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I love the phrasing on this. Ideal.... ideal would be to come into a massive amount of money, be cured of my ills(no more MS or headache), get skinny and have a beautiful home in Vancouver, along with a farmhouse near my parents. We'd travel to Ireland, Britain and any other place we wanted to go. I'd learn Spanish, French and Italian. Bryan would be a famous artist in both traditional media and photography. Rhiannon would be an "A" student and active in band, chorale and drama, as well as a black belt in Karate, Jujitsu or some related martial art.
What will I hope for? Bryan to have a good job, be recognized for his talent and to have a nice home in the Pacific NW with the ability to visit Mom and Dad a couple times a year. Rhiannon to do well in school and with friends, be secure and confident, and for her to find her interests and passion for whatever she will do in her later life.
Thank you. The proceeding massive overreaction was brought to you courtesy of Drahhhhaaaama, Inc., a Gilligan Photo subsidiary.
Your Chinese Astrology Signs:
| Year | Wood Snake |
| Month | Water Sheep |
| Day | Fire Snake |
| Hour | Wood Snake |
Your Luck, Prosperity and Longevity Reading
This reading is based on your Year, Month, Day and Hour of birth. From ancient times, the Chinese have believed that certain parameters of your luck and fate were set at your moment of birth. The Chinese are not strict determinists, however, and do believe people can use the information in their charts to improve their lives. It's useful, for example, to know whether you can expect to be lucky and which of the Three Blessings are involved. Then you can prepare in order to maximize the benefits of instances of good luck while minimizing the negative effects of those times when no or bad luck prevails.
As you go through your reading it is important to think in terms of patterns and to look for recurring themes. Human beings and their lives are complex, so no one comment can tell everything. The following reading has been prepared using carefully selected indicators. Ten are used for each of the three blessings, Luck, Prosperity and Longevity or Health.
Luck varies according to time and area of life. By one indicator you could thus be very lucky and another unlucky. This is not a contradiction but, rather, a reflection of the variability principle ruling Luck. It can come and go. It can vary according to age. It can be positive in one area and negative in another.
Unlike Luck, the second blessing, Prosperity, is relatively fixed. That, however, does not refer to timing or the amount you might achieve but rather to your potential for achieving it. It might happen quickly or rather late in life. Or, your financial situation could fluctuate throughout life. Finally, within the parameters of your Fate, you have wide latitude to determine your final outcome.
In this reading the third blessing, Longevity, is expanded to include Health in general. This is logical since Health is a significant contributor to Longevity. It also gives you additional insight into your Fate.
As you can see it is divided into three parts, one for each of The Three Blessings. Luck, although one of the three, is the first among equals as it directly affects them all. It is thus the first blessing to be discussed.
back to topSection 1 --- Luck
Introduction
Luck varies greatly from person to person and even at different times in the life of one person. Rarely is a person's Luck all good or all bad. Just as life itself is complicated, so is an analysis of your Luck. To address this complexity this section addresses ten indicators from your chart and will conclude with an overall evaluation of your Luck. You, nevertheless, will be best served by focusing on the details to follow rather than your Luck rating. Your ultimate success in life is more likely to be determined by your degree of self understanding, attitude, and the effort you put forth to achieve your goals. Luck only reflects opportunity afforded by Fate; your destiny is still in your hands, as it is you who chooses what to do with your Luck.
Element Mix
Balance is a strong value according to the Chinese. Its virtues, for example, are extolled in Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching. It is not surprising, then, that the balance revealed in the element matrix of your chart is a strong indicator of your Luck.
| Wood | Fire | Earth | Metal | Water |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Your elements are distributed as follows: 63210. This is unbalanced, and somewhat out of the ordinary, showing one very strong, two, approximately average, and two, weak areas in terms of your capabilities and life stages. This is UNLUCKY, as you may not have significant chi (energy/life force) to effectively take advantage of opportunities and to deal with problems during a significant portion of your life.
Element Cycle
Cyclicality is another key idea in Chinese thought. In Chinese astrology the elements are thought to occur in the following, favorable cycle: Wood - Fire - Earth - Metal - Water - Wood .... There is also an unfavorable cycle: Wood - Earth - Water - Fire - Metal - Wood ....
The natural cycle begins with Wood, which represents spring and new growth. Wood is thus the natural element of the first stage in a person's life. The particular cycles of individuals, however, vary according to their signs. It is lucky if your cycle matches the natural one, unlucky if it corresponds to the unfavorable one, or neutral if otherwise
The first stage of your life cycle is ruled by the element, Earth, which is not the natural element ruling new life. This is UNLUCKY, as your element is in a destructive relationship with the natural order. This not only affects you adversely in the first stage but also throughout life, as your ruling element conflicts with the natural element in every, succeeding one.
Year of Birth
The element cycle also offers insight into whether your year of birth is favorable or not. This, by the way, is different from whether the year is favorable for you. The stars may be aligned against you in your birth year, making it a difficult one. You, nevertheless, benefit your whole life if the year element nourishes your fixed element. In the same manner a destructive element indicates challenges throughout your life. The other three are neutral.
Your birth year element, Wood, has a constructive relationship with your fixed element, Fire. Wood fuels Fire. This is LUCKY as it boosts your chi (energy/life force), thereby increasing your chance of success in life.
Edit: While out, I heard there was confirmation that Michael Jackson is dead. Wow. Again.
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Based on your drawing and the 10 answers you gave this is a summary of your personality:
Your house tells the world that you ought to be a leader. You are a freedom lover and a strong person. You will avoid being alone and seek the company of others whenever possible. You love excitement and create it wherever you go. Once you have a problem, you need a friend with you. Your life is always full of changes.
You will avoid being alone and seek the company of others whenever possible. You love excitement and create it wherever you go. You see the world as it is, not as you believe it should be.
You added a flower into your drawing. The flower signifies that you long for love. It also safe to say that others don't see you as a flirt. You don't think much about yours
This is a map of the wheel-ruts of modern English. Etymologies are not definitions; they're explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago.
The dates beside a word indicate the earliest year for which there is a surviving written record of that word (in English, unless otherwise indicated). This should be taken as approximate, especially before about 1700, since a word may have been used in conversation for hundreds of years before it turns up in a manuscript that has had the good fortune to survive the centuries.
The basic sources of this work are Weekley's "An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English," Klein's "A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language," "Oxford English Dictionary" (second edition), "Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology," Holthauzen's "Etymologisches Wörterbuch der Englischen Sprache," Ayto's "20th Century Words," and Chapman's "Dictionary of American Slang." A full list of sources used in this compilation can be found here.
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