Chinese New Year is late this year

[helwen]

So I've done my annual search on the web to find out when Chinese New Year will begin, and discovered that it will be much later than usual this year. Apparently there was an extra month last year, a "leap month". More here: http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/2007.htm if you want all the details.

Usually it is in January or early February, but this time the new year starts February 17, 2007. Please note this date is for the U.S. -- in China it will start on February 18. The upcoming year will be the Year of the Fire Boar (or Red Pig, if you prefer). On reading more about this year, there is apparently a difference between when the calendar year starts for everyday things and when the calendar year starts for Chinese astrology -- for the latter, the year will start on Feb. 4.... oy.

Anyway, we usually host a Chinese New Year party at the house, so now I have to choose a date for the party. I'm thinking maybe March 4 (a Sunday), but could possibly go for March 3 instead. Technically we could have it on Feb. 25th, but that's the day after Novice Schola, and I expect all the local folks (myself and fitzw included), will be quite exhausted.

Comments

[kellan_the_tabby]

So what's it mean when the current year has the same animal as the year you were born? (I was born under the Boar, though I don't know which element...)

[helwen.livejournal.com]

Usually it's a good thing. You're right that you won't have the same element as this coming year -- that only happens once every 60 years.

Poke around on the web site I gave the URL to -- there's a link here or there in the text to Birth Calendar, where you can put in your birth data and find out more details about your year element, your personal element, and your LUCKY element.

I also found a forecast page for 2007: http://www.chiff.com/a/chinese-horoscopes.htm

[kellan_the_tabby]

Oh, cool. Thanks!

*goes looking*