2018 is the Chinese Zodiac Dog year. Chinese New Year Day is on February 16, 2018. But the Dog Year will arrive on February 4, 2018. The formal Chinese Zodiac Name is Yang Earth Dog. In Chinese Five Elements (Metal, Water, Wood, Fore and Earth) theory, Earth is related to brown. We can call 2018 is the year of Brown Dog. Earth has Yin (Female) and Yang (Male). Yin Earth is wet soil and connected to farmland. Yang Earth is dry soil and connected to mountain. Therefore, 2018 is a Mountain Brown Dog year.
What is the meaning of Mountain Brown Dog year? According to Chinese Five Element Horoscope, Dog is in the Earth group. It’s Yang Earth too. That means there are two mountains in 2018. The sign is twin peaks or mountain beyond another mountain. When we enter a town and big and tall mountains behind it, we ignore the existence of the town because the mountains will catch our eyes. That implies something big is going to happen and will attract your attention.
We will see and travel through mountains in 2018. We can say mountains are blocking our way. We will stop somewhere to think about the easier way to pass the mountains because there are mountain dogs in there. Some people know how to deal with dogs, and then they can pass the mountains quickly. But some need to repel those barking dogs first. Some have headache to force ferocious stray dogs away. How can you know you will face a friendly dog or a violent dog? Continue..
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