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Chinese Astrology

Exploring the Eastern Zodiac

By Shelly Wu

New Page Books

A division of The Career Press, Inc.

Franklin Lakes, NJ

Chinese Astrology

2005 by Shelly Wu

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C HINESE A STROLOGY

E DITED AND T YPESET BY C HRISTOPHER C AROLEI

O RIGINAL A RTWORK BY S HERIDAH D. D AVIS AND R OBERT R. L ANGWELL

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Wu, Shelly, 1959-

Chinese astrology : exploring the eastern zodiac / by Shelly Wu.

p. cm.

Includes index.

ISBN 1-56414-796-7

1. Astrology, Chinese. I. Title.

BF1714.C5W795 2005

133.5

9251- - dc21

2004058460

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Animal Name Here

Chapter X

Dedication

Losing my mother was a defining moment in my life. When this

happened, I found myself faced with the daunting task of going through

and distributing her personal belongings. Each closet I opened be-

came more difficult as I pictured her wearing each flowered dress.

Despite being a grown woman, on that day I was no more than a

grieving child. I buried my face into the clothing, which still smelled

of her perfume—the loss was almost unbearable. I knew that her

mother, my maternal grandmother, was a poet and a Goat born in

1907. In a weathered nightstand amongst my mother’s belongings, I

found both her’s and my grandmother’s poetry. My tears were re-

placed by a smile as I read the tattered piece of paper that was ad-

dressed to me:

They say you are a tom boy child,

Small daughter of the wind;

With clothes awry, and hair blown wild,

Your hands and knees well-skinned.

You do not play with dolls, or sit

And meekly learn to sew;

Because you do not care one bit

What little girls should know.

You gather creatures you have found

Along your gypsy roads;

A fallen bird...a sorry hound...

Or “needy” cats and toads.

Chinese Astrology

You love to face a bully’s threat

And stand up to his dare;

Or see that others don’t forget

The rules of “playing fair.”

But sometimes in your wanderings,

You cause us real alarm;

You seem to think God gave you wings

Instead of girlish charm!

Until you grow into your teens,

When boys begin to care.

It’s then you’ll give up bugs and jeans,

For flowers in your hair!

My grandmother wrote this poem for me when I was a young girl,

but I had never seen it. I was dumbstruck to read this perfect descrip-

tion of a child born into a Dog year. These are amazing insights, con-

sidering she had no knowledge of astrology. Perhaps all truth is indeed

universal and stands the test of time.

I would like to dedicate this book to my mother, whose insight-

ful poetry is used throughout the book; to my grandmother, who

taught me to love words; and to my father, who introduced me to

the spiritual world. Finally, I wish to dedicate this book to my pre-

cious children: Sheridah, Tyler, and Katie Rose. My writing is a

part of me, but you are the best of me.

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