After the excitement
of the Christmas and New Year holidays January brings with it a time of quiet,
stillness and dark in the Northern Hemisphere.
This is the time of 'Lesser Cold' January 6-January 20 and the time of
'Greater Cold' from January 21-February
3. These are the final two seasons of
the Solar Calendar Year before the Earth starts to awaken from its winter sleep.
Rather than bemoan the
weather, whatever it may be, enjoy each moment and remember that as well as
celebration at the start of January there is another celebration at the end of
the month; Chinese New Year. Worldwide
more and more major cities are embracing the Chinese culture of welcoming in a
new year. While most do not carry the celebrations
through the 15 days of Chinese cultural tradition, which this year runs from
January 30 to February 14, they certainly enjoy and participate in parades,
Dragon dances, fireworks and firecracker displays arranged in and around the
vicinity of Chinatowns in cities across the world.
Chinese New Year
begins on January 31 four days before the 'Start of Spring' in the Solar Calendar
and most of the celebrations are due to take place on February 2. The date of Chinese New Year, or the Spring
Festival as it is also sometimes known, varies each year and is based around
the Lunar Calendar. The Lunar New Year in
2014 begins on January 30, which is New Year's Eve, with a new moon and the
start of the first lunar cycle of the year.
The New Year is decided by the start date of the second lunar cycle
after the Winter Solstice (December 22-January 5.)
Feng Shui is all about
Qi; the energy that is our very existence.
A new year in Feng Shui is identified
by one of the 12 Chinese Astrological Animals and one of the Five Elements with
either Yin or Yang aspect. In 2014 this
will be the Year of the Yang Wood Horse. Once the Year of the Horse begins so does a
change in the Qi in our environment; both external and internal. A location that has good and auspicious Qi in
the current year of the Yin Water Snake can become bad and inauspicious
depending on the quality of the Qi moving in.
Using the numerology
of Flying Stars and an interpretation of their movement it is possible to
determine what is good and what is not.
Knowing your personal Kua number and
your good
and bad locations as well as your Chinese
animal sign at birth will help you determine how your fortunes will fair in a
year that will be heavily dominated by Yang Fire.
To the fulfillment of
your dreams
LynC
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