37 years ~ not a good year for the Boys in Japan
I found out a new cultural fact about Japan today. I love that and I love being here with the family. I also found out that every time we go anywhere or do anything they go to the shrine to pray for us.
When man enters his 37th year (when a baby is born it is considered to be year one, so athough he is 36 this year, it is taken as 37), it is considered a bad year for his health. It is the year his body starts showing serious signs of ageing. As such, he is given a pair of big iron chopsticks, with these he symbolically picks up and throws out any bad thing that comes his way. I like these traditions and these will serve as a reminder for us to look after ourselves a bit more carefully from hereon in.
posted by Sigsy @ 10:57 PM
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3 Comments:
Yakudoshi? Crazy stuff. But I thought 37 was a bad year for women. 19, 33, & 37 with a year on either side in shadow.
Tod is just coming into his worst yakudoshi this year (42) and then he will have another one at 61. Men also have a yakudoshi at 25 and the same shadow years on either side.
Not a lot of good info in English, but you can piece it all together from a few different sources.
Or maybe this isn't yakudoshi, but some other tradition? I'm intrigued by the chopsticks.
My uncle had to change his name on year, I think it was during one of his yakudoshi. My Grandma went to fortune teller and they told him his name would bring him awful luck that year so his name was officially change. To this day I find that a bit extreme...
I like this idea. Maybe he could change his name to 'Danger' or 'Tremendous' or something!
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