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Happy Lunar New Year!

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Tomorrow marks the passage into the Year of The Snake. In Chinese astrology, the Year of the Snake is associated with the characteristics of the Snake sign, which is one of the 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac. The Chinese lunar calendar assigns an animal to each year, and the Year of the Snake repeats every 12 years.

The Snake is often considered a symbol of wisdom, intuition, and charm. People born in the Year of the Snake are believed to be intelligent, perceptive, and graceful, but also reserved and sometimes mysterious. The snake is also associated with qualities like transformation and rebirth. Most of my classmates from middle school and high school were born in the Year of the Snake, and will be turning 60 this year, while I was born a year later, in the Year of the Horse.

Each year in the Chinese zodiac is also associated with one of the five elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water), and 2025 will be the Year of the Wood Snake. This combination of Snake and Wood brings qualities of growth, creativity, and flexibility, but may also encourage introspection and patience. For individuals born in the Year of the Snake, 2025 is believed to bring both challenges and opportunities for growth, depending on their own personal zodiac signs. In general, it’s seen as a year for careful planning and making wise decisions.

Here are some ideas for preparation:

1. Cleaning and Decluttering

  • Thoroughly clean your home: This is a symbolic gesture to sweep away bad luck and make space for good fortune in the new year. It’s also a chance to declutter and refresh your living space.
  • Do it before New Year’s Eve: Cleaning is traditionally done before the new year begins, as cleaning during the first days could “sweep away” good luck.

2. Decorate Your Home

  • Red decorations: Red is considered an auspicious color for the Lunar New Year, symbolizing good luck and happiness. Consider decorating with red lanterns, banners with auspicious phrases, or red couplets with wishes for prosperity.
  • Place a kumquat tree or flowers: Some people display kumquat trees, symbolizing wealth and luck, or blooming flowers like plum blossoms, symbolizing growth and vitality.

3. Prepare for Family Gatherings and Meals

  • Plan your meals: Traditional foods include dumplings, fish (representing abundance), noodles (for longevity), and rice cakes (symbolizing prosperity). Make sure to prepare or buy ingredients for these dishes.
  • Gift giving: In some cultures, it’s customary to give “hongbao” (red envelopes) with money to children and unmarried adults for good luck. Be sure to have these ready.

4. Wear New Clothes

  • New clothes symbolize a fresh start: Wearing new clothes on New Year’s Day is a way to symbolize a fresh beginning and leave behind the old year. Some prefer to wear red for luck.

5. Visit Family and Friends

  • Reconnect and show respect: The Lunar New Year is a time to honor family and ancestors. Visiting relatives and spending time together is an important part of the celebration.
  • Honor ancestors: Some people may also conduct rituals or prayers to honor their ancestors and ask for their blessings.

6. Prepare for Festivities

  • Celebrate with fireworks or firecrackers: In many places, fireworks are used to ward off evil spirits and usher in a prosperous new year.
  • Music and traditional performances: You might consider enjoying or participating in dragon dances, lion dances, or other performances that are common during this time.

7. Reflect and Set Intentions

  • Reflect on the past year: Take time to reflect on the successes and challenges of the previous year, and set new goals or intentions for the year ahead.
  • Practice mindfulness: In some cultures, the Lunar New Year is a time for personal growth, so taking time to meditate, relax, and focus on gratitude can be very meaningful.

By preparing in these ways, you can embrace the spirit of the Lunar New Year and start the year off with positivity, renewal, and joy!

What The Fire Monkey Has In Store For Everyone

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I cam across a great site which you can check out to see what your horoscope is for the Chinese Year of the Monkey, which starts this coming Monday. Please visit this link for detailed information and predictions:

http://www.yourchineseastrology.com/horoscope/

It looks like people born in the years of the Rat, Ox, Rabbit, and Rooster are expected to have a fortuitous year this year. Dragons, Horses, Sheep, and Dogs will have average years according to this site, while Tigers, Snakes, Monkeys, and Pigs are expected to have a challenging year in 2016.

This information is meant to be fun, so don’t take it too seriously!

The Fire Monkey Is Coming, And I Am Ready For Him!

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Monday, February 8th marks the year of the Fire Monkey. Depending on your Chinese astrological sign, the year of the Fire Monkey may be great, so-so, or negative. According to George Tang’s Chinese Astrology site, 2016 looks like it will be a relatively good year for this Fire Horse…

Original link can be found at:

http://www.georgetangchineseastrology.com/chinese-horse-horoscope-2016/

2016 is the Year of Red Monkey. You were born in the Year of Horse. The following is the Red Monkey year prediction for people born in year of Horse.

