Cyberstrology Year of the Scorpion - 2022

YEAR OF THE SCORPION

Personality of the Scorpion
The scorpion is a weird little creature with an exoskeleton and a stinger in the tail.  They don't tend to be terribly social so not much is known about their personalities.  Mind you, I wouldn't want to annoy one.......

Famous Scorpions
A star constellation (Scorpius)
Selket, Egyptian God of scorpions

Patron Saint of Scorpions

Apparently this is St Julian of Antioch  You can read about him HERE

You are welcome to make any additions to the information here......

Cyberstrology Year of the Giraffe - 2021

YEAR OF THE GIRAFFE

Personality of the Giraffe

The giraffe is a lofty creature, quite the philosopher.  They eat slowly, walk slowly and think think big thoughts slowly with their heads in the clouds.  They won't be rushed.

Famous Giraffes

 Zeraffa Giraffa 
Sophie the giraffe
 April in the Animal Adventure Park

Patron Saint of Giraffes

Apparently this is Madeleine Sophie Barat, who lived in Paris, France.  You can read about her here Wikipedia listing for Madeleine Barat

You are welcome to make any additions to the information here......

Cyberstrology Year Of The Chicken, 2020

Year of the Chicken

Personality of The Chicken

Chickens are very pernickety creatures that like counting seeds, pecking and scratching around.  They'll poke about in stuff for hours and hours, you can't stop them. The lady chickens are more laid back and social but the fellas are absolute loudmouths - they'll have you up and about at the crack of dawn!!

If you're born under the year of the Chicken, you're likely be good with numbers and enjoy doing mundane jobs with some occasional shouting.

Famous Chickens

The Kelloggs cornflakes Chicken

Ken Tucky Fried Chicken

Cornelius Rooster

Foghorn Leghorn
Rooster Cogburn

The Patron Saint of the Chicken is 

St Gall, who's the patron saint of birds, geese and poultry You can read up about him here....
https://www.learnreligions.com/saint-gall-patron-saint-of-birds-124328

Cyberstrology Year Of The Cat 2019

Year of the Cat

Personality of The Cat

Cats are gods.  They are very aloof and demand worship.  They expect feeding at regular intervals in a posh bowl (not the cheap plastic ones).  They expect to sleep on your double mattress (in the middle) while you teeter on the very edge.  Occasionally they will allow you to play with their stringy feather toys but only until you become annoying at which point they'll chew your fingers off and place claw holes in the most painful place they can find.  If you do well at worshipping them, they will allow you to scratch them either juuuuusssst behind the ear or the side of their face or under the chin.   Maybe.
If you do REALLY well, you'll get the Head Bonk.

Famous Cats

Bagpuss

Top Cat

Tom (of Tom and Jerry fame)

Bagheera

Sheer Khan

Bastet (Egyptian cat god)

Garfield

Tigger

Cat in the Hat

Sylvester

Felix (cat food ads)

Bob the Street Cat
Elsa the Lion

The Patron Saint of the Cat is 
Well there isn't really a patron saint because Bastet is the Cat God, so why do they need a saint as well??

Cyberstrology Year of the Llama - 2017

Personality of The Llama

The Llama is rather a sulky bad tempered chap and only improves his mood when presented with impeccable manners from his visitors.  Anything less results in a spit in your face, usually your eyes.  They originated in South America so they're fluent in Spanish and Portuguese and usually live in herds.  They're known for being very shaggy and occasionally trade their fur for a well cooked 3 Michelin starred dinner.  Served on the best china, of course.

Famous Llamas
Dalai Llama
Llama Karma Chameleon

Patron saint of the Llama I think is Saint Blaise - Information about him  is St Blaise - he's the patron saint of animals, vetenarians, Paraguay and wool workers, amongst others.

Cyberstrology Year of the Honeybee 2016

Personality of The Honey Bee

The honey bee is a very industrious fellow, always on the move collecting pollen and stuff to take back to the bee hive to make honey with.   A bee hive is like a big apartment block specially for bees.  They have very short tempers though, so don't go pissing them off by trying to swat them, because they'll just sting you and then tell all their mates to come by and sting you some more.  They like bears lots though because Bears poo in the woods and fertilise all the plants that make pollen for the bees to get to make honey with, as a thankyou present for pooing in the woods.  So bees and bears get on well together.

