horoscopes and your path

There are two basic philosophies when it comes to horoscopes, animal signs, and kua numbers. Your sign is who you are, OR your sign is your homework. I believe that you have a choice about how you behave and the events that make up your life. I believe your attitude is everything. And that the way you embrace or reject those things you perceive as “challenges” in your life determines so much about the life you live. The forecast for anyone who is born in this firey year of the Ox is that they will be especially challenged when it comes to parenting, and performing in the roles of either father or mother. To me this means they can make their lives miserable by turning their backs on these possible parts of their lives, OR they can enrich their lives tremendously by embracing parenthood and the male or female roles (which, for them, will most likely be more challenging than for people born in different years). Similarly, if your sign is one that traditionally does not deal well with conflict, then your choices about conflict will set the tone for your life.
The easy things. The things you do so well. The things at which other people marvel. Your strengths. You can rely on them. And no doubt your success depends on them. But your perceived weaknesses? Accept that you shouldn’t even try? Or never give your best because it won’t work out well anyway? Ignore them at your own peril. Choose to make them worse, and they will reward you for your lack of effort. As a dragon I could dread the arrival of the next dog year, but instead I consider it my greatest opportunity for growth and self-discovery. I relish the opportunity to be tested.

Personally, I am a dragon about to marry a dog. I know. (On the surface) Completely inauspicious. We should not get along at all. We are both kua 9, kindred spirits. And most importantly, I/we embrace the difference, the challenge and reward for being with someone so different. We love each other. We make something together that neither of us has ever made apart. That is worth fighting for, committing to, and growing.

If you are willing to see, there is more you can be.