Elemental Dragons!
Underpinning the 12 Year Animal of the Chinese Zodiac Cycles is a 10-Year Cycle of 5 Elements Elemental repeating sequentially in the first Big Small Yin Yang and then Mode. Year Elements (Yang Water Dragon Year 2012-13) modify Year Energies and Dragon individuals ' natures as shown below.
Dragon Personality
Ambitious, enterprising and independent-natured, Dragons, enjoying challenges, are willing to take risks to achieve their goals. Full of enthusiasm and passion, Dragons are also usually colourful, charismatic figures who are attractive to others.
Dragons ' self-sufficiency, however, can sometimes be interpreted as arrogance and conceit. Determination to ' do their own thing ' plus a certain degree of impatience, can make Dragons appeartactless, abrupt or even meddlesome to others.
This 12-Year Cycle's Year Animals and Year Elements:
Yang Earth Rat 2008; Yin Earth Ox 2009; Yang Metal Tiger 2010; Yin Metal Rabbit 2011; 2012 's Yang Water Dragon is followed by 2013 's Yin Water Snake.
Infants Born During Dragon Year 2012-13 Will Be the Water-Babies, so it's ' Ni Hao ' Lung Shui Hak/Hello Black Water Dragon (1952-53 and their counterparts are Yin Water Dragons)! Earlier generations were influenced by Dragon different Year Elements whose characteristics follow:
The Five Elements ' Attributes
Wood: green growth and expansion, nurture, ' spirit ' versatility;
Fire: red, heat, light, warmth, explosiveness, destruction;
Earth: yellow, supportive, interactive, balancing, wise, "suffocating;
Metalwhite, strong, communicative, brilliant, intense. dangerous, destructive (2010-11 Year Element);
Water blue/black, internal, emotional, sensitive, understanding, intrusive (2012-13 Year Element).
Earlier Generations-Elemental Dragon Categories:
Water Dragons 1952 and 2012:
Water calms their natural enthusiasm, making them intuitive, sensitive, patient and practical (elemental colours blue/black).
Metal Dragons 1940 and 2000:
Metal gives these strength and endurance. Metal Dragons make good leaders (elemental colours white/gold);
Earth Dragons 1928 and 1988:
Earth ensures these are firmly grounded. Earth Dragons are usually sensible and self-controlled (elemental colour yellow/beige);
Fire Dragons 1916 and 1976:
Fired-up these canbe Impatient, unpredictable and outgoing with a quick temper (elemental colours red and orange);
Wood Dragons 1904 and 1964 (and 2024): Wood makes these Dragons creative, versatile and gregarious (elemental colours green/brown);
' Lung ' Lessons Straight From the Heart
What does all this mean for Dragons? Well, becoming 12, 24, 36, 48 or 60 etc., in 2012-13, the Chinese believe one should spend time quietly meditating over the last 12 years and planning for the next 12-the exact opposite of the Western notion of wild birthdate celebrations-instead a quiet year spent focusing on self-review is indicated. Avoid/put off digging trenches, building foundations or laying drains i.e. major undertakings such as moving house (which would distract from this). I'm an Ox and did thisin Ox Year 2009, finding it a most useful experience.
Combining the 12 Animal and 5 Elemental Cycles gives 60 as a key figure. Yin Water Dragons (1952) reaching this eminent age in 2012-13 may find this exercise particularly rewarding. Our Year Animal/birth-combination Element repeats after 60 years (hence the importance!). Add in the Yin/Yang dimensions of these calculations and 120 appears as a figure to contemplate. This give us the 120 personality-types of Chinese Astrology, compared to the basic 12 of the West, "as if the much older Chinese system prompted a later, less detailed imitation.
The Chinese believe living in harmony with nature and the universe enables healthy life-spans of a similar duration (pursuing Longevity has been an abiding interest for Chinesemillennia). The 12 Animals and 5 Elements, Yin/Yang plus their new issues, represent these natural and universal forces. Hopefully this article will help some individuals understand and attune to such energies more effectively.
Dragon Years 2000-01 and 1988-89 Revisited
2012-13 is a Yang Water Dragon Year. Previous-Year/Dragon ' Lung Nien Yin ' was Metal Dragon Year 2000, the Year of the Millennium. Some of you may remember the celebrations, awards, excitement and ' buzz ' accompanying our Vibrant Visitor back then. Yang Metal Dragon Year 1988, however, contained the mid-air explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 Lockerbie Bombing, the ' repercussions ' of which are still evolving.
The Dragon symbolises virility and vivacity and more than 25% of the World's population live under itsbanners in China
Year Animal Analysis!
Myth or Man (or Woman)? Associated with the Chinese Emperor himself, the Dragon has always symbolised strength and dominance. A symbol of good fortune, Sheng Qi ' beneficial ', Wealth, Power and Authority, the noble Eastern Dragon is regarded as auspicious-having strong links to heavenly activities in Asian Philosophy. The Western Monstrous variety springs from ancient superstition, hence its Gothic wings, smoke and flames.
My greatly esteemed teacher, Grandmaster Yap Leong (' Leong ' is Cantonese for ' Lung '/Dragon) says China, the Great Dragon, is always active and full of surprises in Dragon Years. So watch out for these, they are usually pleasant ones! The maxim runs: ' The Dragon (China) changes shape quickly, taking those unpreparedby surprise! ' Anyway, the Chinese will be here in the U.K. for the Olympics.
Thus, Dragon Years are usually volatile visitors! Personally, it may seem like your good and bad traits are magnified. Issues may swing to and fro and so caution is required to avoid being carried away by events ' However, the Dragon, associated with ' Spirit ', is an auspicious Year for those Martial Artists and others ' attuned ' to its energies. ISBN and flexibility may prove useful qualities over the period.
Water Wealth
Yang Water as the Year Element symbolises Wealth (consider Current Accounts, cash-flow, ' flotation ', liquidity) and also Communication (word-flow, stream of consciousness, "rivers of words).Big ' Water representatives include: Oceans, Seas; the Yangtze River (aka the ' ChangJiang ' or ' Long River ', the world's biggest) and multi-national Communications Organisations could be classified under ' Big Water ', so be prepared for developments in related fields.
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