庚寅年 (Geng-yin Year) : 2010, Year of White Tiger

Dear Friends,

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December 22 is just around the corner. It is 冬至 (“Dong-zhi”, Winter Solstice), one of the most important Chinese Festival. Please refer to posting 冬至 (“Dong Zhi”) – Longest Night in Northern Hemisphere for details on 冬至.

Another 7 weeks’ time, it will be 春节, “Chun Jie”, Chinese New Year) again, on Feb 14.

Tiger will take over from Cow for the coming New Year. (I have explained why I prefer “Cow” than “Ox”). (please read postings 己丑年 (Ji Chou Year) : 2009, Year of Ox , The 5 Cows in the Years of Ox, me which one ? and Health Pointers in Ji-Chou Year (2009) for description of cosmic forces of 2009).

For matters relating to the cosmic forces of 庚寅年 (Geng-yin Year), it will start from Jan 20,2010 and ends on around Jan 20, 2011.

• 庚寅年 (Geng-yin Year) is governed by the main cosmic force of Strong Dryness, supplemented by Strong Heat (H1) and Wind(H2) as two additional sub-forces.

The element Dryness represents the group which includes Metal, Autumn Qi, West direction, colour white etc.

In human body, Metal corresponds to the Lung Qi (which controls dispersion, skin, Large intestine, connectivity with external elements etc).

Metal has another distinct characteristics : it gets cold and dry when exposed to cold, and gets heaty and dry when exposed to heat.

Therefore 庚寅年 (Geng-yin Year) will be

• rather dry and warmer in the first half and,
• rather dry and colder in the second half ,

compared to the average year.

Similar to explanation in 己丑年 (2009, please refer to posting The 5 Cows in the Years of Ox, me which one ?), we will similarly find 5 different “Tigers” in a 60-year cycle (一甲子, “Yi Jiazi”), each 12 years apart, each having a different characteristics, pending on its combination with the main cosmic force of that year.

It will be White Tiger next year. Generally White Tiger gets irritated quite easily, rather emotional, though not as explosive as Red Tiger(Fire Tiger).

The characteristics of the 5 different Tigers are, generally :

• Green Tiger : Tendency to change its minds, a bit unpredictable, likely to suffer migrainic headache,
• Red Tiger : Bigger temper, restlessness
• Yellow Tiger : generally poor appetite with weakness in the Kidney system (thus affecting things like bones, vitality etc)
• White Tiger : irritated quite easily, emotional though could keep things to oneself for a while before explosion,
• Black Tiger : probably the calmest Tiger among the five.

Have you seen a white tiger before? This species exists primarily in South Asia and is very rare. There is a Namiki pen with White Tiger urushi, it is just as rare with only 300 in the world. Get one if you are lucky.

To refresh your memory, the 4 major directions in the Chinese universe is represented by the following auspicious animals (you can imagine them from the group of stars that appear in the corresponding part of the sky):

1. East : Green Dragon,
2. South : Red Phoenix,
3. West : White Tiger,
4. South : Black Turtle,

Now, “Strong Metal” attacks the “Wood”.

“Wood” in the human body corresponds to the Liver System (which includes the Gall Bladder, the Eyes, controls both sides of the chest, nail etc).

Therefore, ALL ELSE BEING EQUAL,

1. the Lung system is more susceptible to external attacks (like H1N1). Another two related problems will be skin (dryness) and large intestine (constipation), likely symptoms are dry coughing (with traces of blood in serious cases),
2. the Liver System will be suppressed by the Strong Metal, likely symptoms are distension on both sides of the chest with pain in lower abdomen, which will also result in poor appetite.
3. There will be accumulation of heat in the upper body as a result, likely symptoms are painful red eyes, temporary loss of hearing, unsettleness, pulling pain in the shoulder, back and sometimes the chest. Pain tends to occur suddenly.

In postings The Cosmic Forces in Year 2008 and Red Underwear & Your Birthday in Anno F.X. ? , I briedly described how the Chinese calendar works, i.e. it consists of two cyles interacting with each other:

1. the 10-yr cycle (天干, “tian-gan”) – most people are generally unaware of this cycle,
2. the 12-year cycle (地支, “di-zhi”) – this is the animal sign cycle which most people are familiar with.

The 2 cycles combine and interact with each other to form a bigger complete 60-year cycle (一甲子, “yi jiazi”).

Animal signs are for convenience purposes, they represent the supplemental forces of each year. The 10-year cycle represent the main force of each year.

The Main Force and Supplemental Forces interact with each other to produce 60-different sets of Cosmic Forces.

Therefore we have 5 different type of Cows, Tigers etc. It is just another way of saying the 60-different sets.

WRT to mf’s question regarding “people born in the same animal sign as the current year will face what Chinese called 冲太岁 (Chong Taishui)”, it is immediately clear that these people are resonating with at least the 2 supplememtal forces in the current year therefore putting extra loads on the corresponding body system.

However, even with the same Supplemental Forces (same animal sign), there are 5 possible combination with the 5 Main Forces (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water), which then produces 5 different variations of Cosmic Forces. Depending on which “color” one is, the resonating result will be different.

The most severe form of 冲太岁 (Chong Taishui)” will be when the Main Force and the animal sign is the same. This happens when one is 60-year or 120-year old. (strictly speaking, a person come into the influence of Cosmic Forces right from the beginning as a foetus. Therefore the 60-year effect should start to appear around 59-60 year old).

What about Tiger Woods you may ask. Well Tiger Woods was born in 乙卯年 (Yi Mao Year, 1975). It is Lesser Dryness supplemented with Heat and Dryness. So all else being equal, healthwise, Tiger Woods will be a bit down.

The Main Force for 庚寅年 (Geng-yin Year) is Strong Dryness.

Keep your Lung adequately moist . If you feel dry, somewhat heaty with tendency to cough (if too dry in Northern Hemisphere, pls use humidifier), drink honey tea, almond pudding.

Also avoid caging your Liver Qi (which likes to express and stretching out), ignore those little things that bugs you. Look at the clear blue sky, stretch your arms and take some deep breath each morning.

Be Happy. For women, buy yourself a three carat diamond and wear it everyday. That should work.

Have a Happy and Wonderful 庚寅年 !

* As to values on diamonds, pls visit my posting How much is a Peanut? How much is a Diamond?

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