Finally, it’s December! For good or ill, 2023 is coming to an end. Well, almost! In the Chinese Metaphysics calendar, we still have one more month to go.
Each month, as I sit down to prepare these forecasts for my blog, the approach changes just a little. Because I take inspiration from the month’s Bazi Chart. Sometimes, I even hear music (typically, 80s pop, but that’s another story for another time). And the moment I saw the December 2023 Bazi Chart, Mariah Carey started singing, “All I want for Christmas, is youuuuuuu.”
The December 2023 Bazi Chart is a nice chart to set the tone for the holidays. For one, the Jia Zi pillar is literally visualized as a lush evergreen growing on pristine white snow. Cue: the Christmas tree. The chart is also filled with peach blossom animals – the Rat, the Rabbit, and the Rooster – infusing the air with, perhaps, a sprinkling of star dust?
The holidays seasons is a time for parties and catching up with friends. With all that peach blossom hanging about, who knows? Certainly, this is not a time to be cooped up at home!
As I post this, I know Christmas is exactly a month away! But hey, if the Christmas trees are already up in the shopping malls, I can post them on my blog too! 😊
Therefore, for the December 2023 Bazi Forecast, I have decided to delve into the less-explored side of the 10 Gods. The more humane side, if you will. For one month, let’s embark on a journey of the heart and allow the enchantment of Christmas to illuminate the path to inner joy and connection. I don’t get warm and fuzzy too often. Enjoy it while it lasts! 🤣By January, we’ll probably get back to the hustle and the grind.
For the Earth Day Masters, November 2023 brings you an influx of Wealth energies. So be prepared for a busy month ahead. But it’s not about the number of hours you put in. It’s about the results you consistently produce. Within the energies of November 2023, lies a hidden opportunity to gain clarity in your goal-setting.
Without this clarity, you may find yourself swamped by a deluge of tasks – some of which may even serve to distract and divert you from your original goal. This lack of focus – distractions and competing priorities – is exactly what you can address in November 2023.
When Earth meets Water, mud ensues. This scenario suggests a lack of clarity which can make it difficult to set goals because it can be hard to identify what you want to achieve. When one lacks clarity, one may not have a clear understanding of your values, priorities, or strengths, all of which can make it difficult to set meaningful and achievable goals.
At the same time, unclear or vague goals can also impede your ability to identify what you need to do to achieve them, resulting in confusion and frustration. Therefore, let’s take the time in November 2023 to gain clarity about what you want to achieve and why. So that you can set goals that are aligned with your values and priorities, which in turn increases your chances of success.
To start, let’s first get a firm grasp on the lay of the land. Clarity of action begins with attaining a clear understanding of the situation at hand. Therefore, invest time to gather the information, seek feedback if you have to, so that you will be able to make quick decisions, prioritize and trouble-shoot effectively. It’s about gaining a strong understanding about the root cause of the obstacle in order to develop a clear plan of action that includes specific goals, timelines, and metrics for success.
WU EARTH DAY MASTER
Wu Earth Day Masters will meet with your Direct Wealth in the Heavenly Stems of the November 2023 Bazi Chart. Since Direct Wealth is directly related to productivity, this is the month to prioritize, delegate, outsource, automate, use tools, and set boundaries – all in an effort to make sure that it’s the results that count, not the number of hours. Otherwise, you end up busy being busy… for nothing! (LLB!)
JI EARTH DAY MASTER
For the Ji Earth Day Master, strategic planning is the name of the game in November 2023. Take the time to consider the long-term impact of your work and how it aligns with your medium- and long-term goals.
As we approach the start of Period 9, this is an opportunity to gain clarity on the direction of our lives. Essentially, where are we heading?
The prosperous Water in the November 2023 chart represents an uptick in Influence energy for the Fire Day Masters. This a chance to clarify your direction in as concise a manner as possible. Let’s call it your ‘elevator pitch’. How would you introduce yourself? This is mine, “Hi! I’m Paulynne! I help people transform their lives by empowering them with information and foresight using Chinese Metaphysics.”
