The Chinese calendar has long been firmly rooted in the life of Europeans. After all, he is able to determine not only the capabilities of a person born in a certain year under a certain element, but also indicate the ways of his self-realization and interaction with the world around him. What is the peculiarity of the Eastern calendar? What is the characteristic of the animal that will rule 2019? What does 2019 portend for the rest of the zodiac signs?

Chinese calendar and its features

There are many versions of the origin of the Chinese calendar, one of which is the legend about the birthday of Buddha, to which the most beautiful animals received invitations. The order of their arrival at the holiday (the first was the Rat, and the last was the Pig) and became the order of government for these animals for years. The factor of beauty in this case turned out to be very conditional, due to the manipulations and tricks of animals wishing to get to the holiday. But this already looks more like a fairy tale ...

The Chinese calendar has a sixty-year cycle of twelve zodiac animals, five elements and five colors. Colors and elements change every two years, and patron animals alternate with each other annually. The cycle, which began on January 28, 1960, will end in a year, on January 25, 2020.

One of the features of the Chinese calendar is that, unlike the European one, it is counted according to the lunar-solar cycle. That's why New Year each time falls on a different date.

When is New Year 2019 by eastern calendar?

The Yellow Earth Pig, which is the patron saint of 2019, ranks last in the 12-year cycle of the Chinese calendar. She will take over the reins on February 5 on the new moon zodiac sign Aquarius from the symbol of 2018 - the Yellow Dog. The year of the Pig will last a little less than 365 days and will end on January 25, 2020, when the White Rat will take power over the astrological and zodiac world "in its paws".

Detailed characteristics of the Pig sign

People born in the year of the Pig love their own kind, trust them and easily find a common language with those they see for the first time.

The Pig's priority is family, not career. Although she can successfully cope with both the first and the second, due to her docile nature.

The pig respects those who work in the garden and helps them in every possible way, since she is a good housewife herself. Therefore, she is able to generously reward them for their efforts.

The main character traits of the Pig are:

• Gullibility.
• Naivety.
• Tolerance.
• Hard work.
• Attentiveness.
• Honesty.

As for the professions that the Pig prefers, they are often creative: an actor, singer, dancer or artist. The finance business will also be very successful for the Pig. People born this year make excellent financiers, accountants and bankers.

Among the disadvantages of this sign, it is worth noting that the Pig does not always succeed in raising his children correctly, since she indulges them in everything and, as a result, dissolves to the point of impossibility. True, this in the later life of children only plays into their hands.

Table: statistics of the year of the pig

In old age, those born in the Year of the Pig often do not have financial problems. They live for their own pleasure, fully enjoying what they achieved in youth and maturity.

Compatibility horoscope for Pig

V love relationship The pig values ​​loyalty and sincerity. For her, a happy family with one person for life is the norm.

Good friendships, which are able to develop into family relationships, can work out for the Pig with signs such as:

1. Goat.
2. Rabbit.
3. Tiger.
4. Ram.
5. Pig

The Pig will spark a relationship with the Snake, Monkey and Horse. Why? Yes, because the Snake is very irritable, the Monkey is characterized by distrust, and the Horse is very jealous and will always find a reason for a scandal without the slightest reason. All these character traits are not quite suitable for the Pig, which is very kind-hearted and loving.

What does the Year of the Pig 2019 portend?

The pig is quite a pleasant, peaceful and calm animal, so the likelihood of new military conflicts in the world in 2019 is very small.

Material well-being in the New Year can also improve, because it is not for nothing that piggy banks are made in the form of a pig. Accumulating more and spending less is the main rule of this year for all signs of the zodiac. But only those who are not lazy to work will have prosperity. After all, for no reason, no reason money does not appear. By the way, it's better not to break the piggy bank this year.

Those born in the year of the Pig are firm in their convictions and can always defend their innocence, but at the same time they will never go ahead to satisfy their own interests. Defending their positions is carried out through negotiations and the search for compromise options. Scandals, tantrums and stress are alien to Pigs. All questions and problems are resolved only peacefully. That's why they love the Pig ...

Spring Festival (Chunjie) - the traditional Chinese Lunar New Year, the main holiday of the year in China.

New Year is celebrated in the country twice: on January 1 according to the solar calendar, as in most countries, and during the new moon. However, the Chinese people traditionally meet the Spring Festival more solemnly and with greater joy than the New Year according to the solar calendar. This is due to the fact that most of the country's population is peasants who, according to tradition, continue to live according to the lunar calendar, and all field work and holidays are closely intertwined with the lunar calendar.

