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Re: semiOT: the Monkey Year (wasRe: Religion and Holidays)

From:J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...>
Date:Wednesday, January 7, 2004, 8:00
In a message dated 2004:01:06 07:36:36 PM, christophe.grandsire@FREE.FR
writes:

>I am myself a Water Dragon (even born on the hour of the Dragon :)) ). >Funny, considering that according to Western Astrology I'm an Aries, a >fire sign, with ascendant Taurus, an Earth sign ;))) (but the description of >Water Dragons I've read strangely fits very well my character :)) ).
You oughta get yourself _I Ching: The Book of Changes and the Unchanging Truth_, revised edition, by Hua-Ching Ni. ISBN 0-937064-29-7. It not only is the best translationIMO, it has the best, easiest to understand explanations of the whole schmeer of Chinese traditional cosmology, which incl.s the zodiac naturally... Like I have said numerous times before, the I Ching is the cornerstone, arc(h) and span&beam of Chinese Culture. (BTW Lydia Ayers, a professor in Hong Kong, wrote a piece of music titled _Deep Structure of Chinese Culture_. It's available on-line.)
>funny part is that I discovered that my boyfriend is a Wood Dog, and that >the Dog and Dragon signs are opposites. This explains why we complement >each other very well but often have diametrically opposed opinions on many >issues :))
Yin & Yang :)
>(although I thought the opposite of the Dragon was the Tiger. >Am I missing something?).
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