Famous Bees
Maya the Bee.
Bee-trix Potter, the author

Patron saint of the honeybee, well it's St Gobnait for bees - Information about her is here St Gobnait
And St Ambrose the patron saint of beekeepers - information here St Ambrose

Made an etsy treasury on bees here Bee Treasury

Cyberstrology Year o the Hippopotamus 2015

Personality of The Hippopotamus.

Hippopotami are very territorial Animals and will happily chase you out of the house if they don't like you.  As such, not much is known about them but you don't want to get trodden by one.  No, really, you don't!  They like wallowing in mud and sometimes get sunburnt if they stay out too long.

Hippopotami are interested in mud, water, eating, pooing and sometimes scaring people.

Famous Hippopotami.
The Moomintroll.
(although not technically a hippo, they are famous hippo-type creatures)

The Patron Saint of the Hippopotamus, being related to whales, is St Brendan the Navigator.  
His information is here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan

I have also created a special Hippopotamus Treasury on etsy here
https://www.etsy.com/treasury/OTk1OTM2MHwyNzI3MjIzMDI0/moomins-and-hippos

Year Of The Hamster 2014

Personality of The Hamster
Hamsters are lovely little people that usually live in Deserts like the Gobi Desert in Russia or the Sahara in Africa.  They're very good at speaking different languages and burrowing.  They also like travelling around and seeing things and making friends and growing vegetables.  (and eating them!!!) They like warm colours like red.  Apparently, there are 25 different species of Hamsters, and they're cousins of mice.

Famous Hamsters.
Hammie.

The Patron Saint of the Hamster is St  St Anthony of Padua.  He's the patron saint of lost things,  little animals and travellers!!! His information is here -
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_of_Padua

 I have also created a special Hamster Treasury on etsy HERE

If I've missed anything out, let me know!!!

Cyberstrology Year of The Mouse 2013

Personality of The Mouse
Mouses are inquisitive curious animals that enjoy travelling. They are very good at finding lost items on the floor and recycling them into new objects that can then be re-used. In fact, the Mouse invented The Green Movement currently in use amongst humans. Mouse has a healthy disrespect for authority and are known to have a wonderful sense of humour. They get on very well with everybody.
Mouses are interesting in finding things, making things out of found things, losing them for other people to find, eating cheese and chocolate (not necessarily at the same time), investigating new places and travelling around.  And bellydancing sometimes!

Famous Mice.
Mickey
Minnie
The Three Blind Mice
Jerry (friends with Tom, the cat)
DangerMouse
Mighty Mouse
Speedy Gonzalez

The Patron Saint of the Mouse is St Anthony of Padua.  He's the patron saint of lost things, seekers of lost things, little animals, travellers and the postal system!!! His information is here -
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_of_Padua

 I have also created a special Mouse Treasury on
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/OTk1OTM2MHwyNzIzODM2OTI4/meet-the-family?ref=pr_treasury

If I've missed anything out, let me know!!!

Year Of The Bear pick nick

 

 To start off the Year of The Bear celebrations, we decided to have a Pick Nick!!!  Beanie told us all about those, and they sound like fun!  We started off with Fortune Cookies which are munchie biskits!!

We've never had these before....

 Oh!!  They come wrapped up, like presents!!!  Wow!

 Clarence opened his first!  They're funny shaped Biskits with a piece of paper inside.  Clarence's said "If you worry about yesterday's failures, then today's successes will be few."

That's deep.

Boo went next!  His said "Good Things are On Their Way!"  Oh wow!  How exciting!! 

 Tango's said "Nothing profits more than self esteem, grounded on what is just and right."

Another Deep Thinking fortune for a Deep Thinking Bear.....

After that, Andrea got out a big plate of Bak Larva.  She said they're middle eastern pastries, usually made with filo pastry (that's the lots of layers pastry) and nuts and doused with honey.  We Love Honey!!!

