Lanterns adorn the River Hongbao Festival celebrating Chinese New Year's Eve on February 2 in Singapore. Image Source: CNN.
Under the lunisolar calendar, we welcome the Year of the Rabbit. Happy New Year! There are some reports on what the Year of the Rabbit means here, here, here, here and here. The Holiday Spot sums it up:
This all sounds good. However, there is a site here that says it will in fact be negative.A placid year, very much welcomed and needed after the ferocious year of the Tiger. We should go off to some quiet spot to lick our wounds and get some rest after all the battles of the previous year.
Good taste and refinement will shine on everything and people will acknowledge that persuasion is better than force. A congenial time in which diplomacy, international relations and politics will be given a front seat again. We will act with discretion and make reasonable concessions without too much difficulty.
A time to watch out that we do not become too indulgent. The influence of the Rabbit tends to spoil those who like too much comfort and thus impair their effectiveness and sense of duty.
Law and order will be lax; rules and regulations will not be rigidly enforced. No one seems very inclined to bother with these unpleasant realities. They are busy enjoying themselves, entertaining others or simply taking it easy. The scene is quiet and calm, even deteriorating to the point of somnolence. We will all have a tendency to put off disagreeable tasks as long as possible
Money can be made without too much labor. Our life style will be languid and leisurely as we allow ourselves the luxuries we have always craved for. A temperate year with unhurried pace. For once, it may seem possible for us to be carefree and happy without too many annoyances.
This is of course all arbitrary. But I think we could all use a quietly prosperous year.
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