Far Left CNY - The Year of The Rooster
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Year of the Rooster
The Rooster is traditionally considered to be a favourable sign. His crow signals the break of dawn and the beginning of a fresh start, driving away the ghosts and evil spirits of the night. He is the only creature of the Chinese zodiac with wings and, as such, is regarded as the messenger that connects the two worlds of heaven and earth.
He has five virtues: knowledge, military expertise, courage, benevolence and credibility. His crest, `kwanÂ’Â’, means coronet, and represents the pen, the symbol of knowledge, while his claw symbolises the sword of military skills. When confronted by an enemy, the courageous Rooster fights till the end without retreat. When he finds food he shares it to show his benevolence and he demonstrates his credibility by never failing to crow on time.
2005 is the year of the Green Wooden Rooster. Green is the colour of hope, of Spring, and of Youth, so this year will be exceptionally good for the application of scientific achievements to production and new creative work. Wood symbolises family values and astrologers say the family will constitute an integral part of everyone"s life this year. Practicality, business attitude and diligence will be valued highly and those who pay attention to even the slightest details will achieve remarkable heights.
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The Rooster is a very fertile bird, so tradition tells us that this will be the best time to find your true love and form a family of your own. Roosters are also communal creatures so 2005 promises to be a lucky one for joint ventures. Astrology suggests we should sign as many business contracts as possible and form new partnerships in the upcoming year. However, no matter the business, family interests should always come first!
The Rooster Person. Those born in rooster years are described as having a strong desire to be constantly at the centre of attention. Cheery, sharp and humorous, the magnificent Rooster will never pass up an opportunity to recount his adventures and specify his accomplishments. He is a flamboyant personality, feisty and obstinate, the proud extrovert who loves to strut his stuff. Outwardly confident, the Rooster is also a trustworthy, hardworking individual who speaks frankly with no qualms or reservations.
Roosters are very loyal. They detest dishonesty or mockery of any sort for they are direct and honest people who expect those around them to be the same. Roosters are happiest when they are surrounded by others, at a small party or a large social gathering, in some way enjoying the spotlight. A Rooster will either like you, or he won't - there's no middle road. Although they are vocal with opinions and ideas, Roosters are pretty tight-lipped about their personal emotions and feelings and rarely wear their hearts on their sleeves. They are intensely private people.
East meets West
The upfront Aries Rooster is blunt, yet witty, unafraid of criticism and fond of sharing his points of view. Honest and trustworthy, this Rooster expects the same of others.
The hard-working Taurus Rooster is motivated, industrious and reliable and finishes what he starts, but must learn to relax more.
The sharp-minded Gemini Rooster is an efficient organiser who loves a good, solid debate, often on political or environmental issues.
The loving Cancer Rooster is a kindly and sweet individual who enjoys the company of friends, family and animal companions. But beware if he shows his claws !
The flamboyant Leo Rooster is full of energy and charisma but also deeply sincere and compassionate.
The logical Virgo Rooster, although extremely efficient at completing tasks too difficult for others, may sometimes be too detail-oriented.
The organised Libra Rooster is sophisticated and urbane, admired for his good taste and attractive appearance.
The determined Scorpio Rooster is a motivated goal-setter who hides his deep emotions.
The open-hearted Sagittiraius Rooster is a likeable free spirit, honest and down to earth with a tendency to sometimes put his foot in his mouth.
The practical Capricorn Rooster wants to succeed, and his intellect and drive make him want to be in charge.
The non-conformist Aquarius Rooster is creative and clever but needs motivation.
The sensitive Pisces Rooster is just as stubborn, yet not as blunt as other Roosters. He considers the feelings of others and avoids confrontation or discord.
Whatever Rooster you may be, whatever animal of the Chinese zodiac you are, this year of 2005 will bring creativity, diligence and family strengths to the fore. The official day of the New Year is 9 February, the Tiger month, make sure you wear something green and don't, whatever you do, eat fowl on that day.
