year of the OX

[dagon]

chinese new year!!!

[Antaletriangle]

I'm a Taurus but my chinese year is the monkey.

[dagon]

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/20...t_10720027.htm

Chinese celebrate Lunar New Year, hope for a better 2009


Special Report: Spring Festival Special 2009

CHENGDU, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- With red lanterns hanging from the eaves, the bangs of firecrackers outside, and tables of delicious food, Chinese people, including millions of quake survivors, observed the Lunar New Year eve in the traditional way.

In the prefab of quake survivor Hu Suqiong, a dozen family members gathered at the table on which were traditional local foods such as preserved ham and sausage.

"I really had not expected that I could celebrate the Spring Festival with everyone in such a good prefab room," Hu's husband Chen Ziyi toasted Sunday noon's "reunion" (tuanyuan in Chinese) meal", which take place among Chinese families on the Lunar New Year's Eve.

The "Qinjian Family" prefab housing area where Hu Suqiong lives near the downtown of Dujiangyan City has 120,000 people. Dujiangyang was a worst-hit area in Sichuan Province in last May's devastating earthquake which left more than 80,000 people dead or missing.

[dagon]

Originally Posted by Antaletriangle

I'm a Taurus but my chinese year is the monkey.

most chinese calendars say im a dog. but im a earth rooster. being that the new year starts in jan, feb. Im on the cusp.

[THE eXchanger]

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR TO ALL !!!

REMEMBER there are 60 different types of chinese signs
not just 12

for people born in 1948 - it is 60 years
the return of The Water Ox

people born in 1958 -- Golden/Brown earth dogs

love/susan
the eXchanger

http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/newyeardays.htm

According to Chinese Lunar calendar, the Chinese New Year Day is the new moon day of the first lunar month. The first lunar month is the second lunar month after the lunar month (11th lunar month) contains Winter Solstice, which is around December 23 in Gregorian calendar (western calendar). As a result, Chinese New Year Day might fall in the second half of January or the first half of February.
Chinese calendar combines lunar, solar and color-animal (Stem-Branch) counting systems. The lunar counting system mainly is to count the lunar month. The solar counting system is to count the year and solar month for agriculture activities. The color animal is to count the every single solar day. At the beginning color animal counts only for the day. Later, Five Element scholars applied color animals on Year and Month cycles.

There are 12 animals, which are Rat, Cow, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Chicken, Dog, Pig, in the counting system. The Chinese calendar needs to assign a unique animal name for each day inside the lunar month. sometimes, Chinese Lunar Calendar needs to add an extra lunar month (Leap Lunar Month) in the cycle to match the speed of the solar cycle. For example, Year 2006, Chinese calendar has two 7th lunar months. A lunar month contains 29 or 30 days. Therefore, Chinese calendar needs 60 different animal names to make every single day unique for the case of leap lunar month.

To make the 60 unique color animal names, Chinese add the name of Five Elements, which are Metal, Water, Wood, Fire and Earth, on the top of animal names. Five Elements are connected to colors, which are White, Black, Green, Red and Brown. That's why each Chinese year has a color animal name. The first sign of 60 color animals is the Green Wood Rat, which can be found in 1924 and 1984.

The first day of the animal year is different from the Chinese New Year Day. The animal year starts on the first day of the Tiger month. Tiger month begins from the day when Sun enters ecliptic 315 degree position, which is around February 4 Gregorian calendar. That means the animal month is solar month, not lunar month. This is why many people who born in January or February confuse about their animal sign of birth year. To verify the exact animal sign of birth year goes to use the free online Chinese Astrological Animal Sign page.

Because the Chinese New Year Day is based on the New Moon Day and different time zones might have different new moon days in Gregorian calendar, Chinese New Year Days might fall different days in the USA time zones.

The following Chinese New Year Days is calculated based on China time zone, which is east longitude 120 degree time


