This lecture is divided into two sections:
In the first half, Vic Ketis examines the upcoming Chinese year, 2020 being the Year of the ‘Metal Rat’. According to the Chinese Astrological paradigm, a new cycle begins in 2020. The previous year of the Rat, 2008, was the time of the GFC, and the last year of the Metal Rat was 1960, the year that ushered in the revolutionary 60’s. In 2020, we also come to the end of a Chinese 20 Year Cycle as well as the governing 180 Year cycle. In this lecture, Vic makes reference to these cycles as being critical to the interpretation of the year. 2020 also ushers in the Saturn-Pluto conjunction and the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction..
In the second half, spurred on by the decimation of forests, landscapes and ecologies by bushfires etc.,Vic draws upon principles of Feng Shui to ascertain what makes a landscape ‘auspicious’ and ‘life enhancing’, ultimately to answer the question, “what are the optimal conditions that are required for a healthy and abundant life?” He then correlates this with the relevant planets and the current astrological cycles – a merging of a Feng Shui and Astrological narrative.