Horse individuals can be extremely confident in 2016, my Chinese Horse horoscope 2016 astrology foretells, since everything they want is achievable in this Fire Monkey year. There should be many opportunities for success and hard work will not be wasted. There might be great obstacles to face, but they will be feeling very strong, both physically and mentally. They will be at their most charming and there is a strong sense that things will go their way.

As well as the chance to develop and expand in their careers and finances, such folk should also think about adding to their families. These characters will make remarkable strides in life this year since they may well be very clear about their objectives. 2016 will see excellent progress in new business ventures undertaken. They will be optimistic and they will shine. Everyone around them will benefit from their positivity. Friends will be drawn to these people in 2016 simply because of the “feel good factor” they cast around them.

For those Horse men and women in relationships, it looks like a year to share and enjoy times together, although the Horse characters must learn more respect the opinions of their spouses.

My Chinese horoscope suggests to me that both genders of this sign who are single will find love in 2016 providing they look for love in new places. Such individuals are naturals when it comes to romance and they will attract a fair amount of interest in the Fire Monkey cycle.

If Ma (Horse) folk are in relationships that are not working, then Chinese horoscope year 2016 is an excellent year to move on. The personal magnetism should be at its strongest in the spring months. By the summer months, Horse men and women will have found new romantic interests. Love will be very romantic and passionate for these people in 2016.

Being adored by others will help to build up the emotional strength of these folks and by October, they will be at their strongest and best. This is an excellent time to think about having a new baby for the birth of a child will serve to further strengthen personal relationships.

2016 is a wonderful horoscope year for the career of Horse characters, they are lucky. Anything they embark on this year has the potential for big success. Businessmen should try to maintain cordial relationships with their associates and partners. By May, they should not hesitate to take up new and exciting projects. The Monkey lunar period will enable them to enter into fresh partnerships and successfully expand their business activities.

As the year progresses professionals will have more clarity on their objectives and will take the right steps to meet their targets.

There could be lots of social interaction with people who will admire the thinking of the Horse. Although there could be some minor resistance to these folks ought to be able to win over people with their intellectual arguments. Thy will find that major co-operation will take place and the workplace will be extremely harmonious. There could be delays caused by technical problems, but Horse folk should remain steadfast since things will work out in their favour. This sign’s men and women are not inclined to make rash decisions anyway and by taking the time to reach solutions the way ahead for them will be on solid ground.

If Horse men and women have any debts, then 2016 zodiac period should be a good year to settle them. It is an excellent time for finding new ways to earn money. It will also be a time when people should be able to save. They could be surprised at how quickly they are able to accumulate cash. There could be some longer-term investments that will be of interest to them and ones that will bring in exceptionally good returns.


Chinese 2016 Horse Horoscope Closing Views

My Chinese astrology predictions foretell that Ma folk could be interested in investing in property development, either by making it more beautiful or by extending or changing the existing space.

The homes of people will increase in value substantially after home improvements are made and if they do decide to move house, they will make excellent choices in terms of location and good value for money.

The emotional health of the Horse individual will improve as their self-confidence increases this zodiac year. Physically there could be minor problems in the muscular system. Energy levels will increase considerably after June. These individuals will have plenty of stamina and will feel able to achieve just about anything they want as The Monkey cycle passes.

The zodiac Ma person should avoid over-indulgence in rich foods. If your hyperactivity can be controlled you will stay strong and find good solutions to most problems. Such individuals are naturally psychic and will find their psychic strength peaks in the late autumn months of 2016.

Mercury Retrograde, Solar Flares, Full Moon? Yikes!

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mercurygodThe past week has been extremely difficult, fraught with high emotion, malfunctioning electronic devices, and illness. I returned home on Sunday June 8th after driving 400 miles from Sacramento with rock bottom placings at the Nor Cal, only to meet with emotional anguish from a couple of sources. The emotional roller coaster continued throuughout the entire week, and midway through the week, I ended up contracting the flu, getting so beaten down by illness that I was literally incapacitated for three days from it. It’s a big deal when I refrain from training, so when I tell you that I had to forgo training two days in a row, that is a clear sign of how sick I was. I literally could not budge from bed due to severe body aches, sore throat, cough, headache, dizziness, chills, and gut issues. I also had to take a day off from work which is also unheard of in my busy world.

