On 12th February we will begin the next Chinese New Year. In 2020, the Year of the Rat, we saw a pandemic and a radical change in life that none of us could have predicted. So what will the White Metal Ox bring us in 2021?
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The defining characteristics of the Ox are obedience, peace, hard work and unity. The Ox is a reliable creature who will advise planning rather than spontaneity but with adequate strength and conscientiousness, it will help is, at last, to achieve some of our dreams. The Ox loves its family and is an ethical animal who reveres the sacred. There will therefore be a particularly spiritual element to 2021, bringing into focus the traits of integrity, honesty and self-responsibility. The white part of the White Ox means that it welcomes in all colours and is inclusive, another spiritual characteristic.
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The metal element introduces the strength and determination of steel and so the White Metal Ox is determined and demands discipline, loyalty and confidence. Be prepared to work hard in order to transform and bring about a new normal and ride the wave of polarity that is coming up into consciousness. Everything and everyone seems divided. We either believe in vaccinations or we are opposed; we either welcome social distancing or hugging; we either embrace online meetings or long for face to face socialising. Up/down, hot/cold/good/ bad: this is all polarity and the time has come to integrate both into our consciousness.
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This polarisation has become so visible that it feels like an abscess ready to burst. Boils hurt and are exhausting and we’re all tired and in pain. The shutdown of our normal lives is becoming increasingly unbearable and we all just long to return to normality. Except that we can’t go backwards and normality is going to have to be different. If we return to abusing ourselves, each other and the planet, we will lose everything. We have to give birth to something new and giving birth hurts.
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The way forward to something different is through gratitude rather than fear and we can use the White Metal Ox’s energy to help us achieve this. The symbolism of this animal shows us how to discipline ourselves so that we can choose our path more wisely. It shows us how to feel united with others so that we can be stronger together rather than feel isolated and alone. It shows us how to live in our hearts rather than our heads and to feel love rather than resentment.
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So turn away from all the fear that has been saturating us from the media and instead imagine that you are music. We’ve been listening to low vibrations but we now have the chance to hear higher octaves. This can be very exciting and will raise us high enough to feel the beauty and leave behind the ugliness. The confidence, determination and values of the Metal Ox will give us the strength to transform pain into pleasure, illness into healing and fear into love.
After a very difficult 2020, it’s at last time to welcome this beautiful animal and embrace a new honesty, work ethic and determination to transform. Remember that each time you have a beautiful thought, you become beautiful inside and so does everyone you think beautiful thoughts about. All we have to do is to live from our hearts rather than our minds and feel grateful for everything, even the hard times. That way we will transform the negative into the positive and become united rather than polarised.
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