12/02/2021
Today, marks the start of the Chinese New Year of the Yin Metal Ox (also known as the White Cow).
To celebrate the Year of the Ox, click on the short video and continue reading to find out what the Year of the Ox has got in store for us all.
2020 was the beginning of a completely new 12 year and 60 year cycle– the rat being the first animal in the Chinese zodiac cycle and the Ox being the second -although it should have been the first. Legend has it that the crafty Rat tricked the Ox into giving him a ride, jumping off just before the finish line to come in first thus defining the order of the zodiac animals.
Until the 12th of February 2021, the world currently remains under the rulership of the gregarious and volatile Yang Metal Rat. The ancient Chinese attribute previous Metal Yang Rat years to political intrigue, change and reform – 2020 certainly turned out to be an unexpected and particularly difficult year to navigate. Like most people, I’m sure you are only too glad to see the back of one of the most turbulent years of our lifetime.
Although 2021 hasn’t exactly started well with yet another lockdown, and the Lotus Flower Clinic remains closed, from 12th February onwards, there will at least be a slight calming of events and a greater sense of stability. The combination of Ox and Metal could make 2021 a positive year.
You’re an Ox if you were born in the following years – 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997 and 2009. Princess Diana was a Metal Ox (born in 1961) and would have been 60 this year.
Other famous Ox’s include Walt Disney (1901), Margaret Thatcher (1925), Saddam Hussein (1937), George Clooney and Barack Obama (1961).
People born in the year of the Ox are considered quiet, inactive, slow, and calm – think of the Ox ploughing the field up and down – Ox people can be plodders and it will take them a long time to reach their goals, but they get there eventually.
Characteristically, the Ox is family orientated, hardworking, diligent, responsible, traditional, and very stubborn – think of the phrase “as stubborn as a mule!” If provoked, they can lose their temper and when they do, get out of their way as they will be like a charging bull!
I wanted to take this opportunity to let you know that whilst the Lotus Flower Clinic remains closed during the latest lockdown, as soon as things 'unlock', I will be back up again and running.
Until then, may the 'Chi' be you and may you enjoy an auspicious 2021!