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A saying I've learnt states, "You cannot direct the wind, yet you can change the sails!" Taking from the paradigm of internal alchemy, this draws reference to the qi pervading us all. May I offer an answer to the current riots in Hong Kong. Huainanzi 3.8 "Mars normally enters the asterism Grand Enclosure in the tenth month. [The corresponding state thereupon] comes under its control. Then it emerges, passing through the lunar lodges in turn. [Mars] is in charge of states that lack the Way. It causes disorder, causes violence; causes sickness causes death; causes famine, and causes warfare. Its leavings and enterings [of lunar lodges] are irregular. Its color perceptibly varies. [its color] is sometimes visible and sometimes unnoticeable." A bit obscure, and taken from the 2nd Century B.C., the above quote may shed light on the happenings of the world.