The summer ... but who has seen it?
Written on 21/6/10 by Cathe in Articles |
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Today is the summer solstice and the Western solar calendar is the first day of summer. The June 21 is the longest day of the year and from tomorrow onwards, the days begin to shorten even more.
For the solar calendar the Chinese name is Li Xia early summer and coincides with the 5 or 6 May, while June 21 is the culmination of all the summer or at the maximum expression of the Fire element.
In the Chinese lunar calendar month of June is always represented by the trunk of the Earth 'Fire element or yang Wu, also known as Horse of the month.
The thing that not everyone knows is that in the Chinese lunar calendar logs land representing the five elements are associated with celestial rotation with branches forming pairs of items. And that goes for years, months and hours. This year the month of June or the Fire branch is associated with yang yang Heavenly Water or Ren.
And in the face of Water yang I said to myself!
It is said that the water control the fire, or that water is in contrast with the Fire, and if the two are opposite the Fire Force will be weakened. Never actually seen a June like this cold and with so much water. It is not time but very long and torrential rains that have cooled down and the average seasonal temperature by several degrees.
If the Chinese calendar for mid-summer period has already elapsed, it is likely that even if the weather will stabilize between now and August, the total heat of this summer could be reduced. And if the ground does not dry and warm in summer, will certainly be more wet and cold for the rest of the year.
Our bodies will behave in the same way, so it is recommended sun exposure as possible to avoid this when the careless use of air conditioning to a minimum heat.
While it is true that we live longer indoors in a heated room in winter and packed in the summer is also true that the body would adjust to prevailing weather conditions and follow the cyclical influences.
I found the amazing coincidence of the Chinese lunar calendar and its components. Just as remarkable is that this year as well as we all know that being the year of the Tiger, which is yang wood is paired with the heavenly stem Yang Metal or Geng. Two new elements of conflict, it is said that the metal controls wood.
The control is not only to consider the negative as the strength of a moderate than the other element, fire controls metal, the metal element can be forged into a blade or a perfect instrument. Wood controls Earth, and even here the presence of wood stabilizes the Earth, making it stronger. And 'when the control becomes too strong, the balance is lost.
It 's a dynamic phenomenon similar to the law of Yin and Yang, each element is linked to four others through specific laws, an element nourishes another, something he eats, the controlling element and finally an element is he controlled. It 's the perfect harmony of the five elements together, to provide balance, strength or weakness of an alter and change the other four, but it is always to balance all the elements that move.
In short, after the day follows the night. After the spring following the summer. After years and months are dominated by a weak or weakened element followed by others dominated by an element well-fed and strong. That's why it may be a tough year for the world economy and particularly cold summer, but they are just passing through cycles and that can test our cleverness, mental agility and ability to adapt.
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