Happy Lunar New Year of the Wooden Snake!

“The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; 

to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.”

-Plato

Happy New Year, Everyone!  

恭喜發財!

What is written in Chinese above does not translate to "Happy New Year".  Though it is what many say wishing each other well in the upcoming year, the literal translation is "congratulations" [恭喜] [pronounced "gowng-she"] and "generating prosperity" [發財] [pronounced "fah-tsai" (the "ts" is like the "zz" sound in "pizza" and the "ai" is like the letter "I")].  The way I see it, it's like we are giving an affirmation, bringing fortune and good luck into the present.  It is the Law of Assumption at work!  

Of course, for us to experience a good year, we need to take the right action from a well thought out plan.  This also means that we let what needs to stay last year, stay last year.  We can't repeat what wasn't working to achieve anything worth a damn, right?  

Enter the Snake and the New Moon in Aquarius.  

The sign of Aquarius is that of innovation and revolution.  With the New Moon reflecting new beginnings, it is fitting for ringing in a New Year.  

As with the Snake, all about transformation and upgrading to the Version 2.0 of themselves, they are the most willful of all the 12 lunar animal zodiac signs!  Those that have this sign in their birth chart [year, month, day, and/or hour] are relentless at getting what they want, all while looking good doing it!  They aren't one to give up so easily.  Other characteristics include clear thinking, wisdom, and excellent articulation; making them effective leaders.

Even if we don't have this sign, we can leverage off the energy from this zodiac powerhouse to go for our goals.  We just need to think outside the box.  The combination of the Snake, the New Moon and Aquarius are more than enough to give us that head start.  We may have already experienced the peculiar ways good opportunities have presented themselves.  Just like the Snake shedding its old skin to embrace the new, we must do the same.  Let's be on the look out for and remain open to life's coming attractions!

AMOR FATI

Thank you and good night.