The year 2024 is &#8220;Kinoetatsu&#8221;. &#8220;Kou&#8221; has the character of the beginning of things, and &#8220;Tatsu&#8221; is the year of growth.
There were many encouraging moments, such as winning the WBC, qualifying for the Olympics in the World Cup basketball tournament, and Sota Fujii winning his 8th championship in the professional Go (Japanese chess) tournament. However, the year 2023 was also plagued by extreme heat, rising prices, the revelation of Big Motor and Daihatsu&#8217;s fraudulent activities, and political turmoil over party ticket kickbacks.
 
What kind of year will 2024, the year of the dragon, really be? Makoto Takemitsu, author of &#8220;What is the Chinese Zodiac for the Japanese?”
<h3>“The year 2024 will be the year of the Dragon Kou. “Kou” has the character of the beginning of things, and &#8220;Tatsu&#8221; is the year of growth. It is said that what we have been striving for until now will make a great leap forward, and further growth is expected.” (Makoto Takemitsu)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_351413" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 640px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-351413"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="3a606f0b"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/12/ce0afb118de9a288be192e3c760d3f87.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-351413" class="wp-caption-text">The dragon is the only one of the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac that does not exist. It is said that the dragon was chosen because of its image of rising growth and the fact that it is the only one of the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac that does not actually exist.</figcaption></figure>
It will be a happy year for those who have been working hard to obtain good data from their research or improve their marathon times.
According to one theory, stock prices tend to rise in the year of the dragon or the year of the snake, while they tend to fall in the year of the dog or the year of the boar. If this is the case, it is tempting to think of making a fortune in the stock market.
“However, the year is only a year in which your past efforts will make a great leap forward, not a year in which you will get rich quick by making a few quick wins.”
The NISA will be new from January 1, 2024. As new products are created, there will be many corresponding scams. It is rather important to be careful about these things.
<h3>Former Prime Minister Abe&#8217;s case occurred in 2022, the year of the &#8220;child&#8221; that &#8220;something will happen”</h3>
According to Takemitsu, the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac and the ten signs of the zodiac (A, B, C, D, etc.) originated in ancient Chinese empirical science, and it is believed that each time and specific direction has its own characteristics.
According to him, &#8220;Zi (ne)&#8221; means &#8220;life begins to sprout within a seed,&#8221; and &#8220;ox&#8221; means &#8220;buds intertwine within a seed,&#8221; in the order of the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac: Zi, Ox, Tiger, sprout gradually from seeds, plants and trees grow, fruits ripen, and seeds are born within fruits again. This is repeated in a 12-year cycle.
 
It is believed that events occur according to the nature of time. For example, in the year of the child, the seed of a problem is born, and the problem gradually grows. In the year of the dragon, when plants and trees grow, the efforts you have made so far will grow, just as plants and trees grow.
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They say it is not scientifically proven, but if you look at the year 2022, by the way, it is the year of the tiger. It is the year of the tiger, the year in which something is supposed to happen that will &#8220;cause plants and trees to arise”
The invasion of Ukraine began in 2022, and former Prime Minister Abe was killed by a bullet. In the following year, when the &#8220;grass and trees cover the ground,&#8221; the former Prime Minister Abe&#8217;s case brought the Unification Church&#8217;s problems to light, and the problems are spreading.
It can be thought that the efforts of journalists who have been following the Unification Church issue so far have gradually begun to bear fruit. In the year 2024, there may be even bigger developments.
<figure id="attachment_351414" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 640px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-351414"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="956fb778"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/12/aa779683f9ed5a0e7c47dbb51a4b95cc.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-351414" class="wp-caption-text">It is said that each zodiac sign has its own personality. By the way, those born in the year of the dragon are romantic perfectionists.</figcaption></figure>
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<h3>If you want to improve your luck, go to a shrine that embodies the &#8220;Dragon God”</h3>
I want to make my year as good as possible. What should we do to make it a better year?
“There are many shrines enshrining the Chinese zodiac in Japan. This year, the year of the dragon, it would be a good idea to visit a shrine that enshrines the dragon god.”
In Tokyo, Ebara Shrine in Shinagawa Ward, Hakone Shrine in Kanagawa Prefecture, and Kibune Shrine in Kyoto Prefecture are also recommended.
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“If you are born in the year of the rat, you may want to visit a shrine where a mouse is enshrined, and if you are born in the year of the ox, you may want to visit a shrine where a cow is enshrined.&#8221;
How will the party ticket issue be resolved and will taxes be raised in 2024? What can we do but ask God for help?
 
Makoto Takemitsu is a former professor at Meiji Gakuin University. His major is ancient Japanese history and philosophy of history. He has been engaged in research on Japanese thought and culture from a wide range of cultural perspectives, and has written extensively on a wide range of subjects. He is the author of many books, including &#8220;The Japanese Gods You Should Know&#8221; (Kawade Bunko) and &#8220;What is the Chinese Zodiac for the Japanese&#8221; (KAWADE Yume Shinsho).

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