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Truth Beneath the Surface: How April's Underground Energy Will Transform Your Path

• Sam Plovie

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The powerful Yang Metal Dragon arrives with April, bringing earth-shaking transformation and a fundamental shift in how we navigate our lives. Under the influence of hexagram 11 (Unity), we're witnessing a significant transition from dominance to collaboration, and from confusion to clarity.

This month carries a strange duality - a deceptively calm surface with an intense pulse rumbling beneath. The Dragon energy doesn't just represent career success and ambition; it demands transformation. Already manifesting through earthquakes worldwide, this energy sets the tone for a period where our foundations are being reshaped whether we're ready or not.

The Yang Metal component (Geng) brings a sword-like quality that cuts through confusion to reach truth. It's a time of tough love and refinement through challenge. Your words carry extra weight now - they can either slice through hearts or clarify with precision. This month asks you to lead without ego, connect without control, and act with conviction.

Your physical space matters tremendously during this time. The Southwest and Southeast areas of your home become powerful zones for fame and financial growth - literally sit, work, or create in these spaces to attract these energies. Meanwhile, avoid the North area where miscommunication, gossip, and even dental issues may arise.

Different Chinese zodiac signs will experience unique challenges: Dogs feel pulled between loyalty and leadership, Dragons risk burnout from doubling their energy, Oxen face power struggles between stability and change, while Roosters enjoy a beneficial "secret combination" that brings precision and power.

Remember that fame is sweeter when shared - can you turn your spotlight to acknowledge someone else's contributions? This month's power comes not from control but from unity, not from dominance but from collaboration. Commit to your best self, shed what no longer serves you, and boldly step into what's next. Be the change. Be the spark. Be the dragon.

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Once again, we play metaphysical bingo as we switch from the month of March to the month of April. What does that mean for you and I? Well, it means a lot on many different levels. We've got the Feng Shui to think of, we've got astrology to think of and amidst this all, we have a dragon coming in who roars with an intense pulse from underground. Now we're already feeling this. We're already seeing earthquakes. We're already seeing earthquakes. We're seeing things shift. That is the dragon's roar, as it makes the earth move in a way that only he knows how to control.

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I just want to give people a place to go to get information. I want them to enjoy learning about qi and how it's easy to learn about it and affect change in your own life. So qipro is here for the curious seekers and for the professionals looking to get ahead. It's the bottom line. I want to empower people with information, because the one thing that can't be taken from you is your knowledge. All righty, let's dive in and get all the deets on what this month is.

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So April is something called Gung Chun, which is Yang Metal Dragon, and we're working with a hexagram, number 11, which is unity. So it's time to buckle in peeps, we're in for a bumpy ride. Gung is Yang Metal and it's like the sword. It's bold, direct slicing through confusion to get to the truth. It's a tough love time. Direct slicing through confusion to get to the truth, it's a tough love time. Refinement through challenge. Now, tough love never really scares me because I think sometimes we have to do that, we have to dig in and we have to bring stuff to the surface. So when I'm talking about an element here, this yang metal, that is the energy that you're working with. Okay, that is your mindset, almost. So this is a good time to slice through the confusion. And I've been saying it all year, be truthful.

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Now, underneath that is our dragon, called Chen. Dragon is a ground shaker, oh boy. And we have felt that already with earthquakes around the world. Now can we say that metaphysically, the animals always provoke earthquakes or floods or disasters? Not necessarily, but they do set the tone, they are the foundation, okay, and when a dragon comes in, it's very powerful. It's also very transformative, very mystical. It's one of the strongest. Well, maybe not strongest, it's one of the most famous 12 of the Chinese 12 animals, and it's associated with career, success and all sorts of things, but at its base it's one of the strongest ones, the most powerful one, I think. Now a dragon holds promise. This can be of sudden breakthroughs if you're willing to evolve. That's the transformative part.

