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Qi Nodes

· Travis Kern

Qi Node 1: 立春 Lìchūn (Spring Begins)

This first qi node of the year is not a season, but a threshold. A moment when the frozen ground stirs, and the world begins to breathe again. In Chinese medicine, it marks the return of Yang, the reawakening of Wood energy, and the slow stretch toward growth. Not all at once. Not with urgency. Just enough to remind us: change is already underway.

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· Travis Kern

Enter The Yin Wood Snake

The Yin Wood Snake year winds in softly, asking us to move with quiet purpose. In a world obsessed with doing, this is a year for tending, composting, and deliberate growth. Wisdom won’t shout—it will whisper. And if you listen, you just might hear your own transformation beginning.

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· Travis Kern

Behold the Mighty Yang Wood Dragon

The Wood Dragon year is expansive and creative, filled with potential. But power must be used wisely—Hexagrams Qián and Dà Zhuàng remind us that vision without grounding can become force without direction.

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· Travis Kern

Yin Water Rabbit Peers At the Moon

The Yin Water Rabbit year invites quiet discernment and careful pacing. It’s a time to tend what’s unresolved, listen deeply, and recognize that subtle shifts may carry more power than grand gestures.

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2021: Year of the Yin Metal Ox

The combination of Yin, Metal, and the Year of the Ox create an opportunity to learn from the past year and apply that reflective wisdom toward recovery and rebuilding.

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