Happy Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is a tradition that has been celebrated for centuries. It is a time for gathering around family and honoring ancestors.
The Chinese calendar is very complex, as it was set according to the lunar phases as well as the solar solstices and equinoxes, and is known to have been around as early as the 14th century. 2012 is actually year 4709 in the Chinese Calendar.
The five elements are also very important in Chinese Philosophy as they represent one's ability to interact with and create relationships between natural phenomena.
The Chinese Zodiac is the cycle of twelve signs determined according to the path of the sun, and assigned an animal characteristic.
The Dragon is known to be the mightiest of all the animal signs symbolizing dominance, ambition and success. In 2012, good fortune is said to come to those Dragons with water or earth elements.


You are a Dragon if you were born:
16 February 1904 - 3 February 1905: Wood Dragon
3 February 1916 - 22 January 1917: Fire Dragon
23 January 1928 - 9 February 1929: Earth Dragon
8 February 1940 - 26 January 1941: Metal Dragon
27 January 1952 - 13 February 1953: Water Dragon
13 February 1964 - 1 February 1965: Wood Dragon
31 January 1976 - 17 February 1977: Fire Dragon
17 February 1988 - 5 February 1989: Earth Dragon
5 February 2000 - 23 January 2001: Metal Dragon
23 January 2012 - 9 February 2013: Water Dragon
10 February 2024 - 28 January 2025: Wood Dragon


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