Hey, Boo's Fortune Cookie was right!!!!!

 Coo.... they come in all different shapes!!

 Tango had that one..... These are seriously yummy!

 Boo Bear had the nutty one......

And Clarence had that one.  We all decided that when we'd finished the Bak Larva cakes, we'd give the plate to Beanie and Andrea so they can schlepp it with paint!!!  They like doing stuff like that!

Tango and Boo......

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Happy Year Of The Bear, everybody!!!

(Ed's note: I accidentally deleted the original photos from this post but Tango and Boo were happy to reconstruct them for their favourite audience!!)

Cyberstrology Year of The Bear, 2012

Since the Chinese New Year starts on 23rd January this year, I think it's only fair and reasonable that the Cyberstrology New Year starts on the same day.  So MARK YOUR CALENDAR!!!  23 JANUARY marks the start of the Year Of The Bear!!! 

Special Notice for All Bear Bloggers.  Please decide how you'd like to celebrate your year and when you've posted about it, put a comment here so we can all check in to find out!!!

Personality of The Bear.
Bears are very Loyal Animals.  Once you've made friends with a bear, he or she is friends For Life.  He will provide Nose Hugs when needed (and also when it's not!!!  That's just because he likes you!) and Issue Tissues when you're upset.  Bears make excellent navigators so be sure to take one when you go on holiday.  You'll never get lost that way.  And even if you do, Bears always know where to find Honey, so you won't go hungry.
Bears are interested in Football, Beer, Poo, Farts, Playing Pirates, dancing and gardening.  They specialise in fertilising.

Famous Bears.
Paddington
Rupert
Winnie T Pooh
Baloo T Bear

The Patron Saint of the Bear is St Ursula.  Her information is here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Ursula

I have also created a special Bear Treasury on etsy here http://www.etsy.com/treasury/OTk1OTM2MHwxNzM3MTQ2OTAz/a-celebration-of-bears

NB.  If I have missed anything out of this Bear Description, please comment and let me know.  I shall amend where needed!

Cyber-strology.

I was talking on the phone to Bob the other day - well, texting on the mobile phone - about the Chinese Astrology thing and how some animals have their own year.  There's 12 of them..... Horse, Tiger, Ox, Dragon, Rat, Goat, Snake, Dog, Rooster, Pig, Rabbit, Monkey but not necessarily in that order!

Now, what upsets me and Bob is that there's no Year of The Bear and no Year of The Mouse.  (Rattie is a third cousin twice removed, and not quite the same as a mouse!!)  We decided to invent the Cyberstrology Years of Animals that Were Left Out by The Chinese!!!! 

So, here's the start of the list.
1. Year of The Bear
2. Year of The Mouse
3. Year of The Hamster
4. Year of The Hippopotamus
5. Year of the Honey Bee
6. Year of The Sheep Llama?
7. Year of the Ladybug
8. Year of The Cat
9. Year of The Chicken
10 Year of The Giraffe
11 Year of the Scorpion
12 Year of the Elephant

Now, obviously we need a few more animals to put in, so if you know any that aren't listed in the Chinese Zodiac, then please nominate them!!  We'll also need to write a "Animal Traits" biography thing for each animal.  For instance, Mouse are inquisitive curious animals that enjoy travelling.  They are very good at finding lost items on the floor and recycling them into new objects that can then be re-used.  In fact, the Mouse invented The Green Movement currently in use amongst humans.  Mouse has a healthy disrespect for authority and are known to have a wonderful sense of humour.  They get on very well with everybody.  It is a little known fact that the Mouse Patron Saint is St Anthony of Padua..... patron saint of lost things, seekers of lost things, little animals, travellers and the postal system!!!  (sounds like Beanie, right?!!?)

So - want to join in???!!  We'll decide when each "Year Of" starts later on, and then work out some celebration-y stuff!!  Also, since Tazzie chose so many animals, we only have one more space to fill!!  I did suggest the other day we have more than 12, but I changed my mind.  It'll mean waiting AGES for the next cycle to come round!

WE DID IT!!!  Yay!