Chinese New Year Horoscope!

[Arctic Firefox]

A dog of a year coming up.

As a Dog, I'm quite looking forward to this year

How will you fare?


(Yes, I know it's 4:30am and I should be sleeping, but it's too bloody hot in Melbourne these days. )

[Deleted]

YES! I was just going to start thread wishing everyone a happy Chinese new year, but since we shouldn't clutter up the boards too much, I shall do it here instead.

Technically it's New Year's Eve tonight, which is when all the really big celebrations happen anyway. Traditionally, you spend the actual New Year's Day sleeping off the massive amounts of food you've eaten the night before and going around to neighbours, wishing them a prosperous New Year. And don't forget to eat fish everyone. In Chinese the word fish sounds like luck, so it's believed if you eat it, you'll get luck the rest of the year. Also, we're meant to get new clothes...but alas, my parents are letting this finer point of our heritage slide. Damnation! But yes, prosperity, health and happiness be yours good Ober.netters.

So: HAPPY NEW YEAR!

...just, uh, don't go around buying fireworks and setting them off in front of your homes. I got out of a cab in China once and fireworks were going off right next to me! I could feel the sparks drifting down into my hair, my precious hair. ;D

Also, if you were born in the year of the Dog (1994, 1982, 1970, 1958, 1946), WEAR RED UNDERWEAR! This will increase your luck! Do iiiiit.

[Vespertine]

I'm a Rabbit, so it doesn't seem to be looking tooooo bad. Lol.

[Arctic Firefox]

Oh, and Happy Birthday galligaskins!

About the red underwear thing ... uh, I don't have any. Not my colour of choice.

[DragonMornir]

Im a Dog too!!woo hoo sounds like a good year for us!
Red underwear you say.... well i never *looks shocked* heheehe

[Min]

Paul's a dog, it's his year too

I'm a rooster ;D apparently last year was my year ...

Happy new year!

[Schis]

Im a dragon Hear me roar...ummm... year looks alright i guess.

[Rushton]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GALLI!!!![/color]

*Hands over giant chocolate mousse*

I was born in the year of the Monkey Things don't look too bad!

[Cat-Eyes]

I'm a snake I'm slippery, I know

My grandma's the best, she's a tiger. I always wanted a tiger...

Anyway, happy new year, I was writing out the Chinese word fish today in my homework...

[Squirt]

I'm a pig and apparently good fortune is indicated but unfortunately some not so well intentioned individuals might stomp all over poor little sensitive me

I'm watching you all!

[Deleted]

Thanks Arctic Firefox and the always lovely Rigel! And hurrah for chocolate mousse! *saves it for later as I'm currently rotund from excess New Year food*

And I am a tiger Cat, but my parents say that since I was born on the last day of the tiger year and at 4 am in the morning, I'm really just a little baby tiger who's been woken up too early and is always grumpy. Hmmph, they take so much majesty out of it.

[Emerald]

Happy Birthday for yesterday Galli!

I'm an Ox, and it looks like it shall be a good year for me ;D

Happy New Year!

[Cat-Eyes]

My friend doesn't believe me she's a snake. She's born on the 3rd January 1990, but while it's in the new year for the western calendar, it's the old year for the Chinese one and she's a snake.

Although, when I say doesn't believe me it's more she doesn't want to be one...

[Siryn]

great, im an ox and it says that i'll have to be careful with my money.

for just once i'd like it to say, sure go for it! you'll land on ya feet!

[Cat-Eyes]

I want to get a horoscope that says "Quite frankly, whatever happens this year is either your own damn fault or out of you control. Don't screw it up. Especially don't screw it up and blame me, it's still your own damn fault." or something along those lines, but maybe I'm the only person interested in hearing that...

[Siryn]

lol. I WOULD LOVE THAT, maybe i'll do it in the announcements section of the paper......

[Cat-Eyes]

I'm the editor of our school magazine and people basically fight over who's going to do the horoscopes, and they don't even make them funny!

