What is interesting about the Eastern calendar? In that it differs from the Gregorian, where the New Year comes on January 1, and it is cyclical, consisting of sixty-year repetitions. The Wood Rat (1984-02-02) starts the cycle, and the Water Pig (2044-29-01) ends it. Twelve animals, changing each other, for 60 years pass through the four elements. Rooster ruled 1993.
New Year celebration date
The day and month of the beginning of the year in the Eastern calendar are tied to the lunar cycle. The first new moon on the Gregorian New Year indicates the start date of the Eastern calendar year. So it turns out that the Eastern New Year comes on one of the days between January 21 and February 21. In China, the Year of the Rooster in 1993 began on January 23.
The Chinese came up with a cyclic astrological system called Jikan Danshi, literally translated as a ten-stem system with twelve branches. 10 trunks are the personification with the principles of yin-yang and vitalelements: water, wood, fire, metal, and 12 branches are 12 earthly animals. The eastern chronology was formed thanks to the development of astronomy and it is based on the lunar calendar. January 23, 1993 is the year 4691. People born between January 23, 1993 and February 9, 1994 are members of the Water Rooster Chinese Zodiac sign.
Celebration traditions
New Year in the countries of the East is called Chun Jie or translated as "Spring Festival". It is the longest of all celebrated. It used to be celebrated for a whole month, currently it ends on the fifteenth day. Usually on the last day of the holiday there is a festival of Chinese lanterns. Business life for this period also freezes. There is a good tradition in China: to be with your family during the New Year celebrations. A beautiful name given to the family holiday - "Family Reunification Day". Traditionally, the souls of dead people are present at the New Year's table, as is customary in China. This is their holiday.
Traditionally, the people of China clean their homes, allowing a favorable circulation of energy. Unnecessary things accumulated over the year are thrown away. Festive treats of the Chinese - dumplings. Houses are decorated not with spruce trees, as is customary in European countries, but with trays of tangerines and oranges. And the people themselves, dressed in elegant clothes, the color of which is red, gold or green, participate in folk festivals, masquerade processions, fairs.
Gifts for the New Year
During the celebration of the New Year, peoplego to visit, delivering gifts in red envelopes as a sign of we alth. This is done on the first five days of the New Year. Gifts must be paired, and also have a semantic character. Depending on what year 1993 was according to the Eastern calendar, a gift is necessarily associated with the symbolic patron of this year. These can be souvenirs, amulets and amulets with the image of the symbol of the coming year. Mandatory when giving a gift, as mentioned above, is one condition - pairing. For example, when visiting, the owner is given 2 tangerines, if there is a red envelope with money, there should be 2 banknotes, if this is a picture, something paired should be drawn on it. Gifts are given in private and given with two hands. It's tradition!
Symbol of the year
Eastern calendar every year has its patron animal, which is the symbol of the year. And he, in turn, is endowed with color and elements. One patron of the year replaces another. And so once in 12 years. The element and color of the year change in a ten-year cycle. So the Water Monkey was replaced in 1993 by the Black Water Rooster. This year was the second in a row under the watermark element. It was on January 23 that the Water Monkey handed over the reins of the sixty-year cycle to the Water Rooster. By the way, this is one of the most interesting symbols of the Eastern calendar. According to the calendar, the element and color of the animal influence the events that take place this year for each person. So, if we talk about the varieties of the patron sign, then the Rooster, like any other animal, passesthe following elements: metal, wood, fire, earth.
Beliefs
As one of the characters in the film "The Hot Desert Sun" said: "The East is a delicate matter", and he was right. Eastern countries observe not only traditions, but also follow beliefs. Moreover, this does not depend on the fact that 1993 is the year of the Rooster, and before that it was the year of the Monkey. The Chinese do not wash or wash anything for the first two days of the year. It is also not recommended to do needlework, any work with threads, so as not to confuse the lines of fate in the New Year (threads represent them).
Beliefs include a ban on bad words (death, resentment, funerals …) that have a negative connotation, it is not recommended to shop for shoes and cut hair before the New Year, as this can bring bad luck. And no less interesting belief is not to sleep at night before the New Year, thereby protecting yourself from troubles in the coming year.
1993 Feature
The strengths of a person born in the year of the Rooster according to the Eastern calendar are: strong-willed character, responsibility, accuracy and integrity. They do not succumb to someone else's merger and defend their point of view. They do not tolerate injustice, they do not pretend to be someone else's. The main feature of people born under the sign of the year of the Rooster is nobility.
There is no person without weaknesses, because in nature everything should be harmonious and balanced. The weaknesses of people born in the year of the Rooster include a lack of tact and poor commanddiplomacy. Accurate and principled people, who set as their goal to get a result, are stubborn by nature and sometimes commit rash acts, going ahead. As a result, if something does not work out at the same time, they can fall into anger. People of the year of the Rooster are not happy with their temper, sometimes this trait of them leads to discord in relationships.
According to the horoscope
The astrological meaning of such concepts as "Rooster" and "money" is identical. Roosters have a flair for business people and know how to prudently treat their income by making stocks. Sometimes they violate the articles of the family budget, demonstrating wastefulness. But this applies to male Roosters, more prone to squandering. In women born under this sign, the inclination is rather to carry money into the house. According to Eastern astrology, the Rooster belongs to the female Yin sign, so whatever profession is chosen, the labor activity that has a feminine character will be the most successful and profitable.
Predictions
People are always interested in their future. Usually, before the onset of the New Year, the desire to look into the future, read horoscopes and predictions of magicians and astrologers intensifies. 1993 was no exception. What sign according to the horoscope and what it portends, as always, interested people, and especially those who were born in the year of the Rooster.
Among the predictions one could find that the year of the Rooster always brings change. Those born in 1993 were rewarded by nature with a temper and a tendency to experience over trifles. Therefore, people who were born in the year of the Rooster, in 1993, thanks to the difficulties that fell to their lot, were able to appreciate the moments of true happiness. Great success was to be achieved by people who could learn to work with their weaknesses and manage themselves. Recommendations included wearing a talisman for the year of the Rooster, made from topaz or ruby.
It is worth respecting the animal of the Eastern horoscope, the year of which has not yet ended. It is worth remembering that the Gregorian New Year is in no way connected with the New Year according to the Eastern calendar, which comes only at the end of January. Don't forget that "the East is a delicate matter".