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So, when you get these elements of these animals coming in each month, whether you believe in metaphysics or not, this is the energy that you're working with, this is the data that you're given and it's affecting you, regardless of your beliefs, so you can shake your head and say, ah, it doesn't really apply. I guarantee you, the yang metal force of how you speak is going to come through and the underground shaking and transforming of things that are the foundation of our society, our world, are going to be shaped this month and going to evolve, which is not always a negative. Okay, we have to look at that. We've always got to find the silver lining. Now this month rolls in with an intense pulse deep underground and it's swirling somewhat underneath a deceptively calm surface. So what I want you to know is there's a lot going on underground. There's a lot going on behind the scenes. You may not see everything, that's okay. You don't need to see everything all the time, but I want you to say hello to our Yang Metal Dragon, because his energy is here, and this is where the order will shift and unity becomes your superpower.

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So what is April going to reveal for us? Well, april's all about refining our power. It's no longer about dominance. We've had a fair share of that. Now we're going to see a shift into collaboration, into clarity, into commitment. That's the young metal at work. Hexagram 11, which is unity, reminds us that when we weed out toxicity and align with truth, great things grow. So if we look at the political grounds right now, we're going to see the powers that be start to talk a little better with each other. Okay, they've been throwing their weight around and backing each other into corners, and who's puffing up whose chest more? We're going to start to see some breakthroughs in that. Thank God, because we have to right. We cannot go on the way we've been going Now.

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This month may also ask you to take one step back, to move two steps forward. So remember that I didn't say two steps back and one forward. I said one back, two forward. So we do have momentum here. We do have forward motion. It's just not in a straight line. So don't worry about that If what you're doing, whatever it is you're doing isn't quite aligning quite the way you thought it would or hoped it would just keep going. You can do this. You're going to do it gracefully, kindly, mindfully. Be willing to lead without ego, connect without control and act with conviction. Ego, connect without control and act with conviction, with deep kindness. That's what April's going to show you, and I ask you to pick up that mantra and go forward with it. Now, the best thing you can do this month, this April, is align with like-minded souls.

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What this is is the dragon has a lot of earth in it. So every time I talk about the animal, inside the animal are elements, so you can't confuse them with the one on top. This month it's yang metal. You have to keep them separate here. But inside the animals sometimes are up to three different types of elements, all at different stages of strength, so it depends where they are. Now the dragon is a strong earth animal. Actually has water hidden below, but there is earth there on top, so if the earth moves, the water could rise through. Water is emotional, but it's also real, so I would be cautious of something that holds the water back, so like a dam or anything, or a river bank that holds water back could breach this month and we could have some flooding. But ultimately, I want to stick with the earth component here, because the earth means connecting.

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Okay, so group efforts bring expansion, so get out there and seek partnerships that energize and uplift. I also want you to share your spotlight Now. This is interesting because you've been working really hard. I know you have. We've come through a lot in the last year and a half. So keep going and you may think that you haven't been seen and that you may be feeling even a little bit flustered like or just unfair I should say not flustered that you haven't been seen. You know you're not getting the promotion, you're not getting the kudos. Can you please flip that around? People are seeing what you're doing, but can you turn it around, please, and praise somebody else, promote someone else, acknowledge what someone else is doing? The flavor of fame is sweeter when shared, so you can't do this in a fake way. You have have to be real. You have to be true. The whole snake of 2025 is all about our truth, so you have to be real, but maybe you can shine the spotlight on someone else or basically share your spotlight. Ok, it's much better to go forward together.

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I want you to take stock of your reputation, and that's because, again, the earth element is strong in the dragon, but we've got this metal on top, this gung right, that's sharp. Oh, I always. I always describe gung as someone will say something. If they're a gung day master, and you might sit there and think, was I just cut down to size or was I just caressed with their words, because they can do it so cleverly that you're not sure what just happened. So that is out there this month. So how you use that is being mindful of reputation. So this means that others are going to sharpen their viewpoint on you. Now, that can be criticism, it can also be kudos, right. So I want you to be aware of how you are presenting yourself online, offline, in life.

