The color red is very auspicious during the new year celebration. Red is the color to paint a door to frighten away demons. If you do not have any red by your front door, new year is a good time to add red. The year of the earth hare begins on the new moon of February 15, 1999. This year is a time of peace, calm, leisure and rest after the chaos of1998 earth tiger year.
People enjoy the arts, gourmet food, and luxuries.
Money can be made easily, but it is spent easily. Metal dragon year 2000 will be a powerful and transformational time, so enjoy this hare year as an opportunity for relaxation, pleasure, family gatherings, entertainment, and comfortable travel. Expect political compromise and diplomatic peace-making on a global level. Translations occasionally render hare as cat or rabbit, but do not confuse cat with tiger, who has very different attributes. Hares' diplomatic ability makes them welcome in social circles.