I am not alone in what I experienced this past week. Emotions ran high with many people, probably largely due to the retrograde position of Mercury and the Full Moon on Thursday. Many individuals were also struck with the flu, which is unusual for this time of year. The strain which has been striking people is incredibly strong and will literally slam you so hard that you will feel like you got hit by a Mack truck. You will be so sore that even moving a limb while in bed is agonizing. It’s truly awful.

full moonAnother thing which I have been dealing with is a Smartphone which has given me ongoing grief for the past few weeks. My phone restarts spontaneously, switches to airplane mode, and for whatever bizarre reason is chewing up memory to the point where my next bill will be close to twice what it usually is. Thing is, I am not going to pay for additional charges when my phone wasn’t even functioning for the majority of the last two weeks! I am sure this has everything to do with Mercury retrograde and the nasty solar flares which interfere with electronics. There is nothing like the frustration of a phone which does not function and constant emails notifying me that I am being charged another $15 for 1 gigabyte of storage. I was charged $15 in the span of TWO days, during which time I barely even used my phone and had it turned OFF to conserve battery power because the phone was acting so strangely. How’s that for the wonders of technology?

Thank goodness a new week and fresh slate have arrived!

A Horse Of Course

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chinese_101_detail_horseAs someone who was born in the year of the Horse, I know what type of horse characteristics I manifest. Since we are now in the year of the Horse, I am prepared to deal with the amplified energy around me. Those of you who were born in Horse years (1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990) may notice a similar charge in everything you do this year. If you think of how a horse behaves, you will understand horse energy better, and if you have a loved one who is a Horse, you may reach a better understanding when you have an idea of our tendencies.

This Horse personality profile was found on Astrology.com:

Thank goodness for open spaces, because the Horse needs plenty of room to roam! Energetic, good with money and very fond of travel, Horses are the nomads of the Chinese Zodiac, roaming from one place or project to the next. All of this Sign’s incessant activity and searching may be to satisfy a deep-rooted desire to fit in. Paradoxically, Horses feel a simultaneous yearning for independence and freedom. Horses crave love and intimacy, which is a double-edged sword since it often leads them to feel trapped. Love connections tend to come easily to Horses, since they exude the kind of raw sex appeal that is a magnet to others. This Sign tends to come on very strong in the beginning of the relationship, having an almost innate sense of romance and seduction. Horses are seducers in general; check out any A-list party and you’re bound to find the Horse in attendance. This Sign possesses a sharp wit and a scintillating presence; it really knows how to work a crowd. Surprisingly, Horses tend to feel a bit inferior to their peers, a misconception that causes them to drift from group to group out of an irrational fear of being exposed as a fraud. An impatient streak can lead Horses to be less than sensitive to others’ needs. These colts would rather take a situation firmly in hand as opposed to waiting for others to weigh in or come to terms with it. The lone wolf inside the Horse can at times push others away, but this also makes this Sign stronger and is a key to its success. Horses are self-reliant and, though they might lose interest fast in a tedious, nine-to-five day job, are willing to do the work necessary to get ahead. Horses tend not to look much at the big picture; instead they just follow their whims, which can result in a trail of prematurely ended relationships, jobs, projects and so on. This Sign really knows how to motivate others, though, and get a lot accomplished. Once they find some peace within themselves, they can curb their wandering tendencies and learn to appreciate what’s in their own backyard.

Thank goodness the Western astrological aspects of my chart keep me more grounded and modify the typical Horse energy. For those of you who may be curious, my Sun sign is Cancer, with a Virgo ascendant and Moon in Aries. Fun stuff to play with!

Pig Chinese Horoscope 2014 Astrology

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Chinese Horoscope 2014 for Pig According to the 2014 Chinese Horoscope, entire year is quite favorable for businessmen. In spite of being into competition, you people will fare out well. 2014 Chinese Astrology suggests you to stay on ground, no matter how much success comes to your feet. Love life will stay smooth only if you will stay at bay from your past. Married couples will cherish a blissful time and may expect a new born. Single ones will cherish their status and would like to live a better social life. Flirting is good for health. As they say, a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt. You guys will get many chances to make money and most of them will be successful. However, you need to direct your expenditure in this year of Horse. Many situations will come in front of you that will ask you to help others, but you need to check if someone is befooling you. The year doesn’t seem very good health-wise, as you may go more into junk foods. People under Pig sign have a delicate stomach. Hence, proper attention needs to be given. You may go through some stomach related issues in this time; like ulcers and indigestion. Headaches may also give your trouble once in a blue Moon. Chinese Horoscope 2014 suggests you to take Herbal teas and do proper workouts.

