New Year’s Day Tradition of Making Yearly Predictions

By Linda Georgian

Humanity’s fascination with predictions and glimpses into that unknown realm we call tomorrow has been part of our make up from the beginning. Early man did not have too hard of time to realize that there were “good” days and there were also “bad” days. Of course they didn’t have modern day worries that we have today such as: “Will I get that loan I applied for?”, “Will that special person notice me at work today?”, or even “Will my car make it to work tomorrow?” They were concerned with such issues as: weather conditions for crops and water supply, adequate food supplies, bearing healthy children, and their own personal health.
Certainly some Native American tribes bringing down a buffalo would consider that to be a “good” day, as well as a direct blessing from the Creator. Watching your crops wither away and it doesn’t rain again that day would be a “bad” day and was considered to be punishment for some type of transgression against the Creator.

With such labeling as good or bad we experience conflict when we project our thoughts into tomorrow and what it may or may not bring. This is, by the way, essentially where Eastern Philosophies such as Taoism address the origin of human suffering. This is good or that is bad is to be perceived as this is. Never the less, due to this conflict of expectation, some form of pain or anxiety arises. And to relieve this pain (or worry), there were always individuals sought out that had an “extra” ability that could interact with the invisible psychic and/or spiritual world where time and space have no boundaries to provide insight and guidance.
In those times the people were known as shamans, today those “inner time-trippers” are referred to as psychics, intuitives, or mediums. The role that these special people have played in our culture over the years has changed. The shaman was an integral icon in the everyday life of the tribe and was consulted on virtually every issue that was confronted. Today, the psychic has been more or less relegated to society’s “fringe”. Be that as it may, complete with a few raised eyebrows, the want and need for psychic inquiry remains.

Wherever the modern day intuitive consultant is stationed on the social ladder, the questions put forth are essentially the same, “What does the future bring?”, “Will it be good or bad?” And like the shamans of the past the present day psychic dips into that same endless source that houses the “records of everything.” Also known as the Akashic records. It is from this infinite cosmic library that information is conveyed in varieties of expression through symbols, colors, subjective feelings, spiritual guides, words, and images to the psychic consultant.

New Years’ festivities were practiced as far back as 4,000 B.C. with the changing of the seasons and the planting and harvesting of crops as the points of reference. They were not, however, practiced in North America until about 400 years ago. The tradition of making predictions at the New Year originates from Germany where New Year’s Day was considered one of the four “Oracle Days”, also known as Lostage, with the other days being Christmas, Twelfth Night, and Midsummer’s Day.

The following are a few predictions for 2004 that are some of my own. Enjoy them! It is always fun to compare your own predictions with another. I have listed them under certain categories, but they could overlap into others as well. Please have a safe, fun, and Happy New Year!

Iraq- the U.S. led presence will aggressively work to have the Iraqi Security Forces in place by April. Unfortunately, the Iraqi Security will be set up by infiltrators to spur on an Iraqi civil war with civil rights violations and war atrocities in an attempt to sour the Iraqi population against it. Elements of WMD’s will surface- “dirty bombs”, lethal gases, and various “armed” ground to air missiles. Intense debates about troop withdrawal and oil appropriations will place a greater wedge within the Legislature.

Bin Laden- Is not dead. He is possibly moving between in Syria, Afghanistan, Northern Iraq, and Turkey aided by remaining Taliban rebels. He will be cornered late summer, early fall, and take his own life.

News Issues and Global and Domestic Terrorism- the trend that I see is an increase on both. Globally I see at least two incidences of commercial airliners being struck by ground to air missile attacks. Two possible areas are Turkey and South East Asia in the Indonesia area. Airlines are going to take another financial hit. Domestically, vehicles (cars, trucks, whatever) will be used to cause accidents on large and small scale. Large scale being pile-ups and crashing into every day “soft targets” like gas stations and banks. An increase in “race baiters” popping up in chat rooms and message boards to create racial tension. A possible raise in concern over water and food contamination. And lastly (it will get lighter), we will be inundated by computer hacking and viruses which could coincide with increased identity theft.

Weather Events- an even more harsh winter than last year is in store for the Midwest and Northeast. Many earthquakes, especially the Pacific Rim. California could register a 7.0 this spring as well as an increase in mudslides.

Linda was a nationally known psychic, lecturer, and author of four books published by Simon & Schuster available at bookstores nationwide or through Amazon.com. She was the former co-host of the “Psychic Friends Network” with Dionne Warwick. www.lindageorgian.com