Posted on 02/15/2007 1:17:36 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The world can expect a roller-coaster ride of conflict and unrest, natural disasters and a plunge in global stock markets once the Year of the Pig begins, Chinese soothsayers say. As the world farewells the Year of the Dog on Sunday, believers in Chinese superstitions have been busy consulting fortune tellers, feng shui geomancers and a wealth of new books for the year's fortunes.
Chinese fortunes are based on a belief that events are dictated by the different balances in the elements that make up the earth -- gold, wood, water, fire and earth.
Feng shui expert Raymond Lo said that according to ancient Chinese belief, the Year of the Pig is symbolised by two elements -- fire sitting on top of water.
"Fire sitting on water is a symbol of conflict and skirmish, and this may bring a relatively less peaceful year with more international conflicts and struggles," he said.
Lo said the last time such an arrangement appeared was in 2002, the year that followed the September 11 terrorist attacks.
"It is anticipated that there will be more international conflicts and disharmony, which will even lead to regional warfare, uprising and unrest, or the overthrow of governments in certain countries," he said.
The elemental arrangement for 2007, with fire standing on top, could represent openness, optimism and warmth, but it can also bring fire disasters and huge explosions, Lo said.
The Chinese calendar moves in 60-year cycles, meaning the world will experience in the new year events similar to those that took place in 1947.
In that turbulent year, the Cold War began in earnest when then US president Truman declared his anti-communist doctrine and the Soviet Union rejected a US plan for atomic weapons control, sparking the nuclear arms race.
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Hmmmmm.....year of the pig? Let it be the harbinger of doom for the pig-hating Islamofascists.
Year of the Pig signifieth a lot of swinery. Just you watch.
The CHICOM's and the Islamofacists should duke it out.
I dont believe in none of the chinese garbage.
The PRC has already surrendered.
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wow ..that headline is misleading. Thought we had a story about the US Congress.
Doogle
Year Of The Full Rack Of Baby Back Ribs.
"a plunge in global stock markets"
If so, only because people believe the soothsayers and pull their assets out of the market preceipitating the plunge. Come to think of it, you could substitute "stock anaylst" for "sooth sayer" and the effect would be about the same.
Fire on the water = what? Cruise missle lauches from US Frigates in the Persian Gulf?
Uh oh ... PIAPS has very auspicious timing. Harbinger of doom, indeed, lol.
fire on water bump
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