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Coiled Intensity: Navigating the Double Snake Energy of May

• Sam Plovie

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Two serpents entwine this May as we experience the rare convergence of a Snake month within a Snake year. This powerful doubling intensifies the energy around us, demanding precision, refinement, and strategic thinking unlike anything we've encountered so far in 2025.

The Yin Metal Snake month (Xin Si) brings forward a scalpel-like precision that cuts away excess to reveal brilliance underneath. Think of a master jeweller carefully crafting perfection—this month offers similar energy for your life's most important facets. While this process may feel uncomfortable at times, it's ultimately transformative, helping you identify what truly matters and where your focus belongs.

Hexagram 14 (Da Yu/Great Reward) governs this period, promising substantial abundance for those who combine clarity, strategy, and patience. But make no mistake—this isn't about sitting back and waiting for rewards to fall into your lap. You'll need to prove worthy through aligned action and strategic thinking. The month may feel like a pressure test, challenging your ability to hold steady when provoked and stay true to your values when ambition tempts shortcuts.

For practical navigation, I recommend cutting away distractions, embracing refinement through small precise adjustments, holding your ground with grace, staying aligned with personal goals (not someone else's race), and celebrating quiet wins rather than seeking external validation. Equally important is avoiding impulsive reactions, perfectionism, drama spirals, and overcommitment.

Those with specific animals in their Chinese zodiac face unique challenges: Pigs encounter unexpected reroutes, Tigers experience trust tests, and Monkeys navigate complicated alliance shifts. Meanwhile, your home's Feng Shui can support you through strategic use of the beneficial West and Southeast areas.

Join me as we explore how to embrace this month's refined intensity. Together we'll discover how to sharpen our edge, move with intention, and transform pressure into brilliance—just like a diamond formed in nature's crucible.

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With two snakes eyeing each other up this month of May. The real question is are we liking this snake thing or are we not liking it? We have a hexagram that alludes to great rewards. Is that exciting? Well, could be. One thing for sure is this month is going to get very intense, because the month is matching up with the year and there's no use hiding from the intensity and the power that they're going to bring forward. So I suggest you get comfy and we have a great chat about what this month of May is bringing to you.

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So this May is something called Shin Si. Shin is yin metal, si is snake. Now the shin metal, this yin metal we're talking about, brings an energy to the forefront that we're going to work with. Okay. So this is a precision tool. It's very refined, it's elegant, it cuts things away Like it actually cuts away the excess to reveal the brilliance. So this is not blunt force energy. That would be more gung yang metal. This is the scalpel, the jeweler's hand, the fine art of crafting perfection. Now, I like shin metal, I like the energy it brings forward and I want you to pay attention to the one line that I wrote that I am saying here cutting away the excess to reveal the brilliance. That's my little caveat for you. You need to know that you're not going to like everything this month, because you might get cut down to size a little bit, but I need you to hear me now and, believe me, later. It's actually a learning curve. It's actually an opportunity, because there's something brilliant within you that is possibly hidden. You're not crafting it correctly, you're not focused on it correctly, and this month will bring that forward.

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Now, the other part of this Shin Si is Si, which is the snake. Now, snake is very strategic, okay, it has fire in it and it has metal. So it's one of the animals that I always look for when I'm going to do something very precise, because it brings energy forward that actually cuts through the shit, quite frankly. So that matches with Shin really well this month. But what we're going to see is an intensity. There's a cleverness and there's a little bit of mysteriousness in all of this.

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Now, the interesting thing is we have a this is May, so snake month, but we're also in a snake year, so we have two snakes in play the year and the month. So the energy is doubling, it's coiling tighter, it's coiling together, it's heating up ambition and it's demanding sharp thinking. So this whole month is led by this whole year, I should say thinking. So this whole month is led by this whole year, I should say is led by the snake. And now we're in the snake month. You're actually going to be pushed quite hard to refine yourself, and this is a good thing, but it may have uncomfortable moments. So just be aware of that. All right, this month slithers in with coiled intensity and sparks of brilliance and flashes of suspicion I had to get that one in there and the constant push to shed old skins yes, that's always going to be my underlining theme, and every month this year, because the snake's leading the year, so her energy is setting the tone for the year, each month, comes along. It's like a CEO the year is the CEO, the month is the VP, and so they, they change each month. So the the program for the business, shall we say changes each month. But this month, two snakes in.

