Chinese Astrology.

With the Chinese New Year almost here, I felt the sudden urge to look up Chinese Astrology and try to piece together what it predicted for my fortunes this coming year. Unlike the Western Zodiac, which is based on constellations and birth months, Chinese Astrology operates on cycles of years, lunar months, and two-hour periods of the day.

So according to the various sites I visited:

丑 Ox (Yin, 2nd Trine, Fixed Element Water): The Ox person is dependable, calm, methodical, patient, hardworking, ambitious, conventional, disciplined, steady, modest, fair-minded, logical, resolute, tenacious. They can also sometimes be stubborn, narrowminded, materialistic, rigid, demanding and nurture grievances. The Ox can attain prosperity and success through fortitude, hard work and natural leadership qualities. Good dentists, surgeons, engineers, and archaeologists. Ox years include 1901, 1913, 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997. The month of the Ox is Jan 6 - Feb 3, and the hours of the Ox are 1am - 3am.

YAY! OXES MAKE GOOD DENTISTS! :D

Ok, although the Ox's general element is Water, my specific element is Wood (because I was born in in a year ending in "5"). The only interesting thing written about the Wood Element is that is my "Season" is Spring, and "Most Favorable Colors" are green & brown. It gave me my optimal working and sleeping position in degrees, but I don't know how to exactly go about measuring that.

Anyway, I found a Chinese website that formulated a specific analysis of your life's high & low periods based on the numerology of your name, birth time, location, and date. Here's a table I was provided with. Tell me you don't think this sounds SUPER DEPRESSING:

1990 - 1999 (Age 5 - 14) -- Luck against you
2000 - 2009 (Age 15 - 24) -- Luck against you
2010 - 2019 (Age 25 - 34) -- Luck against you
2020 - 2029 (Age 35 - 44) -- Luck with you
2030 - 2039 (Age 45 - 54) -- Luck with you
2040 - 2049 (Age 55 - 64) -- Luck with you
2050 - 2059 (Age 65 - 74) -- Luck with you
2060 - 2069 (Age 75 - 84) -- Luck with you
2070 - 2079 (Age 85 - 94) -- Luck with you
2080 - 2089 (Age 95 - 104) -- Luck against you
2090 - 2099 (Age 105 -114) -- Luck against you

Basically, Luck is supposed to be against me throughout the prime of my life and when I'm at the brink of death. Great.