Woman’s Passions

Coming 2007 year is a year of Fiery Pig, according to Chinese calendar. Ancient Chinese teaching Feng Shui considers this is not the most comfortable combination, as this year’s base is water, and symbol - fire. Water is in the bottom, fire is on top. Water extinguishes fire, suppresses it. And this means, it conflicts with it.

Many astrologers predict various aggravations and confrontations in a new year. Up to military conflicts, politic tension and natural disasters. Same can happen (Lord forbid!) with human relationships in separate social units - our families, collectives, couples in love.

But Fiery Boar is not so dreadful. If you know a system of balancing life arches, you can soften negative moments of not very favorable star coincidences.

Year of the Pig - is a June year. Yin - means female, soft, weak, requiring feeding and support. Besides, Pig is inclined to light-mindedness and fickleness. It’s not too clever and is very hypnotizable. And you can easily cope with it, if you know its peculiarities.

Chinese sages divide the world in two equal beginnings, supplementing each other: Ying and Yang. And if Ying year comes, then it should be balanced with Yang displays. To understand their differences and the way they supplement each other better, let’s remember what’s Ying and what’s Yang. 

6 animals of Chinese cycle are bearers of weak, damping energy Ying: Bull, Rabbit, Snake, Sheep, Rooster, Pig. People, born in Ying years, can feel energetic weakness, they need supplementary feeding. To avoid displays of bad features of character, diseases and problems, these people need to increase their arche (earth, water, fire, metal, wood).

Following six animals have active, strong Yang energy: Rat, Tiger, Dragon, Horse, Monkey, Dog. People, born in energetically active years have bigger power, they are more mobile, enterprising, emotional. But they should be afraid of other danger: hyperactivity, vehemence, irascibility. These people suffer from stresses, heart attacks, nervous breakdowns more often.

Such people should be especially cautious during coming year of the Pig. Although this year’s fire is dangerous, and pig is a scandalous animal in general, and moreover fiery one, this fire is still tender, female. To adapt yourself to changes, a new year is bringing, it would be good to learn peculiarities, arrogated to water arche, which will accompany us in 2007.

So, WATER is fraught with mysterious and deep internal energy. It is connected with winter, death, cold and fear. But at the same time it brings wise changeableness and richness of sensations. If water (for example, river) has a clean channel, it is free and quickly flowing to its goal, to the sea. And its waters are full with goldfishes and strange plants, it is beautiful and clear.

It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait. This way water vital rhythm has no repetitions. It is always changing, saturating with new life impressions. And you need to keep step with it, not to stop. If you stand gaping, you will be drawn in a bog.

Water goes round ledges and obstacles, overcomes rapids, sometimes becomes angry and rages, but mostly flows freely. This happens when water has direction of motion, purpose. Other arche - wood - helps water to understand this purpose. Its energy of growth and changes inspires water powers on feats for the sake of great purpose. Water nourishes wood, plants, and, it means, life of water gains sense when everything around blossoms due to its bracer. Water and wood need being together.

Other element - metal - is also important for water. It gives birth to it. Metal helps water concentrating, cuts road for it. If river stops, restricts itself with circuit of a small reservoir, then a lot of stagnant energy is accumulated in it. Water is covered with duckweed, rots, it needs an inflow of live energy of movement. And clear water turns into slime little by little.

This way life of a person, born in water year can be represented. He always needs some road for movement and stimulus to overcome barriers and limits and move the road, otherwise, he will be lying on side, like a Pig, and becoming cluttered with slime and mud little by little. A big and clear purpose, dream, can serve as such stimulus.

Water is also amorphous, when it is not restricted in space. It takes the form of a filled vessel, i.e. it is often hypnotizable and pliable. And if vessel or channel do not chain its movement, if they combine with its needs harmoniously, it feels great. But it will show its rough temper to a vessel, which is small and restrains its freedom. When cups are overfilled and rivers burst the banks, then typhoons and hurricanes are formed above water surface, and terrible powers get the lead on. And, as it is known, element has one law - destruction. Water can destroy, erode, drown, extinguish. You need to be careful with it. It is in difficult relations with elements of earth and fire.

For example, it destroys and erodes earth. It is a complicated union, as sides can hurt each other emotionally. But earth provides stability, which water does not have. But immobility, sluggishness of Earth can be a reason of constant irritation of sensitive and changeable water. This union still can be unusually efficient in business, when creativity of water is combined with common sense and practical approach of earth. Such rational alliance brings success inevitably. But to soften inevitable contradictions, in this union you always should have objects, symbolizing metal or wood close by.

Water feels very difficult being with fire, such combination is considered unfortunate, as water extinguish fire. However, water can add a creative moment in energy and enterprise of fire, but representatives of fire can inspire representatives of water. Although both sides have great talents for communication, it will be difficult for them to pass their inmost feelings to each other. Metal and wood will help them to soften negative sides of such combination.

Candles, floating in water in metallic light candlesticks, which neutralize interaction of water and fire - are the best house decoration in a new year.

Thus, you can cope with unfavorable combination of elements in June 2007 year, if you look closely to your surroundings and interior, where one spends most part of his life.

Wood and metal should help fiery water. Water arche requires special feeding during June year. Dark blue and black colors can make water strong. These can be aquariums, crystal chandeliers, glass, transparent dish, curtains with fishes and waves. One is water’s number. And if you pour water in a vase with flowers, it should be unique in its way.

Everything is in our hands. Everyone can harmonize his life and living space, understanding connection of different elements of life and achieving their even and sufficient interaction with each other, when everything is balanced. Understanding of such balance cannot come in a moment. However, even if you do not have big experience and knowledge of Feng Shui, you can sense whether you feel comfortable with this person or in this room.

Do you have too many metallic things? Aren’t you too cold, strict and disciplined? May be, you need some softness and emotional abruptness in your life? Dilute your house, shining with metal, with elements of fire and wood, water and earth. And everything will become balanced in your life.

If you have too many wooden things, you can become overgrown with weed baobabs, stubborn and selfish. Or, being carried away with your dreams, you will take off in an uncontrolled striving to outgrow everybody. And if you feel lack of water, you can fade and become too static, rectilinear. Make conclusions about elements you need to bring to your life and form harmonious living space, adding features of balance to it, and then fire will become friends with water. Well, if they don’t, at least they would not allow each other’s death happening. And will help you to survive at the same time.