Chinese New Year is also celebrated as a public holiday in a number of countries and territories where a significant number of Chinese live, primarily in the countries of East Asia.

There is no fixed date for the Chinese New Year, it is calculated according to the Far East lunisolar calendar. Start Chinese year falls on the second new moon after the winter solstice and therefore moves between January 21st and February 21st.

The onset of 2018 (4716 according to the Chinese calendar) falls on February 16, 2018.

Chunjie is a family holiday. Millions of Chinese are returning to their hometowns to celebrate the new year with their families. The New Year's travel season in China has received a special name "chunyun" and is considered the largest migration phenomenon in the world.

Lunar New Year celebration in Yangon, Myanmar

According to scientists, the history of the holiday is more than a thousand years old.

It has always been rich in various customs, some of which have survived to this day.

On the eighth day of the last month according to the lunar calendar, many homes prepare a fragrant porridge - "labazhou", which includes 8 types of products: glutinous rice, chumiza, grains of yovlev tears (bead), dates, lotus seeds, red beans, fruits "longyan ", Ginkgo seed.

The twenty-third day of the last month according to the lunar calendar is called by the people "xiaonian" (ie "small New Year"). People strictly following traditions make a sacrifice to the deity of the hearth.

Before the holiday, the country literally blooms with kumach. Everywhere there are posters with gracefully written on them the hieroglyphs "fu" (happiness) and "si" (joy), garlands of lanterns and other decorations, and all of them are exclusively red, meaning prosperity, luck and prosperity.

Before the holiday in the house it is supposed to make general cleaning, wash and dry all clothing and blankets. After the house is cleaned, all the brooms, scoops, rags are removed to a place where no one could see them during the holiday. The reason for this strange behavior lies in the legend: during the New Year celebrations, the gods fly around the houses of the Chinese and give them dust, which symbolizes happiness. Therefore, if you clean up during the New Year, you may accidentally sweep all the happy moments of the future out of your house along with the dust.

Houses cleaned to shine acquire festive look... All door frames are covered with paired calligraphic inscriptions made in black ink on red paper. The content of the paired inscriptions is reduced to the expression of the life ideals of the owner of the house or good wishes for the new year. On the door, images of guardian spirits and the deity of wealth are pasted in the hope that they will bring happiness and prosperity to the house.

In front of the entrance to the house, two large red lanterns are hung, and the windows are decorated with paper patterns. The walls of the rooms are decorated with bright New Year's pictures, which symbolize the wish for happiness and wealth.

The night before the Chinese New Year is also called "the night of the meeting after separation." For the Chinese, this is the most important point... The whole family is going for festive table for the New Year's dinner, which is distinguished not only by the abundance and variety of dishes, but also by numerous traditions. For example, New Year's dinner is not complete without chicken, fish and doufu - bean curd, called tofu in Russia, because in Chinese the names of these products are consonant with the words meaning happiness and prosperity.

According to tradition, on New Year's Eve, people do not sleep and stay awake until the morning, so as not to miss their happiness. If someone does lie down on New Year's Eve to rest, he should get up early. There is a popular belief: "If you get up early for the New Year, you will get rich too early."

With the onset of New Year's morning, people put on smart clothes. Young people congratulate the elderly on the holiday and wish them longevity. It is customary for children to give red envelopes with pocket money. This money in the new year is supposed to bring them happiness. V ancient times money was donated not in envelopes, but in the form of necklaces, which were made up of one hundred coins. It was a kind of congratulation, wishing to live up to a hundred years old. One hundred coin necklaces are still very popular in China today.

In the north of China, it is customary to eat dumplings for the new year, and in the south - "niangao" (slices made from glutinous rice). The northerners give preference to dumplings, because, firstly, in the Chinese language the word "jiaozi", i.e. "Pelmeni" is consonant with the words "farewell to the old and the meeting of the new"; secondly, dumplings resemble traditional bars made of gold and silver in their shape and symbolize the wish for wealth. For the same reason, southerners eat niangao, which symbolizes the improvement in life every year.

A joyful festive atmosphere fills not only every house, but also reigns on every street of every city and village. On the Spring Festival, noisy folk festivals and fairs are held for several days in a row, where lion and dragon dances are performed.

