Happy Lunar New Year!
2019 is the Year of the Pig 豬年 🐖
We wish you all a happy, healthy and prosperous year ahead!
The Pig豬is the 12th animal in the Chinese Zodiac. In Chinese legend the Jade Emperor is said to have organised a great race to decide which animals would guard theHeavenly Gate.
The quick thinking Rat
was the first animal to cross the river to reach the Emperor followed by the diligent Ox
. They became the first and second animals of the Zodiac.
The Tiger
and Rabbit
quickly followed.
And then the Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster
and Dog
.
During the race the Pig
had felt tired and so had stopped for food and to rest. When he finally crossed the river the Emperor awarded him the 12th year of the zodiac.
The Pig is associated with sleeping and laziness but also represent diligence, compassion, generosity and wealth!
Years of the Pig 🐷 include:
1923, 1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007 and 2019.
Lucky things for people born during the year of the Pig:
- Lucky numbers: 2, 5, 8, and numbers containing them (like 25 and 58)
- Lucky days: the 17th and 24th of every Chinese lunar month
- Lucky colors: yellow, gray, brown, gold
- Lucky flowers: hydrangea and daisy
- Lucky direction: east and southwest
- Lucky months: the 2nd, 7th, 10th, and 11th Chinese lunar months
Unlucky things for people born during the year of the Pig:
- Unlucky color: red, blue, green
- Unlucky numbers: 1, 7, and numbers containing them (like 17 and 71)
- Unlucky direction: southeast
- Unlucky months: the 4th, 9th, and 12th Chinese lunar months
Famous people born during a year of the Pig:
Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama (1935)
Julie Andrews (1935)
Woody Allen (1935)
Elton John (1947)
Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947)
Alan Sugar (1947)
Elon Musk (1971),
David Tennant (1971)
Amy Winehouse (1983)
Chris Hemsworth (1983)
Do you know your Zodiac sign? How many of our Nuneaton Taekwon-Do students and supporters are born in a year of the pig?
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