Oracle Cards from Keiko Pule Lehua’s healing salon in Shibuya, Tokyo, illustrated and captioned by Alicia Bay Laurel, released in September 2025

Yang ~ focus, act, give, help, share, move, gather, strengthen, dance.


A set of 7 commissioned works, by request of salon-owner, essential oil maker and practitioner, spiritual workshop leader and healing masseuse, Keiko Pule Lehua, have been published as part of her new set of oracle cards titled Yin & Yang, Fifth Elements Oracle Card. The seven drawings depict the ancient Chinese energetic principles of Yin and Yang, and their child: Balance, plus the five classical elements according to Chinese medicine: Fire, Water, Earth, Wood and Metal. Many thanks to Keiko Pule Lehua for this wonderful illustration assignment!

Yin ~ rest, relax, receive, allow, dream, digest, heal, enjoy.

Balance:
freedom & discipline
expression & introspection
heart & intellect
ease & effort
joy & empathy

Fire: “Aditya hridayam punyam, sarv shatru vinai shanam.”
(All evil is gone from the Universe for those that keep the sun in their hearts.)

“Nothing in the world is softer & weaker than water,
Yet, to attack the hard and the strong,
Nothing surpasses it”

Lao Tsu, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 78

Earth ~ our magnificent and generous mother ~ supports all life.
We must protect Her!

As above, so below:
Wood worships the sun
And embraces the earth.

Metal conducts electricity, magnetism, heat and movement.
With human collaboration, metal transforms into sculpture and musical instruments, and thousands of other inventions. Metal is Earth’s willingness to join in human creativity.