The dance of lions, according to legend, traces its history back to the events of the era of the Southern and Northern dynasties, when in the decisive battle one of the parties disguised itself as lions (which were never found in China) and won the battle, because the enemy's war elephants were frightened by terrible masks and fled. dropping their riders. Since then, Chinese soldiers have performed the lion dance on special occasions. In the XIV-XVI centuries, this dance spread throughout China and began to be performed during the Chunjie festival. It is designed to scare away all the evil forces that can bring misfortune in the coming year.

The dragon dance also has a long history. He was included in holiday ceremonies back in the XII century and expressed the admiration of people before the dragon and requests to him to tame the wind and shed rain to obtain good harvest... A dragon made of paper, wire and willow twigs can reach 8-10 meters. His body is flexible and consists of a different, but necessarily an odd number of parts (9, 11, 13). Each part is controlled by one dancer with the help of a pole, the wave-like wriggling movements of the dragon require great coherence of the participants.

The first five days of the new year are for meetings. Relatives, friends, classmates, colleagues visit and wish each other a Happy New Year, give gifts.

New Years Eve ends after the Lantern Festival (Yuanxiaojie or Dengjie), on the fifteenth day of the first month after Lunar calendar... Today in the capital, exhibitions and competitions of lanterns, organized in large city parks, are very popular. Lantern exhibitions last for several days and are an integral part of the New Year's holiday.

The material was prepared on the basis of information from RIA Novosti and open sources

This material has been prepared as an exhaustive answer to the question of when is the Eastern New Year 2018. Spring Festival, as it is commonly called in China, has been considered almost the main holiday in the People's Republic of China and a number of East Asian countries for more than 100 years. Although the traditions underlying the Chinese New Year are rooted in ancient times. Now let's talk about everything in order.

We will immediately point out to you so that you do not suffer from this issue when reading the further text: in 2018, the Year of the Dog is coming, and this will happen on February 16. But more on this a little more specifically a little later.

Since ancient times, traditional Chinese culture obliges every person born in China to honor the New Year. This holiday is literally major event v family life... Every year it falls in different numbers, which is due to the fact that it is based on the lunar calendar.

The Chinese believe that the Eastern New Year is the first day of spring, as a result of which, as a matter of course, if you adhere to exactly the same idea, on this day nature awakens, a new life begins.

As we said earlier in the text, the Chinese New Year is significant, in fact, not only for the Chinese, they are also Han, but also for many Asian national minorities, for example, the Manchus, Mongols, Yaotian, Zhuang, Gaoshan, Daura, Dun, Liyan, etc. NS.

It just so happened that in 1911 the Xinhai Revolution took place, which began with the Wuhan Uprising. One of its results was the adoption of a new style of chronology, which is relevant for China to this day. To distinguish the Chinese New Year - Xinnian - from the European one, it was renamed the Spring Festival - Chunjie. However, today you can often hear that he is also called so: Gonyan.

Many scholars still argue about when, for the first time, they celebrated the New Year in China, which is traditional for their culture. Most of them agree that it was a thousand and a half years ago. Then, as it is believed, one of the rituals of the holiday was the rite of sacrifice, which, by the way, can often be seen even today, if you visit remote Chinese settlements.

On the other hand, another, more peaceful, perhaps, attribute of the holiday was and remains the custom of creating remarkable decorations for the celebration. This can be expressed both in ordinary wishes, written, of course, in hieroglyphs, for example, on paper - as a postcard, or in the form of dressed-up dolls large sizes, shown in front of a large audience of adherents of such a significant in life a large number Asian peoples events.

Chinese New Year is the best reason to start life from scratch

It is believed that the Chinese New Year is almost the best reason to resolve a dispute with a person that has been going on for a very long time. On this holiday, you need to forget - and it is better to do it once and for all - about all offenses and forgive your neighbor, wishing literally everyone around the world, kindness and boundless happiness.

According to the Eastern calendar, 2018 is. For his followers, it will be the year 4716. It will come on February 16th. Traditionally, the Chinese New Year falls between January 21 and February 21, in terms of the Gregorian calendar. If we start talking about Eastern traditions, then for their admirers at this time the winter new moon begins, which marks the end of the full lunar cycle. The winter new moon replaces the winter solstice. Something like this can be briefly explained.

You can often hear that the Chinese New Year is called the Lunar New Year, which in the context of all of the above, it seems to us, is not unreasonable.

