It is a truism in the West that one of the national characteristics of the Chinese peoples is an abiding interest in the influence of luck on everyday lives.

Destinies can be decided by the zodiac calendar; relations governed by computations of the personality and compatibility of 12 animal signs; decisions delayed because dates are inauspicious. 

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