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Basically, take a moment to refine the image, and more than that, because you can refine an image and it's not true. Again, I'm going to hammer the truth part here. How about you be sure that what you're presenting to the world is really you? How's that? Does that sound more like it? This is your chance to make sure that the image that people have of you is the image of you. There's a lot of false stuff out there on social media. Don't buy into it Bullshit. Okay, no one's life is that perfect. No one's family is that wonderful. No one's got it all together. We're all walking through this together and sometimes we're all a mess. So just have a think about that and think are you putting the right image out there, the true image? Please work on that. And the other thing I'll say is that I'll touch them with this in the feng shui more, but use the southwest and southeast areas of your home this month, because fame and financial growth live there this month. Okay, so you're wise to sit, work, think or even zoom from these spaces now.

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If I've talked about good things to do in april, what do I want you to avoid? This is always, in a sense, the more important part. Well, again, I'll touch in the feng shui, but avoid the north. It's the one thing I want to say right off the bat, because there is mouth issues there. So what you say, how you say it, and even dental health may come into play. So think before speaking and understand that energetic mouth issues also include gossip, oversharing and spiritual indigestion. Oh, there's a toughie right.

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How about we be a bit more mindful about what we're saying? How about we not engage in the gossip? How about we step away from that negative comment that was on the tip of our tongue to say about someone? You don't know what their path is, you don't know what their day has been, you've no idea what they're going through. So let's not judge people. Let's be more mindful and think about it.

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I often say to myself if I'm doing a text or something, would I say this to the person? Or if this comment I'm making about this person, if they read my text to a common friend that we have, maybe would I be happy about that, would I be able to stand behind and say, yep, I absolutely believe in that comment, or would I be embarrassed by the comment I just made? Not perfect, I'm just like you, but I do lead with that and I'm very mindful, because it's so easy to fall into this and this month, don't do it, do not do it. I think I'm also going to ask you to avoid disunity. So remember I said there's a hexagram, it's all about unity, that's here for sure. And hexagrams, in a sense, they set the tone as well.

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But this is more again, to do with the dragon. Like any time a dragon comes into play, I am telling you we have to sit up straight and take notice. They always demand our attention. A dragon, amongst other things, demands loyalty, but not blind loyalty. Stay aligned with your principles, not your ego, that one may be uncomfortable to digest. I get that. Please follow my words. I also would like you to avoid arrogance disguised as confidence. It kind of connects with the ego thing I just said, and this is because the gun metal of this month can make many of us sharp tongued. So stay mindful to cut through confusion, but don't cut through hearts. It's a very easy mistake. It's a very fine line Okay, they say it's a fine line between love and hate and I would say it is. So. Just be aware that your words can be hurtful. So why do that In this world where there is so much instability, with actual physical instability with the planet, like earthquakes and all sorts happening and fires?

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We've also got financial instability. We've got career job instability right, there's so much going on. There's so much fear there. Don't add to it. Don't add to it. Show the people the way. Show people a light way forward.

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Now I touched on feng shui a little bit and I want to go into that some more. So let's remember that feng shui is the energetic Wi-Fi you're constantly connected to. It affects everything from your productivity to your relationships. And again, I'm going to be as cheeky as shit here, I don't care. I shouldn't say I don't care, I do care. I do care, I hope you believe in metaphysics. But if you don't, if you think well, I'm just listening to this because, sam, you're entertaining to listen to. Great, that's fine by me. Here's the thing Feng shui occurs whether you believe in it or not. You are affected by it, whether you believe in it or not. So feng shui is the art and science of understanding how the space affects you. So it's happening no matter what you do.

