(371) 2018, the year of the dog
The New Year 2018 is named the golden dog or the mountain dog year. As you know, every year has its characteristic name associated with zodiac signs, such as red rooster in 2017, red monkey in 2016, green sheep in 2015 and so on. Why and how is it engendered? This kind of identification has a long-lasting history in Asian countries. From ancient times, people believed there is a certain resonance among the various materials in the universe and they correlate with each other. Based on this belief, people symbolized everything as colors, objects and directions then simplified them into the very basic codes, yin and yang or even and odd numbers in the mathematical system and the five elements. Then they abstracted them in order to impart a meaning. In addition to the 12 zodiac animal signs, the 10 heavenly stem letters also have characteristic colors and materials. The complicated classification can be summarized as below chart. As 2018 is the year of the dog, it can become a yellow mountain dog if we add the symbolic color and material of the stem letter ‘mu.&rsquo
Jan 18, 2018
