Chinese Year of the Rat
Saturday, January 25th is the start of the Chinese New Year of the Rat. How does this effect you? Rat is the first sign in the Chinese astrological calendar. There are twelve signs all listed below. After the name of each sign is a parenthetical list of the birth years associated with each sign. If your year is not listed just add 12 years to the last year listed, or subtract 12 years from the first year listed. Each sign repeats every 12th year. Use this to understand the im
The Chinese Farmer, Good Luck...Bad Luck
There once was a Chinese Farmer who had one son and one horse. One day the horse ran away. The neighbors came and proclaimed, “Oh, this is bad luck!” But the farmer said, “Good luck…Bad luck. Who can say?” The next day the horse returned, along with five wild mares. The neighbors saw this and exclaimed, “Oh, this is good luck!” The farmer said, “Good luck…Bad luck. Who can say?” The next day the farmer’s son tried to break one of the wild mares. The mare threw him, he fell
