We’re all set to welcome 2023, the Water Rabbit Year. While this rabbit is a black rabbit rather than a white rabbit, its color does not indicate that the coming year will be filled with misfortunes, sadness, or loss. Indeed, the Year of the Black Water Rabbit will bring financial good news, rewards for previous efforts, new promotions or jobs,…
Rising global inflation affects almost every aspect of our lives, and we are constantly concerned about how our finances will be affected or how to keep a steady flow of money. The cards may provide us with guidance on how to navigate our way out of this material and financial quagmire. For this month’s reading, I used the Marseilles to…
Salt, once prized like gold, has continued to be a widely traded commodity. Salt is also used in Christian ceremonies and sacramentals. It is a cornerstone in spell casting and magickal practices. Heads up! This article contains affiliate links. I may earn a commission when you buy using these links. Thanks in advance! It’s interesting to me that, along with…
Have you ever felt as if you were making one wrong move after another, resulting in a string of misfortunes? Heads up! This article contains affiliate links. I may earn a commission when you buy using these links. Thanks in advance! Entering a new relationship shortly after leaving a terrible relationship; beginning a new business quickly after abandoning a failed…
Let’s start the month off right with a love and wealth reading! It’s worth noting that the King of Swords, Cups suits, Empress/Queen of Pentacles, and Ace of Wands were all prominent in the readings we did at the start of the year. We could immediately sense the energy of aggressive movement at the start of 2022, perhaps as a…
The pandemic continues, and the unemployment rate rises. Workers are being laid off in large numbers as well. Those who were kept had to take pay cuts or do the work of two or more people. Companies are streamlining their workforce to cut costs – in order to survive the pandemic, they said. Because there are fewer jobs available, a…
“Tell me who your friends are and I’ll tell you who you are”, is a rather “judgmental” quote, and which I believe is no longer applicable at this day and age when cultural, social, moral, and gender equality is becoming the norm in human interactions. But in the area of building our material empire, some believe that hard work, determination,…
This pandemic has certainly created disruptions in our personal lives. It has altered our career plans. Everyone is anticipating that everything turns back to “normal” or at least to the next normal where we can go about our daily lives sans the mobility restrictions and finally execute our career and wealth plans. In this article, I wrote career and business…
There is nothing prestigious or celebratory about my post title-cum-revelation: a story about failure, how can that be glorifying? Flashback: In 2007, I enrolled in a haircutting class of a prominent Filipino hairstylist as preparation for starting a barbershop business in our hometown in Bulacan, a first-class province from north of Manila. I had a good concept for the barbershop,…
Renting a home required a lot of things from the lessee. To rent a “decent” looking place means putting in a third of your monthly income. In many instances, a number of property brokers impose their “standards” of leasing, including paying out a month’s rent in advance and an equivalent of two months’ rent for deposit. They would also demand…
The other day, I attended a local business forum where I got insights on how local entrepreneurs, the SMEs operate. Not generalizing, but I feel that if all business mentors think the way the forum facilitator does, our industry will just be one coliseum for rat race, and espousing a rabid dog eats dog structure. First of all, I am…