here's a list
Year Chinese New Year Day Zodiac Color Animal Sign First Day of Animal Year
1900 January, 31 1900 1900 White Metal Rat Year February 4, 1900
1901 February, 19 1901 1901 White Metal Cow Year February 4, 1901
1902 February, 8 1902 1902 Black Water Tiger Year February 5, 1902
1903 January, 29 1903 1903 Black Water Rabbit Year February 5, 1903
1904 February, 16 1904 1904 Green Wood Dragon Year February 5, 1904
1905 February, 4 1905 1905 Green Wood Snake Year February 4, 1905
1906 January, 25 1906 1906 Red Fire Horse Year February 5, 1906
1907 February, 13 1907 1907 Red Fire Sheep Year February 5, 1907
1908 February, 2 1908 1908 Brown Earth Monkey Year February 5, 1908
1909 January, 22 1909 1909 Brown Earth Chicken Year February 4, 1909
1910 February, 10 1910 1910 White Metal Dog Year February 5, 1910
1911 January, 30 1911 1911 White Metal Pig Year February 5, 1911
1912 February, 18 1912 1912 Black Water Rat Year February 5, 1912
1913 February, 6 1913 1913 Black Water Cow Year February 4, 1913
1914 January, 26 1914 1914 Green Wood Tiger Year February 4, 1914
1915 February, 14 1915 1915 Green Wood Rabbit Year February 5, 1915
1916 February, 4 1916 1916 Red Fire Dragon Year February 5, 1916
1917 January, 23 1917 1917 Red Fire Snake Year February 4, 1917
1918 February, 11 1918 1918 Brown Earth Horse Year February 4, 1918
1919 February, 1 1919 1919 Brown Earth Sheep Year February 5, 1919
1920 February, 20 1920 1920 White Metal Monkey Year February 5, 1920
1921 February, 8 1921 1921 White Metal Chicken Year February 4, 1921
1922 January, 28 1922 1922 Black Water Dog Year February 4, 1922
1923 February, 16 1923 1923 Black Water Pig Year February 5, 1923
1924 February, 5 1924 1924 Green Wood Rat Year February 5, 1924
1925 January, 24 1925 1925 Green Wood Cow Year February 4, 1925
1926 February, 13 1926 1926 Red Fire Tiger Year February 4, 1926
1927 February, 2 1927 1927 Red Fire Rabbit Year February 5, 1927
1928 January, 23 1928 1928 Brown Earth Dragon Year February 5, 1928
1929 February, 10 1929 1929 Brown Earth Snake Year February 4, 1929
1930 January, 30 1930 1930 White Metal Horse Year February 4, 1930
1931 February, 17 1931 1931 White Metal Sheep Year February 5, 1931
1932 February, 6 1932 1932 Black Water Monkey Year February 5, 1932
1933 January, 26 1933 1933 Black Water Chicken Year February 4, 1933
1934 February, 14 1934 1934 Green Wood Dog Year February 4, 1934
1935 February, 4 1935 1935 Green Wood Pig Year February 5, 1935
1936 January, 24 1936 1936 Red Fire Rat Year February 5, 1936
1937 February, 11 1937 1937 Red Fire Cow Year February 4, 1937
1938 January, 31 1938 1938 Brown Earth Tiger Year February 4, 1938
1939 February, 19 1939 1939 Brown Earth Rabbit Year February 5, 1939
1940 February, 8 1940 1940 White Metal Dragon Year February 5, 1940
1941 January, 27 1941 1941 White Metal Snake Year February 4, 1941
1942 February, 15 1942 1942 Black Water Horse Year February 4, 1942
1943 February, 5 1943 1943 Black Water Sheep Year February 5, 1943
1944 January, 25 1944 1944 Green Wood Monkey Year February 5, 1944
1945 February, 13 1945 1945 Green Wood Chicken Year February 4, 1945
1946 February, 2 1946 1946 Red Fire Dog Year February 4, 1946
1947 January, 22 1947 1947 Red Fire Pig Year February 4, 1947
1948 February, 10 1948 1948 Brown Earth Rat Year February 5, 1948
1949 January, 29 1949 1949 Brown Earth Cow Year February 4, 1949
1950 February, 17 1950 1950 White Metal Tiger Year February 4, 1950
1951 February, 6 1951 1951 White Metal Rabbit Year February 4, 1951
1952 January, 27 1952 1952 Black Water Dragon Year February 5, 1952
1953 February, 14 1953 1953 Black Water Snake Year February 4, 1953
1954 February, 3 1954 1954 Green Wood Horse Year February 4, 1954
1955 January, 24 1955 1955 Green Wood Sheep Year February 4, 1955
1956 February, 12 1956 1956 Red Fire Monkey Year February 5, 1956
1957 January, 31 1957 1957 Red Fire Chicken Year February 4, 1957
1958 February, 18 1958 1958 Brown Earth Dog Year February 4, 1958
1959 February, 8 1959 1959 Brown Earth Pig Year February 4, 1959
1960 January, 28 1960 1960 White Metal Rat Year February 5, 1960
1961 February, 15 1961 1961 White Metal Cow Year February 4, 1961
1962 February, 5 1962 1962 Black Water Tiger Year February 4, 1962
1963 January, 25 1963 1963 Black Water Rabbit Year February 4, 1963
