SHEEP
Sheep keywords: Artistic, gentle, and loves the good life.
Sheep correlates to the western sign Cancer.

Sheep Lunar Calendar:

1907 - February 13 to February 1, 1908 Purple Sheep
1919 - February 1 to February 19, 1920 Gold Sheep
1931 - February 17 to February 5, 1932 Silver Sheep
1943 - February 5 to January 24, 1944 Gray Sheep
1955 - January 24 to February 11, 1956 Blue Sheep
1967 - February 9 to January 29, 1968 Purple Sheep
1979 - January 28 to February 15, 1980 Gold Sheep
1991 - February 15 to February 3, 1992 Silver Sheep
2003 - February 1 to January 21, 2004 Gray Sheep
2015 - February 19 to February 7 1916 Blue Sheep
2027 - February 6 to January 25, 1928 Purple Sheep

Sheep in Rat year 2008:

Rat year can be a very good year for Sheep, even though Rat and Sheep hold very different values. Business improves, debts can be paid, and success is foreseen. Family and home life is stable and calm, and friendship and romance are favored. Time to be more frugal and not "eat paper."
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Sheep Personality:

In China, eight is a number of good fortune. Sheep is the eighth earthly branch and symbolizes good fortune, peace, and abundance. There is a Chinese saying, "Three sheep open doors to good fortune." Three Sheep in an extended family were considered extreme good fortune, and three Sheep together are a symbol of springtime. The gentle characteristics of Sheep were incorporated as part of Confucian ideology. The lamb kneels before its mother to nurse, as if obeying the correct filial manners of obedience to the parent.

Some translations refer to Sheep as Ram or Goat. This can be misleading. Ram is a symbol of masculinity, and Sheep is essentially feminine. Ram could be confused with the Western sign of Aries the Ram, and Sheep has little of Aries' fiery combativeness. (Instead, Aries correlates to powerful Dragon.) Goat may evoke the Western sign of Capricorn the Goat, but Sheep rarely possess the drive and ambition to ascend to the mountain top like Capricorn, which corresponds to Ox. Sheep correlates to the western sign Cancer, the sign of the mother and nurturer. In rare instances, Sheep is referred to as Deer, due to Sheep's gentle nature.

The year of the Sheep is a time of peace, calm, and contentment. Travel is highlighted as are relaxing vacations. Life's hectic pace is slowed and people are more caring, sensitive, and emotional. Family, close friends, and intimacy are valued. All the arts will flourish and creativity will flow, but such refined beauty and elegance is expensive, and debts may easily accrue. Sheep's love of peace prevents major political upheavals and severe weather changes.

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To learn more about the Sheep personality, Sheep relationships, Sheep child and parent, Sheep's fortunes in the twelve-year cycle, and details of the purple fire Sheep, gold earth Sheep, silver metal Sheep, gray water Sheep, and blue wood Sheep, read Taoist Astrology: A Handbook of the Authentic Chinese Tradition by Susan Levitt with Jean Tang (published by Destiny Books 1997). Click here to order your copy.

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