The snake or serpent, has long been associated with the sun , and has been worshipped in both eastern and western cultures. Because it sheds its skin, the snakes symbolizes death and rebirth, life perpetually renewed and everlasting. This is akin to the rising and setting of the sun.The snake’s silence, stealth, slithering physique, his cunning and quickness, and the deadly venom it darts, all seem to make it a creature mystery and supernatural power. Its attraction to music – music can lure it into captivity- and the ability of some species of snake to inflate a protective hood also seem to give the snake a special mystique which has been felt by many people for many ages.
The Chinese believe, in fact, that all human illness may come from snake poison, and, following an ancient theory that like cures like, they use remedies concocted of snake gall to heal sick people.
An ancient allegory connecting the snake, toad, and slug –“the three cringing ones”- is designed to teach the interdependence of all creatures and their balance of power over one another. A snake can swallow a toad; the toad can swallow the slug; but finally, the slug by covering its prey with a slimy secretion, can destroy a snake.
Snake year people are considered to be wise, profound, compassionate. They may also be vain, however, and overly interested in dress. They never have to worry about money, are unusually fortunate in their financial affairs, but tend to be careful about loaning money. Because snake people have a tendency to overdo everything, they can be annoying, even when they try to assist someone, because they then become overly solicitous. Snake people are determined and persistent, hate to fail in whatever they undertake, and prefer to rely on their own judgment rather to seek the opinion of others. Although their natures are calm, they are intense. Snake year people are often very beautiful, and this sometimes leads them into marital difficulties.A person born in the year of the ox or the cock are the best partner for snake year people. Second choice would be someone born in the year of the rat, the hare, the dragon, the snake, the horse, the sheep, the dog. Marriage with someone born in the year of the monkey will prove a poor match, but the worst choice of all is someone born in the year of the tiger or the boar.
The Chinese believe, in fact, that all human illness may come from snake poison, and, following an ancient theory that like cures like, they use remedies concocted of snake gall to heal sick people.
An ancient allegory connecting the snake, toad, and slug –“the three cringing ones”- is designed to teach the interdependence of all creatures and their balance of power over one another. A snake can swallow a toad; the toad can swallow the slug; but finally, the slug by covering its prey with a slimy secretion, can destroy a snake.
Snake year people are considered to be wise, profound, compassionate. They may also be vain, however, and overly interested in dress. They never have to worry about money, are unusually fortunate in their financial affairs, but tend to be careful about loaning money. Because snake people have a tendency to overdo everything, they can be annoying, even when they try to assist someone, because they then become overly solicitous. Snake people are determined and persistent, hate to fail in whatever they undertake, and prefer to rely on their own judgment rather to seek the opinion of others. Although their natures are calm, they are intense. Snake year people are often very beautiful, and this sometimes leads them into marital difficulties.A person born in the year of the ox or the cock are the best partner for snake year people. Second choice would be someone born in the year of the rat, the hare, the dragon, the snake, the horse, the sheep, the dog. Marriage with someone born in the year of the monkey will prove a poor match, but the worst choice of all is someone born in the year of the tiger or the boar.
