A date with fate

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Information Source: China Daily, by Cheng Anqi.
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"A few simple precautions can help you survive the bad luck and difficulties of your zodiac year, as Cheng Anqi reports.

'Tai Sui (also known as the Grand Duke of Jupiter) pledges to sit. No woes is a blessing as there will be misfortune," said Li Mo, 36, whose Chinese zodiac sign is a rabbit, summing up her horoscope for the year ahead. She has bought a red waist belt and red socks, even prayer beads to help ward off the bad luck heading her way. In northern China, adults and children see in their zodiac year by wearing a red vest and red underwear in a bid to overcome misfortune and pursue good fortune. "According to Chinese tradition I will have a bumpy ride this year. A difficult year financially, my friends who are bureaucrats will be easily demoted, and if taking a trip I must be extra careful," Li said. Chinese people traditionally believed in the 12-year cycle of the Chinese zodiac. Each year of the 12-year cycle is named after an animal. Each animal has a different personality and different characteristics that are believed to be the traits of a person born in that year and which determine their success, and happiness.

In this way a person's fate is determined at birth, so their zodiac year is considered their year of fate."

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