Mid-Year Update for Period 9, Year 1
4 updates on trends to watch for this year as Period 9 settles in
In December 2023 and February 2024 respectively I wrote Nine Things to Know About Classical Feng Shui's New Period 9 and Seven Feng Shui Trends for 2024, Year of the Green Wood Dragon. These pieces outlined the trends I believed would become apparent after February 4, 2024. Here's an update on four of these in no particular order (I'm short on time today but all of them could be updated) which are obviously accelerating worldwide. You may be seeing signs of these things becoming more prominent and influential in your personal life as well.
[Note: This article is offered for entertainment purposes only. I do not offer medical advice, make financial recommendations, or do psychological counseling. Please consult professionals in those fields for your related concerns.]
Unprecedented media attention for women in a new, positive way
Exhibit A: Caitlyn Clark, WNBA rookie star for the Indiana Fever. "Fever" is the keyword here, as CC fever has overtaken the media and the public. Never before has any player or team in the WNBA gotten this kind of attention. Games in which she plays garner record television ratings and the effect has spread to the rest of the league, with all twelve teams enjoying significant increases in viewership and ticket sales. The WNBA has always had a quality product; these women play fundamentally sound, high-energy basketball that is fun to watch in person and on TV. Now the general public is discovering this and the league is finally taking off; it will soon expand to add more teams, and players will begin to be paid the salaries they deserve. Teams will invest in top-notch practice facilities and venues as well. Perhaps best of all, a whole new generation of little girls is empowered to learn the game and aspires to play at the highest level.
One of Period 9's main themes is about elevating, celebrating, and honoring women, putting them in the spotlight as never before. Number 9 is fire, light, and illumination so it's fitting that that light finally gets shined on the WNBA. It took one transcendent college player to enter the league to lift the whole sport up where it belongs. Look for this trend to continue and gain even more strength, and likely spread to other women's sports as Period 9 progresses.
Fast-and-furious changes in socio-political events worldwide
Many countries are experiencing what appears to be (and often is) sudden changes of political direction in their countries and yes, more women are rising to the top. This is a non-partisan trend happening on the right, left, and every point in between. France is probably going to have a woman of a new political party at the top soon, Italy got out in front of the trend in the same way in 2022 (the old Period 8 was already fading and Period 9 was already emerging). In Mexico, the new President-elect is a woman for the first time ever – this in a country with a reputation for strong machismo culture (overlapping with the trend of women being elevated in all parts of society into positions of power and prominence).
Elsewhere, countries are changing direction politically with some going from right-to-left and others doing the opposite. This is upending the social order in many places so there's considerable chaos either already present or looming on the horizon. Period 9 ensures that changes will blaze-up like a wildfire, spread as they will, change the landscape, and then calm down again – often just as quickly as they arose. Look for continued change and upheaval as Period 9 progresses.
New diseases, new treatments
I talked about the possibility for a new disease(s) to emerge in the first years of Period 9, most likely originating in industrial factory-farmed animals but also possibly from open markets where animals are penned, bought and sold. This is happening today with a bird flu epidemic wiping out millions of birds worldwide and spreading to other species ranging from dairy cows to house cats. An article published today from Reuters, "Scientists wary of bird flu pandemic 'unfolding in slow motion'", says that these viruses often jump suddenly and without warning into human populations. Pre-vaccines are already being used on some animals just in case. Will this one become a problem in the human population? Hopefully not, but it does loom as a major threat.
Remarkable weather patterns
I wrote about "Fire and Ice" in Period 9 and this Year of the Green Wood Dragon. Rising sea levels combine with warmer water temperatures to create mega-hurricanes like Category 5 Beryl, currently striking in the Caribbean. June is the earliest Category 5 hurricane on record and the season lasts through November, so it's likely that we'll see more of the same in coming months. It's also probably that we will see hurricanes making landfall in places they've never before hit, or strike there only rarely.
Heat records are already being broken worldwide with 2023 being the hottest year and June 2024 the hottest month ever recorded. Tomorrow's temperature in Phoenix will hit 115 and for at least the next 10 days. Northern California is baking under record heat; meanwhile, floods are afflicting numerous sites across the globe ranging from India to Italy to China. Increased incidents of extreme flooding will unfortunately be likely to increase throughout Period 9, and continue through Period 1. Period 9 is ruled by the element of fire and Period 1 (beginning February 4, 2044) is ruled by water. Fire periods dry the landscape and produce wildfires which leave the land barren and unable to handle the heavy torrent of floodwaters, so mudslides, landslides, and sinkholes are going to be more common as well.
Katarina Lang, MArch, MA, advises clients on classical Feng Shui projects for residential, investment, commercial, and corporate properties. She works with individuals, businesses, and corporations from all over the world to improve their well-being, encompassing career, relationships, health, creativity, and wealth. In addition to holding master’s degrees in both Architecture and Anthropology and being a master of classical Feng Shui, Katarina graduated from culinary school and is a professional Dowser.
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