Age 29, 38: the Wù Zǐ Decade

The decade from 29 to 38 brought Roadrunner into a chapter of the Eating God, 食神, a Ten-God that governs creative expression, natural talent, and the ease of putting oneself into the world. With Earth over the Rat, this was a time when Roadrunner could flow into what they enjoyed making or sharing, whether that was work, craft, conversation, or some form of output that felt less forced than in other chapters. The element was taboo for their chart, however, which meant this ten-year stretch asked for care; there was likely a testing quality to it, a need to pace themselves and not assume everything would unfold smoothly. At the life-stage of Conception, 胎, Roadrunner was in a season of reforming, of seeds being laid down rather than full harvests gathered. Looking back now, this chapter probably showed them both what they could create and express with relative ease, and also where they needed to tend the ground more carefully. The backward sequence of luck pillar suggests this chapter may have belonged to the rhythm of their life; whether it did or not, it carried real substance.