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Oh, by the way, in case you're thinking, does that a bad thing? I'm a snake? Is that a bad thing? No, there's no. There's no double penalty, there's no self-punishment when two snakes come together. This is just intensifying the energy of what a snake brings. Now, remember, I'm always a bit cheeky. I describe the energy as it with these words, and that's my interpretation to help you understand what's coming forward.

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Because, whether you, if you've stumbled on this podcast, right, and you're thinking, well, what is this, who is this Sam person? And you're thinking, well, I don't believe in any of that stuff, you don't have to believe in it. It's going to happen anyway, because the energy is here and it's way bigger than you and I, so it's way smarter to get in tune with it and go with the flow. And in case you're thinking, I'm all rainbows and unicorns, each month I lay myself on the line for you and I'll tell you when I'm experiencing stuff. And as I prepped this one for May, and I'm recording it just a few days late we've already begun the month because I've just been a tad busy and I know it's not going to be easy. And I'm going to give you an example.

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What's going to happen for me this month is a lot of the hard work I've done will not be credited to me, and that's okay. So, because I know that I'm now entering the realm, the arena, differently, I'm not looking for recognition, I'm just going to get my work done and support other people so they can shine. And that's partly to do with my Barts of Chart, my Day Master, the whole thing. But I want you to know that each month, when you know this information, you will start to see patterns and you'll start to see how you can work for it. Because if I didn't know that, if I was totally oblivious to what this month brings and I am getting ahead of myself, I haven't told you everything yet but if I was totally oblivious, I would go in sort of saying, well, that's not fair.

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I put that process in place and I built that thing and I did that and I, I, I, I, I. Well, the snake is going to look at me with a forked tongue and basically I'm going to get a venomous bite and it's going to say sit your ass down, girl. This is not your time to shine. It is your time to uncover your brilliance, sam, but it's not your time to shine. So I'm totally okay with that, because now I know that and I'm like, right, okay, well, I'm just going to, I'm going to make everyone else look damn good, I'm going to get them what they need, because that's my role this month is to support them and get them up and running. So it's really good that you listen and you absorb this and you put this energy into your life. Now I want you to say hello to this yin metal snake energy. I want you to embrace it, I want you to welcome it, because this is where patience, where planning and where precise action become your superpower.

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Yes, so what will May reveal for us? Well, may is about amplified ambition and heightened stakes. This isn't the month to coast. It's the month to cut through distraction and focus on what truly matters. We have a hexagram 14, which is Da Yu, which is called great reward. Now, they're called different things in different ways, but this is just a generic one that I follow, and it will remind us that when you combine clarity, strategy and patience, you unlock abundance.

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Now, do not make the mistake of thinking abundance is purely about money. Abundance is many things. So, again, I'll give you an example. For me, it's going to be about the abundant work with my colleagues, and it's going to be fabulous, actually, because I don't feel worried about not being recognized, because I know that it's going to secure my place in the team, and they're going to look to me to say hey, she gets stuff done. We want this. So remember, though, this abundance is not handed to you. You must be worthy of it. You must have been working towards this, and if you haven't, it's not too late. Get your arse in gear now.

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This month may feel like a test, okay, and can you hold steady under pressure? So think of diamonds, because I'm kind of using a diamond analogy here with the shin scene. A diamond is formed under great pressure. Now, we know this, but it's under extreme pressure, so know that this is coming forward. Now you could crack, but most diamonds don't. Okay, it's usually in the cutting process that something could go wrong, but the diamond is actually formed very well under pressure. So this is a month where you are going to be pressured and you are going to be pushed and you're going to be held accountable. It's okay, it's meant to be.

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Can you stay true to your values while ambition tempts you to cut corners? Be careful, be careful, be careful. This is not the month to cut corners. I don't want you to panic, though. You're ready for this. You just need to sharpen your focus and step carefully.

