{"id":1250,"date":"2023-01-21T20:08:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T04:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldoakdao.org\/blog\/?p=1250"},"modified":"2023-02-20T22:39:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T06:39:20","slug":"2023-yin-water-rabbit-%e7%99%b8%e5%8d%af","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oldoakdao.org\/blog\/2023\/01\/21\/2023-yin-water-rabbit-%e7%99%b8%e5%8d%af\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Yin-Water Rabbit (\u7678\u536f)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2023<\/p>\n

2023 is the year of the Yin-Water Rabbit.\u00a0 What does this mean?\u00a0 See the description below and\u00a0listen to my\u00a02023 Yin-Water Rabbit New Year Talk<\/a>.\u00a0 For background on this system, see my introductory post on\u00a0Chinese almanac-astrology<\/a>\u00a0and view these YouTube videos describing the\u00a0Heavenly Stems<\/a>, the\u00a0Earthly Branches<\/a>, and the\u00a0Sexagenary Cycle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"40<\/p>\n

Yin-Water (gu\u01d0,\u00a0\u7678) is gentle, soft, and yielding.\u00a0 Flowing and nurturing, yet subtle and scarce (not overflowing).\u00a0 Rabbit (m\u01ceo,\u00a0\u536f) is sensitive, observant (ears), intelligent, and vulnerable (prey).\u00a0 Quick (hopping) yet gentle (soft fur).\u00a0 Quite aware that they are a tasty treat (cute tails and tender meat), they are in great need of reliable shelter \u2013 lacking security they are anxious and manipulative; when securely sheltered they find their power and take charge, interestingly leading from a subordinate position.\u00a0 They shy away from the limelight but usually have greater wisdom than those who are recognized as leaders, so they make superb advisors.\u00a0 They can be powerful leaders in their own right if they are nested within a secure structure \u2013 they are highly capable managers but function best in their burrow.\u00a0 They like to feather their nests, as fengshui-level comfort serves as an indispensable base for their life work.\u00a0 They value intimate relationships, but are suspicious until others earn their trust, and there is usually some agenda behind their investment in relationships related to ensuring security or forwarding their work.\u00a0 The \u201cRabbit on the Moon\u201d describes Rabbit\u2019s need for shelter and its power to observe the world from a high view.\u00a0 The native Dynamic of Rabbit is Yin-Wood; Water nourishes Wood, so this is like Rabbit with its parent \u2013 well-nourished and secure, able to rise and grow.\u00a0 At ease and well-supported, although this support is not inexhaustible.\u00a0 Rabbit is OK with a gentle stream \u2013 it doesn\u2019t need a powerful river, but this does mean the scale stays small.\u00a0 Comfortable and secure, it is well-positioned to support others \u2013 albeit in a limited capacity.\u00a0 A bit timid when extending outward, Water Rabbit keeps the qi in & down.\u00a0 It is particularly sensitive and empathetic, and uncomfortable with aggression.\u00a0 It is careful in selecting companions, not wanting to risk harm and conserving its limited resources for a select group of worthies.\u00a0 Whereas Water Tiger (Rabbit\u2019s Yang-Wood counterpart) leads its community to grandeur through harnessing collective ambition, Water Rabbit leads through natural modesty and gentleness, and although it too has a forward-looking quality, it is more about preparing for what is coming than making something happen.\u00a0 There is a similar energy \u2013 Water nourishing Wood, but it expresses quite differently.\u00a0 There is no sense of the potential to overdo things here \u2013 any caution needed simply comes naturally to Rabbit.\u00a0 When gentle, perceptive Rabbit has the opportunity to rise, it can lead its community to a stable and secure sense of maturity and confidence.<\/p>\n

\"H19<\/p>\n

Water Rabbit corresponds to Hexagram #19, Earth\/Valley: \u201cSupervision\u201d.\u00a0 Flowing nourishment within, meeting open potential without.\u00a0 This hexagram is about being part of a community whose members relate through open exchange \u2013 genuine trust and equality \u2013 and leading from below.\u00a0 The character (\u81e8) shows a person with a large eye gazing down on multiple objects and suggests a fated rise to power where a lowly foot-soldier rises up the ranks to replace a leader whose power has waned.\u00a0 Lineage succession by one of humble means.\u00a0 Water Rabbit\u2019s quality of leadership is non-domineering, supportive, sensitive.\u00a0 The basic image here is gazing down into the depths from a modest yet exalted position.\u00a0 The hexagram suggests this time won\u2019t last forever \u2013 so the auspice is to use it well (give support, but be selective and cautious).\u00a0 This relates to the limited capacity of Yin-Water, and perhaps an appetite to always keep the hind-paws in retreat.\u00a0 The key for Water Rabbit is accepting the exalted rank fate bestows upon us without thinking it is our own doing or that it will last forever \u2013 use our sensitive and observant faculties to rectify our community and prepare those under our supervision for what comes next.<\/p>\n

A look at the most recent Yin-Water Rabbit Year, courtesy of Recollection Road:\u00a0Flashback to 1963 \u2013 A Timeline of Life in America<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For monthly updates on the Heavenly Stem & Earthly Branch of each moon, subscribe to our Dark Moon Newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(Rabbit image drawn by my daughter, who was born in a Yin-Water year)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2023 is the year of the Yin-Water Rabbit.\u00a0 What does this mean?\u00a0 See the description below and\u00a0listen to my\u00a02023 Yin-Water Rabbit New Year Talk.\u00a0 For background on this system, see my introductory post on\u00a0Chinese almanac-astrology\u00a0and view these YouTube videos describing the\u00a0Heavenly Stems, the\u00a0Earthly Branches, and the\u00a0Sexagenary Cycle. Yin-Water (gu\u01d0,\u00a0\u7678) is gentle, soft, and yielding.\u00a0 Flowing … Continue reading “2023 Yin-Water Rabbit (\u7678\u536f)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[28,23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldoakdao.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1250"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldoakdao.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldoakdao.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldoakdao.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldoakdao.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1250"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/oldoakdao.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1269,"href":"https:\/\/oldoakdao.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1250\/revisions\/1269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldoakdao.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldoakdao.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldoakdao.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}