Gung Hay Fat Choy!
Welcome to the Year of the Rooster, or, to be more precise, the Wood Rooster. So far, this new year is off to a slightly rocky start. Mei moved back to Taiwan, and I had an infuriating day at work yesterday (Max crashed a lot, network problems, the works). However, my chin is up. The Year of the Rooster only just begun, and there is much time for things to get better.
A bit of searching for “Chinese New Year” and “Year of the Rooster” on Google turned up a few neat results.
According to Shelly Wu of ChineseAstrology.com, the Year of the Rooster brings this:
Economy stabilizes and many items come down in price after spiking last year in 2004. Plentiful Spring rainfall will keep food prices stable and help with crop volume, improving nutrition around the world. However, uneven distribution of rainfall could favor certain regions while leaving others high and dry. Winter may also be more severe during 2005 with record snows and record lows. The mischievousness Monkey energies won’t be pulling any more schemes during this Rooster year, as law and order will prevail. The motto for 2005 may very well be “Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time…” (Robert Blake “Baretta” a 1933 born Rooster) Military, pomp and circumstance, “appearance” and strategic planning energies rule the year. 2005 will see the armed forces raised to a higher profile, with increased recognition, respect and benefits for both veterans and active duty troops. War criminals and tyrants are brought to justice.
During Rooster years, we will also see the improvising of difficult situations. Rooster years straighten-up and put life back into order, including re-building, reconstructing and beginning from scratch. We must all take special care of our nervous systems and emotional well being as Rooster years tend to bring out extremes in emotions (both fiery and frigid) and everything in-between. Do not allow disputes to linger — find a harmonious compromise. Effort, hard work and “application” are rewarded; on the other hand, sloth can easily result in unemployment. Seek emotional solace by surrounding yourself with nature and the natural beauty of the Earth. A year when it is especially important to exercise tolerance, channel inner energies into creativity and release our souls of any resentments or bitterness. In appearance-conscious Rooster years we all will seek to be admired, but must remember that “Pretty is, as pretty does.”
Susanna Duffy of All Info About writes:
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.
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!
And, finally, Master Rao of Astrology.com’s Chinese Astrology section adds:
So, what can we expect from the upcoming year? Rooster-like traits will spill into everyone’s life. We’ll all likely find ourselves taking an extra peek in the mirror as we head out the door. More importantly, we can also expect great headway made in fields such as medicine and science.
OK, so that last isn’t nearly as deep or informative as the first two, but it’s always fun to read up on horoscopes for your Chinese zodiac sign. I was born in the Year of the Rabbit, and this is what Master Rao had to say about the new year for me:
Rabbits will congratulate themselves on feeling perfectly in their element. The New Year will bring them a pleasurable sensation of physical and mental well-being. Sufficiently wise not to make a drama out of every grain of sand, they will close their eyes on the faults of their close ones and will thus preserve their interior peace. The astral environment of this year will incite Rabbits to devote more hours to reading. They will therefore gain more wisdom, for ‘the reading of all good books is like a conversation with the best people of past centuries,’ as Descartes wrote. Meditation will also please them.
What Your Element Has To Add – Wood Rabbit [Note: I was born in the year of the Wood Rabbit]:
Subjected to the opposing influences of the stars, you’ll be torn between contradictory tendencies. But you can very well get out of this situation, notably on the professional plane, if you set out precise objectives and follow them. Heartwise, bank on having a lot of dialog with your mate.
Doesn’t sound too bad. I don’t normally adhere to any form of astrology, but Chinese Horoscopes have an eerie tendency to be quite accurate. It must have something to do with a culture and history that’s thousands of years old.
I don’t know what to think of Master Rao, though. He’s probably not the wise-looking Confucius-esque old man that I’m envisioning in my head. At least the words credited to him sound good.
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