Lantern Festival - Enchanting End to Chinese New Year Celebration

In the cycle of New Year's festivities, the Chinese and many other representatives of East Asia have the Lantern Festival, which is celebrated on the 15th day of the 1st month, if calculated according to the lunar calendar. It marks the logical conclusion of the traditional Chinese New Year, which lasted two weeks. Actually, on this day, the custom obliges people to light colorful street lamps. This tradition, according to scientists, is too old: they believe that the first such case occurred as early as 180 BC.

It is easy to calculate that in 2018 the Lantern Festival in China will be celebrated on March 2. It is on this day that you can see countless folklore performances right on the streets: dancing for every taste and color, walking on stilts, eating sweets and much more.

When the 2018 Chinese New Year comes, the rest of the world, where they adhere to the Gregorian calendar, will already be getting ready to meet the long-awaited spring as such. For many people, a month and a half has passed since the beginning of the New Year, while another half month will remain in reserve to meet with dignity the upcoming beginning of March. And when the next Lantern Festival comes to China, the rest of the world will be plunged into the web of spring blues as soon as the second day. Literally and figuratively.

In conclusion, we note that the Chinese New Year is not only the most important, but also the longest holiday in the Chinese calendar, where the sunny (which is more suitable for keeping Agriculture), and its solar-lunar types. Perhaps because it is the longest, it is the most important, or vice versa. What do you think?

When is Eastern New Year 2018?

When 2018 comes to Chinese calendar? Once again we answer this question specifically: February 16. It will be Friday. The fifteen-day New Year celebration in China will end on March 2, also on Friday.

And yes, again: 2018 will be the Year of the Dog in the Eastern calendar. Now you know almost everything there is to know about Chinese traditions associated with celebrating the New Year. You just have to decide for yourself: stay at home and meet this kind of holiday remotely, or go to where you will literally become a part of the holiday.

The Chinese love the holidays. They work very hard, so they treat all holidays very carefully. Especially the inhabitants of the Celestial Empire honor the New Year. They carefully calculate the days of the celebration, taking into account lunar months... It depends on them what date the New Year will be. There is no fixed date here. This holiday in China is called Chun Jie. Chinese New Year in 2019 begins on February 5th and is celebrated for 15 days.

Every day of the 15 New Year's is dedicated to its own customs. The Chinese pay visits to their relatives, where they exchange gifts, New Year's tangerines. Meet with friends on another day. A particularly revered day in China is the day of worshiping the God of wealth in temples. Have Higher powers asking for protection for home and family.

On the last holiday, the Chinese traditionally hold a lantern festival. On February 19, 2020, the New Year will end. The reign of the Metal Rat will come.

According to the calendar, 2019 is the year of the Yellow Pig. Some call her Earthen. There is a legend that the Jade Emperor selected animals on the earth for the zodiac signs calendar. The cat, out of his laziness, slept through the reception, and was replaced by a pig.

The Chinese believe that in the year of the pig 2019, success will be in business for those people whose work is related to agriculture. Another coming year will be successful for those who plan to seal their relationship by marriage.

The Chinese have their own traditions of celebration. And the question "How to celebrate a holiday?" they do not. From the very beginning, 7 days before the New Year, everyone begins to carry out general cleaning in their homes, to throw out old and unnecessary things. It is believed that in this way people get rid of bad luck and call prosperity and prosperity to their home. According to feng shui - energy should circulate in free space without debris and rubbish. And old things take energy.

General cleaning in the head

It is imperative to carry out a general cleaning in the head. It is necessary to get rid of negativity, settle conflicts. In the new year, you should not take troubles, quarrels with you. We must boldly go into the coming year renewed, tuned in to a good wave. The Chinese believe that they should enter the holidays only with positive emotions and hopes for the best.

Home decoration

After cleaning, the Chinese are busy decorating the house. It can be garlands, canvases with hieroglyphs and much more. The color red is considered a symbol of good luck, so this color is welcomed in jewelry. The Chinese believe that it is the color red that attracts good luck to their lives.

Primary colors of Chinese New Year

But since the main colors of the coming year are yellow, brown, olive, then the decorations can have the same shades of colors. Symbolic lanterns of happiness and bright canvases are also hung in the courtyards. All this is predominantly red.