Sun nien fai lok ! Gung hay fat choy !
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The year of the Green Rooster: tips for a successful celebration
According to the Eastern Zodiac the upcoming year of 2005 will be the year of the Rooster; the year of Green Wooden Rooster to be exact.
Everyone is probably aware of the fact that green is the color of hope and spring. So in order to attract the love of your life and loads of money in the year to come, one must wear something green, advises astrologer Valery Ledovsky.
Green is also the color of youth. In China, this color is regarded as the color of the young generation. The following year will be exceptionally good for the application of scientific achievements to production. The year 2005 will also be a great period for creative works; great time for the emergence of new talents.
As far as its substance [i.e. wood] is concerned, it symbolizes family. Family values will be essential; they will constitute an integral part of everyone"s life in the year to come, notes the astrologer. Practicality, business attitude and diligence will be valued the most next year. Those who pay attention to even the slightest details will achieve remarkable heights in the upcoming year.
Rooster is a very fertile bird. Therefore, the upcoming year 2005 prophesizes to be just as such. You can expect a pleasant addition to your household. In case you are still single, this will be the best time to find the love of your life and form a family of your own, writes Valery Ledovsky. There will be an abundance of romantic dates in the upcoming year of the Rooster.
Roosters are also very peaceful birds. They guard their owners. In fact, it is a common misconception that roosters are cocky. They are only cocky for a reason.
Those born in the year of the rooster tend to be very reliable; they make their relatives and/or loved ones feel at ease when they are with them. Despite their powerful sex drive, Roosters are good family men.
Roosters are also communal birds. That is why 2005 promises to be a lucky one for joint ventures, notes the astrologer. He suggests signing as many business contracts as possible and form new partnerships in the upcoming year. Your circle of friends will definitely expand next year. However, no matter the business, family interests should always come first!
What should one wear/cook for the New Year?
Roosters are not extremely picky when it comes to food. Simple grain will do. The astrologer suggests cooking beans and oats among other dishes as well as sprinkling the table with some seeds.
Try to refrain from consuming meat on this occasion. It is absolutely forbidden to eat chicken or turkey for New Year"s. Otherwise, you will insult the Rooster. Overall, the food should be relatively light.
As for the outfit, it should definitely be green! One can also dress in rainbow colors, to imitate Rooster"s colorful tale. Fabric must be 100% natural. Feel free to play with your hairstyle.
It is recommended to celebrate New Year's with family, relatives and close friends. You will offend the Rooster if you chose to abandon the family comfort and celebrate the holiday at some night club. It would also be better to celebrate the holiday in your home country. Also, do not forget to raise several toasts for family, parents and children. And the last advice: you should say "cock-a-doodle-doo" several times for luck.
source http://english.pravda.ru/main/18/90/363/14776_Rooster.html -
The Year of The Rooster by Master Raymond Lo
The Chinese calendar, commonly known as the Farmers calendar, or the Hsia calendar, is a fascinating system, which not only records the passage of time, but is also a tool for fortune-telling. The famous traditional fortune-telling system - the Four Pillars of Destiny - is exactly referring to reading a person's destiny from his birth data as presented in the Hsia calendar format. The unique feature of such calendar is that all information about time - year, month, day and hour are presented in terms of the five basic elements - metal, water, wood, fire, and earth, which are believed to be the basic components of everything in the Universe.
The Year of the Rooster, 2005, in the Hsia calendar, is symbolized by two elements - with wood sitting on top of metal. According to the cycle of birth and destruction, which governs the inter-relationship between elements, metal will destroy wood. Therefore, wood sitting on its destroyer - metal, is a symbol of disharmony and this may lead to international conflicts. The elemental relationship is same as last year of Monkey which is also wood standing on earth. But the difference is that in the year of the Monkey, it is yang wood which is always compared to a tall tree, with the characteristic of being proud, tough, stubborn and sticking to principles, inflexible and uncompromising. So last year the metal wood conflict is very serious resulting in fierce fighting in the war against terrorism, especially in middle East, including Iraq and Saudi Arabia. However, in the year of the Rooster, the yin wood is symbol of flower which is flexible and easy to adjust to the environment. As such, it is anticipated that the struggle will not be as serious as in 2004. It seems chance of compromise and making peaceful settlements over international issues will be easier to achieve in the year of the Rooster. . In accordance with feng shui flying stars, the bad star 5 Yellow will be present in the northwest in 2005. Therefore, areas to the northwest of a country or a continent will have more chance to encounter conflict or natural disasters.
