Kung Hei Fat Choi!

Kung hei fat choi is Happy New Year in Chinese. The year 2008 is designated as the Year of the Brown, Earth Rat, according to the website chinesefortunecalendar.com.

The Rat hours are from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m., Fortune Angel noted in its website.

The hours cover late night and early morning. In the Western zodiac, The Rat’s equivalent is Sagittarius, the art-of-fengshui website said. It reign begins Feb. 7.

In character, the wikipedia said Rats are leaders, pioneers and conquerors. They are charming, passionate, charismatic, practical and hardworking. They have with great leadership and are the most highly organized, meticulous, and systematic of the 12 signs.

Generally, art-of-fengshui said, Rats do well in advertising, law, and politics.

They will do well as counselors, entrepreneurs, researchers and writers. Rats shine in industries such as hotel, music, mass media, beauty, fashion and film.

What about famous Rats? From common knowledge and from springreetingcards.com and gotohoroscope.com, here are some A-list Rats.

Mickey Mouse, Mighty Mouse, Cameron Diaz, Remy (from the film Ratatouille), Charlotte Bronte, Speedy Gonzales, Mata Hari, Olivia Newton-John, Louis Armstrong, Shirley Bassey, Hugh Grant, Charlton Heston, Kris Kristofferson, Sean Penn, and Burt Reynolds.

For sure, people what to know what the forecast for the year. Here’s an overview from the website proastro.com

RAT. Rats will feel restless and their romantic relationships will be unstable. They may end an existing relationship and start a new one. Rats will have a lot of changes in their life this year, a good year.

OX. This year, the Ox will have stability, fewer changes and excellent interpersonal relationshipzs. The Ox’s career will be improved indirectly, especially if you have in a partnership.

TIGER. The Tiger is said to have a year of mobility, meaning you have chances to move home/office, travel and experience different changes. The Tiger will also travel on business or for leisure more often than usual.

RABBIT. This year, Rabbits will be blessed by the strongest star of positive relationships, Hong Luan. It will bring excellent love, luck and also it will enhance interpersonal relationship, which indirectly help a Rabbit’s career.

DRAGON. The Dragon will enjoy excellent interpersonal relationship and stable love relationship. Yet, there are signs of “torturing” in the Dragon’s marital life, which can bring love life problems.

SNAKE. The Snake will have an ordinary year with stable luck, i.e. without any conflict or any union shown in the constellation chart. There shouldn’t be any unexpected complication happening to the Snake’s personal or occupational life.

HORSE. The Horse is said to have movements and changes this year. In other words, the Horse is especially like to move home/office; travel or experience change in 2008. Such changes could happen to a Horse’s relationship.

GOAT. Goats are prone to gossips and arguments this year. Yet, the effects of “harming” are so mild they can almost disregarded. Luck would depend more on which season you were born.

MONKEY. The Monkey is in excellent terms with everyone and enjoys stable love relationships. Although there isn’t any specific lucky star in the Monkey’s constellation this year, the Monkey would still get help from others.

ROOSTER. Unattached Roosters have nothing to lose. They would just be annoyed by the many potential dates and they don’t know how to make a choice! This year, Roosters have double luck in relationships.

DOG. This year, the Dog will enjoy better social status and get hold of more authority, which is more advantageous for wage-earners. All wage-earners are entitled to chances of promotion.

PIG. You experienced a lot changes last year in terms of love relationship, living environment or career. If you have moved home or changed your job, such changes are settled and you might just work with them.

(Courtesy of SunStar Cebu)