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Pa-Kua Poster Now Available
https://store.theqiinstitute.com/index.php/product/pa-kua-poster/ Pa-Kua Sign Delivers Us from Evil. This sign encapsulates the healing, balancing, harmonizing, righteous and loving powers in the universe. It radiates and shields people with these powers. One Yin and one Yang form what is called Tao (Yi-Ching). According to archeological evidence, around twelve thousand years ago prehistoric ancients already knew how to […]
2020 Year of the Yang Metal Rat
We began the transition from the year of the Yin Earth Pig/Boar , with the year of the Yang Metal Rat celebration beginning January 25th, 2020. GengZi 庚子, the Year of the Golden (Yang Metal) Rat begins February 4, 2020. This is also the “real” first day of spring, the commonly accepted Western first day […]
2019 Year of the Yin Earth Pig
We began the transition from the year of the Yang Earth Dog in January 2019, with the year of the Yin Earth Pig/Boar beginning February 4th 2019. This is also the “real” first day of spring, the commonly accepted Western first day of spring March 20th is actually the peak of spring, each day after […]
2018 Year of the Yang Earth Dog
The transition from the year of the Yin Fire Rooster began January 2018, with the year of the Yang Earth Dog beginning February 4th 2018. This is also the “real” first day of spring, the commonly accepted Western first day of spring March 20th this year is actually the peak of spring, each day after […]
2016 Year of the Yang Fire Monkey
Embed from Getty Images As we transition from the year of the Wood Goat to the year of the Yang Fire Monkey, it is time for us to reflect on what changes may occur so that we can be prepared no matter what situations may arise. When we examine the last two Fire Monkey years […]
Get ready this winter has the potential to deliver powerful storms
Embed from Getty Images According to Taoist cosmology winter officially began around November 7th. Some signs of winters arrival are already being felt in Colorado, USA and Northern Europe. Between November 17-19 the greater Boulder Colorado area recorded approx. 18” of snow. Yet, some parts of the United States have been unusually warm, in particular […]
Unraveling the mysterious and misunderstood concept of P’u
Many people who study or casually read about Taoism will at some point come across several principles and concepts which are considered important to the Taoist system. Some of the more popular principles are: Wu-wei, Tao and Te, Lao Tzu’s three treasures, and P’u, to name just a few. As mentioned in prior articles, more […]
Movie review: Confucius starring Chow Yun-Fat
This is a portrayal of an often misunderstood Taoist Sage and Scholar: Kong Fu-tzu or Confucius. The movie is just over two hours in length, however, you will be so drawn into the scenery and storyline that you will be surprised when the movie is over. The movie is available on Netflix and Amazon.com. The […]
This winter we will experience the water dragons’ transformation
As you may recall, in Taoist Cosmology, 2012 was the year of the water dragon. For most of this year we were quite fortunate because the strong nature of the dragon was partially tempered by the water element which acted as a controlling force or counter balance. During dragon years all events are heightened and […]
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