The Chinese calendar year goes on 60-year cycle. This means that we had experienced the same year of yin wood on metal Monkey in 1945 when the Nazi and Japanese suffered their final defeat and the second world was ending. The allies were liberating Europe from the Nazis . In 2005, sixty years after, with the same pair of elements yin wood on metal appearing again, let us hope this is a year of victory in the war against global terrorism and we can expect there will be major gain in the global war against Al Queda . However, as wood and metal are conflicting elements, we still cannot expect the year of Rooster will be a peaceful one. Like in 1945, the victory can only be achieved with fierce fightings and heavy casualties . -
Master Raymond Lo
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The Yin wood - in the system of Four Pillars of Destiny, is a symbol of flower and grass which will bend as the wind blows. So it is signal of flexibility, and adjusting oneself according to circumstances. As such, the yin wood year will bring more hope for compromise and resolution of long term conflicts. .
In the Four Pillars of Destiny system, the Rooster represents small metal object like a knife or a dagger. And Yin wood is often associate with the neck, the back of a person. With yin wood sitting on rooster, it presents a picture of stabbing a person's back with a dagger. Therefore, it will not be surprising that assissinations could also occur in the year 2005. The Rooster is the animal which will clash against the rabbit, which is also yin wood. So this year besides events of famous people get stabbed by knife, it may also bring accidents involving breaking of neck or back. It is recommended one should pay more attention to proper sitting position as health problem related to back and neck will certainly be more serious in the year of the Rooster. As rooster represents small knife cutting into body, for people who are born in the year of rabbit, or on a day of rabbit, it is often a good timing for undergoing certain surgery operation or for extracting tooth. The more critical time for such event to occur will be March and September..
The elements appearing in each year in the Chinese calendar is a signal revealing areas that we should pay attention during the year. With the appearance of wood being destroyed by metal in 2005, it is a warning that there could be problem in wood area and this is associated with plants and the environment. There could be natural disasters leading to serious damage of forest and the environment. We can project that troubles may also emerge in area of agriculture, forestry area.
The Rooster is the birth place of Yin Fire which is symbol of explosion. As such, the year of Rooster is particularly vulnarable to fire disasters and explosions.
The Rooster is a "Flower of Romance" in the system of Four Pillars of Destiny. So a Rooster year will bring more activities related to entertainment and glamourous events. In the negative sense it will also bring controversay of sex scandals among celebraties or in political circle. The Rooster is yin metal which is symbol of decorative jewellery metal. This metal will often induce more acitivities in the area of cosmetics, skin care, and other glamourous business such as entertainment, advertising, Public relations... etc. -
Master Raymond Loh
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The five basic elements also represent different parts of our body, yin wood is the liver, the neck and the back bone, and metal is the breathing organ, teeth, and skin. As wood is very weak this year, it means it will easily trigger diseases related to the liver, the neck and the back area. . Also wood represents principle and inflexibility in adjusting to pressure. As such, people born in days of yang wood are more easy to collapse and suffer nervous breakdown. It will not be surprising that more celebrities or famous people suffer from nervous breakdown in the year of the Monkey. This may even lead to tragedy such as committing suicide. The metal attacking wood is also a cause of motion sickness - such as Alzheimers and Parkinson sickness which may be more serious this year. Also the metal is very strong this year, it could symbolize sickness related to breathing organ and skin. In recent research, metal is also associate with motion sickness such as Parkinson disease and Alzheimer. The former US President Regan died of Alzheimer in 2004 the year of Monkey also confirmed the link between metal and motion illness. As such, it is anticipated that this sickness will be more in focus this year.
