Still, the Year of the Ox will impact us all in a few generally similar ways, according to both Levitt and
Pocket Chinese Almanacauthors and translators Joanna C. Lee and Ken Smith. Here s what they have to say about the meaning of the Year of the Ox, and a few predictions for what it has in store.
Keep your head down in the Year of the Ox.
While Levitt is an astrologer and student of feng shui, Lee and Smith get their almanac predictions from a Hong Kong-based geomancer named Warwick Wong. Long practiced in his family, Wong s style of Chinese geomancy is a form of divination, or forecasting the future, that observes astronomical movements and what Smith describes as “other atmospheric conditions.” Wong then interprets how these impact our lives down on earth, and his daily readings offer what’s lucky or unlucky to undertake (February 12 will be good for engagements or starting a business, but bad for rituals and paying out money). But Wong also gives Lee and Smith a gene