What is in store in 2012

Day, the man was a prophet - 21 December 2012. What is the basis of these forecasts? This is something you should be prepared? In fact, the "Apocalypse" There are many old documents. Mayan calendar, for example, be able to predict the moon in the distant future eclipse ended the day with the title "Winter Solstice, to be the 2012.Asians also has its own version appears at the end of the world is a book "I Ching" or "the book of changes" that was written in the writings of the ancient Chinese. I-Ching is a tool to predict. postgraduate studies I-Ching and graphically all possible combinations of the line. Then I noticed that the instrument in fact, a prediction of 4000 years of Chinese history are also considered as the beginning of mankind. By the way, the researchers also completed artwork deadline 21 December 2012. Hopi Indians is that on a given day by the end of the world. They said that 21 December 2012, the sun rises higher than the melting of the glaciers at the poles. There will be several earthquakes and the sea is never quiet. If you look at these prophecies can see, they all refer to the ultimate disaster - flood, which recalls the famous story of the Bible. The Hopi Tribe also believes that 2012 is the fourth and last time in March destroyed.So the world is over? That's what some believe, but others think otherwise. Both parties agree in the future the earth and destroy humanity. The last two, however, December 21, 2012 a sacred time for the redemption of man. when people finally intervene and save the earth - As some theories about the universe "Age of Aquarius" in 2012 could be the year of the "Enlightenment". Then you can be of all races and religions. "From the New World without Evil, and hatred.The you must wait until the end of the world?" If he really has become, we will respond in faith to prepare it? If you choose the latter, how? Self-21. December 2012 at a number of questions open. We do not have the power to predict the future, but we have no choice - live today, preparing for a bleak future or a life today really want a better future. But it is right or wrong.What do not you think? Does it make a difference? You can always use what is happening, walk or can be prepared and be aware .

I-Ching Coin : The Divine Secret

Very often in life, often through the questions on past, present and future. It was found that most people ask their future than in the past and makes it sometimes too much fun. different practice divination, what you need now. I Ching coins, a practice that combines the power of the energy and principles of the Tao gives life to the theory of change. This practice is closely related are the latest help and answers to suffer present.What form of divination in this context, history and mystery in itself. In the second half for the tradition that has written over 3000 years and no penalties, and the oral tradition in China. Anyone can help with this tradition to ask, I will only know the current in a healthy way. Almost all work at different levels have their conscience and seek only positive and negative energy, or yin and yang, the through.How work while to find answers to the coin, the first thing you need patience and the faith to carry on this practice . First question to be asked and then the coins. Each coin to represent yin and yang. Rolling three currencies, which in turn helps your doctor tell the results. Yang is largely positive, while negative, yin, height and angle of each selected 64 of the player who results.How money after reading an answer you get started understanding shows. Or is the Chinese character, the result was published, or short answer is written to be decrypted using the lines that the Yin-Yang tilt given. Well, there are a red and black lines in the structure of the hexagram are. This is the red lines are the changed situation and the black line of concrete. Dotted lines indicate negative energy and a positive continuous lines energy.Not little superstition may be associated with this practice. This is a very logical and interpret very scientific. Readers looking for answers, or his future very disappointed because you can not do. This practice is considered a legendary gift from the gods to give you a thorough examination of the company today. The focus on the question of when you turn the coin, and then see how it formulated its response, before they gradually .

Chinese New Year (2011) - Rabbit Year Elements!

Rabbit Year 2011 is considered with regard to the characteristics of those born during Rabbit Years. Influences of the 5 Elements upon these individuals are outlined and some general recommendations made before well-known links between longevity, Rabbits and this fourth Sign of the Chinese Zodiac are discussed

Year of The Rabbit (2011)

Your birth year, the Fourth Sign of the Chinese Zodiac? If you become 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72 (and so-on in 12-year increments). between 3rd February 2011 and 23rd January 2012 (when Rabbit Year ends) or know of a baby due during this period, this article might interest you and, similarly, those with partners, friends, relatives or colleagues in this category. Others might wish, in general, to discover what Chinese Culture and Tradition has to say about those born in The Year of The Rabbit.