It’s easy to talk about clarity of direction. But in our everyday lives, with our myriad of responsibilities, it’s not that easy to achieve. Before you start pressuring yourself to come up with a direction right-the-eff-now, relax! Discovering our life direction is a process and a journey, not an end to itself. Perhaps, with the flood of Influence energy coming into the November 2023 Bazi Chart, your journey to finding your clarity of direction begins this month?
Bear in mind that this direction need not be fixed in stone. It can change along the way as you grow. You, as a Fire Day Master, should know that! We can detour, we can sidetrack, but please don’t u-turn!
Most of us will already have a rough goal in mind. For example, a very common goal is to create financial freedom or security. Finding clarity of direction in November 2023 requires you to start by asking yourself a few simple questions:
“What am I doing to start heading towards this goal?”
“What needs to happen first in order for me to start walking on this path? Is there something I need to learn? Is there something I need to practice? Is there a certain type of person I need to build a relationship with?”
“What action do I take daily towards the achievement of this goal?”
The last question is the most important. The action that furthers your journey towards the direction that you have set must be embedded into your daily routine. Because what we give energy to, is what we will reap in return.
BING FIRE DAY MASTERS
Bing Fire Day Masters, in particular, will benefit highly from this conscious and intentional use of time and energy. Of the 10 Day Masters, the Bings are the ones who are most routine-driven. While this can be quite a constraining way of living, the upside of this Bing Fire attitude is that things that have been scheduled and baked into the daily timetable, inevitably gets done.
To change a Bing Fire Day Master’s life, we must first tweak the daily routine. So for the Bing Fire Day Masters, November 2023 is a good month to take a hard look at your daily schedule and ruthlessly evaluate and eliminate the activities that are not taking you one step closer to your direction.
DING FIRE DAY MASTERS
On the other hand, Ding Fire Day Masters will probably face a significant level of stress as November 2023 comes around. Already saddled with a 7 Killings in the year, here comes the 7 Killings month. This level of Water energies may dampen your passion, enthusiasm and perhaps even self-confidence. Take heart, it’s only a month.
While it would be hard to control what’s coming in from the inside, there is still something you can do to self-care through a potentially challenging month. Your mission, for November 2023, is to identify, challenge and replace your innate negative self-talk with self-compassion. For example, instead of “What’s the use?”, replace it with “How can I make this goal smaller so that it can be more easily achievable?”.
The 7 Killings is the nemesis of the Ding Fire Day Master. Think about it. The Bing Fire cannot really produce Earth. It is the Ding Fire that directly does it. Similarly, the Bing Fire can’t forge metal, you’d need the Ding Fire to transform Metal into another form of energy. The Bing Fire does not need Wood to keep shining. It is Ding Fire that consumes the Wood to aid the process of transformation. For the Ding Fire Day Master, this 7 Killings is most likely represented by the presence of negative self-talk and constant self-critique.
Therefore, in November 2023, the Ding Fire Day Masters could use the month’s energy positively by eliminating the “I can’t” with “I will” so that you can begin that first step of your journey towards your direction.
November 2023 may feel rather ‘wishy-washy’ for the Wood Day master as you are poised to receive a strong wave of emotional energy.
Perhaps, you experience an uptick in exciting and amazing ideas caused by an inundation of information and data. Suddenly, lights bulbs seem to be popping up in your head all the time. Some of these ideas may even be given to you by other people – literally making November 2023 feel like people are feeding you with opportunities. But along with this, on the negative spectrum, it may feel like there are too many opinions around you.
So many, in fact, that you find yourself at a loss. Which idea should you work on first? At best, nothing much got done due to the many distractions. At worst, you experience fatigue as you are buffeted by the many ideas and opinions.
Basically, with so much Water in the November 2023 Bazi Chart, the Jia and Yi Wood Day Masters may find it a little hard to think straight.
