How to celebrate the Year of the Dragon

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

Who gently flaps its wings and warms with fiery breath in the New Year's frost? This is the Dragon - the symbol of the coming 2012. It's time to prepare a worthy meeting for him.

We decorate the house

The Christmas tree must certainly be, especially since the current Dragon is water, he loves everything more or less in harmony with the shades of water. Decorations in the "dragon" spirit will look great on a green Christmas tree - silvery, like glare, ringing like jets of water, rustling like wings. A fire-breathing creature will love candles.

If you like to hang family photos on the wall, then hang them even more now - let the Dragon see that all family members, even those who are absent, remember each other. Family, love, friendship, communication are important topics for the coming year.

Dragons are vain. Place dragon figurines and candles on the table, as well as some polished knickknacks in which the cute animal will gladly paint. Well, if green and silver shades prevail in these trinkets, we can confidently assume that luck in the new year will be caught by the tail! General recommendation: more gloss and luxury associations. The dragon is very practical, does not like hints, but he correctly understands clearly expressed requests.

How to treat guests

On the table - all the most delicious. And, what is very important, fresh. No matter how much they love homemade preparations, salads and pickled vegetables in our country, this year on the night of December 31 to January 1, it is better to avoid them. Daily salads and pre-salted, sliced fish will also not please the Dragon. But otherwise it is almost omnivorous - so much so that, in fact, there are no special requirements for the table. The main thing this time is the freshness of the food.

What is better to serve for a festive dinner? Freshly prepared salads, quick-cured fish and seafood, tempura, fried and stewed meat and poultry. Excellent options, and most importantly, very festive and not set on edge - flambé dishes, that is, poured with alcohol and set on fire just before serving. Fondue is well suited to the atmosphere of the meeting of the dragon year - it can be cooked even in an impromptu fondue dish, as well as meat and vegetables cooked on the table grill. It is important that such a unification of all those sitting at the table will create the situation most beloved by the Dragon - the atmosphere of a warm family hearth.

Beauty on the table

Now is the time to move on to serving. Tablecloth - green, white, silver, light blue, golden: the choice of colors is very festive. Napkins can be in tune with the tablecloth, or you can beat their colors on a soft combination - white and green or silver and blue. The service can be anything: from an expensive porcelain service to a modest colored plastic - it's not a matter of cost. Moreover, the dishes or decor can be wooden. These are, for example, plate coasters, cutlery with wooden handles, candlesticks, napkin rings - the Dragon respects closeness to nature very much.

Of the decorations on the table, compositions from the branches of coniferous trees, cones, as well as the already mentioned candles and figures of dragons are appropriate. Decorative compositions on the theme of the house, family are very good - a candle in the form of a house, a family of snowmen, dragons. This is due, again, to the fact that the Dragon patronizes human ties, including family and friendship.

What to wear

More movement, more flight - this is the main motto of the Dragon, and clothes for the New Year's party should help soar above everyday life. In a whirlwind of masquerade, bright, enchanting and even a little crazy outfits, the Dragon will feel in his element and will clearly want to stay longer where he felt so good!

Fabrics can be anything - up to hand-knitted. The style of clothing should not be too tight - it is better to focus on flowing and flared options. And do not forget about the vanity of the Dragon - jewelry, good jewelry will be very appropriate! You should not add feathers, reptile skin (even imitation) and heavy jewelry to the outfit, especially with yellow stones. But turquoise, rock crystal, amethyst, chrysoprase, tourmaline, lapis lazuli are perfect.

In the hair, either a lot of shine and bold styling - but again, avoid hairpins with feathers and leather, or smooth styling, you can with the effect of "wet hair". Hairpins in the Japanese style will be very appropriate - in the form of sticks or ribbons, this will delight the heart of the Dragon, which comes from the southeast.

Suitable activities

Clothes and jewelry will sparkle in the dance: a classical waltz, an incendiary samba or simply whirling to the music - the Dragon is delighted with the dance, he will pick up the rhythm and carry the dancers into a happy distance, where the movements are simple and free, and the music enchants, inspires hope and gives joy … Dance, laugh, respond to the call to go out to play snowballs, fire firecrackers, fool around at Twister, run around in bags and sing the lyrics backwards in chorus. Games, laughter, jokes - the Dragon himself is not averse to laughing.

Dragon Divination

And the world of mysteries is very close to the symbol of 2012. You can ask him what the coming year has prepared, what to expect, what to fear. This will require four feathers and three stones. Feathers are a symbol of the season, stones represent a month. They can be multi-colored so that they can be distinguished, or you can mark them somehow: feathers - with strings, stones - by writing the numbers 1, 2, 3. All four feathers are simultaneously thrown into the air. Which one fell first - at that time of the year the greatest luck awaits, respectively, the feather that fell last does not personify the best period.

Stones are thrown in turn. The one that falls closest to the fortuneteller is a good month of the season (for example, a "spring" feather has fallen, which means that the stones indicate: at number 1 - March, 2 - April, 3 - May). And vice versa - the farther the stone fell, the more prudence should be taken in that month. On this New Year's Eve, fortune-telling promises to be truthful, when the small things of the fortunetellers were piled into the water and taken out to the accompaniment of songs. What was sung in the song - that should be expected in the coming year.

The coming year promises to be a good year as a whole. The dragon is indulgent, understands humor, somewhat straightforward, but easy-going. In the coming year, it is recommended to adhere to family values, show patience. It is very important to find time for good deeds and charity - it is believed that the Dragons are subject to the accounting of human actions, and they can regulate the level of the ratio of good and bad deeds. You should not miss the opportunity to correct your karma.

Well, our horoscope for today will tell you how to meet the current day!