1964 February, 13 1964 1964 Green Wood Dragon Year February 5, 1964
1965 February, 2 1965 1965 Green Wood Snake Year February 4, 1965
1966 January, 21 1966 1966 Red Fire Horse Year February 4, 1966
1967 February, 9 1967 1967 Red Fire Sheep Year February 4, 1967
1968 January, 30 1968 1968 Brown Earth Monkey Year February 5, 1968
1969 February, 17 1969 1969 Brown Earth Chicken Year February 4, 1969
1970 February, 6 1970 1970 White Metal Dog Year February 4, 1970
1971 January, 27 1971 1971 White Metal Pig Year February 4, 1971
1972 February, 15 1972 1972 Black Water Rat Year February 5, 1972
1973 February, 3 1973 1973 Black Water Cow Year February 4, 1973
1974 January, 23 1974 1974 Green Wood Tiger Year February 4, 1974
1975 February, 11 1975 1975 Green Wood Rabbit Year February 4, 1975
1976 January, 31 1976 1976 Red Fire Dragon Year February 5, 1976
1977 February, 18 1977 1977 Red Fire Snake Year February 4, 1977
1978 February, 7 1978 1978 Brown Earth Horse Year February 4, 1978
1979 January, 28 1979 1979 Brown Earth Sheep Year February 4, 1979
1980 February, 16 1980 1980 White Metal Monkey Year February 5, 1980
1981 February, 5 1981 1981 White Metal Chicken Year February 4, 1981
1982 January, 25 1982 1982 Black Water Dog Year February 4, 1982
1983 February, 13 1983 1983 Black Water Pig Year February 4, 1983
1984 February, 2 1984 1984 Green Wood Rat Year February 4, 1984
1985 February, 20 1985 1985 Green Wood Cow Year February 4, 1985
1986 February, 9 1986 1986 Red Fire Tiger Year February 4, 1986
1987 January, 29 1987 1987 Red Fire Rabbit Year February 4, 1987
1988 February, 17 1988 1988 Brown Earth Dragon Year February 4, 1988
1989 February, 6 1989 1989 Brown Earth Snake Year February 4, 1989
1990 January, 27 1990 1990 White Metal Horse Year February 4, 1990
1991 February, 15 1991 1991 White Metal Sheep Year February 4, 1991
1992 February, 4 1992 1992 Black Water Monkey Year February 4, 1992
1993 January, 23 1993 1993 Black Water Chicken Year February 4, 1993
1994 February, 10 1994 1994 Green Wood Dog Year February 4, 1994
1995 January, 31 1995 1995 Green Wood Pig Year February 4, 1995
1996 February, 19 1996 1996 Red Fire Rat Year February 4, 1996
1997 February, 7 1997 1997 Red Fire Cow Year February 4, 1997
1998 January, 28 1998 1998 Brown Earth Tiger Year February 4, 1998
1999 February, 16 1999 1999 Brown Earth Rabbit Year February 4, 1999
2000 February, 5 2000 2000 White Metal Dragon Year February 4, 2000
2001 January, 24 2001 2001 White Metal Snake Year February 4, 2001
2002 February, 12 2002 2002 Black Water Horse Year February 4, 2002
2003 February, 1 2003 2003 Black Water Sheep Year February 4, 2003
2004 January, 22 2004 2004 Green Wood Monkey Year February 4, 2004
2005 February, 9 2005 2005 Green Wood Chicken Year February 4, 2005
2006 January, 29 2006 2006 Red Fire Dog Year February 4, 2006
2007 February, 18 2007 2007 Red Fire Pig Year February 4, 2007
2008 February, 7 2008 2008 Brown Earth Rat Year February 4, 2008
2009 January, 26 2009 2009 Brown Earth Cow Year February 4, 2009
2010 February, 14 2010 2010 White Metal Tiger Year February 4, 2010
2011 February, 3 2011 2011 White Metal Rabbit Year February 4, 2011
2012 January, 23 2012 2012 Black Water Dragon Year February 4, 2012
2013 February, 10 2013 2013 Black Water Snake Year February 4, 2013
2014 January, 31 2014 2014 Green Wood Horse Year February 4, 2014
2015 February, 19 2015 2015 Green Wood Sheep Year February 4, 2015
2016 February, 8 2016 2016 Red Fire Monkey Year February 4, 2016
2017 January, 28 2017 2017 Red Fire Chicken Year February 3, 2017
2018 February, 16 2018 2018 Brown Earth Dog Year February 4, 2018
2019 February, 5 2019 2019 Brown Earth Pig Year February 4, 2019
2020 January, 25 2020 2020 White Metal Rat Year February 4, 2020

[THE eXchanger]

to find yours:

http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.co...AnimalSign.asp

i am :
The following is your simple birth chart. You are Brown Tiger, born in the year of Brown Dog. The first character in DAY represents you. We can say you are a Earth Tiger, too.
DAY--MALE EARTH/BROWN TIGER
MONTH-MALE WOOD/GREEN RAT
YEAR - MALE EARTH/BROWN DOG

[Swanny]

Happy new year everyone

I'm a Green Wood Dragon
Hope it's a good year, I need some good luck after having a rubbish run of bad luck.

Would be nice to meet a sweet little Rat