29 Jan. 2006 - 17 Feb.
2007
Chinese New Year of
Puppy
Chinese
New Year is the most
important festival in China,
which consists of a series
of lengthy period of celebrations.
It starts on
the first day of the first month,
i.e. the day of the second new moon
after the day on which the winter solstice occurs, and
ends with the Lantern Festival on the
first full moon night of the year.
However, the
starting day of the Fire Dog Year is
actually February 4th, 2006, for it
is the first day of the first lunar
month, which is called "Start of
Spring", as by then the sun
enters the 315th degree on the
tropical zodiac. In the China time
zone, this year the sun will enter
such a position at 4 Feb, 07:27am.
The Fire Dog
Year 2006 is also year 4703 in
Chinese calender. The Yellow King,
who is considered to be the common
ancestor of all ethnic Han
Chinese, ascended the throne in 2697
B.C. and formally established the
Chinese nation. Since the Chinese
calendar uses the cycle of 60
Stem-Branch counting systems and the
Fire Dog is the 23rd in the circle,
(60x78) + 23 = 4703, therefore this
year is the 4703rd Chinese Year.
Chinese New
Year is the time when the largest
migration takes place as Chinese all
over the world return home to have
reunion dinner with their family on
the eve, waiting to greet the new
year and grow one year older together
at the midnight. It is called shousui.
Chinese used
to view the Nian as a predator who
could infiltrate houses silently, but
it can be scared away with
spectacular fireworks and firecrackers.
Gone is the
dangerous year of cock, 2005
Let's farewell
the cock and welcome the puppy ...
And see to
where the puppy will lead us in 2006
Year of Dog
2006 is after Monkey 2004 and Rooster
2005 in the circle formed by the
twelve zodiac symbols, namely rat (yang
water), ox (yin earth),
tiger (yang wood), rabbit (yin
wood), dragon (yang earth),
smake (yin fire), horse (yang
fire), goat (yin earth),
monkey (yang metal), rooster
(yin metal), dog (yang earth)
and pig (yin water).
Dog is
chiefly an Earth agent, but also
contains traits of Fire and Metal. In
fact, it is the storehouse of Fire
and the ending mark to the sequence
of Metal. In this regard, generally
speaking, 2006 will be a favourable
year to people who need a bit of dry
and hot element to balance their cold
and wet birth chart.
Since 2007
will be a year of Pig, which is a
Water sign, 2006 serves as the
turning point: from the Metal cycle
to the Water cycle. It is believed
that if you have any unfinished
businesses in 2005, it's wise to
bring them to a conclusion within
year 2006.
