CNY 2014

"If you have wood or fire in your chart, you’ll have a good year, if you don’t, you need to partner with someone who does.”  A wood year is associated with the season spring, direction east, planet Jupiter, colors blue and green, and wind. Fire, on the other hand, corrrelates with summer, south, Mars, red, hot weather, and daylight.

The industries that are predicted to do well this year are those associated with the wood element, including education, healthcare, and agriculture, as well as those that fall under fire, like marketing, entertainment, restaurants, and (of course), social media. Sectors that fall under metal and water, meanwhile, won't fare as well. Those include aviation, construction, and insurance.

Since education is a fire industry, which is associated with growth, 2014 will be a good time to learn something new.

In order to stimulate the correct Feng Shui for the Wood Horse Year, consider rearranging the furniture in your home or office to face south and make sure your computer faces that direction too. "If your front door is in that sector of the house, use that one more." You're also going to want to make yourself more “yang” — the sun, light, and male element in Chinese philosophy —  by adding active elements to your home life. Playing music in the house and having sex more often.

Because of the influence of fire, record-high temperatures and natural disasters are expected this year.  We just have to get through the Polar Vortex first.

Pictures of last weekend's Chinese New Year Celebration!