Pure Feng Shui

Xin Hai month starts: 7th of November, 2022 from 18:45 hours Mid Point of the month: 22nd of November, 2022 from 16:20 hours Elements of the Metal Pig month: Metal, Water, Wood Elements of the Water Tiger year: Water, Wood, Earth, Fire

When looking at the 24 Solar Terms of the Chinese calendar, it will be helpful if you distinguish between the Five Elements Qi of the Solar Terms in the calendar, and the Qi of the Five Elements of actual physical nature in real life. It is only at the geographical location around the Northern latitude marker of the Tropic of Cancer that we see a close sychronicity between the calendar and the weather.  Elsewhere on the earth globe, like at the Equator where Singapore is located, we only experience a tropical weather system with just 2 types of seasons - "Hot" and "Hot and Wet", locally influenced by tropical monsoons. In contrast, the temperate countries experience the 4 seasons.  The Five Elements Theory is applied to the Chinese calendar system and also to nature, and it is important to not mix up the two and infer that both have to, or will be the same.  Metal Dog month starts: 8th of October, 2022 from 15:22 hours Mid Point of the month: 23rd of October, 2022 f

The second Autumn month in the Chinese luni-solar calendar starts of 7th of September at 23:32 hours. It is the month of Ji You Earth Rooster. The months rotate on a Yin - Yang - Yin - Yang basis, and this month is a Yin month, with the elements of Earth and Metal only.  Autumn Equinox will occur on 23rd of September.  The Chinese Festival for this month is the Mid Autumn Festival that falls on 10th of September. It is also known as the Chinese Lantern Festival and the Mooncake Festival, where as their names imply, there will be lanterns and Chinese mooncakes.   

The calendar "Autumn" season started on the 7th of August, 2022 at 20:28 hours. The solar term to mark the beginning of the month is "Autumn Begins" or Li Qiu.  In this particular month of the Chinese Luni-solar calendar, there are clashes of elements on both the Tian Gan (Heavenly Stems) and Di Zi (Earthly Branches) levels, between the month and the year: Year Heavenly Stem / Tian Gan : Water Month Heavenly Stem / Tian Gan : Earth Water X Earth (clashing relationship) Year Earthly Branch / Di Zi : Tiger / Yin Month Earthly Branch / Di Zi : Monkey / Shen Tiger x Monkey (clashing relationship)

Note: Apologies for the late posting of this month's Solar Terms. I left for New Zealand in June  with a last minute urgent travel for personal matters.  Was away for 6 weeks. Solar Terms for July 2022

This evening the solar term of Spring Begins Li Xia starts the summer months off in the Chinese luni-solar calendar. The sexagenary pair for the month is rotated to Yi Si or Yin Wood Snake.  In Singapore, Vesak Day is celebrated on the 15th of May, and is also the 15th day full moon of the 4th lunar month.