After the hugely interesting year that was 2020, it’s exciting to usher in a new Chinese year.
🏮Fun Fact: Did you know the Chinese calendar is lunisolar, based off the transitions of the moon around the Earth (29.5 ish days) AND the Earth around the sun, as opposed to the Gregorian calendar which is based purely on our Earth’s rotation around the sun (which takes approx 365ish days). This means Chinese New Year moves every year - between Jan 21 and Feb 21. Chinese New Year falls on the second new moon after the Northern Hemisphere’s Winter Solstice. This year it’s on Feb 12 and we usher in the Year of the Yin Metal Ox.
For the collective, an Ox year represents the slow, steady plod away from the madness of 2020 (a Metal Rat year) - a stabilising of the energy, thankfully, but not a lot of speedy transformation. That is maybe not great news for those of you waiting for the world to change or “go back to normal”! This is a year to keep your head down, and to work hard for the world we want to create in the future.
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