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The Relationship Between the Birth Year and the Zodiac

The Relationship Between the Birth Year and the Zodiac

What is the birth year?

The natal year is a cycle that progresses in twelve years as a unit after a person is born. Everyone’s 12-year-old, 24-year-old, 36-year-old, 48-year-old, and 60-year-old… are his natal years. The birth year is closely related to the zodiac.

In traditional customs, the Benming year is often considered an unlucky year. The folk song “Tai Sui is committed in Benming year, Tai Sui sits in the head, no joy will bring disaster” is the best portrayal of the unlucky year in Benming year. Therefore, people usually refer to the “Benming Year” as the “Threshold Year”, that is, passing through the Benming Year is like stepping into a threshold.

Every year of the birth year, in all parts of the north, both adults and children are required to wear red belts, commonly known as “tie red”, and children also wear red vests and red pants. During the Spring Festival, there are red and yellow silk ribbons selling “auspicious belts” and “auspicious knots” everywhere in the market. People in the year of life will tie them around their waists and wrists, and they also entrust the working people with a way of expelling evil spirits, avoiding disasters and praying for good fortune. good wishes.

Taboo

The Benming Year has a wide range of influence among the people. In the folk customs of the North and the South, there is a tradition of hanging on the Benming Year or asking Guandi Pavilion to open the light and Guan Gong to avoid evil and avoid disasters. Therefore, people are particularly fond of red or dedicated to Guan Gong, the God of Wealth and Wealth, in the year of birth.

In ancient China, there were many sacred objects and various Buddha statues about the townhouse to ward off evil spirits. Guan Gong has always been regarded as a talisman to ward off evil spirits and bring people a healthy and happy life. People with bad luck can have the effect of transporting them, so they have the reputation of “Master Guan”.

The emphasis on red in the Benming year should originate from the worship of red in traditional Chinese culture. Red wards off evil spirits and red is auspicious. This concept has existed as early as in primitive society. Red is the color of the sun, the color of blood, and the color of fire. With the changes of the times, this kind of red thinking has not changed. Red couplets are posted in the New Year, red wedding dresses, red hijabs, red candles, new red lists, etc. in the old-fashioned wedding, people use red to add joy no matter when and where.

The Chinese nation regards red as a symbol of joy, success, loyalty and justice. In particular, it is believed that red has the effect of exorcising evil spirits and protecting one’s body. Therefore, on the New Year’s Eve, people put on red underwear early, or wear red belts, and some accessories they wear are also hung with red silk ropes to welcome their Benming year.

It is believed that in this way, we can seek good luck and avoid evil, and eliminate disasters and avoid disasters. These red things that ward off evil spirits for the year of life are what is often referred to as “benming red”. People also have the custom of worshipping the “Benming God” in the year of birth in order to prolong their life.

In fact, the luck of the Benming year varies from person to person and cannot be generalized. It is said that the year of birth is not auspicious, which originally originated from the school of numerology that ran around the rivers and lakes. Every year, they have to come up with some kind of shackles, and then imply that people will resolve them. The essence is to seek personal gain. As long as you are a real senior numerology person, you will never say: the year of birth is a year of disaster.

Custom
Red Belt

Every time it is the year of Benming, all over the north, adults and children have to buy red belts and wear them, commonly known as “tie red”, and children also wear red socks and red pants (commonly known as “the three things of the old and the old”). Disaster avoidance.

This custom has been handed down to this day, and even when many traditional folk customs are little known, this custom is still enduring. Especially when the Spring Festival is approaching every year, people who are about to face their own natal year will attract attention. This is one of the reasons why the red and yellow silk ribbons called “auspicious belts” and “auspicious knots” on the market are now selling well. Turn evil into good.

Worship the “God of Life”

The saying of the god of life comes from Taoism. Taoism absorbs the popular folk sayings of “Born Ming” and puts forward the theories of “Ben Ming Xing”, “Ben Ming Year” and “Ben Ming Day”. Where my birth year is in the sixty-year-old year, it is called Benming, and Yuanchen is also called the year of Benming. As a religion born and bred in China, Taoism naturally has a natural affinity with the heavenly stems, the earthly branches and the twelve zodiac signs.

For the god of life, some places are called “the star of life and life”, and some are called “the god of life”. Beginning with the Jiazi year, people born in different years within sixty years can find their own natal gods. For example, the national hero Yue Fei was born in 1103 AD, in the year of Guiwei in the Xia Li, and his birthright Xingjun was the “Second General of Weiren and Weiren in the Guiwei Taisui”.

According to Taoism, one must devote oneself to the birth of the birthright in cultivating one’s nature, and worship the birth of birth in the birth year or in ordinary years, which will eliminate disasters and obtain blessings, which has become a custom that has been passed down to this day.

Wearing Red Underwear

The custom of wearing red underwear in Benming year is very popular everywhere. However, many local customs believe that this kind of red underwear and underwear must be given by others. It is said that in this case, the effect of warding off evil spirits will be greatly enhanced.

Wearing Pixiu

The Pixiu (also known as Tianlu, warding off evil spirits, and Baijie) is a kind of mythical beast in ancient Chinese myths and legends. It has a dragon head, horse body, and lin feet. It is shaped like a lion, with grayish-white fur and can fly. Pixiu has the function of driving away evil spirits, bringing joy and good luck.

Pad Red Insole

Wearing red insoles in Benming year means stepping on all the villains in the world, everything goes smoothly, and good luck starts from every step and every step.