The 6 Sections:
Section 1, January 21st – March 20th : “First section, Zai Quan (second half year energy) energy moves away, air is warm, grass turns green early, people catch cold and virus, fever, headache, nauseous and vomiting, and some myocutanous.”
Since the guest energy “old fire” supports the main energy “tree”, the main weather pattern of this section is considered as normal. But under influence of the year and the half year energy, the harmful wind energy is strong, and people tend to catch cold that brought by the wind. As liver system being over and spleen system gets weak, in general reduce some sour taste but add more sweet. Also reduce hot and spicy in your food to prevent internal heat. Instead eat more cool food like pear, orange, radish and water chestnut.
Section 2, March 20th – May 20th : “Second section, cold comes back, people feels sad, grass gets frost, heat is held internally, people’s energy is trapped inside and cannot let it out.”
Although it may sounds serious, but with the main year energy being “tree”, then the irregular pattern will be somewhat adjusted by itself. Although there will be some cold days comes back during this section, the main direct is normal as the weather gets warmer. But still, since the heart system (fire) being over heated, body essences will be harmed. People feels irritating as there are too much in their mind, thus cause issues like chest full and pain, insomnia, constipation, painful urinating, gum and teeth bleeding, nose bleeding, and dry mouth. To let the heat out, the best way is to lower the heat in the heart and smooth out the spleen system. Eat more salty food but reduce sweet. Drink enough warm water and do proper physical exercises. And very important and obvious, do not take off thick clothes too soon since the weather may surprise you.
Section 3, May 20th – July 22nd : “Third section, Si Tian energy (first half year energy) starts to show its power, more cold comes, lot of rain, people catch external cold, but cannot release internal heat, lower body swells, heart burns and hard to breath, if not treated in time it may lead to death.”
It is summer time but the heat may not seem to be as enough as it should be. Since the internal body heat is blocked by unusual external cold, it may be combined with body fluid and flow to the lower body, symptoms like hemorrhoid and swollen legs may appears. Also since the heat is held in the heart system, there will also be symptoms like irritation, dry mouth, over sweat, short breath, drossiness and fainting. The heat is in the Triple Energizer (San Jiao) system instead of one single organ, so the entire body may be overheated. Take advantage of the seasonal fruit like watermelon, drink enough warm water to help the skin open better and release the internal heat. Eat more bitter but reduce salty.
Section 4, July 22nd – September 22nd : “The fourth section, the wind mixed with the wet, the earth gets more rain, everything will grow to its max, people gets more heat but gets weak, muscle gets weak especially feet and legs, also diarrhea and dysentery.”
The main weather pattern for the section is normal, and the weather becomes cooler with reasonable amount of rain. This may a bumper crop year, but people may get symptoms caused by wet-heat such as cold-heat feeling, body and head feels heavy, sleepiness, stuffy chest and stomach, nauseous, dry mouth but don’t want to drink water and joint pains. Make sure keep the air in the house fresh and flowing by using less air conditioner but opens windows more. This will help to remove the harmful wetness around us. Eat less sweet but more sour. And because of the internal heat, people tends to drink and eat more cold thus cause diarrhea. So it is still safer and heather to stay with warm drinks.
Section 5, September 22nd – November 22nd : “Fifth section, Yang energy comes back, tree and grass grow more and harvest, people feels comfortable.“
This sounds like the smoothest section of the year. The most serious issues we can get are dryness related symptoms like coughing, sore throat, light fever, sweat less, dry lips and mouth, craving for water and bad sleep. Taking all the fruits you can get for the season (seasonal fruit) because this is the time. With a better appetite and strong stomach energy, you are ready and able to take them to moisturize the body. But avoid strong sour food and eat more bitter instead to balance the system in general. Keeping the bowel movement smooth is the key.
Section 6, November 22nd – January 21st, 2013 : “The last section, the Zai Quan energy (second half year energy) starts to show its force, strong wet force arrives, cold moisture air in the sky surrounds the earth, many open area are fogy and cloudy with less or no sunlight, people feels sad or even hopeless, if there is strong cold wind arrives, for those who are pregnant may not be able to deliver the baby alive.”
