Year of the Golden Rabbit 2011
What You Should & Should Not Do In
THE FIRST 15 DAYS of the GOLDEN RABBIT YEAR 2011
It is vital to observe all the Do’s and Don’t’s during each of the fifteen days of the
Chinese New Year, as starting the year right has a direct bearing on how the rest of the year pans out for you. Use the following as a guide to when you should plan your parties, open to your house to guests and when to stay low key as we enter the new year of the Golden Rabbit.
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THE FIRST DAY Te first day of the lunar New Year 2011 falls on the 3rd of
February, which is one day before the Lap Chun. It is the start of the Rabbit Year, the fourth animal in a series of 12 animal signs, and this time around, the Rabbit is a Golden rabbit and the elements of the year are a set of clashing elements - Wood which signifies the earthly branch of the Rabbit, and Metal which signifies the heavenly stem of the year. It is an Ox day which conflicts
with the Sheep and this suggests that Sheep people would benefit from being low key on this day. Te day’s element is Earth. It is a good day for Ox people. Ox people should wear gold and red on this first day to attract good luck.
Te first day brings special good
fortune to Everyone. It is excellent to throw your New Year party on this first day to create happy, prosperous, yang energy. Tis attracts excellent luck for the house and its residents for the whole year.
Invite guests
to your home because the more people visit you and bring good wishes, goodwill and presents to the home, the better it activates your good fortune. Tose who want to go away for the New Year i.e. spend it abroad, should leave the house at night today. It is a good day to travel. Te Lo Shu Number of the day is 8, which favours all family members. Te wealth bringing star is in the center, so those enjoying good fortune will have it doubled, while those having bad luck will feel it even more severely. But generally, the 8 in the center is benevolent and brings good fortune luck to everyone equally.
Rituals for the
First Day of the New Year: Start the New Year celebration rituals with the family anytime between the hours of 7am and 9am. Tese are the
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hours of the Dragon. Remember to wish every member of your family and exchange the WEALTH GRANTING TREE WALLET with each other. Tis is extremely auspicious
for all of the family, and young members of the family especially must make it a point to greet their older folk with a bright smile and sweet words, and to elicit blessings and lucky money from the older folk. Everyone should sit down and eat together before 9am. Wear new clothes to symbolically
start the New Year with a fresh new outfit, thereby leaving last year’s stale energies behind. Make sweet tea brewed with raw
cane sugar, red dates, sweet preserved winter melon and preserved longan. Serve this tea to every member of the family to ensure that every word emitting from their mouths is sweet and brings only happy news. No one must lose their temper!
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