Regarding the economy, the year 2004 showed the yang wood on the Heavenly stem was able to bring fire element, which is the driving force behind the old economy. Hence there had been strong signs of economic recovery in the USA and other industrial countries with anticipation of inflation coming back in 2004. In 2005, the yin wood is not as powerful as the yang wood to bring about strong fire to support the economy. Hence we still expect moderate improvement in the economy in the spring and summer months between February and June but the upward trend will not be as drastic as 2004. But we can still see strong growing economy activities and stock market especially in the strong fire months of June and July. .
With respect to the hi-tech economy, as represented by the NASDAQ. I have postulated that this industry is mainly represented by metal element. In 2005, the wood element symbolises money to the metal industry. This is positive. But the strong metal underneath will bring more competitors into the industry to erode the money profit. However, the optimistic view is that the early springs months in the year of the Rooster contains strong water and wood which is the productivity and money of metal industry. Therefore I can expect there could be a boom in this sector in the first quarter of 2005. However, as metal gets strong from August to Oct. It will bring in strong competition in the high tech market and these months may not be favourable for high tech business.
Property industry is classified as Earth element, as earth produces metal, the strong presence of metal this year will bring strong activities in the property market. This will be more obvious in autumn and winter. The other industries represented by Earth elements are insurance, mining, chemical, computer software... etc. These industries will be active and productive in 2005. Another industry more favourable in 2005 will be business related to fire element which are energy, electricity, entertainment, restaurant, and electronic goods.... It seems there will be more activities in fire industries as fire conquers metal, so a strong metal year means money profit for the fire industries. This favours oil prices which will continue to be high since 2004..
The most unfavourable industry will be business related to wood element. This is industries including textile, fashion, clothing, paper, magazines, furniture, plants, flowers and other consumer products related to wood.
In summary, the industries that will perform well in the year of the Rooster will be industry related to earth and fire elements - Earth industries including property, insurance, mining, and chemicals. Fire industries are energy, electricity and entertainment. On the other hand, industries related to wood element - such as textile, fashion, magazines, books, plants, etc. are into an unfavourable year. The remaining two elements, water - transport, travel, shipping, communication, bars, drinks, spa... may see improvement this year as wood is productivity of water. And metal industry, such as heavy industry, engineering, high- tech, cars, will be neutral to weak as their money element wood shows up, but being conquered by overwhelming metal underneath the wood.
In general, the yin wood Rooster is symbol of more moderate changes and flexibiltiy . The metal cutting the root of the flower still represents hidden danger and disturbance to the foundation. But the flower is by nature moderate and easy to submit. So it will be a year of resolving conflicts and disharmony in international relationship by compromise. And this may lead to longer term peace as from 2006.
The animal sign, which are not so favorable, is the Rabbit, which is into a year of clash against the Rooster. Such clash usually bring about movements. So people born in the year of the Rabbit will anticipate more changes and moves this year, such as travelling, moving house, changing job... etc. It is necessary to carry a pendant of Dragon as protection to attract the Rooster away. For the Rabbit people, the clash against the rooster could also mean surgery, accidents involving breaking of neck or back. It is also recommended to avoid dangerous exercise and pay attention to sitting posture or position. It is not good to travel so much directly to the west especially in the month of September and March , as west is the position of the Grand Duke of the Rooster year.
The other animal sign under negative influences is the Rooster , which is offending the year and is in self penalty with the year. Penalty is related to hidden danger, hidden sickness and self penalty may relate to disharmony with colleagues, bad competition, or trouble bought about by oneself due to carelessness. So people born in year or day of Rabbit or Rooster should also be careful of their health this year. If clash occurs at the day pillar, it may also affect harmony in the family, it is recommended to minimise chance of such disharmony but taking more trips, or taking the chance to move house if necessary. -
Master Raymond Lo
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The better animals signs in the year of the Rooster are the Dragon, and the Snake and Ox, as they are in combine relationship with the Rooster, so will be into a more harmonious year. There is some good news for people born in the year of the Monkey, Rat and Dragon , they will be into a year favorable for romance. However, such animal astrology is not totally reliable as the system is not recognized as formal kind of fortune-telling. It requires more information than just the birth year to determine a person's luck.
