Sharing my latest eye sketches and answering Cindy's CNY question

 

Well friends, this gal has been drawing her eye sketches for the past week without skipping a day! Woohoo!  *high fives all around*. Just wanted to share the eye drawings so far as well as answer my bloggy pal Cindy's CNY question. :)

This was Cindy's question.

"I have a CNY question. Is there any special significance to it being "your" year? Like, if you were born in the year of the rabbit, is it extra special each time a rabbit year comes along? We treat 0's and 5's as milestone years - do those who follow a lunar calendar treat multiples of 12's as milestones?"

If it's your animal year, your luck is supposedly bad since you will offend the God of Age. And this occurs every 12 years.

There are ways to "remedy" the situation including keeping a low profile, not embarking on a new business venture, not having large celebrations etc.

So if something bad happens to someone in their animal year, the older generation might attribute that to having bad luck based on the year of birth.

But a person's "luck" based on the date of birth (according to the Chinese Lunar Calendar) constitutes 30% of their overall luck. They can hang around their buddies who have better luck to block the "poison arrows". For instance, the rabbit has the dog and pig as its buddies.

You can also carry some lucky charms to block the negative energy.

But I think working hard and being a good and kind person will definitely help you turn a bad year around since this constitutes 70% of your overall luck. :)

In terms of birthday milestones, it's still celebrated in decades. Except that the Chinese count the year in the womb as the first year. So when my grandma celebrated her 90th birthday, it was the year she turned 89 according to the regular calendar. 

My auntie Nora (Uncle Clive's wife) wanted to celebrate her 60th birthday in style but couldn't because that was in 2020 and her animal year of the rat...and of course, when the whole Covid lockdown happened. Coincidence? Or just bad luck? *dramatic music plays in the background* 

Yep, she should have celebrated in 2019 when she was 60 based on the Chinese Lunar calendar. But she said since the celebration never happened, she's still 60 three years on. *LOL*

And there you have it, all my eye sketches so far. :)

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