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So what I'd like to do each month is give you a couple of areas that are good to use and a couple that are good to avoid, if you can. Now, I'm very realistic. I'm a very practical girl at heart. You can't not use an area of your home if it's your front door. You can't not sleep in an area if it's the only bedroom you've got and that's where your bed is. I totally get that. It's more that I want you to be aware of what the energy is and what it can do. Because if you're aware of a potential and then you see it rising because it will, you're not blindsided by it and you can be like. You know what.

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Sam mentioned this. She said that I'd probably get into some arguments because of this particular area of my home, or I might get sick because of this particular area of my home. It's only for the of this particular area of my home. It's only for the month I will get through it and because I know it's temporary and also because I knew it was coming, I've made plans and I'm dealing with it differently. So I'm not saying do and don't use parts of your house. I'm saying be aware of what's in these parts of your house. So let's plug into April's best frequencies so you can be on your A game.

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So two beneficial areas of feng shui in your home, your office, your space for April. What are they? Number one, the southwest. Use this zone to boost your fame and reputation. This is great for interviews, pitches and social media posts. So it all depends on what your life involves. But and when I say use an area, I mean sit in that area and maybe work on your laptop or make notes or make phone calls. Just use the area because the Wi-Fi is vibrating with this energy so you can tap into it. It doesn't mean there's a genie that's going to magically appear and give you a job in that area. It just means that recognition is there and that you can use it to your advantage.

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Now, another good area is the southeast. This is all about promotion and salary increases, because they're literally blooming here. They're literally bursting forward. So it's where your rays and recognition are hiding. Simply sit here to attract it. So something like this I like to use these areas in a yang way, and what that means is an active way. Yin is more passive, quiet still. Yang is more assertive, bright and active. But you can sit here and quietly meditate, you know. Meditate on what you want your promotion to be, what you want your salary increase to be, all those things there it's all good. So use it in the way that works for you. There is no one size fits all with feng shui. There is no one size fits all with metaphysics, with baza. It's all personal to you. So the information I give you is like a grid, a code. It's up to you how you put it into your life.

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Now, if we look at two problematic feng shui areas in April, what have we got? Well, first up, we've got the Northeast. The energy here can trigger asset and tax issues and stalled paperwork. It's just a problematic energy and it always is. I find when I see this one, it's always attached to governing bodies, which is why I talk about taxes, because, hey, who do we owe taxes to the government? So this area, if you activate it or use it a lot, you are activating that energy. So if you do think you've got a slight issue in something there with your taxes, with some investments, with some paperwork, maybe avoid this one if you can, okay, and I would definitely not sign any major financial contracts in this area. So avoid the northeast, ok.

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Second one is the north. This is the mouth zone. I was touching on it before. This is about miscommunication, loose lips and even dental annoyances. They can all bite here. Watch your words and your snacks. So when I bring up things about the mouth, I have to walk the fine line between two things, because it can be the real, physical mouth, but it can also be the metaphysical, what you're saying mouth, and it's very hard to identify which one exactly it is. So I have to give you both options. So those two areas north, east and north I would use them less.

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Now, for example, if you know you need to have an important discussion or an important phone call and let's just say in your home, your home office or where you sit to do your work with your laptop is in the north. For Christ's sake, don't make the call from the north. Pick up your laptop, go sit somewhere else. Okay, in fact, go sit in the southwest or the southeast and have that communication there. If you disregard what I'm saying and you stay in the north for important conversations, you will find that it goes off track and something that someone said is miscommunicated, misunderstood, and the whole thing can unravel fairly quickly. So why would you do that when I'm giving you the heads up Stay away from the north. You don't have to shut the north part of your house down. You just don't use it for communication things. Right, you can cook there, you can do any other number of things there, just don't have a decent discussion there.