Tangerines as a gift

Particular attention is paid to gifts. It must be an even number, but not four (the symbol of death). Guests give the hosts a couple of tangerines, and in return they also receive two tangerines. This fruit symbolizes wealth and well-being.

Chic New Year's table

A chic table full of various dishes is a good old tradition for the inhabitants of the Celestial Empire. The hostesses prepare the most delicious and varied dishes... The Chinese believe that in this way they bring happiness into their home.

Choosing the "right" clothes

clothing correct colors, in which the Chinese will be dressed on New Year's Eve, is a very important New Year's Eve moment. In their opinion, harmony and prosperity will be the result of choice correct shades clothes. You also need to wear some new thing to be always with new clothes next year.

A large number of fireworks gives confidence that in this way the Chinese will awaken good luck and happiness, scare off troubles and troubles.

Chinese New Year Celebration Traditions

Most of the celebrations take place on the street, in traditional dress. The main character holiday - Dragon. But the most important thing is that the celebration of the New Year's holiday takes place with the whole family. This is an excellent occasion for meetings and communication of relatives living in distant provinces of China and far beyond its borders. The whole family gathers at the table. The table is set for all family members, even if someone could not come.

Traditional dishes

Each hostess tries to prepare many varied and delicious dishes. Traditionally, this is meat and fish. One of the main dishes is Chinese dumplings. For the Chinese, this is a symbol of the fact that a boy will be born in their family in the coming year. Another dish is small rice balls. Someone prepares them with filling, someone prefers without additions. These balls are a symbol of family unity. Also on the table there are always tangerines and sweets, cookies with wishes, which are very fond of both adults and children.

V New Year's Eve they always wish for a good harvest, prosperity, career growth. The gala dinner brings together several generations. And no matter how old the relatives are, everyone finds common reasons for conversations, shares news, events, joys. Everyone gets pleasure from gatherings, communication with each other.

Fireworks are an indispensable attribute of the Chinese New Year

Launching fireworks for the Chinese people is an important part of the New Year's celebration. This is how they scare away evil spirits, this is how they say goodbye to the old year, full of life events and everyday life. This is how the New Year is celebrated with faith in the best. All relatives and friends are waiting for this moment, when the launch of bright lights begins.

Present

It is customary to give gifts on New Year's holidays. As a rule, these are very practical things. But giving very expensive gifts from the Chinese is considered bad form. Hongbao's red envelope is the most common gift. This is not only money, but also good wishes to the addressee. Still, the most popular gift is banknotes.

Chinese new year tree

Also the Chinese dress up Christmas tree... This is not a Christmas tree or a spruce like ours. This is an ordinary tree, which is decorated with colorful lanterns and garlands. This joyful event brings together all family members.

Dances of fire dragons

And all over the country there are a lot of different events. These are dances of fiery Dragons, and various competitions, and the launch of lanterns. The last action turns into a whole performance. After midnight, thousands of flashlights are released into the air. They rise high and thousands of lights illuminate the sky. The Chinese believe that these lights can indicate and illuminate the path of the dead to heaven. This is a very ancient tradition. The inhabitants of China sacredly honor and continue it for more than one hundred years.

Children born in the year of the Pig will grow up open, cheerful, active. Parents, knowing what sign the child will have, can be calm: it will be easy for these children to learn, they need to be praised and supported more often. They With early age learn to achieve what they want. They are characterized by non-childish sensitivity, insight, sociability and cheerfulness.
Every year there are more and more connoisseurs of Eastern religion. More and more people from all over the world are joining the celebration of the Chinese New Year. Moreover, everyone can have access to the features of the celebration of the Chinese New Year. This is sincere laughter, positive emotions, a kind atmosphere and being with your family.

The eastern calendar, based on 12 animals, was invented by the ancient Chinese. It arose three thousand years ago, long before the appearance of European astrology. But only recently in the Western world it has become popular to determine the character and fate of a person by the year in which he was born. The eastern horoscope has become a serious competitor to the zodiacal system, which is built on the cyclical monthly dominance of signs.

Tiger and rabbit

When the chimes strike, we all wait happy life, joyful, new. The Eastern calendar year does not have a fixed start. Therefore, people who were born in January and February should take this into account if they want to determine their year of birth.

People born during the "striped" year according to the Eastern calendar are courageous and purposeful. Tigers are noble individuals, leaders and patriots. The main thing for them is freedom, honor and the fight for justice.

Rabbits are hardworking. They are realists with a sober mind and calculation. They walk through life quietly but confidently.

