Year of the Rooster: What’s in Store?

Year of the Rooster: What’s in Store?
A newborn baby in a Chinese-inspired costume to mark the Year of the Rooster lays in a cot at Paolo Memorial Hospital in Bangkok on January 27, 2017. AFP / Lillian Suwanrumpha
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Today is the beginning of the Year of the Yin Fire Rooster. The Chinese New Year starts on the first New Moon of the year and ends February 15th, 2018. It promises to be a fascinating year, don’t you think? Let’s see if Chinese astrology can shed some light on what is to come.

If you have been reading my yearly new year’s posts, you may recall that each year is represented by both an animal and an element from the Chinese zodiac.

This year we have the rooster as our animal and fire as our element. Also, years are either yin or yang; this one is yin, because the fire element is considered yang, this will make for a bit of juxtaposition. Read on…

The Rooster is a well grounded animal. In 2017, it will be to your benefit to plan your moves carefully.
Jennifer Dubowsky
Jennifer Dubowsky
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Jennifer Dubowsky is a licensed acupuncturist with a practice in downtown Chicago, Illinois, since 2002. Jennifer maintains a popular blog about health and Chinese Medicine and In 2013, Jennifer released her first book, Adventures in Chinese Medicine: Acupuncture, Herbs and Ancient Ideas for Today.