{"id":941,"date":"2021-02-09T13:20:57","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T21:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldoakdao.org\/blog\/?p=941"},"modified":"2021-02-09T13:20:57","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T21:20:57","slug":"2021-yin-metal-ox-%e8%be%9b%e4%b8%91","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oldoakdao.org\/blog\/2021\/02\/09\/2021-yin-metal-ox-%e8%be%9b%e4%b8%91\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 Yin-Metal Ox (\u8f9b\u4e11)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ox\"<\/p>\n

2021 is the year of the Yin-Metal Ox.\u00a0 What does that mean?\u00a0 See the description below and\u00a0listen to my\u00a02021 Yin-Metal Ox New Year Talk<\/a>.\u00a0 For background on this system, see my introductory post on Chinese almanac-astrology<\/a>\u00a0and view these YouTube videos describing the Heavenly Stems<\/a>, the\u00a0Earthly Branches<\/a>, and the Sexagenary Cycle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Yin-Metal (x\u012bn,\u00a0\u8f9b) is gentle inward focus \u2013 an easy ability to let go of the extraneous (falling leaves) and focus on what really matters.\u00a0 The image of Yin-Metal is a kettle or cauldron, suggesting a focused \u201ccooking\u201d or alchemical process.\u00a0 Ox (ch\u01d2u,\u00a0\u4e11) is robust and hardworking.\u00a0 Disciplined and committed to getting the job done \u2013 plowing through the soil with great determination and power.\u00a0 Steadfast, reliable, and persevering \u2013 unwavering in its given direction.\u00a0 All that power and capacity does need direction.\u00a0 Its basic job is pulling qi up and out of the pit of yin \u2013 driving the shoot from the seed to the surface.\u00a0 Because of its single-minded commitment, it can be insensitive and stubborn toward anything that does not align with its goals.\u00a0 The native Phase of Ox is Yin-Earth; Earth nourishes Metal, so this is like Ox with its child \u2013 it is attentive and nourishing.\u00a0 Ox likes to work, and Yin-Metal likes to focus, so Metal Ox has a mindset of investment \u2013 open up to new opportunities and invest our resources (and labor) with care and precision.\u00a0 When Metal expresses through Ox it gets very happy \u2013 they work together well, taking long strides toward prosperity.<\/p>\n

\"H58<\/p>\n

Metal Ox corresponds to Hexagram #58, Valley\/Valley: \u201cOpen Exchange\u201d.\u00a0 Open channels within meeting open channels without \u2013 a condition of open exchange and mutual benefit.\u00a0 Exchange means sharing ideas or swapping commodities \u2013 prosperous interaction.\u00a0 Conversation.\u00a0 Trade.\u00a0 The character (\u514c) suggests children in all 8 directions: open possibilities, pleasant and prosperous flow.\u00a0 This hexagram describes pure opportunity \u2013 no blockage and no funny games \u2013 take our resources, our potential, and drive it forward toward productive results.\u00a0 This is a time to take the qi that was released in Metal Rat and give it direction, give it purpose, and take it far.\u00a0 It is extremely auspicious for forward progress, especially with regard to growing wealth, building a business, or refining qi.\u00a0 Metal Ox is not just about reaping return on investment, however.\u00a0 Ox loves labor, and this hexagram is about the pure joy of hard work.\u00a0 It also means opening ourselves up to others \u2013 to open our mind and heart and mouth and freely exchange ideas.\u00a0 To open our wallet, to open up shop and share our resources with others \u2013 giving and receiving for mutual benefit.\u00a0 Interestingly, the trigram dui resembles a smiling mouth, so one dimension of this hexagram is people smiling together.\u00a0 The key for Metal Ox is opening ourselves to new opportunities, taking a direction, and going for it\u2026enjoy.<\/p>\n

Subscribe <\/a>to my Dark Moon Newsletter<\/a> for monthly almanac-astrology transmissions that describe the qi-quality of each moon in the format above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2021 is the year of the Yin-Metal Ox.\u00a0 What does that mean?\u00a0 See the description below and\u00a0listen to my\u00a02021 Yin-Metal Ox New Year Talk.\u00a0 For background on this system, see my introductory post on Chinese almanac-astrology\u00a0and view these YouTube videos describing the Heavenly Stems, the\u00a0Earthly Branches, and the Sexagenary Cycle. Yin-Metal (x\u012bn,\u00a0\u8f9b) is gentle inward … Continue reading “2021 Yin-Metal Ox (\u8f9b\u4e11)”<\/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],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldoakdao.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941"}],"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=941"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/oldoakdao.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":954,"href":"https:\/\/oldoakdao.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941\/revisions\/954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldoakdao.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldoakdao.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldoakdao.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}