​Lunar New Year

Kung Hei Fat Choi! The Lunar New Year on January 28, is a great opportunity to refocus on setting new intentions or refocusing on old ones.
 
This year is the Year of the Rooster, which is the tenth zodiac sign in the 12-year cycle. According to Chinese culture the rooster represents fidelity and punctuality. People born in this sign are thought to be beautiful, kind-hearted, courageous, independent, humorous and honest.  
 
Chinese believe that energy needs to be shifted and cleansed before the beginning of the Lunar New Year to welcome good fortune. Traditionally, this focused the celebration around appeasing the Gods through Feng Shui design, lighting prayer incense, and preparing large meals to signify abundance. Here are some other ways you can light up the Lunar New Year and make it a prosperous one!

• Just as the moon cycle brings a new phase every month, we also have the opportunity to start a new phase in our own lives. Light the Aloha Elixir Moon Soy Intention Candle during the different phases of the moon as a tool to further release your intentions to the universe. During the new moon of the Lunar New Year celebration, this elixir enhances meditation towards abundance, manifesting desires, and protection.
• One of our favorite ways to celebrate the Lunar New Year is by enjoying some of our favorite treats, each which are rich with symbolism. One of these are gao, which sounds the same as the word for “tall” or “high.” The cake symbolizes achieving new heights in the coming year and is made from glutinous rice flower, brown sugar and oil.
• Many eat or display tangerines or oranges before the New Year since it is believed to bring a wealth of money and good luck in the coming year. The tradition stems from the fact that the Chinese words for “gold” and “orange” sound similar while the word for tangerine echoes the word “luck.” Many also leave the leaves on the fruit when displayed since leaves represent longevity.
• A popular activity in Chinese culture is to put money in a red lycee envelope and feed it to lion dancers which encourages your own prosperity in the New Year. This act can be done at home to encourage reaching your own financial goals with our Money Pot Kit. Packaged with a beautifully handmade money pot, a limited edition money intention candle, petite assorted gemstones, and good luck coins, the Money Pot Kit is blessed with the energy of limitless abundance.
• Another tradition is to clean the house before the New Year to get rid of all the bad luck collected in the previous year. Many believe that you can’t sweep during the first few days of the New Year or you will sweep all the good luck away!

• Just as January 1 is an opportunity to create a new outlook on your life, the Lunar New Year equally shifts the energy towards new beginnings. Manifest clarity with one of our elixirs charged with crystalized energy full of positive growth. Our New Beginnings Soy Intention Candle contains clear quartz, citrine, and jade for high vibrations of self-empowerment and to help open the path as you embark on a New Year.  

 
Every new beginning starts with the desire for change and positive change begins with positive intent. Just as the Chinese proverb says: “be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.” Tap into the arrival of the new lunar calendar and celebrate the start of something new and great!