Year of the Fire and Water

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Interestingly, the pig year's native element is Water (Great yin COLD)

Quoting from Bay area astrologer, Liu Ming:

(Liu Ming's view of the Year Qi of the Yin Fire Pig:: 4705/2007)

 

" When we add Fire element to the image of the pig, we get what the Chinese

call the " Mountain Pig " or FIRE PIG (24th of 60 stem/Branch combinations

(DING HAI). Fire is " destroyed by " Water, the native element of Pigs = this

water/fire opposition gives the Fire Pig an irresolvable, internal conflict,

but one that creates a " steam " a kind of driving energy (aggression).

 

People born in the Fire Pig year possess resilient, capable and aggressive

characters. They are precocious, strong and unstoppable. Having rare force

and unusual skills they are (or are supported by) people of power and

influence...

 

The Fire Pig year is a year of euphoric celebration and aggression. There

will be abundant energy this year. Everyone will be looking for better ways

to share resources and form new and/or renewed alliances.

The Fire Pig is diametrically opposite Earth Snake; this means everybody is

also going to feel more than a little sexy, open and seductive. The power

of the year will be found in family and/or group efforts, dynamically led

giant projects will succeed and new and renewed alliances (scale: from

marriage to UN mandates) will thrive.

 

The Qi will always be where alliance is being celebrated. Euphoria however

will be followed by collapse. The end of the year is also the end of a 12

year cycle. Things will slip and fall beginning 7th of Nov 2007. Make two

strategies for your activities this year...

 

Health: The Fire Pig is likely to see many, many more violent deaths.

On-going wars, merciless killing and epidemics will take lives. Contagious

diseases such as STD will reappear and spread. Rescue care will need to

expand. Lots of injuries- be careful.

The " hot wind " season (late summer) will be particularly pernicious for

those prone to febrile diseases...

Genetic predispositions for disease will override many people's personal

health disciplines; chronic illness will become acute. The " cold " season

(winter) will, however, provide opportunities to recover...

2007 reflects the Pig's weak immunity but strong ability to recover.

Hold on to every good health habit you can!

Everyone's personal good health habits will be challenged. Food cures will

really work.

 

Spiritual Matters: Renunciation and retreat, forgive and forget will bring

spiritual fruition easily in 2007...

It is definitely a time to truly " include " everyone in your practice. Don't

pray for the " have-nots " only - seriously, pray for everybody!

.... Retreat and generosity sound like an odd pair? Figure it out. "

 

Hope this is an accurate guide to this prosperous year.

 

p.s. if anyone is interested, Chinese " lunar " New Year falls on the

secondNew moon after the shortest day (winter solstice), some time

between the

middle of January and the middle of February.

" In 2033, the New Year Festival will be celebrated on the third New Moon

after the shortest day. "

(The Secrets of Chinese Astrology by Derek Walters, 2003)

 

p.p.s. Hillary Clinton and the Dalai Lama were both born in the year of the

Pig.

Too bad the election is not this year.... (no political statement intended)

k.

 

 

On 2/21/07, < wrote:

>

> Thanks for the inputs on this topics, especially

> the link to the discussion group (ChinesePod).

> <http://www.chinesepod.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=11458#11458>

>

> Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:11:37 0000, " Greg A.

> Livingston " <drlivingston <drlivingston%40gmail.com>> wrote:

> >> Back in the early Tang dynasty Emperor Zhen

> Guan ruled over one of the most peaceful eras in

> the nation, and one year in particular, a Fire

> Pig Year, was especially prosperous and was

> called Gold Money Year (Jin Zhu Nian…

>

> The problem with the 600-year golden pig theory

> is that this year is then only the second such

> event. According to one of my books (by Derek

> Walters, who has top credentials and assiduously

> cites historical documents and other evidence

> through his book; 11 page bibliography of Western

> sources and 8-pages listing Chinese sources) the

> use of the 12 animals in the calendar system (as

> we know it today) dates from the late Tang, early

> Song era. I.e. the 12 animals were then worked

> into association with the far older Earthly

> Branch 12 year system. One of the earliest

> documents is a depiction of 12 deity figures with

> the animal emblems on their hats, dated 978 C.E.

> Prior there were various and elaborate animal

> systems with 36 or 28 kinds. But, if one believes

> in scientific history, the 12-animal system was

> not in use in 807 (600 years increments from 1407 and 2007).

>

> One entry in the ChinesePod forum (by daodeyao,

> China) offers interesting information, i.e. that

> the golden pig may have arose in connection with

> some imperial monetary changes. He/She also

> mentions Han and other pre-Tang references to

> DingHai ZhuNian (years) and the transformation

> from Huo (fire) to Jin (metal/gold). I would like

> to see the historical basis here. One possibility

> is that there was a pig-year association

> independent of a full 12-animal system. Another

> possibility, the older historical citations are

> back-dated mythology, which we know in the

> medical corpus is more common than many would like to believe.

>

> Anyway, the golden pig as a boon to business,

> while maybe evident in Tang times, is certainly alive and well today.

>

>

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