Recent news reports have covered the dramatic story of a young, idealistic American man, John Chau; a Christian missionary, who while attempting to bring his particular brand of faith to a remote, off-limits tribe, was killed by the very people he was trying to save. The case aroused considerable...

Traditionally the Chinese have observed both a Solar and a Lunar calendar. We will be using their Solar calendar, also called the Hsia or Farmer’s calendar. This calendar is made up of two inter-connected cycles: One cosmic or astral, represented by the 10 Heavenly Stems (Gan) and, the other...

John Allan Chau’ Four Pillars: 18th Dec 1991 Yang Water Yang Metal Yin Metal Dog Rat Goat Current Luck Pillar from: 2017 (Age 26) Yin Water Rabbit Since we don’t know the time of his birth, we only have the Day, Month and Year of his birth to work from. This is not so important as the hour of...

Perhaps the one example that many people, especially here in the Pacific will all know of well, and many further afield too, is that of Captain James Cook, explorer and cartographer extraordinaire. Killed by outraged Hawaiians on his third trip to the Pacific Ocean when he tried to kidnap a paramount...

Custer’s fatal attack on the Plains peoples, made famous as the Battle of the Little Big Horn, known to the Lakota as the Battle of the Slippery Grass, also known as Custer’s Last Stand. It was a decisive and total rout of the regiment of that proud and haughty United States Army which he...