The 15 day long Chinese Lunar New Year festivities will draw to a close, with the Annual Lantern Festival - Yuanxiao Festival - heralding the first Full Moon of the Chinese New Year, in the Year of the Snake.
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What does a dog, a mouse, a red mouth, a wedding and staying in have to do with the third lunar day of the new year? Perplexed? I’ve always been intrigued with the symbolism of the colour Red, so in 2021, I pontificated what happens when Valentine’s Day and the 3rd lunar day of the month coincided, also known as Red Scarlet day!
Read more12th Solar Term : Major Heat - Dà Shú
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☼ 12th Solar Term : Greater Heat (Dà Shú)
23 July ⎯ We’re now in the final increment of Summer, known as ‘Greater Heat ‘ (Dà Shú). This Solar term falls on 23 July in the Georgian calendar and correlates with the Sun’s ingress into the western Zodiacal sign of Leo. However Solar terms reign for an approximately a fortnight and ends 7 August, when we welcome Monkey month.
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This article was originally published by Wellbeing Astrology 2024– Universal Media, Australia
The opening act of a New Age takes the stage. This year promises a ride on the ‘Go big or go home’ rollercoaster. Dragon is the catalyst that propels a new 20-year elemental shift, toward Re-enlightenment.
Beyond the annual changing of guardians — from Rabbit to Celestial Reptilian — there’s also a bigger cosmic state of change afoot. Yang Wood Dragons’ always signal a New Age; which in turn end sexagenary eras. The third and final era of a wider 180-year Great Cycle needs unpacking, as we enter a new elemental interface.
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