Each year when babies are born, it’s both their sex and date of birth that determines their personal feng shui element. Feng shui’s Eight Mansions trigrams honors both the yin and yang number orders. The yang number order of descending numbers, that establishes the element for the year, is also assigned to every male born that year. The yin number order the has its own column of ascending numbers, is used to assign a personal element to all females born that year.

The next two years promise to be extremely emotional ones. After back to back mental energy years followed by a year of physical rest, humans will be provoked to emote. Soft Wood next year will be followed by a Hard Wood year in 2024, providing the fuel for the new era of future prosperity to ignite, catch fire and slowly burn for the next 20 years.

It's common for people to begin articulating a thought with the statement, "If you're anything like me...". Or, they will speak about a topic leading with the assumption that everyone is like them. They think, if you're in their sphere of influence, you must be "just like me".

There's a lot that lies beneath the cover of a book. A fellow human. A real life.

I have named the Mother Earth archetype, "The Lover". This element's Life Center is Love & Partnership. They like being coupled up, having a partner in life and business and being in a committed relationship or loving marriage.

After finishing the Mountain Earth guide I've been preparing myself to take on the Mother Earth energy. I know what I'm in for. I've done it before and I'm about to do it again. And like the Mother Earth default emotions of love and hate, I too have a love/hate relationship with this personal feng shui element.

Yellow Earth, home at the enter of the bagua, is directionless. It has no compass direction. No personal trigram. No associated family member. No Chinese zodiac animal. No age or stage of life. No dominant yin or yang energy.

Each month a new energy moves into your personal element's house. This energy is represented by one of The 8 Elements. Since your energy is currently visiting your own house all year, 2022 is the perfect opportunity to really pay attention to how the energy of the personal elements affects you and the area of life your house governs.

They say "love is in the air". In Feng Shui, the "Peach Blossom" energy can be enhanced to attract new love and romance. This romantic energy, represented by the Soft Wood element, is known as the "Persistent Wind". So, yes, love is definitely in the air!

Check on your female friends and family members. They are not ok. August was a tough month for women. There were obstacles and delays. Financial struggles. Health crisis. And relationship turmoil.

These elemental influencers are like an Instagrammer on your daily feed that you can't unfollow or even mute. They are just visiting, but they are in your house for the entire year. Best to find ways to cohabitate peaceful, even if by now, you feel like they have overstayed their welcome. If you are curious to see what effect your house guest's energy is having on YOU this year, read on!

We've all had first hand experience now, with the imprisonment and isolation energy that the Soft Metal 7 can bring. But how the "stay home, stay safe" orders statewide or nationwide affected The 8 Elements may have been very different.

If 2020 was traumatizing, or disappointing, or something in between, you can release the regret.

This month we will be given opportunities to learn the life lessons 2020 presented us with for our soul's growth and personal development. Beginning on December 7th, the energy visiting each house this month is the same energy visiting each house this year, doubling its strengthen and effects. Earlier in the year, when we had this energy in March, I called it, "Double Trouble".

The Fire energy of the South will activate and intensify the energy of the Woman, making more of who you are being in the world. And the visiting Earth energy of the Mother Earth element will smother hazardous fires to keep everyone safe, while keeping the home fires burning to keep every warm and content.