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So, to give you an example of how to do that, I would encourage you to not multitask too much. I mean, I'm not a fan of multitasking, but the fact is, in this world, we actually have to multitask quite a bit. I'm more a fan of time blocking habit, stacking and getting things done one at a time, but the reality of the daily world doesn't always give you that choice, and I get that. So I don't want you to take on too much. If you can narrow things down, if you can not multitask or reduce the amount of multiple tasks you're doing, that is a winning effort, that is a winning way to go, a modus operandi. Okay, now the best actions for you to take this May I want to go through these with you, because it's really important if I give you these sort of tips to do and then tips not to do.

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So I want you to cut away the distractions. It's not about doing more. It's about doing what actually matters. This is your month to clear the noise, strip back the fluff and focus on the few key things that really move you forward. I cannot say this enough. I could have just titled this blog Focus, because really that's what it's about. I want you to embrace refinement. So don't underestimate the power of small, precise adjustments. One sharp move can change the whole game. You don't need to bulldoze through everything. You know and we do this. We're human. Okay, come on, I'm just the same as you.

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I look at stuff and I'm like, oh, I look at, sometimes, my whole to-do list and my whole client stuff, or whatever, and I'm like, oh, and then I'm immediately distracted because I'm aware of all the things. So even I'm pulling back from that, and I encourage you to do the same thing. Yes, have a quick scan of what your big to-do list is, but then prioritize them please. What is the thing you need to do right now? And then, what is the thing you need to do next? What is the thing that will have the most impact. And it's so funny because this conversation I'm having with you was a conversation I had with someone else who was sort of mentoring me and he was like, are you getting it, are you understanding? And I'm like, and the first time I'm like, yeah, sort of, and then, as we went through a few more times and, you know, hit some tough moments, I'm like, oh my god, bloody hell, I get it now. And it's now my job to convey that to you and to other people I work with. But it actually is. Just don't look at everything, don't look at your whole task list. What is it you need to do right now that will make a big difference and help you move forward? Do that, all right, and then move on to the next thing.

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Now I want you to hold your ground with grace. So this energy is coiled and intense. So I need you to actually visualize a snake intense. So I need you to actually visualize a snake, coiled and intense, possibly about to strike, possibly about to bite and insert venom into you. Okay, that's the picture I want you to have. We don't want that, right. I mean, come on, it's pretty obvious. We don't want a snake bite, with venom going through our veins. So we know that energy is there. So you've got to diffuse that. So you don got to diffuse that. So you don't have to snap at every provocation that comes your way, because the energy is there, right, it's coiled and ready. Slow, steady, strategic wins over hot headed reactions.

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This month, I want you to stay aligned with your goals. You can see, this is a big thing and it's for me as well as you. We're in this together. It's easy to get swept up in ambition or comparison. Right now, keep your eyes on your path, not someone else's race. So one of the lines I used a few years back for a different type of energy, but it fits here is stay in your own lane. Now this is tricky because, again, we're all usually in our lane but we're intermelding with other people's lanes in our careers and our personal lives and all sorts of things. But really just stay focused on what your nose needs to be in Right. You put your nose in someone else's lane, you're probably going to get it snapped at. So just be aware of that this month and don't be careful, because we have two snakes in play.

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Be careful that you're not comparing yourself. Be careful that you're not comparing yourself. Be careful that you're not saying I'm not as good as that person or I'm better than that person. It can go either way. Just get that shit out of your mind. No comparison, please. And also, the last thing I'm going to say is I want you to celebrate the quiet wins Now.

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I say quiet and that partly came from my mindset is because I know some of my wins this month won't be recognized. But I'm okay because I'm recognizing what I'm doing. I know what I've done and that's good enough for me. I don't need someone else patting me on the back saying, oh well done, sam. That's so clever, you're really good, you're really smart, we're so happy you're here. No, no, no, I'm not going to get that.

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So why go looking for it? Just be confident in what you bring to the table, because May's not about loud, showy triumphs. It's about the sharp, clean victories that feel right deep down in your gut, and you know what those are. Anytime we're looking outside for the word's not gratification. My mind has gone blank. I'm sorry. I think you know that Validation.

