Abundant Heaven

I was doing some historical research and trying to grasp the deep roots of Ziwei doushu 紫微斗數, the astrology/fate calculation system I hold, when I discovered some amazing figures that demonstrate some of the richness and uniqueness of the tradition. I should note that I inherited this tradition from Liu Ming, of Da Yuan Circle, and one of the founders of Five Branches University, the university I received my Masters in Chinese Medicine from. While the details of how he came t

Stem & Branch Patterns of Relationship Watching the sky, especially the Sun and Moon and the stars has been a basis for human language, culture, and general sense-making for longer than we really know. These traditions root us in our deepest, most ancient selves. It is good to imagine and remember that we are alive today because ancestors we all share were able to use the signs and patterns of the natural world, in Heaven and on Earth, to survive and pass on their genetic and