Dragon and snake

If the foundation zodiac horoscope are the motions and trajectories of stars, planets and the Sun, then the calendar eastern horoscope by year based on the phases of the moon.

Those who are fortunate enough to be born within the framework of the "dragon" year according to the Eastern calendar are influential, successful, easy-going. They are darlings of fate, often achieve all their goals.

Snakes are real thinkers with developed logic, versatile talents and subtle intuition. They are ambitious from birth, have the gift of magnetism and suggestion. Easily read information from people.

Horse and Goat

Twelve-year cycles form the horoscope. January or February is the beginning of each year in the Eastern calendar. The table below shows the reigns of the Horse and the Goat. Although both are classified as pets, they are very different.

Horses are talented, smart, they know their worth. They do not depend on someone else's opinion, they always act at their own discretion. Self-sufficient and firm natures.

Goats love to travel. But after each distant sortie, they invariably return to their homeland, as they value home... They treat life superficially, do not like problems, are ambivalent and capricious.

Monkey and Rooster

The Chinese emperor did not trust the development of the horoscope to astrologers, therefore he solely controlled the cycles: the beginning and end of each year according to the Eastern calendar, the process of compiling and decoding them.

Monkeys are self-serving and cunning. They have an analytical mindset, developed logic. Freaky and temperamental, but at the same time the most unreliable and superficial people.

Roosters are creepy conservatives. They work a lot and hard to provide for themselves and their families. Active individuals who rely only on their own strength.

Dog and Pig

Which year according to the eastern calendar came into its own, the ruler of the Celestial Empire solemnly announced. People celebrated this event for several days, had fun and rested.

Dogs are always straightforward, smart, intelligent. They are deep and sensitive natures, often ironic. Hardworking philosophers. Pessimists who hate crowds and gatherings.

Pigs are decent people. Avoid conflicts. They have many talents. They always know what they want and confidently go towards the goal. Noble and realistic. They will always have money and work.

Rat and Bull

In China, even a marriage cannot be concluded until the parents tell each other the dates of birth of the newlyweds, especially what year they are according to the Eastern calendar. The table below is the last in our cyclical reckoning.

Rats are pedants. They are neat in life and attentive to all the little things. They are hard to break. Excellent business partners. Savvy. They have a presentiment of impending troubles, so they are easily avoided.

Born during the "horned" year according to the Eastern calendar, they are hardy and strong people. Bulls are laconic, have tremendous energy. Too down to earth. They always go ahead to their dreams.

2015, 2016, 2017

The eastern calendar of animals by years suggests that the blue wooden Goat dominates today. Based on this, we can say that 2015 is a calm and balanced year. Sharp ups and downs are not expected, but if you decide to start a new business, you will definitely get the support you want. The goat is good-natured, so it always lends a helping hand. People who are born in 2015 will become extraordinary and sociable personalities.

In 2016, the fiery Monkey comes into its own. Expect career advancement, business success, a chance at new life and the fireworks of change. During this period, relationships between people improve, personal life is improving. Children born in 2016 will become famous, very active and successful people.

The next stage will be hectic. 2017 - whose year is the Eastern calendar? It belongs to the fiery Rooster, so you cannot avoid different events. You will continually tackle critical issues, troubleshoot issues, and develop new capabilities. Those who are lucky enough to be born during this period will have the gift of persuasion and will be able to succeed in any activity.

2018, 2019, 2020

After a series of stress and setbacks, a favorable time for all will finally come. 2018 belongs to the Earth Dog. The economic crisis will pass, it will be possible to invest in real estate. This is a good start to family life, harmonious and new. The year according to the Eastern calendar will be successful for marriage. Born children will be harmonious natures, attractive to the opposite sex and gifted.

2019 is full of surprises and pleasant troubles. The Pig dominates, from which one can expect financial prosperity and complete well-being. Good time for businessmen, bankers, farmers. Babies who will be born will be optimistic, cautious and judicious personalities. They are born public figures, volunteers and missionaries.

The eastern calendar of animals by years promises happiness in 2020. This period belongs to the metal Rat, which brings good luck to writers, art critics, and artists. Money flows like a river, but this final stage possible material prosperity, after which a long period of poverty and loss is foreseen. Born children are hard and tough. They know what they want and take full advantage of life. They will be able to prove themselves in show business, journalism, any creative profession.