon on the watch will come back to the bargaining table arm-in-arm with his Twin, and with his resolve Not To Yield strengthened, and his willingness to Go The Distance toughened. You know the Clan of Scales and Claws well enough to know that the fact that they’re showing Good Game Face may be all about appearance, or that it may simply be a set-up for the announcement of a new set of demands, or a change in tactics altogether. You position here is strong, particularly because you haven’t got any Official Position to maintain, and because when it comes to Strategy and Tactics, you have an almost photographic memory, and a complete willingness to mix styles and approaches to whatever degree the situation seems to require. You’re going to need these skills today, and they’ll produce good results, as long as you remember the dictum: ”No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.” You’ll need to expect the arrival of what you don’t want, if you want to get to what you do. Tomorrow’s Snake will arrive to arbitrate the obstructions, allowing you to change out of your military uniform into your ambassadorial regalia.
Born in the Year of the Monkey: The entry of the Dragon on the watch to take up negotiations again will rightfully raise your hopes for an Interesting Event to transpire, particularly since he’s making a show force with his Twin, and perhaps even winking at you upon his arrival. Though he’s counting on you to display your partisan leanings, and hoping as well that you do so with an affable spirit and beaming optimism, I’m sad to have to report to you that not much is likely to happen under his watch, and your expectation of Something Entertaining going down is likely to leave you crest-fallen. Still: no pouting! The Dragon is making a tactical choice to demonstrate his willingness to Go The Distance, and your smiling approval is fundamental to the success his ploy. If called upon, jump up energetically and shout “Yes! Here! Ready to go!” but don’t expect to be actually sent out on a mission. Appearance is everything today, and your enjoyment will come from putting up a Good Showing. Tomorrow’s Snake will arrive to arbitrate the obstructions, and you’ll be called upon to do more than even you can keep track of.
Born in the Year of the Fowl: The Dragon on the watch will arrive to take up almost exactly the position left on the table before his Twin’s temporary neglect of the proceedings yesterday; and with the show of force they’re able to put on, one might almost expect it to be the Hare this time who takes a powder, and slips out of the room on some pretext. Mr. Long Ears, however, having much more in the game to win or lose, will display no such slippery tactics, and will glare back across the table as solidly as if he were carved out of stone. For most, this return to The Problem As We Know It will prove disappointing, as if they were hoping for at least a good shouting match, if not movement towards Demonstrable Resolution. For you, however, the contrast between the sets of Twins will prove a source of fascination in and of itself, and you’ll find yourself flipping back and forth between your experience of yesterday, and that of today, as regularly as a fan in the center-court stands at a tennis match. You might find yourself humming “What a Difference a Day Makes” to yourself (if you know the tune); you won’t find any explanations in your comparative research, but the information you glean will prove valuable before the Moon is out. Tomorrow’s Snake will arrive to arbitrate the obstructions, and you may feel that he’s trading away your interests just to keep the negotiations going.
Born in the Year of the Dog: With the Dragon on the watch joining his Twin, if you’re already wincing to imagine the Two of Them hatching plots to damage your interests and frustrate your objectives, you’ll be a little mystified and perhaps more than a little shaken to see them smile slyly in your direction, as if they’ve got something delectable to toss you during the day’s proceedings, or something delightful to throw down on the table, just to get you to consider switching over to their side of the negotiations. Of course, you’ll not fall for any of their devious ploys, even if they do make a good show of aiming to add to your Position and Prospects; fundamentally, what they’re putting on display for your benefit is advertisement only, and what they offer in Solid Salesmanship, you’ll have to counter with Shopping Savvy. Since they’re making their united return to the bargaining table primarily to announce that their stance has not changed one whit, there’ll be very little chance for you to feel that you’re making progress towards your Long Eared Quarry. Still: just being seen is a good thing, and being seen not to be gullible, an even better one. Tomorrow’s Snake will arrive to arbitrate the obstructions, and you’ll have to act amiable, even if it’s just an act.
Born in the Year of the Pig: It’s a lucky thing for you that the day is so full of omens auguring for Sitting and Waiting; the Dragon on the watch is planning on leaving you no angle of approach from which you could achieve an alteration of the forces he’s got arrayed, and with his Twin backing him up, you’ll have no chance of Strategic Withdrawal, either. You might think this amounts to a necessity for taking a Wait and See attitude, but what I’m seeing is actually a little more pro-active than that phrase suggests; while everything has ceased moving, and all the items on the game-board are open to view, you have plenty of opportunity to run all the scenarios you can visualize in your imagination, and examine them for likelihood of tactical success. I know you’d rather be delighting your senses today, but I’m afraid you’ll have to make do with occupying your mind. Tomorrow’s Snake will arrive to arbitrate the obstructions, and you’ll have to be careful that your own self-certainties don’t amount to obstruction of your own options.
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Words to the Wise:
Dawn shows the mountain resting on the earth, as it must in the world as-it-is, casting its long shadow down the slopes.
Through time, it will itself come down, not tumbling, in dramatic collapse, but slowly, like clouds vanishing into air.
If you seek the middle path, here then is your right model: stand up like a peak in the morning, sink down like mist disappearing at noon.
What you’re made of is where you come from; where else could you hope to find your return?
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“Shoes without socks is one thing; socks without shoes is another.”
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