The trick therefore, is to filter before you become overwhelmed in order to be more intentional about how you handle information and make your priorities clear and simple.
JIA WOOD DAY MASTERS
Jia Wood Day Masters can use simple techniques like journaling or art to filter through your thoughts. Of course, it would be great if we have a pensieve. But we’re not all of us Dumbledore! So we have to create our own version of the pensieve. If journaling sounds too labour intensive to you, sometimes a good ol’ brain dump can also be helpful to keep yourself on track.
YI WOOD DAY MASTERS
Both Wood Day Masters are a high risk of over-analysis paralysis in November 2023. But for the Yi Wood, the prosperous Water energies may have you particularly indecisive, swaying back and forth at the whims of the tide. Should I go left? Or should I turn right? Can’t decide!
I would like you to be aware of this if you have a particularly important and urgent decision that must be made in November. Because you must have a strategy on hand to filter out the unnecessary noise. However, if you do not have anything of particular importance to decide, why not make use of the energy of the month to get out of your comfort zone and try something new?
For the Ren and Gui Water Day Masters, November 2023 is a good time to turn your focus on establishing clarity in your various collaborations.
In Chinese Metaphysics, Water represents or governs a number of keywords or abilities. One of them, is collaboration. Of the 5 Elements, Water is the only one that can easily meld into each other. While there are stark differences between a Ren Water Day Master versus a Gui Water Day Master, they both possess the ability to easily assimilate into diverse social ecosystems. Just like milk easily dissolves into coffee!
Regardless if you are a business owner or career professional, collaborative efforts is something we all engage in to a certain extent in our daily lives. This could be a business collaboration, a work-related collaboration, or maybe even a side project among friends! But how many times have you sat in on a meeting wondering why on earth are you there?
Ever walked into a packed meeting room where only three people are actively engaged while the rest are secretly (or not so secretly) thumbing through their mobile phones? Isn’t this a common scenario?
Teams require clarity to stay motivated and focused. To be more specific, team members require clarity about why their shared work matters. This is especially true when you are trying to rope a bunch of individual achievers from different departments to work together. Clarity about why the collaboration matters.
Without this clarity about the importance of their contribution towards the greater goal, it will be difficult to get the group moving in the right direction. When done masterfully, this level of clarity can even help you overcome personality differences among the team members.
However, given the fact that this is a one-month energy tilt in November, it would be suffice if you could focus on establishing clarity on what requires collaboration and what doesn’t. In essence, focus on establishing clarity about the roles in your collaborative efforts.
REN WATER DAY MASTER
The above is especially true for the Ren Water Day Master experiencing a Rob Wealth month where some form of leadership is required of you to overcome arguments, conflicts, gossips, and rumour mongering.
Alternatively, you could use the energy of the month to either crowdfund ideas by initiating brainstorming sessions where you get to pick the brains of the other professionals around you.
Can we find another use for this Rob Wealth month? When your competitor rises up to the Heavenly Stems, it’s a good month to spend some time studying their strategies.
GUI WATER DAY MASTER
Gui Water Day Masters, on the other hand, can turn this energy inwards to create internal clarity especially with regards to improving your personal relationships. A month ago, the October 2023 Bazi chart brought a sense of rivalry to the Gui Water Day Master. In November, there is a high chance that this feeling of rivalry may continue.
However, with this influx of Companion energy comes the opportunity to further enhance your pool of social contacts, acquaintances and friends.
Under such circumstances, having the clarity to filter the quality of your contacts is important. The energy is just bringing you a stream of contacts. It does not guarantee that every single person in that stream will be beneficial to you. Filtering them is your job! Along with this flood of new friends, might come those whom, from your perspective, are there solely for wanting something from you.
Therefore, having the self-clarity of what you are looking for in your personal relationships can help you navigate these waters. What type of support are you looking for? What type of support are you willing to give? What type of role do they play in your life? Similarly, what type of role do you play in theirs? Spending some time in November 2023 to create that internal clarity can be helpful as you expand your influence base while heading towards the excitement of the coming Period 9.