taken from http://www.mykundali.com/

Dog Chinese Horoscope 2014 Astrology

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Chinese Horoscope 2014 for Dog Chinese Horoscope 2014 predicts that this time you are going to spend enough time pondering over your life. A change in job is seen for most of you. This change seems to be positive for you. Also, this change will bring out your hidden skills. If we talk about your finances, you need to stay quite cautious. You need to keep a track of all your expenditures this time precisely. Chinese Astrology 2014 suggests you to avoid spending on others, as your own expenditures may cross the red line. The tricky part of love life is about to begin in your life. Singles may have to strive hard to find the right one. On the contrary, married ones will be troubled finding ways to stay with their best one. If you hope for a beautiful love life, you need to keep a control over your ego and temper. Think twice before saying anything. Health seems fine in 2014. However, you need to take special care of your stomach.

taken from http://www.mykundali.com/

Rooster Chinese Horoscope 2014 Astrology

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Chinese Horoscope 2014 for Rooster Chinese Horoscope 2014 predicts that the year will give you mixed results. You people may have to face some basic changes at workplace, which may seem uncomfortable in the beginning. Quick adaption of everything will help you. You need to come over your past and start moving in pace with the world. Chinese Astrology 2014 predicts good finances in the beginning of the year, but by the end you may have to face certain difficulties. Roosters are generous people at heart, you like to spend more on others. However, 2014 Chinese Horoscope suggests to keep this habit in control. 2014 Chinese Astrology sees a disturbed love life for you. You are suggested to keep calm. Married couples may face some disagreements issues which will lead to the arguments adding spice to your life, but don’t let it go so serious that it could create some difference between you two. Singles may have to strive hard in search of true love. Friends will come to your rescue in all your hard times in this year of Horse. Old friends may come in contact. Health seems fit. But you need to stay at bay from stress and tensions. Yoga and meditation will be most beneficial for you.

taken from http://www.mykundali.com/

Monkey Chinese Horoscope 2014 Astrology

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Chinese Horoscope 2014 for Monkey Chinese Horoscope 2014 predicts a year full of mixed results for you. Indeed, you are hard working but hasty decision making may give you a tough time. Chinese Astrology 2014 suggests you to ponder over any idea thoroughly. Your previous achievements seems to be on stake as you may take up many things and not able to complete within the stipulated period of time. Your biggest weakness is that you get easily distracted. Hence, you need to work on it. Things may look bright and advantageous, but when you will go closer, it will just disappear like a cloud of gas. If you have found a shortcut for something, then make yourself believe that it is not worth taking up. Some big attractive investments may make you greedy landing you up in losses. 2014 Chinese Horoscope predicts a good inflow of money. Therefore, you need to keep a control over your expenditure. You are advised to invest only in promising aspects. If you will save in this time, it will benefit you in future. Love life seems to be quite romantic and harmonious. Good time for family planning. Singles need to work on their lost charm. If we talk about your health, 2014 Chinese Astrology suggests you to maintain a healthy lifestyle. The year of Horse needs your concern. Don’t ignore small issues, they may turn bigger.

taken from http://www.mykundali.com/

Sheep Chinese Horoscope 2014 Astrology

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Chinese Horoscope 2014 for Sheep Chinese Astrology 2014 predicts a lucky year for you. With your lucky charm, you will get many favorable opportunities. Colleagues and seniors will stand by you. You will get fair results for all your hard work. A promotion is also expected at work. Chinese Horoscope 2014 has seen a year full of love for you. However, you need to learn to let go. Putting efforts in love life may disturb things. Singles may meet their love partner in this time. However, there are chances that the relation may not last for long. But still, you should try because the luck can be changed with efforts. For money matters, the year seems quite lucky. Income sources will flourish. However, you may go through the hard time finding ways to utilize your money better. In order to impress your sweetheart, you may spend a lot. 2014 Chinese Horoscope suggests you to avoid making any such deed. An add on in your assets is seen by 2014 Chinese Astrology. You may become the owner of a lost or forgotten ancestral property. Stressful lifestyle may give you some illness. Take care of your back as well as upper body. As a solution, it would be better if you can keep yourself fit with workout in this year of Horse.

taken from http://www.mykundali.com/