Animal Games

Once, the animal Olympics were held to determine which animal should start the cycle via a race ending with crossing a raging river before a sprint home. Smart rat gave the cat the wrong start time, sneaked a ride on Ox's back over the river and dashed over the finish line first (Ox came second). The cat (Tiger) arriving late for the race came third, was furious, and consequently has been chasing the rat ever since! Lucky Rabbit (see below) found some stepping-stones and arrived next.

Rabbit Resume

Essentially Rabbits are relaxed, laid back and into various forms of cultivation. They are considered the most fortunate of the 12 Animal signs of the Chinese Ganzhi System.They rarely gamble (being conservative at heart and risk-averse) but do so skillfully when tempted. They are reliable and trustworthy and the last to renege on contractual commitments but can be a little too easy-going at times. Fond of gossip they are articulate, virtuous and well-liked. In relationship terms, Rabbits, who enjoy secure comfortable home-life, are most 'at-home' with those born under the Signs of the Sheep, Dog and Pig and least with those born under the Signs of the Rooster and Rat

Animals in Their Element

Underpinning the continuing 12 Year Animal Cycles is a 10-Year Elemental Cycle (5 Elements repeating sequentially in first Big Yang and then Small Yin Mode) with the Year Element (Yin Metal in the case of Rabbit Year 2011) modifying both Year Energies and Rabbit individual natures as shown below, So far, in this new 12-Year Cycle (beginning in 2008) Year Animals and Year Elements have been: 2008 Yang Earth Rat; 2009 Yin Earth Ox; 2010 Yang Metal Tiger and 2011 Yin Metal Rabbit. These will be followed in 2012 and 2013 by a Yang Water Dragon and Yin Water Snake respectively.

Rabbit Retrospective

Those born this Rabbit Year will be Yin Metal Rabbits but in earlier 12-Year Cycles this necessarily varied and their 'resume' requires modification as follows.

2011 and 1951 Metal Rabbit: Metal gives these strength and endurance (elemental colour white);

1999 and 1939 Earth Rabbit: Earth ensures the are well- grounded-- sometimes materialists (elemental colour yellow);

1987 and 1927 Fire Rabbit: Fired-up these can be Impatient, unpredictable and outgoing (elemental colour red);

1975 and 1915 Wood Rabbit: generous dreamers often versatile but introspective (elemental colour green);

1963 and 1903 Water Rabbit: Water makes these sensitive, emotional and eloquent (elemental colours blue/black).

Rabbit! Rabbit!

What does this mean for Rabbits? Well,becoming 12, 24, 36, 48 or 60 etc., in 2011, the Chinese believe one should spend time quietly meditating over the last 12 years and planning for the next 12--the exact opposite of the Western notion of wild birthdate celebrations-- instead a very quiet year spent focusing on self-review is indicated. You should avoid/put-off digging trenches, building foundations or laying drains i.e. major undertakings such as moving house (which would distract from this). I'm an Ox did this in Ox Year 2009, finding it a most useful experience.

Combining the 12 Animal and 5 Elemental Cycles gives 60 as a figure to consider and Rabbits reaching this key age in 2011 may be particularly well-advised to undergo this rewarding exercise. Year Animal/ Element birth combinations repeat after 60 years (hence the importance of self-review at this time) and if we add in the Yin/Yang dimensions of these calculations we get 120 asa figure to contemplate. The Chinese believe living in harmony with nature and the universe enables such lifespans and the 12 Animals and 5 Elements plus their Yin/Yang attributions represent these forces.

Rabbits gazing at the next full Moon should (like the Chinese) see themselves, (a Rabbit), there, standing under a tree, paw holding the elixir of life. From their reproduction rate, there's never going to be a world rabbit shortage! Thus the rabbit is a Chinese longevity symbol-- its lunar location emphasises this via links to the reproductive cycle. The 5 Elements, the 12 Animals.their Yin/Yang associations and longevity are all good subjects to meditate on during Rabbit Year 2011.