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If we go looking for validation outside, you are setting yourself out, we are setting ourselves up for failure. Okay, because if we don't get that validation from someone else, then we haven't succeeded. For goodness sake, stand in yourself, stand in your own two shoes and if you know, you've done a good job. That's all you need to know. If you maybe didn't do a good job, well, don't kill yourself over it. Don't berate yourself. Till the end of the day Just say, hmm, okay, I dropped the ball on that, that wasn't so good. What's my learning here? What do I need to do differently? Who do I need to connect with and let them know that this ball has been dropped because it's now affecting them? Right, it's not rocket science, it's simple. So if we've done the whole, you know what's the good thing to do. What do you need to avoid? Well, this is another long list too. It kind of ties in with what we've already said.

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So avoid impulsive reactions With double snake energy. It's tempting to lash out, make a cutting comment or react too fast. Breathe Seriously. Breathe first. No one wins when you let the fire take over. The snake has fire in her and it's right under the surface and it's strong fire. It's called stage four fire, so it's freaking powerful.

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Avoid overthinking every detail. Yes, refinement matters. We've got Shin-C here, that yin metal. So, yes, we do need refinement, but you can get lost in the details if you're not careful, because refinement matters. But perfectionism can kill momentum. Don't store yourself by over polishing. Done is often better than perfect. Avoid drama spirals. Oh, there's going to be a few, whether it's gossip, gossip, suspicion or jumping to conclusions. Stay out of the messy middle, hold your center and let the chaos swirl past you.

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Now it's interesting. I brought the word suspicion. I think I said it earlier. My mind's not completely. I need more caffeine this morning. Um, suspicion, that's actually a theme this month.

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So, and it will be problematic, because if you approach things suspiciously like, oh, they're talking about me. Oh, am I going to lose my job? Oh, am I going to get a smackdown? Oh, am I going to get this? You're really creating that. Okay, you're telling the universe oh, I'm so worried about this, please bring it to me. And the universe listens. Whether you believe it or not, what you put out is what you get back. So get a grip on that suspicious mindset. You've got to put it aside. If there is a fact, if there is something you know to be true and it's a problem, we'll deal with it, but let the suspicion fall by the side.

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Now I want you to avoid stretching yourself too thin. You might want to take on everything okay, because that's the fire energy in the snake saying, hey, we can take on the world. But you absolutely shouldn't okay and I don't like the word shouldn't, I can't believe I put that in my notes. I'm going to say you absolutely don't do that. Focus on fewer, sharper priorities and protect your energy. Avoid getting stuck in the what ifs. This isn't a month for endless hypothetical planning. Make a smart move and then adjust as you go. All right, so there's your sort of lay of the land for how you're going to work this month, how you're going to live this month, what's coming at you. So I want you to go back and hear that again. You know, go back and listen again, because what I've said there, what I've laid out there, is actually really important.

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Now I want to move into feng shui now, because feng shui is the art and science of how a space will affect you. It's the energetic Wi-Fi we tap into for greatness and sometimes we inadvertently tap into it for problems. Right, you've got to think of this like Wi-Fi. You have the router in your home. There are parts of your home that has really strong Wi-Fi signal. You can download multiple files, stream a movie, do all this stuff. There's other parts of your home when you get the spinning wheel right. Yeah, feng Shui is the same.

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Now, the most important takeaway in this forecast, this month of May forecast, is understanding what this monthly Wi-Fi is, because I don't know your home right so I can't speak to that. But I can tell you where the monthly Wi-Fi is. And the monthly Wi-Fi is actually quite strong because it's coming in for, you know, 28, 29, 30, 31 days, depending on the month, and so it's got a job to do in a short period of time. So it's quite powerful. People underestimate what happens. The thing is it comes in for this period of time and then it goes, so you've got to tap into it right away.

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So I'm going to give you two good areas and two areas to avoid, if you can, and I always pick the best one. So don't sit there and focus on. Oh well, there's eight areas. Why didn't you give me the other four? You don't need the other four. Just focus on what I'm sharing with you here.

