Chinese Calendar: How to make your Zodiac Year lucky?
Zodiac year, or Ben Ming Nian, is any year of your Chinese zodiac animal sign, determined by your birth year. As there are 12 animal signs, a year of your birth sign comes once per 12-year-cycle: when you are (about) 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, and so on.
Your zodiac year starts from Chinese New Year and ends on the last day of the Chinese lunar year (Chinese New Year’s Eve). For example, 2020 is a year of the Rat, and Rats’ zodiac year starts from Chinese New Year 2020 (January 25th), and ends on February 11th, 2021.
Why is a Zodiac Year an Unlucky Year?
According to Chinese astrology, people in their zodiac year are believed to offend Tai Sui, the God of Age, and incur his curse. It is believed to bring nothing but bad luck. Therefore Chinese astrology followers pay special attention to their conduct every twelfth year of their lives, i.e. in their birth sign years.
According to Chinese tradition, there are some things that people can do to fend off bad luck in a zodiac year.
Drive away bad lucky with red: Red is one of the luckiest colors in Chinese culture, standing for prosperity, loyalty, success, and happiness. Therefore wearing red during your zodiac year (or zodiac year) will bring you good luck and give you a good year. You can wear a red belt, red socks, red shoes, or red clothes, and red underwear is highly recommended during your zodiac year.
Jade will fade the bad luck: Besides wearing red, you can also wear jade accessories during your zodiac year to ward off bad luck, like pendants, earrings, rings, and bracelets.
Right is the right way: The star Tai Sui is said to bring misfortune to people in zodiac years matching their year of birth. People are often told by fortune-tellers that Tai Sui will bring bad luck. Actually in theory you can make use of Tai Sui to bring good luck, by facing in the opposite direction.
