Is there a link between Feng Shui and the 12 Chinese
Astrological Animals? We are not talking
about the Dragon, Tiger, Phoenix and Turtle known as the celestial animals of
Feng Shui. The celestial animals are
associated with the external landscape and how it affects your living environment.
The Five Element Theory as well as the balance of Yin
and Yang is fundamental to the effective practice of Feng Shui. The productive, exhaustive and the destructive
cycles of the Five Elements are a vital tool in determining the good, the bad
and the ugly in your environment and your home.
Yin and Yang is what creates balance in an ideal situation.
On an individual level the Personal Eight Mansions
from which you can calculate your personal Kua Number based on your year of
birth also has Elements associated with it.
You have four good and four bad directions each with an Element.
The 12 Astrological Animals have elements associated
with them together with either a Yin or a Yang aspect.
Each one of the 12 Chinese Astrological Animals
resides in a 150 sector around the compass. Well that only covers 1800 in
total so how does it work? Do they
follow consecutively around the compass?
The Later Heaven arrangement of the Pa Kua (the
eight-sided symbol synonymous with Feng
Shui) moves in a cyclical, seasonal pattern.
The third month of each season is the transition point
between seasons. As an example; we are
now in the Spring season in the Northern Hemisphere. The Chinese solar calendar runs from 4
February each year making February the first month of Spring. It also represents the Yang half of the Wood
Element. The Chinese Astrological Animal
associated with February is Yang Tiger and its position around the compass is
NE3 (52.5-67.5.) March signifies the Yin half of Wood and its animal is the Yin
Rabbit. Its home is E2 (82.5-97.5.) April is another Yang month, the month of the
Yang Dragon (112.5-127.5) but this time it is the Yang month of Earth; it is the
transition month between Spring and the first month of Summer in May.
There are four seasons and 12 Astrological
Animals. Two Wood (Yang Tiger and Yin
Rabbit), two Fire (Yin Snake and Yang Horse), two Metal (Yang Monkey and Yin
Rooster) and two Water (Yin Boar and Yang Rat.)
The four Earth elements sub-dividing each season are the two Yang (Dragon
and Dog) and two Yin (Sheep and Ox) giving a total of 12.
To make it easier to follow, the two Yang Earth
Animals are directly opposite each other on the compass (Dragon 112.5-127.5 and
Dog 292.5-307.5) and the two Yin Earth Animals are directly opposite one
another on the compass (Sheep 202.5-217.5 and Ox 22.5-37.5.)
So how else do the animals impact on Feng Shui? Although termed ‘hours’ by the Chinese their
hours translate as two Western hours.
Each of these 12 'hours' is identified by one of the animals, as
follows:
11.00-00.59 Rat
01.00-02.59 Ox
03.00-04.59 Tiger
05.00-06.59 Rabbit
07.00-08.59 Dragon
09.00-10.59 Snake
11.00-12.59 Horse
13.00.14.59 Goat
15.00-16.59 Monkey
17.00-18.59 Rooster
19.00-20.59 Dog
21.00-22.59 Pig
These hours have an influence on Chinese Astrology
when calculating your birth chart.
So while the practice of Feng Shui and the study of
Chinese Astrology are independent and they stand alone; just like the Five
Elements and Yin/Yang they are complementary and can be used together to
enhance your life in a more complete and balanced way.
To the
fulfillment of your dreams
LynC
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