Feng Shui Folly: Ram On
Our friend C.G. asks:
“If I Am displaying a figurine of the Ram this year what should I do with the figurine of the horse?”
Why not save your horse figurine for the next time around? The wonderful Horse year comes around every 12 years. The next time it will be the Fire Horse, the most dramatic horse of all, in 2026. As the years go by, and you acquire an image or figurine for each zodiac animal, they may make a lovely little audience in the back of the shelf that displays each current year’s animal in the front. Or you could store them, respectfully, out of sight, to wait their turn again. It might become a family tradition to pull out each successive year’s animal token and enjoy seeing them again in their turn.
If you do not wish to keep the figurines/images of past years’ animals, you can also consider giving them as birthday gifts to family and friends whose birth year they represent. Print out a description of the animal’s characteristics on some lovely paper, and include this with the animal totem for a complete gift. Theodora Lau’s The Handbook of Chinese Horoscopes has very detailed chapters on each animal, and which years they represent, if you wish to research further. Asian import stores also have nice cards of each animal, with their descriptions, to give as birthday cards.
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