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Now I want to move into astrology, because I like to keep things moving along and I will say do you know your chinese astrology science? If you don't. If you're new to me and you're thinking, well, what are we doing here, I need you to go and have a look at cheaprosamcom on the calculators and pull up your barter chart. We call it. Use the one for the day master, that's the most useful one here. Take a picture, take a screen grab. What you're going to see is that your birth date the year, month, day and hour will be transformed into a little grid, a picture grid, and on the top you're going to have elements like bing and woo and gung and gwe and all these words which really are like metal, water, wood, fire. All these things on the bottom are animals, okay dragon, rooster, rabbit, all those kind of things. What we need to do is we need to know what those animals are for this particular part. So I'm not talking about the day master here that's something else that I do as well but for here we're talking about the animals in the bottom. So once you've got your chart, let's move forward and we'll have a talk about all of them.

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So, first of all, do you have a dog in your birth chart? So that could be year, month, day or hour. Now I've got you know disclaimer here. They all mean different things depending on where it is in your chart. In general and I really mean in general here. In general, the year is like grandparents, corporate can be friendships, connections, colleagues, things that are further away the month is your life, focus, your career, your parents, what you want to do with your life in, not not so much your dreams, because that's different. It's to do with your focus in life, what you want out of life. Your day is all about you. It also is about your significant other, and I look there for health as well. Health we look for in a number of places, but I look there for health and also the hour. This is about investments, children, dreams, hopes, your sex life. It's the very private side of you. So the animals in different parts of your chart play out differently.

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But let's get back on track and let's talk about the animals that are interacting with this month's dragon. So this is the month here. Ok, so do you have a dog? Well, the key theme here, if you have a, a dog, is it's a tug of war between loyalty and leadership, and you may not like some of this. The dragon of april is bold and ambitious, while the dog is all about loyalty, justice and grounded values. When these two face off, it can feel like being pulled between duty and dreams, or being questioned when you thought everything was solid. This could show up at work, in friendships, even with family. Now, how you handle this? Well, don't dig your heels in. Use diplomacy over defiance, and if you feel challenged, remember it's not personal, it it's energetic. Step back, breathe and choose clarity over combat. Okay, second animal here Do you have a rabbit in your birth chart?

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Well, this is something called a harm. So the key theme here is sweet talk meets tough truth. Oh, this could be a little bit painful for you, my friend. So the harm this month can show up as disappointment. Either you're over-promising, or someone else has over-promised you, or you're hoping for peace. When someone brings conflict instead, you may feel misunderstood or, like others, just aren't getting you. So how do you handle that? Because that's quite heavy, isn't it? Well, keep your boundaries up, but your heart open. And also, I always say, when it comes to boundaries, be careful. You haven't built a wall. A boundary is not a solid brick wall. A boundary is something that has some flexibility to it. A wall can be too solid and people can't get through it. So remember that please say what you mean and mean what you say. This month asks for honest dialogue, not passive politeness. You're allowed to disappoint others. To stay true to yourself. That's going to be an interesting month for you, little rabbits. Ok, just be aware of that.

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All right, now, do you have a dragon in your birth chart? I'm going to put my hand up. I have one of these. Well, our key theme I have to say our, because it's you and me here overdoing it and burning out. No, that doesn't sound like me at all. How about you? Okay, that is obviously. That is my theme a lot of the time.

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Okay, when we have two dragons and it doesn't happen to all the animals there's only four of them actually get into what we call a self penalty, but the dragon is one of the four. So double dragon energy can mean epic magic or epic meltdowns, so it can actually go both, both ways. It's not it's not always a given that it's bad. It's more about if you're aware of it, you can turn it to the good. So I'm very aware of this this month, because I'm starting something new in April and I'm like, oh, my God, I've got to set the tone right. So it's very much on my mind.

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Now you might find yourself committing to too much, pushing too hard or spinning in your own pressure cooker. I can already see that with what's coming my way, how about you? There's also a tendency to create chaos unintentionally. So what do I mean by that? Well, I want you to think emotional clutter, rushing decisions or taking on everyone else's problems. Please be mindful of this little dragons out there. This is on the hook for April. It's actually going to occur. How you handle it is by being aware. But the best way also to do this if I give you my advice here is pause. If I give you my advice here, it's pause, reflect, ask is this mine to carry? Channel your ambition into clear, intentional actions Less scatter, more, more sparkle.

