Another good reason to celebrate life!

Like Western astrology, Chinese astrology gives each person a sign of the zodiac for each lunar year in a cycle of 12 years. The animal symbols for those 12 signs are rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig. And all these animals represent a different form of energy. Your birth date determines the animal sign you were born with, and it is said to reflect your strengths, weaknesses, and character traits

You also have a separate animal symbol for the month, the day, and the time of birth. But that's a subject to explore for another day. Today our focus is Water Rabbit as 2023 is a Rabbit year that starts on January 22nd, 2023 (Chinese New Year), and ends on February 9th, 2024 (Chinese New Year's Eve).

The sign of rabbit is a symbol of longevity, peace, and prosperity in Chinese culture. As one cycle is 12 years, an animal sign returns every 12 years. Therefore you are born under the Rabbit sign if you were born in 2011 (Gold Rabbit), 1999 (Earth-Rabbit), 1987 (Fire Rabbit), 1975 (Wood Rabbit), 1963 (Water-Rabbit), 1951 (Gold Rabbit), and so on.

If your Chinese astrology sign is the rabbit, it would be safe to say that you are gentle, quiet, elegant, and alert, as well as, quick, skillful, kind, patient, and very responsible.

You might sometimes be reluctant to reveal your thoughts to others and have a tendency to escape reality, but you are always faithful to those around you.

My Ritual for the Eve of Chinese New Year

I want to leave you with a celebration ritual that I like to follow every year on the eve of Chinese New Year. It is a tradition that a Chinese/Canadian friend taught me many years ago.

No matter whichever Chinese astrology sign you belong to, to bring abundance, wealth, and good fortune into your house, do this on the night of January 21st: take a small ceramic vase, preferably with a lid, and put a few coins in it while thinking positive and happy thoughts (would be better if they are Chinese good luck coins, but if not, any other kinds of coins work too), then fill the rest of the vase with rice, close the lid and place it out of sight in a respectful manner.

Then every year on Chinese New Year's eve, bring it out, discard the rice, wash the vase, wash the coins, let them dry, and then put them back in the vase, fill it with fresh rice, give it all your positive energy and good vibes, and finally put it back to its dedicated place. Repeat this ritual every year on the eve of Chinese New Year. It will make you feel and be abundant.

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