Feng Shui energies also changes from year to year. Therefore, it is necessary to watch out for the reallocation of good and bad energies at the beginning of each year, so that we can take necessary precautions if some bad energy happens to arrive at important locations of our residence or office. In the year of the Rooster, the bad energy called "Five Yellow" - symbolizing obstacles and misfortune, arrives at the northwest . If your northwest of the house is very active area such as entrance or passage ways, it is recommended to hang a metal windchime there to dissolve this bad energy. The worst months will be in February, August and November. Another bad star number 2, symbolizing sickness, will arrive at the East in 2005. The traditional method to dissolve is to hang a string of 6 metal coins in the affected area in the East of the house. The Grand Duke this year is in the West, hence it is not favorable to "Move earth" or making substantial construction work in the direction. It is also not suitable to sit with back against exact East as you will be sitting against the unfavorable energy called "Three shars" or "Three Killings". The bad star 3 is a star of conflict and robbery. This is present in the South east. It is also good to put a piece of red paper in the east of the house to minimise its bad influences.
source: http://www.raymond-lo.com/ver2/aboutmasterlo/articles.asp?id=8 -
wow...a reconcilation of western horrorscope with chinese almanacs
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so we will be seeing alot of green wearers tis cny
so much to read...
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thought I'll put all the information together to ensure everybody isOriginally posted by poon cho tang:wow...a reconcilation of western horrorscope with chinese almanacs
properly informed and guided for the New Year
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hari raya?Originally posted by BabyLover:so we will be seeing alot of green wearers tis cny
so much to read...
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Don't eat chicken CNY eve and CNY dayOriginally posted by BabyLover:so we will be seeing alot of green wearers tis cny
so much to read...
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oh man...i eat female dun eat male can or notOriginally posted by LeftBallBigger:Don't eat chicken CNY eve and CNY day 
shall fwd tis 4 him to read hehee... -
i cannot live without chickenOriginally posted by BabyLover:oh man...i eat female dun eat male can or not
shall fwd tis 4 him to read hehee... -
u still cant get over it ahOriginally posted by poon cho tang:hari raya? -
di tanjong katong..Originally posted by BabyLover:u still cant get over it ah -
cannot... u eat female the male get angry...Originally posted by BabyLover:oh man...i eat female dun eat male can or not
shall fwd tis 4 him to read hehee...
ya..good idea let him read
btw..every year Master Raymond Lo very good prediction -
so u hv alot of ckns at hmOriginally posted by poon cho tang:i cannot live without chicken -
really ah...Originally posted by LeftBallBigger:cannot... u eat female the male get angry...
ya..good idea let him read
btw..last year Master Raymond Lo very good prediction
ok lor try to resist..
like vampire resist sucking blood
wah so every yr u remb to update for us -
ohhhh the ckns gonna miss me this CNYOriginally posted by BabyLover:so u hv alot of ckns at hm -
all sorts of shapes n sizesOriginally posted by BabyLover:so u hv alot of ckns at hm
young n old, male n female -
you scratch my backOriginally posted by BabyLover:wah so every yr u remb to update for us
i'll scratch yours -
wahaha.. gd selection for lbbOriginally posted by poon cho tang:all sorts of shapes n sizes
young n old, male n female -
special discounts for early birdsOriginally posted by BabyLover:wahaha.. gd selection for lbb -
keep the young females...only the young femalesOriginally posted by BabyLover:wahaha.. gd selection for lbb -
keep the old ones for soup thenOriginally posted by LeftBallBigger:keep the young females...only the young females