From Wednesday, October 31 through Monday, November 5th the Sun has transited into Gate 44, PRESENTATION. In the I-Ching this hexagram is called COMING TO MEET.

This is the energy for PRESENTING the lessons we have learned from the past either to sell us on why repeating the past would be best or why we must avoid the mistakes of the past. This is intuitive, splenic energy so there can be a downright fear of the past which can also manifest as an obsession for the past.

It is also the energy for making things nice. Appearances are very important to people with this energy. The expression of this energy is often the host with the most. They desire to make things beautiful, comfortable, and pleasant for themselves and others. They will often have an intuitive, very tasteful eye for design. For them a beautiful home that looks nice and smells nice is necessary to feel good.

So what can the past teach us right now? Can we look to the past to know what works and doesn’t work? Were the good old days in fact good? What did we do right back then and what did we do wrong? Some folks think everything was better back in the day but odds are everything was better for their specific demographic.

Which begs the question. What can we learn from the past to make things better for all of us today?