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So the first beneficial area is the West. This is ideal for academic pursuits, creative breakthroughs and personal growth. So what you do is you can sit in the West to unlock inspiration. That's how you use this. It's not about suddenly moving your office to the West. The West could be your bathroom, it could be a corner of the kitchen who knows where it is in your home but you can actually just sit there and might make some notes on your phone or a pad of paper or whatever. It's inspirational, okay. Second area southeast Passion and play sparkle here. Oh, I like that Grateful romance or reigniting joy. So this is a playful area, this is a fun area. So it's not necessarily where you're going to sit and do work Okay, obviously, I've just described it not like that but it's an area where you could reignite a spark. Maybe you haven't been connecting to someone as well. Well, this is your place. You can do that.

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Now, problematic areas. If we've got two good ones, which are the ones I'm going to ask you to avoid, well, the first one is the northeast. This one's really quite, quite tricky, and there's always going to be a tricky area. Every month we've got one somewhere, so this is not unusual. This is about debt. It's got poor financial energy, stalled repayments. It's just negative and it's around money. So don't do paperwork or important decisions here. Don't sit in the northeast and do your invoicing, because you'll get a very good excuse why the person can't pay you, okay. So don't do that. Just be aware of that. It's not setting up the playing field for success. So why do that? If I'm giving you that information, why would you not use that?

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Next problematic area that I feel is the north. This is legal and health related stresses, so it's quite a stressful area. So keep this zone fresh, but don't handle heavy conversations here. So when I say keep it fresh, I'm saying when we have a problematic area, what I like to do is bring a lot of positive energy to it, and sometimes that's as simple as bright lights, making sure it's clean, making sure there's nothing broken there. It's not an ugly area tidy it up. But if it's a negative zone that I've highlighted, this is not the time to go in and renovate that area to make it look pretty. No, you don't want to disturb it because you'll be activating the Wi-Fi. It's more about being aware that it's not so positive this month and don't forget this is the month energy, so it's going to change.

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So if I've listed areas you can't use, don't worry, you go about your day Work with the overall energy that I've outlaid in the beginning and just use this if you can. So I know you can't always tap into this, I totally get it. Okay, I want to jump into our horoscope because I know that's everyone's favorite area and it is mine too. It's probably my favorite part of my job. And if you don't have your Chinese astrology chart, just go to qiprosamcom. You're going to see the calculators top of the toolbar, I believe, and there's several there. But just click on the baza, the daymaster one, and work out your birth chart and take a picture, screen grab whatever works for you so that you know the animals in your chart. The daymaster is useful for you to know for the qi cast. I've put that on YouTube, so go find that there. Useful for you to know for the Chi cast. I've put that on YouTube, so go find that there. That's a little different, but here we're going to talk about the animals.

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So, first of all, in your birth chart do you have a pig? Okay, so the pig is clashed this month, so your theme is unexpected, resistance and reroutes. So it may sound negative and you could take it that way and you can think, oh God, I'm not going to get where I want to go, I have to go a different way. Well, maybe you're being rerouted for something much better, right? So it is a mindset thing. You have to always be aware of that. You see the snake and the pig sit opposite each other in the zodiac, so they create direct clashing energy and if you know me, I'm not worried about clash it. It means change.

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So pick friends. You may feel blocked, delayed or pushed into last minute pivots, that's okay. Travel, work plans and relationships might wobble, that's okay, because you know it's coming and you're just going to pivot with it. It's not a big deal. I want you to know that. I don't want you to push through with brute force. Flexibility and adaptability win, step back, reassess and move around the obstacles, not through them. Sometimes you can't go through an obstacle, but you just you have to go around it. And for you, little piggies out there, that's what's on the table Now.

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Do you have a tiger in your birth chart? Anywhere, year, month, day, hour? Well, the tiger is technically harmed this month. So that can be trust and betrayal tests. Notice the word I put trust and betrayal tests, which means are you really being betrayed? Is your trust really being screwed up? Not necessarily, but you, my friend, might think it is. Your natural confidence may feel shaken as subtle harms, gossip, broken promises, disappointing allies appear.

