Wedding Feng Shui: The Chinese Horoscopes Guide to Planning Your Wedding

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From your luckiest wedding day to the perfect dress, Wedding Feng Shui will help you plan the ceremony of your dreams!

Are you a Dragon with a Tiger fiancé? Which of your bridesmaids is your best shopping companion? Will you run into conflicts with your Snake mother-in-law? In Wedding Feng Shui, Chinese horoscope experts Laura Lau and Theodora Lau explain how anyone of any culture can use Eastern wisdom to create a meaningful, beautiful, and ...

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From your luckiest wedding day to the perfect dress, Wedding Feng Shui will help you plan the ceremony of your dreams!

Are you a Dragon with a Tiger fiancé? Which of your bridesmaids is your best shopping companion? Will you run into conflicts with your Snake mother-in-law? In Wedding Feng Shui, Chinese horoscope experts Laura Lau and Theodora Lau explain how anyone of any culture can use Eastern wisdom to create a meaningful, beautiful, and personalized wedding.

Based on your lunar and solar signs and those of your fiancé, wedding party, family, and friends, you'll learn:

  • Which of the twelve animal signs you are—and how it can affect you during the planning process
  • The best and worst tasks for each member of your family and wedding party
  • The perfect dresses, flowers, gemstones, symbols, and more for your sign
  • Your luckiest wedding date, based on your specific marriage combination

And there's much more!

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
[M]ore fun than your average wedding planner."
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780061990533
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Publication date: 12/21/2010
  • Pages: 296
  • Sales rank: 693,413
  • Product dimensions: 9.30 (w) x 11.34 (h) x 0.90 (d)

Meet the Author

Laura Lau is the coauthor of The Handbook of Chinese Horoscopes and Best-Loved Chinese Proverbs. She is the daughter of Kenneth and Theodora Lau, and she earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Berkeley. Laura splits her time between Asia and California with her husband.

Theodora Lau, a leading authority on Chinese horoscopes, is the author of The Chinese Horoscopes Guide to Relationships and Chinese Horoscopes for Your Child. She is also the coauthor of The Handbook of Chinese Horoscopes and Best-Loved Chinese Proverbs.

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Table of Contents

Introduction xi

Part I How to Use This Book

1 East Meets West Wedding Planning Calendar and Helpful Tips 5

2 Reference Dates and Tables on the Chinese Zodiac, East-West Sign Combinations, and Animal Hours 11

3 What Is Wedding Feng Shui? Inspiration for Your Wedding Theme and Decor 18

4 Your Personal Wedding Attendant Planner 28

5 Chinese Wedding Rituals and Customs 34

Part II The Chinese Zodiac

6 Born in the Year of the Rat: Here Comes the Initiator Bride 49

7 Born in the Year of the Ox: Here Comes the Enforcer Bride 67

8 Born in the Year of the Tiger: Here Comes the Idealist Bride 84

9 Born in the Year of the Rabbit: Here Comes the Harmonizer Bride 101

10 Born in the Year of the Dragon: Here Comes the Visionary Bride 118

11 Born in the Year of the Snake: Here Comes the Strategist Bride 135

12 Born in the Year of the Horse: Here Comes the Adventurer Bride 153

13 Born in the Year of the Sheep: Here Comes the Peacemaker Bride 171

14 Born in the Year of the Monkey: Here Comes the Innovator Bride 188

15 Born in the Year of the Hen: Here Comes the Perfectionist Bride 205

16 Born in the Year of the Dog: Here Comes the Guardian Bride 222

17 Born in the Year of the Boar: Here Comes the Unifier Bride 240

Part III A Time and a Season to Get Married

Recommended Wedding Dates from 2011 to 2012 265

Glossary of Chinese Terms and Symbolism 295

Acknowledgments 297

About the Authors 299

About the Artists 301

Wedding Feng Shui Worksheets 303

How'd It Go? 321

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