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- From: pel@maximo.enet.dec.com (Phillip E lujan)
- Subject: Re: Happy Chinese New Year!!!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.190203.21227@e2big.mko.dec.com>
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- References: <1jrkbe$dmd@agate.berkeley.edu> <C1D7LC.5pK@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1993Jan25.203903.7937@bmerh85.bnr.ca> <JBrandt-250193223310@aaa.uoregon.edu>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 19:02:03 GMT
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- In article <JBrandt-250193223310@aaa.uoregon.edu>, JBrandt@AAA.UOregon.EDU (Jason) writes:
- [Rooster crows deleted...]
- |>"Say, Pegasus reminds me that there is also an elemental cycle to these
- |>years. So you might have the year of the wind-hare, or year of the
- |>fire-horse. In Japan, women unlucky enough to be born in the year of the
- |>fire-horse were thought to be extremely unlucky and cursed. Until recently
- |>girl-children born in that year were often killed, or if they lived, would
- |>have difficulty getting work or husbands, and were even suspected of being
- |>likely to murder their husbands."
- |>
- |>"Anyone know how the elemental cycle is calculated into the Chinese years?"
-
- "Yes, actually I do... but I still wish I had my book handy. There are 5
- elements in the Chinese system: Metal, Wood, Fire, Earth, and Water. Those
- aren't in order, and there's a complex interrelationship of nurture and
- destroy they exist in. Anyway, the elements cycle through in order, like the
- animals, and you end up with a 60 year cycle... i.e., the Year of the Fire
- Horse occurs once every sixty years.
-
- "In addition, the years are biased by being described as either positive (Yang)
- or negative (Yin) in aspect... That's not to say that a negative year will
- be a bad one, just that the more feminine or Yin principles will be foremost.
- This means that the cycle is 120 years long, not 60...
-
- "And if you really want to get deeper into it, the hour, month, and country
- of birth (plus one other factor I always forget) can modify all of the above
- factors. Oh, and each animal sign has a fixed element... THAT'S IT! That's
- the one I always forget...
-
- "Anyway, I realize this is a very long-winded answer to a simple question, but
- I happen to know something about it, and like to show off occaisionally."
-
- |>"BTW - Pegasus was born in the year of the Hare. Roosters and Hare's aren't
- |>supposed to get along with each other. And according to the European zodiac
- |>or modern biorhythms, we should be at each other's throats. But we've been
- |>together more than 13 years, counting the four we were dating before we
- |>married. Go figure."
-
- "Well, as I stated before, there are lots of modifying factors... As for
- Western astrology, have you two ever had your charts cast? Your planets might
- be in sync, which would change your personal horoscopes tremendously..."
-
- (Sean was once considering astrologer as a possible second profession.)
-
- Starknight
- spr@abo.dec.com
- Disclaimer: Huh? What'd I say?
-
-