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You're asked to discern carefully who's truly in your corner. This is going to be tricky because you're going to be suspicious. So what I want you to do is to protect your time, your energy and your heart. Slow down, double check commitments and don't assume loyalty without proof. So this is a tricky one because it's emotional. This one is emotional, so you're probably thinking well, I've got a tiger. How am I supposed to know if I feel betrayed and you're telling me I'm not betrayed? I've got to be honest. It's going to be a tough one to navigate. I just want you to put that nagging, nattering, suspicious voice you know you have the good cop, the good voice and the bad voice on your shoulders right. They nag at you. You actually have to put the calm reasoning in between the two. Don't assume that everything you are feeling is true.

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It's the month pushing you and kind of bugging you, and it's not great. It will pass. Now, monkey, do you have a monkey in your chart. I need you to sit down. If you do, sorry, I shouldn't laugh. I'm sorry, I shouldn't laugh.

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This is not funny, but the monkey faces a destruction, a secret combination and an ungrateful punishment, sort of this month. So how do you handle that? Well, it's interesting because it kind of comes off the back of the tiger. In some respects it's a bit about shaky alliances and shifting loyalties. You're in a tricky web this month. There is no getting away from it. Okay, the secret combination with the snake can bring hidden opportunities, but the destruction and the punishment energies lurk underneath what seems like a win may flip. Stay sharp, okay.

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So for you, I want you to keep your strategy tight, your boundaries clear and your eyes open. Don't play games you can't control and watch for people who take without giving back. It really is a lot going on for you, you monkeys. And again I want to say it's not when we see all three coming together like that, it doesn't mean it will play out, because there's other aspects in your chart that could be protecting you from this, but I don't know that. So I've got to give you the lay of the land there. So, again, as I go through the astrology, you don't hear this and think, oh my God, I should just not get out of bed this month. You can't do that, right, you just can't. What you got to do is just be aware of what's coming and think, right, okay, so my loyalties may be tested, or I might be testing the other people's loyalty, that's fine. You walk into it with your eyes open.

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Okay, as we close up here, what would be your successful moves this May? What is it I want you to focus on? No matter what your Barts of Chart is, no matter what animals you've got, okay, I'm going to pull it right back. Let pruning create space for brilliance. So that's the cutting, the cuttingness of the metal, in a sense, revealing the brilliance within the snake.

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Stay sharp, not sharp-tongued. Very different, remember, a snake has a split tongue and I love that about the snake, and I have a snake in my chart and what I have found it does, in my opinion, is it creates good storytelling. Two ways to say something which I think is very clever. Now, it can be negative and if it's affected negatively in a person's chart, it will be negative. But stay sharp yourself, not sharp-tongued.

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Now I want you to lean into your best environments. The feng shui hotspots matter, they do. So. If you're experiencing difficulties, go use the two good ones right Focus there. You do the best you can. Also, I want you to trust yourself. If you are spiritual, maybe you've done some feng shui on your home. You know a few things. If there are areas you know you feel good in and you're having challenges, go to those good areas. Your body knows. If you actually let your body guide you, it knows where to go. It just does. And I want you to remember that the hexagram 14 promises a great reward, but only if you're aligned, prepared and worthy. Okay, my final thoughts here.

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May invites you to rise up, sharpen your edge and move with intention, with yin metal's refinement and the snake's intensity. You're being asked to craft your next chapter with precision and grace, and I know you can do this. Remember this isn't a time for shortcuts or shadows. Bring your brilliance into the light, stand in your truth and let the universe reward your clarity. Your clarity. Be the strategy, be the spark, be like the snake, all right. Well, that's it for May. Guys, you've got it to go running with. You know I'll be back next month and if you want a more detailed astrology reading, do reach out to me. We've got annual forecasts and we've got lots to delve in, but, honestly, I've given you everything you need right now to make your month amazing and, with that, lots to delve in. But, honestly, I've given you everything you need right now to make your month amazing and with that I will say goodbye you.