In my previous post, we discussed how this waterfall of Water energies can lead to a wave of creativity and ideas in November 2023. This applies most to the Metal Day Masters (Geng or Xin Day Masters). You may find your creativity energized with big ideas and ambitious designs, schemes and projects.
But ideas are nothing without action. Yet so many ideas, so little time! In that case, let’s use the overflowing Water energies of the November 2023 Bazi Chart to seek out your clarity of intention. This is not just about going on a creativity overdrive, it’s about our own understanding of why we want to create what we want. It’s about understanding the principle linking your ideas.
GENG METAL DAY MASTER
For the Geng Metal Day Masters, come an additional opportunity. When we stop to think about it, Metal does not really produce Water, does it? Instead, Water condenses around Metal. Given that this is your Hurting Officer month, searching out opportunities to give voice to your ideas can attract more opportunities your way.
Does that sound too abstract for you? OK, here’s something concrete: for November 2023, focus on improving your sales pitch. What else can you do? Along with November comes the stars in the Pig branch – among which is the Heavenly Chef. Use this wisely to network by having meals with your friends, contacts and acquaintances.
XIN METAL DAY MASTER
Xin Metal Day Masters will be going through a month of creative Eating God energy in November 2023. In your case, know that clarity of intention is vital and liberating in the act of creation. It helps us filter out the little noisy ideas that can detract us from our main purpose. A mind map is great, and highly recommended, for this process.
Do be mindful, however, that the Heavenly Chef that activates with the November Pig branch can result in comfort eating and other eating disorders.
With the November 2023 Bazi Chart comes yet another tide of Water energies Riding the waves of November 2023 will require intelligent use of the Water element.
At first glance, you will notice the sheer strength of Water in this Chart, both in terms of seasonality as well as location. But let’s dig a little deeper.
This Geng Metal (庚) Day Master is extremely weak. It is in the wrong season, with limited support, and is constantly exerting strength to produce prosperous Water and control the strong Wood. This Metal is being submerged and rusted by too much Water. Translated to human behaviour, you may notice a general tendency for the people around you (or maybe even yourself), to be more introspective and melancholy.
Too much unrestrained Water also represents a lot of ideas, but little opportunities to take action. While we see a Bing Fire (丙) in the Hour pillar, this midnight sun does not have much impact on the overall chart which presents as misty, cold and wet. For those of you who are vulnerable to depression (especially the Wood Day Masters), please be mindful that you will must have some coping strategies on hand.
From a public or market perspective, this tidal wave of Water energies represent misplaced passion, drive and creativity that may be focused on frivolous activities. For the investors among us, brace for an onslaught of rumours and unfounded theories. But on the positive side, we can expect to see the introduction of even more innovations.
This describes the overall ‘mood’ of the November 2023 energy. Therefore, managing expectations, whether you are a career professional or business owner, is one of the keys for November 2023.
In Bazi, there are two sayings that frequently come up when Metal meets Water. The first and most common is 金水多情 where Metal meeting Water creates a tidal wave of emotions. The second and lesser known is 金白水清, where Metal is pure, there is clarity of emotions. In the study of Chinese Metaphysics, Water can represent many things, one of them is Clarity! Here lies the opportunity of November – to seek or establish Clarity!
So how can we use this Water energy to our advantage? In the upcoming posts, we will examine the Water energy with respect to the different types of Day Masters.
Whenever the Indirect Wealth pops up on the Heavenly Stems, for a month at least, there is a probability of either attracting investors or at least increasing your income sources. For the Wu Earth Day Master, this is exactly what the October 2023 Bazi Chart represents.
WU EARTH DAY MASTER: WINNING OVER INVESTORS
Securing investment for your business can be a game-changer. Of course, the investor is not going to magically pop out of an old oil lamp. Which means that the Wu Earth Day Master will have some homework to do.