[Dark One]

I was born in the year of the Tiger

[Cat-Eyes]

So was my grandma, which is why when I went to China she gt a cool thing with a tiger on it and mum didn't get one cause she's a pig and they were ugly. I was actually going to buy the tiger anyway, and then I worked out Grandma was one, so I got them to put her name in it.

[Fuil Dearg]

galligaskins said:

Also, if you were born in the year of the Dog (1994, 1982, 1970, 1958, 1946), WEAR RED UNDERWEAR! This will increase your luck! Do iiiiit.

is it too late to start now?


im a dog, my ascendent is the dragon, but only just...i was born at 7am (and i don't know how geographical location affects it but it does) and im a libra (4th october) so my other thingy is a dog too.
dogs get on well with everyone except dragons and since im my ascendent is a dragon i get on well with them too.

[Deleted]

Yeah, sure why not? It's only a superstition, so you don't have to wear it every single day of the year, but if you're feeling in need of some extra luck on certain days and you've got some red undies handy, I suppose it won't hurt right?

Whenever someone mentions Chinese horoscopes, especially the dog sign, I always think of this Japanese anime called Fruit's Basket. It's mainly because the 'dog' (Shigure) in it is extremely amusing and somewhat attractive, oh god I'm going to fangirl hell for this *slaps self* ;D

[Swallow]

_{it's okay Galli, i have issues about Frubar too...}

Well, It looks like a good year for the Ox too ;D *tap dances* I'm going off to go buy some red undies now, can't hurt to have some good luck, even if it's more for the dogs this year

[DragonMornir]

fuildearg said:

galligaskins said:

Also, if you were born in the year of the Dog (1994, 1982, 1970, 1958, 1946), WEAR RED UNDERWEAR! This will increase your luck! Do iiiiit.

is it too late to start now?


im a dog, my ascendent is the dragon, but only just...i was born at 7am (and i don't know how geographical location affects it but it does) and im a libra (4th october) so my other thingy is a dog too.
dogs get on well with everyone except dragons and since im my ascendent is a dragon i get on well with them too.

Im a Libran, im born on the 4th of October, and im a dog as welll...ascendant is rooster i think... must mean we have the same birthday!! scary!!! heheh!! *checks* oh wow!! somone who has the same birthday as me and born the same year!!!

[Fuil Dearg]

wow, that is scary.
i have a twin brother but that doesnt count. he's probably a different ascendent to me. i was born at bout 7 am and he was born at about 5 to 7.
before u a girl who used to be a good friend of mine was the closest person i knew to my age. she was born on the 16th October 1982. She's still the person who was born closest to when i was born that is in the same part of the world/country, besides my twin brother.
what time were u born, maybe we were born at around the same time seeing as i was born in ireland. when i was reading ur post i wasn't sure that i hadnt written the start of it after the quotes, cos it was so uncanny. i had to check the name of who posted it again.
rooster is 5pm to 7pm. the time difference at that time of the year is about is bout 9 hrs ahead of ireland. so, i was born at 7 am. 7 + 9 equals 12. so u were born about 5 to 7 hours after me.

[DragonMornir]

A girl who lives 5 houses down from me share the birthday as well,and she went to the same primary school and highschool.

Well.. do you work out the ascendant to gmt or to local time???

*edit* chinese ascendants are worked out on bejing time (GMT+8)
23:00 - 01:00: rat
01:00 - 03:00: ox
03:00 - 05:00: tiger
05:00 - 07:00: rabbit
07:00 - 09:00: dragon
09:00 - 11:00: snake
11:00 - 13:00: horse
13:00 - 15:00: goat
15:00 - 17:00: monkey
17:00 - 19:00: rooster
19:00 - 21:00: dog
21:00 - 23:00: pig

i was born at5.25pm,sydney time, so that makes it3.25 bejing time,so that makes me a monkey ascendant!