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So I think the big takeaway for dragons and I say that because it's hey, it's me and you on this one is this mind to carry. That is something I deal with a lot. I don't know about you, but I often take on other people's challenges for them. Now, granted, people come to me and hire me to to do that. I get that, but I go above and beyond. It's just my nature. But in April, when this is actually. This. Self-penalty is is actioning. I have to be really mindful of that. So all I can say is I, I feel your pain. If you've got a dragon, you're thinking, oh god, sam, just be aware of it, you will get through it, just like I will. Okay, but it is something to know.

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Alrighty, do you have an ox in your birth chart? Okay, if you do, this is a bit of a destruction. So it's about power struggles between steady and stormy. Hmm, ox is very steady, dragon's very stormy. Going to be interesting. The dragon wants speed and vision, whereas the ox slow and steady, with a side of don't tell me what to do. So we've got two very opposing energies that don't feel the same way about things, and you can get caught in the middle. So if you have an ox in your chart, this destruction can stir up frustrations at work, clashes with authority or internal battles around Should I stay or should I go? And I know there's a song in my head about that Should I stay or should I go? Now, I can't even think who did that. It's a great song, so be aware of that, because it's going to stir. So how do you handle it? Well, flex your patience muscles, my friend.

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Compromise doesn't mean losing, it means evolving. You don't have to ball those through to succeed. Sometimes small steps are the big moves. So remember this is an interesting month Underground. A lot is going on. It's okay if you're only making small steps. Remember I said two steps forward, one step back. We can do this, so just keep going.

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Now our last animal here. Do you have a rooster in your birth chart? If you do, this is a secret combination with the dragon, which is lovely. So the key theme here is precision and power equal spotlight moment. So when a combination comes forward, it's like you've got a secret ally. You've got something on your side that other people don't have. So this one is a delicious one. It means there's hidden support working in your favor. Even if you don't know, even if you don't believe me, you've got it. So it's especially around reputation, leadership and career moves. This is good for you because the dragon is predominantly about career. So even if the rooster is not in your month of birth, it can still pertain to your career, because the dragon's about that. But if the rooster is in your month of birth, you're definitely making moves in your career.

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Now, roosters love order and detail, and the dragon brings boldness to the table. So put them together and you might just find you can make magic. So how do you handle this? Well, show up sharp, say yes to opportunities to speak, to present, to lead, basically shine. Just don't get too perfectionistic. Let the dragon's fire fuel your finesse. So this is actually an interesting one, because the dragon is extremely I'm not going to say career focused, but I kind of do want to say career focused. But the rooster has a perfectionism in there that's extreme. Be careful with that. The dragon to some degree won't care, it just wants it done and it wants to move forward. So be careful about how much you obsess over the details. You don't need to.

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Now, as we come to a close here, I want to give you some tips on how to be successful this April. Here we go. Remember change doesn't have to be dramatic to be meaningful. Subtle upgrades shift everything. Lead with unity, because strength lies in connection, not control. Use your power to uplift others. That's a big one. Use your power to uplift others. Dragon energy rewards the noble and if it's not aligned, let it go.

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April's hexagram says simplify to thrive. Fame and fortune bloom in the right environment, literally. So shift your seat and watch what happens. So my final thoughts here well, april invites us to lead with integrity, to build with connection and move with purpose. Gung metal sharpens, but it also protects. Dragons dig deep, but only to lift higher. Dragons dig deep, but only to lift higher. This is a month to commit to your best self, shed what's no longer serving and boldly step into your next chapter. Whether it's your voice, your vision or your vibe, let it rise. Be the change, be the Stark, be the dragon. All right, my friends, that's your April forecast. You know what you got to do and I will see you again soon. Thank you.