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RE: Fire Horse Year: Why 2026 Won’t Repeat 1966

in GEMS5 months ago

Yep, exactly the same. The Japanese basically imported the Chinese system. I think the Koreans did as well. Back when arranged marriages were more of a thing in Japan than they are today, the animal and element were very seriously considered. These days, not so much, though shrines still mention these things in fortunes.

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Ah! The animals as well. I heard many years ago an elderly in our village in Hong Kong banned a marriage between a Yeung and a Yip, because Yeung sounds the same as sheep, and Yip is leaf 🙃