Chinese New Year

dragon(ele)nerd

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Hey guys, just wishing all you guys a happy chinese new year fro tommorrow.

" gong hei fat chow" to everyone,

also happy Australia day,
 
oh yeah forgot to mention this year is the year of the ox, hard-workers very determined people are born in this year.
 
I am a rooster with the element yin fire. It's meaningless to me though. I was born 19 Feb 1957.
 
neat, people born in the year of the rooster apparently have a nack for public speaking and are very articulate. Also very up to date and always knows what's going on. being also a fire rooster adds livelyness and energy to the person. :)
 
I'm dog which i find rather boring when you look at all the exotic animals i could have been. Apparently that makes me loyal and obediant.
 
am an Ox myself

Ox
People born in the year of the Ox are born leaders who inspire confidence. They are often good with their hands. However they can be too demanding and methodical. Oxen make great surgeons and hairdressers.
 
Happy New Year, all!

As Chinese astrology is a hobby of mine, let me add that your animal birth year is merely 1/8th of your birth chart. Don't be surprised if you don't see yourself reflected in its description.

If you'd like to see more, here's a great site that describes the animals signs at length:

Chinese Horoscopes
 
I'm dog which i find rather boring when you look at all the exotic animals i could have been. Apparently that makes me loyal and obediant.

Right there with you! but it is said in my family that exoctic animals like Tigers and Dragons usually make poor personalities within females. :(

Though my auntie is a doctor and recalls that she had to deliver a huge amount of babies in the year 2000, which was a dragon's year.
 
Main celebration here happens this sunday, next year is year of the tiger on the 14th of feb.
 
Happy New Year, all!

As Chinese astrology is a hobby of mine, let me add that your animal birth year is merely 1/8th of your birth chart. Don't be surprised if you don't see yourself reflected in its description.

If you'd like to see more, here's a great site that describes the animals signs at length:

Chinese Horoscopes

Obviously these are generalizations. My best friend is a rabbit, we ought to be mortal enemies.

Dragon(ele)nerd, why is the start of the Chinese New Year moveable?
 
Obviously these are generalizations. My best friend is a rabbit, we ought to be mortal enemies.

Dragon(ele)nerd, why is the start of the Chinese New Year moveable?

Yes, it's more complicated than your year animal sign.

Chinese culture uses several calendars for different things (solar, lunar, and a solar-lunar hybrid). So the dates according to Gregorian calendar change. Much like the various religious festivals and holidays in Christianity and Judaism and Islam.
 
The Chinese Calender only has 29 or 30 days for each month and particular years sometimes have 13 months. The new year is the welcoming of spring though almost always it is still in the middle of winter snowing and such.... though chinese consider that spring has arrived.
 
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