Your Ding Fire Resource star is a reminder to use the data advantage by compiling insightful and compelling data about your market. Next the Wu Earth Companion star is a reminder that you need to be out there talking to people and making connections to access the investors. And finally of course, with your Xin Metal Output star, the pitch had better be compelling!
But not everyone reading this will be in the market for an investor. I realize that. What’s another way to use the energy of the October 2023 Bazi Chart?
In this case, you could consider becoming a deal maker for a month. In today’s world, everyone is out there doing something. Your job, in October 2023, is to get out there, find out what’s going on, and see if you have the resources, connection or even know-how to help your contacts solve their immediate problems. And since you have the Indirect Wealth star on the Heavenly Stem, we are absolutely not going to do this for free. It’s perfectly ok to ask for a small commission. Even noble people deserves to get paid.
A campfire is always a must every time we go camping. In the olden days, campfires keep wild animals away. It’s a safety precaution. But if you look at this a little deeper, the lighting of a fire is akin to us claiming a space. For that short period of time, while we are occupying that space, the fire is how we claim that spot. In October 2023, this is exactly the opportunity being offered to the Ding Fire Day Master – the opportunity to claim your spot. More, it’s an opportunity to master your domain.
DING FIRE DAY MASTER: MASTER YOUR DOMAIN
In the dynamic landscape of business and personal growth, the ability to carve out your own space and thrive within it is a valuable skill. Whether you’re an entrepreneur or a professional, owning your space means being a force to be reckoned with. Obviously, this can’t be done within the space of a short month.
But we could start! Let’s start by using your Ding Fire Companion star to pay some attention to the strength of our networks. Networking is the cornerstone of establishing your presence in any field. It’s more than just collecting as many business cards as you can. Instead, as time is of the essence, seek out key players who are already established in your chosen space. Connect with them, learn from their experiences and leverage their insights to accelerate your growth.
Of course, in today’s hyper connected world, there is no way to escape the presence of Social Media. That’s where your Wu Earth Output star comes in. In our digital age, your online presence is crucial. This is a part of your brand building – by sharing valuable content to showcase your expertise.
With the presence of your Xin Metal Wealth star, seek out the most high-impact network or content to focus on. After all, we’ve only got a month! All these activities are leading towards your Ren Water Influence star – here is authority, your chance to own a space beyond merely occupying it, and leave a lasting yet meaningful impact.
But don’t mistake me, ownership is not about domination, but about becoming an influential and respected presence that positively contributes to your industry or community.
Imagine the sun mirrored on a mountain lake. This is the picture formed when a Bing Fire Day Master looks down on the Ren Xu month in October 2023. Double the sun, twice the brilliance, magnifying that radiant glow.
BING FIRE DAY MASTER: ELEVATING YOUR PRESENCE
Charisma, often regarded as a mysterious quality, is not an innate gift reserved for a select few. It’s a skill that can be cultivated and honed over time. And if you are a rather visible Bing Fire Day Master, charisma can be one of the many tools you have in your arsenal.
Charisma is that magnetic quality that draws people in, makes you relatable, and leaves a positive impression. It’s a combination of charm, confidence and the ability to connect with others on a deeper level. While some individuals may seem naturally charismatic, it’s a trait that can be developed by anyone. And for the Bing Fire Day Master, why not give this a whirl in October 2023?
Let’s start by using your Ding Fire Companion star to engage your existing followers or community through active listening of their needs, concerns, and aspirations. This not only helps you build rapport but also gives you insight into what the market is feeling and thinking. Combined with your Wu Earth Output star, even crowdfunding ideas becomes easily available in October 2023.
Elsewhere, you could use your Wu Earth Output star to flex your creative muscles through innovative problem solving or even expressive storytelling.
But most of all, we are not about famous for being famous. With your Xin Metal Wealth star still in the mix, all this charisma building must be anchored upon real competence and results.
But do remember, becoming charismatic is a journey, not a destination. So start today and watch as your ability to inspire others blossom.
However, one caution before we go, when a Bing Fire Day Master is doubly visible, don’t even think about telling white lies. You will be called out!
