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Daoism on winter

Posted on December 10, 2006 by Hilary • 3 Comments

Here’s a lovely article by Michelle Wood on Hexagram 24 and Winter Solstice – capturing the quality of the time.

Michelle says:

December 10, 2006 at 7:40 pm

Thank you for linking to my article….I’m honored.
Enjoy!
Michelle

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Togan says:

December 11, 2006 at 11:41 pm

Just a comment if it may be usefull, in the chinese system winter solstice is the middle of the winter, not as the beginning of winter in the western thought.

Togan

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Michelle says:

December 16, 2006 at 6:40 am

Hi Togan,

Thanks for your comment.

I don’t usually think of the winter solstice as the beginning of winter, but I do consider it to be the start of the new year. Apparently there was some precedent for this…there was a conversation on Ray Langley’s chineseastrology list a few years ago (May 2001 according to my files) and several people supported the possibility the ancient Chinese considered this the new year, also. But then, as we know, things Change! 🙂

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