All about the Water Tiger Year

Happy Chinese New Year! 🧧 Today we celebrate this holiday however, did you know that it is not on February 01 that the Water Tiger energy begins? In fact, we rely on the Chinese solar calendar to determine the beginning of the year of the Water Tiger which begins exactly on February 4 at 4:51 am.

The Chinese New Year holiday is based on the lunar calendar while the date of the solar new year is based on the solar calendar. The Chinese people use 3 different calendars: Solar, Lunar and Gregorian. These three calendars are integrated into the same calendar which in Chinese is called the “Tong Sheng” calendar.

Feng Shuality Calendar

To celebrate this new year, we have decided to offer you monthly Feng Shui calendars, inspired by the Tong Sheng calendar, to help you choose the right dates for, for example, travelling, getting married, starting a new job, etc.

Our February calendar is now available You can download it right HERE🧧(available in French and in English)

We are now going to explain the new energies of this Tiger Water Year through a brief Ba Zi analysis (Chinese astrology) and the study of the annual flying stars (traditional Feng Shui). But before that, let us tell you the origins of the Chinese New Year celebration.

Origin and Story of the Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year, also known as the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, is the most important holiday in China. This date is celebrated each year on the second new moon of the winter solstice. The origin of this festival dates back approximately 3,500 years and has evolved over a long period of time.

In the Chinese tradition, we offer those red envelopes with money to our loved ones to bring them luck for the coming year.

Like all traditional holidays in China, Chinese New Year is steeped in stories and myths. One of the most popular concerns the mythical beast Nian (/nyen/), which ate cattle, crops and even people on the eve of a new year. To prevent Nian from attacking people and causing destruction, people put food on their doorsteps for Nian.

It is said that a wise old man understood that Nian was afraid of loud noises (firecrackers) and the color red. So people put lanterns and red scrolls on their windows and doors to keep Nian out, and cracked bamboo (later replaced by firecrackers) to scare Nian away. The monster never showed up again.

Interesting story, no? 😃 Now that you know the origins of this holiday, we are going to explain to you the Tiger energy of this upcoming year.

Understanding this new year of the Water Tiger with Ba Zi

This new year symbolizes success after these two intense and moving years. By studying the principles of Feng Shui, we can predict the course of future events.

We have prepared a free Feng Shui guide to help you understand these basic Feng Shui principles that you can download by clicking HERE🧧(only available in french but soon in english)

“When the Tiger raises its head, the fields are richer; the white mulberry leaves abound and the girl weaves the silk carefree; the harvest is flourishing, the peasants are happy” - Sutra of Mother Earth

Understanding the Relationship of the five Feng Shui Elements

The zodiac sign of the Tiger is connected to the element of wood, which brings growth and expansion. By referring to the diagram of the 5 elements as seen on the picture, we can see that the water comes to nourish the wood.

That's a really good sign for the upcoming year as we are entering the celestial energy of Water, that is why this year is called: the year of the Water Tiger.

It is therefore a very favorable year for undertaking and succeeding in all activities, in all areas.

Chinese astrology tools like the Ba Zi, help us to elucidate not only the overall energies of this new year, but also our innate potential, strengths and weaknesses.

In the Taoist vision, it is not possible to change the course of our destiny, but with a deep knowledge of oneself, it is possible to positively transform our journey in order to adopt the right postures through the journey of our destiny.

For more information, we offer Ba Zi consultation (which is one of our new services 2022) which you can find HERE 🧧

Let’s now talk about the Flying Stars of the upcoming year✨

But what is a study of flying stars in Feng Shui?

It is the most sophisticated traditional Chinese technique for doing Feng Shui. This school study the movement of the planets in relation to our own. Remember that planets are stars, that is why we call this technique the study of flying stars! This technique analyses the dimension of time and space, which we do not find when we study modern and Western Feng Shui. And since the planets are constantly moving through space, the vibrations of our spaces move as well. We must therefore re-align ourselves with the favorable energies of the new year. This is the art and beauty of Feng Shui!

Our 2022 Flying Star Chart

And to end this blog nicely, we offer you our 2022 flying star chart in a simplified version, to help you determine the good and bad energies of your spaces until next year.

Chart that you can download right HERE🧧(available in English and French 😉)

This Feng ShualiTip is coming to an end, we sincerely hope you enjoyed this article and that our surprises will help you start the year of the Water Tiger well. We wish you a lot of happiness, success, health, love and joy for this new year ❤️.

Do not hesitate to leave us a comment if you enjoyed this reading. See you soon for new Feng Shuality™ articles!

The Feng Shuality™ team! ✨