Happy New Year!!

So 2011 is here!! I am excited at the new opportunities that this year will bring. New Year's day was lovely, of course and filled with parties together with friends and loved ones. The next day I caught up with cousins for a quiet drink and while we were there, the chinese zodiac book was broken out to read everyone's future of the upcoming Year of the Rabbit. According to the book, its going to be fairly good year however my past is supposed to come back to haunt me somehow.

Here's one reading for the Year of the Rabbit:

A placid year, very much welcomed and needed after the ferocious year of the Tiger. We should go off to some quiet spot to lick our wounds and get some rest after all the battles of the previous year.

Good taste and refinement will shine on everything and people will acknowledge that persuasion is better than force. A congenial time in which diplomacy, international relations and politics will be given a front seat again. We will act with discretion and make reasonable concessions without too much difficulty.

A time to watch out that we do not become too indulgent. The influence of the Rabbit tends to spoil those who like too much comfort and thus impair their effectiveness and sense of duty.

Law and order will be lax; rules and regulations will not be rigidly enforced. No one seems very inclined to bother with these unpleasant realities. They are busy enjoying themselves, entertaining others or simply taking it easy. The scene is quiet and calm, even deteriorating to the point of somnolence. We will all have a tendency to put off disagreeable tasks as long as possible

Money can be made without too much labor. Our life style will be languid and leisurely as we allow ourselves the luxuries we have always craved for. A temperate year with unhurried pace. For once, it may seem possible for us to be carefree and happy without too many annoyances.

http://www.theholidayspot.com/chinese_new_year/more_zodiacs/rabbit.htm

Lick my wounds indeed, the year of the Tiger has been a killer year and I for one am looking forward to quieter year ahead. Happy new year everyone, enjoy this year...seems like its going to be a good one.