Gung Hei Fat Choi

After we're through with our New Year's festivities, we get another chance to celebrate with the Chinese New Year, which always begins at the second New Moon after the Winter Solstice and is named after an animal in the Chinese Zodiac.

The Year of the Fire Pig begins on February 18 and will be observed all around the world in a two-week celebration including fireworks, family reunions, and sumptuous meals. Chinese astrologers predict that this will be an unstable year filled with conflict, but that there will be many opportunities for those who are able to meet the challenges and to find spiritual calmness.

Gun hei fat choi - "congratulations and be prosperous!"