Happy Lunar New Year everyone! Many people refer today as Chinese New Year, but in a world where everything needs to be politically correct, let’s all try to stick with “Lunar New Year” since not all of us are Chinese… =)
Today is officially the first day in the year of the Dragon. A little trivia for you: this cycle is the Water Dragon! There are 5 different elements: metal, water, wood, fire, and earth. These elements cycle every time that specific animal shows up again. For instance, in the year 2000, it was the it was the Metal Dragon, also known as the Golden Dragon because gold is of course a metal.
There is so much more behind Chinese Zodiacs than just the 12 animals and the 5 elements. Many people do not know that there are also the Yin and Yangs which on a very basic explanation can be viewed as Yin being odd years and Yang being even years. You can go even further than that and also assign the animals to the months, just like how the modern Astrology Zodiac are set up. And, you guessed it, the animals are again assigned even to the hours in which you were born! Therefore, you can be 3 animals: born in the Year of the Dragon, Month of the Horse, and Hour of the Rabbit!
I am the Yang Earth Dragon, Ox, and Tiger! Is anyone a complete Dragon?
