Westerners may not be too fascinated with the Chinese zodiac, but over in the East, it’s a pretty big deal. So much so that a lot of people, especially the Chinese, base their behaviors on what their zodiac says about the year’s prospects.
As many of you know by now, 2014 is the Year of the Horse, or to be more specific, the Year of the Wooden Horse. We’re not gonna dive into the details on why its called wooden, other than to say that according to the Chinese zodiac, the universe is made up of five elements – earth, water, fire, wood and metal – and these elements interact with the 12 animals – the rat ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig, in that specific order – giving meaning to the specific character of the year ahead.
So with that out of the way, what does the Year of the Horse do to people’s gambling prospects based on their zodiac animal? It’s a fair question considering that one of the important forecasts of the zodiac is ‘wealth’, which if loosely translated, involves gambling.
Let’s start with the good news. Feng shui experts believe that if you were born in the Year of the Snake, 2014 is going to be a prosperous year for your wallets because your characterized as being in your “money year” and your speculative incomes for the year have dollar signs written all over it. Fortunately, the snake isn’t the only animal that’s on the positive end of wealth forecasts. Monkeys are also in a good position with potential for investments to pay off handsomely throughout the year. Same goes, at least to a lesser extent, for tigers, goats and dogs. According to Paul Ng, a professional feng shui master based in Toronto, dogs specifically should use their instincts when making investments so they can keep their money stable.
On the other end of the spectrum, some animals are being warned not to gamble for the year, in large part because it’s bad juju. The horse and the rooster are being advised to stay away from gambling because neither of these animals are in for a robust financial year. On a more conservative level, rats and rabbits are being advised to thread very carefully when it comes to anything involving money, including gambling. As Ng told the Huffington Post Canada about the rat’s wealth forecast for the year: “If you are not greedy, you will not lose money.”
Then there are the animals that fall in a little gray area, including the ox and the dragon. In this particular case, gambling would be tantamount to what its definition is. In simplest terms, do it at your own risk.
So if you plan to do a lot of gambling this year, you might as well check if you’re Chinese zodiac supports you doing it. You don’t have to believe any of it if it says you shouldn’t come anywhere close to a gambling table for the entire year, and on the flip side, it should ring music to your ears if you’re zodiac is telling you that you’re in your “money year”.
Or as we’d like to call it, “the honey year”.
