IT IS THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON!
January 23, 2012 to February 9, 2013
What's your sign?
If you don't know what your
Chinese zodiac animal is,
check your birthdate with the chart below.*
Then read AsianConnections.com's
14th annual Chinese Lunar New Year
Predictions for the Year of the Dragon
by best-selling author and Feng Shui consultant, and AsianConnections.com columnist Feng Shui Lady® Angi Ma Wong.
AsianConnections.com thanks former Ambassador March Fong Eu for her Dragon art.
YearAssociatedHave you ever misplaced your keys and wondered if you were losing your mind? According to the Mayo Clinic, just when youre old enough to be considered wise about the ways of the world, some days its awfully hard to find your glasses.
Have you ever misplaced your keys and wondered if you were losing your mind?
According to the Mayo Clinic, just when youre old enough to be considered wise about the ways of the world, some days its awfully hard to find your glasses.
As you age, some brain cells may deteriorate or function less efficiently, potentially affecting your speed of mental processing and ability to retrieve information rapidly. Yet many factors besides aging affect mental ability. Depression, stress, sleep disorders, poor health and certain medications are among the most common.
The November issue of Mayo Clinic Womens HealthSource covers healthy choices to help keep your mind and body in top form:
Exercise your mind. An active brain produces new connections between nerve cells that allow cells to communicate with one another. To challenge your mind, try taking a class or engaging in a new hobby. Other activities that could help include reading, volunteering and staying connected with friends.
Stay physically active. Exercise increases blood flow to all parts of your body, including your brain and might promote cell growth there. To reap the most benefits, exercise at least 30 minutes a day most days of the week.
Eat fruits and vegetables. Oranges, berries,...
It's the Year of the Fire Boar. What''s in store for you?
The year of the Fire Boar begins on February 18, 2007. The predictions for each lunar year, is calculated by the relationships of the five elements and how they relate to each other during the reign of the zodiac animal of the year.
The Year 4705 of Boar reveals that the two elements in place are fire on top of water. In the relationship of these two elements, it is one of conflict as water will extinguish fire, thus destroying it, portending international disharmony, tension and conflicts. But the Boar is of the water element, which gives birth to the wood element, representing germination that results in new life and beginnings so there is the possibility of new relationships and partnerships, traveling which will stimulate tourism and moving.
The Boar is the symbol of prosperity of industries that are governed by the element of earth such as property, mining, hotel, chemicals, insurance and those of the metal element including machinery, computer, high tech industries, skincare and health-related businesses. Wood-related businesses such as textiles, fashion, books, publications, paper, forestry, and furniture will continue to prosper as they did in 2006, but not as strongly.
The prospects are less optimistic for water and fire-related businesses and industries such as shipping, communication, drinks, stocks, finance, energy, electricity, entertainment, and airlines.
Health challenges encountered this year will...
THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON
begins January 23, 2012 with observances that continue 15 days.
The Dragon is considered by many to be the most auspicous year
in the twelve year cycle of the Chinese zodiac.
Go out and bring in the new year!
Read author and Feng Shui expert Angi Ma Wong's predictions here.
Here are just a sample of the many events celebrating the Year of the Dragon around the country, from the San Francisco Bay Area to Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Monterey Park, CA, New York City, Flushing, Queens, Vancouver, Portland, Oregon, Richmond, British Columbia, Toronto, Washington DC, Milpitas, Fremont, Palo Alto, Campbell, San Jose, Foster City, Redwood City, Saratoga, Cupertino, Newark, CA, San Bruno, and beyond!
(Compiled from news sources around the country. Please confirm all dates, times and locations independently if you plan to attend any of these events.
Dragon photo by Lia Chang.)
SAN FRANCISCO:
Jan 14-15: San Francisco Flower Market Fair and Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony
The Chinese New Year Flower Fair is held on the weekend before Chinese New Year Day. The Flower Fair is the place to come to purchase fresh flowers, fruits, candy and other new supplies for the home to begin the new year. At the main stage on Washington Street below Grant, the Mayor will join honored guests in officially opening the Festival with a ribbon cutting ceremony. (Estimated time for ribbon cutting ceremony 10:45 a.m.)
Jan. 29: Free...
Have you heard this before? “Love or Business, you have to choose.” The message is direct - you have to decide what you value more, something/one you love or your work/business. Actually, there is a more factual statement – Love is Good Business.
February is the month of love. A great deal of thought and energy will be spent on expressions of love, usually for a romantic partner. The truth in the old axiom, Love makes the World Go Round, applies to all aspects of life, not only to romantic love. When you are doing what you love, you are going to be more successful in it, and you will also be happier and at peace. It’s only natural.
“I don’t think I have ever worked in my life, because work to me means that you are really doing something you don’t like.”
John Kluge, multibillionaire founder of Metromedia
How do you harness the immense power of love in your business? You’ve guessed it – love what you do. Wait, you say, I work for money, I don’t love my work. Or, I used to like my job but over the years it’s gotten boring; now I am doing it because I can’t think of what else I can do to earn a living. Uh oh, we need to talk. It is highly unlikely that you are going to be able to excel in your business if you are just going through the motions. Equally if not more important, your quality of life is reduced because you are spending many of your waking hours at something which gives you...