kong hai fat choi! [i think that's how it goes]
i.e. happy chinese new year!
they say it's gonna be a dog of a year ... or the year of the dog, at least.
coincidence or not, i watched a curious tv program yesterday about feng shui.
curious concepts indeed - e.g. ensuring ancestors' graves are situated at the metaphorical 'dragon's mouth', ensuring one has, symbolically, the dragon on one side, the tiger on the other, the tortoise behind (for stability etc.), the snake in front ... there is a 5th animal in the mix there too but it's identity escapes me right now ....
not sure about the degree(s) to which i might instantiate such concepts into my own life, but regarding my desk i am in pretty good shape if, for example:
- various teas, a teapot, pens, pencils & phone can be considered the dragon
- piles of papers, books and other associated paper work might embody the tiger
- the back rest of my chair might be the tortoise?
- my keyboard represents the snake

maybe i could use a different tortoise???
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