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Dear Ber,

Here is the 12 animal signs and their element + Yin or Yang:-

Rat, Water, Yang
Pig, Water, Yin
Ox, Earth, Yin
Tiger, Wood, Yang
Rabbit, Wood, Yin
Dragon, Earth, Yang
Snake, Fire, Yin
Horse, Fire, Yang
Ram/Sheep, Earth, Yin
Monkey, Metal, Yang
Rooster, Metal, Yin
Dog, Earth, Yang

For those who are not sure what the above means, feel free to visit http://www.lovesigns.net (Regarding Chinese Astrology or romanised name is " Zi Wei Dou Shu ".

Chinese Astrology in general is the equivalent of the `English Form of' Horoscope. Although they are not identical, both are based on star readings.

What is the difference between Zi Wei Dou Shu and Feng Shui?

Zi Wei Dou Shu is based on understanding of the characteristics of a certain `person' based on his/her animal sign. It is based on astrology.

The difference is that Zi Wei Dou Shu is a reading but it is unlike e.g. the Flying Star where it cannot be used to be a cure or neutralise an imbalance.

As you have seen above, I have reduced each animal sign to their 5 element form.

Under the 5 element form you will notice that a `Dog' has the Earth element and a Yang creature.

We have not considered the season of influence of the Earth element. However, in a very (very) general analysis of the animal signs, Yin is usually considered weaker than Yang.

Therefore, a `Dog' (in general terms) since it is a Yang Dog, should be stronger than say a Yin animal.

In other words, under the Destructive Cycle under the Five Element Concept, Wood destroys Earth.

When wood destroys earth, Earth is weak and considered inauspicious for the Earth (DOG). Here we equate Wood = green colour which is used to destroy Earth (Yang Dog).

In fact, based on the Dog = Earth, the element that produces wealth (provided the Dog is a Strong Earth) is not the element (behind it under the Destructive Cycle) but rather the element after it i.e. the Water Element. Here, the element should be strong so that it can destroy the element infront to produce `wealth' i.e. Earth destroys Water to produce wealth.

Do take note that if one's element is say Weak Earth, it is too weak to destroy Water to produce wealth.

For a "Stronger" Dog, under this analysis, you should instead use blue rather than green.

It is an unorthox way of enhancing green (wood) by using metal (white) to destroy it. Usually, instead, wood should be helped by water (blue/grey/black) instead i.e. the bracelet should instead be a combination of say green and blue.

Well, this is another way of looking at the use of the five elements by first `breaking' the animal to become Yin/Yang and the type of element i.e. Dog = Yang = Earth.

One major flaw of this `theory' is that it is we are assuming the Year stem of a person, I am taking this assumption because it is like knowing one out of the Eight characters of the Pillars of Destiny.

This is only to help you understand how one can break down the Chinese Astrology currently based on one Year `stem'. Usually the `Year' pillar under the Pillars of Destiny has both the `stem' and `branch'.

Warmest Regards,
Cecil



On 10/26/99 7:06:16 PM, Ber Cardor wrote:
>Hi
>
>I just bought a crystal
>bracelet (green and white
>colour). The salesgirl told me
>it will bring luck and health.
>She said green is good to dog.
>
>Is it true?
>
>Does everyone suitable to wear
>crystal or have crystal? What
>kind of people is not
>suitable?
>
>Thanks
>
>