Another scary picture we see here. The weather may be harsh with too much snow or rain, plus the cold-dampness. Under this energy pattern, people catch cold easy, also there may be muscle sore and pain, bad digestion, diarrhea, hernia, running nose, coughing, chest pain, headache and heavy body, lower back pain, joint pain, bloated belly, and vomiting. Although looks bad, but if there is Yin, then there must be Yang. To prevent all these, the basic rule is to keep the body warm inside out, meaning more clothes and more hot water, in order to balance the “cold water” energy and support the fire (heart energy). Because no one likes too much fogy and cloudy days in the winter, we can always do the best to adjust the physical body to bring a good mood as well. Eat some warm food (winter food remedy) such as lamb and beef, because winter is also the good time to nourish the body. But eat less salty but a little bit more bitter.
In conclusion, section 1, 2 and 4 have normal weather energy pattern, but 3, 5 and 6 have unusual patterns. Combines with the main and half years energy, the main energy forces of 2012 are wind, cold and wet.
So far I have done my awful interpretation from the ancient text for you. Please use your own wisdom to understand and utilize it. Here I also want to share something I have found interesting. It’s another analysis according to the energy pattern and the 9-star theory but more in the Yi Ching, Chinese astrology and Feng Shui aspect. I do NOT have enough knowledge about these but I can still try my best to do another awful translation. If you are interested, please continue:
South East Tree Wind, gallbladder. 5-yellow | South Fire, heart 1-white | South West Earth, spleen 3-jade green |
East Water, liver 4-green | Center Earth, spleen 6-white | West Metal, lung 8-white |
North East Mountain, stomach 9-purple | North Water, kidneys 2-black | North West Metal, large intestine 7-red |
Don’t worry if you don’t understand the chart, I put it here just as a fact. Here are the descriptions: - 1-white star represent frost and snow, it’s at the position of Fire. This indicates the south (fire) is threatened by water hazard. In human body this shows as strong heat-dampness inside, in the nature it indicates the flood in the south.
- 2-black star represents the sickness. It lands north (kidneys). This may indicates 1, sickness in the north. 2, and it is caused by weak earth (spleen-stomach). 3, the root is in kidney and bladder system, and 4, related to body fluid or blood.
- 3-jade green star represent the thunder or shakes. It moves to south west (Yin Earth) this year. It might indicate earthquake in the south west but with no other strong evidence to support this guess. Also this might indicates movement in earth-wood business but again it is just a guess. This is a very uncertain star so we can only go and see.
- 4-green star represents the wind. It lands east where wind is already strong. Looks like there may be wind damage to the east. Here the “east” we talk about is a bigger term, not necessarily the east in one country or area.
- 5-yellow star represents earth and disaster. It lands south east and indicates possible disaster in that direction of the earth. It can appear as earthquake, flood or fire depends on the other factors. But in general, any disaster on the earth is all somehow related to wind.
- 6-white star represent water, it’s in the center. And the center represent the earth, and water invades earth may indicates water is overpowering the earth. OR, it can also mean the central earth is holding up the water like a dam. Since other factors shows 2012 has strong wind and water energy, more likely we may see the water overpowering the earth. If the dam cannot hold the water anymore, then we are looking at some dyke breaching or mud sliding. And next year (2013) this may be more severe.
- 7-red star represents gun powder and metal, military, wars or fight. It lands in North West this year. We are hoping the best that it won’t show as war in that direction. But when history moves, we must follow.
- 8-white star represents supports. It is a good star and lands in the west this year. In China (since this theory is based on the location of central China) it shows as the government starts to develop the west more and it is going strong. But are we also going to see more development in that direction in general?
- 9-purple star represents the economy in a way. It reaches the north east this year. But in human body it represents the digestion system (stomach and intestine). When too much energy reaches the digestion system it may appears to be stuffed and accumulated. As a healer I personally want to remind everyone this may be MIS-diagnosed as tumor or even cancer. So, stay calm and look at yourself as a whole system.
By now I have competed what I want to share. Again, these information are not necessarily correct and you should definitely NOT make them become the reason of worrying. Human has been part of the universe for years, diseases and disasters are simply part of life. Stay centered and balance, use your own internal universe to balance the external change.