Sifu Peter Allsop M.Ed. teaches Shaolin Kung Fu and Qigong in Yorkshire and Derbyshire U.K. with almost 40 years experience and is Shaolin Fists International Area Instructor for this region. A Senior Student of Grandmaster Yap Leong, he is also Area Coach for his HYL (Health, Youth and Longevity) Energise Qigong Programme.

Trained in the U.K. and China, Sifu Allsop teaches Changquan ('Longfist') Wu Xing (5 Animals) and Wu Tzu (5 Ancestors) Kung Fu plus 5 Elements Qigong. Member of Sheffield Chinese Lion Dance Team and a Feng Shui Consultant, his interests include Iron Shirt, LongevityTraining and Chinese Culture. He also publishes 'Red Dragon Martial Arts Ezine'.

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Introduction to I - Ching

The seasoned wisdom of thousands of years has gone into the makings of the I-Ching. Both branches of Chinese philosophy - Confucianism and Taoism have their common roots in this ancient calssic, known also as The Book of Changes. The I-Ching alone, among all the Confucian Classics, escaped the great burning of the books under emperor Chin Shih Huang Ti in 213 BC.

The origins of the I Ching go back to mythical antiquity, as a book of divination and as a book of wisdom. All that is great and significant in Chinese cultural history takes inspiration fromt he I-Ching - aspects of the many related principles and symbols of the Chinese predictive sciences, its view of the Trinity, Heaven, Earth and Man, the concepts of Yin and Yang, balance and harmony, positive and negative forces, good fortune and misfortune, are all derived from interpretations of the texts and judgements of the I Ching's 64 hexagrams.

The I Ching's Hexagrams are each made up of six lines, one placed above the other. These lines may be either broken (--) or unbroken (-). Broken lines are known as yin and unbroken ones yang. These lines may also be changing or unchanging (ie a broken yin line can change to an unbroken yang line and vice versa). Thus the key to understanding the texts of the I Ching lies in the understanding of the placement of thse broken and unbroken lines in relation to each other.

The Hexagrams originated from three lined Trigrams (ie by doubling the Trigrams). There are 8 possible combinations of broken and unbroken lines when arranged in sets of three lines. There are thus 64 hexagrams (8 X 8 = 64) . When placed in sets of six lines, there are altogether 64 possible combinations of broken and unbroken lines. Each of the eight Trigrams symbolize different meanings; and their positionings contain suggestions of good or bad luck. This aspect of the I Ching's texts is what has made it China's premier classic on Divinations.

The I Ching's hexagrams contain symbols and ideas from nature, society and the individual. For those who consult the I Ching before deciding on some action, the hexagrams offer wisdom, warnings, and also specific predictions of outcomes thereby giving guidance on whether to proceed, wait or not to proceed at all. The hexagrams also advise on timing and behaviours and attitudes directly related to the specific question asked. Where applicable, it counsels further preparation, or advocates patience and even reveals misfortunes hidden in apparent good fortune and vice versa. Favourable or unfavourable conditions are described, and difficulties, whether at the beginning or at the end are revealed.

The six lines of the hexagrams contain 3 elements - a symbol, an event and a judgement. The hexagram itself represents overall indication of good fortune or misfortune. Interpretations of these elements are directly related to the question being asked. Thus, in consulting the I Ching, questions must be specific.

Each hexagram contains four trigrams. These Trigrams each have an attribute, a symbol and a characteristic and are also related to the five elements - water, wood, fire, metal or earth. The anatomy of every hexagram is made of two primary trigrams and two nuclear trigrams.

The two primary trigrams consist of the top three lines and bottom three lines. The two nuclear trigrams are made up of lines two, three and four (from the bottom) and lines three, four and five (from the bottom). The primary trigrams reveal the circumstances of the situation being consulted, while the nuclear trigrams reveal the prediction. The latter provide precise details for judging the nuances of predicted good or bad fortune. When consulting the I Ching, therefore, readers must familiarize themselves with the meanings of each of the eight Trigrams as well as what they each symbolize. The I Ching's texts on the 64 hexagrams may then be more fully understood, and predictions become clearer and easier to understand.

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