Inviting the Money God into your home - 29th January

On Chinese New Year’s Day (1st of January on the Chinese calendar), you can perform the Chinese custom of inviting the Money God into your home in order to bring prosperity and luck into the household. The directions that you have to walk are as follows:

• The Good News (Happiness) God is in the south
• The Money God is in the West ( Because the Evil spirit is in the West direction as well, this year we will not use it. ) We use the good news god and the helping god instead.
• The Helping God is in the North West
The best times to do this are: 11pm (7th Feb) - 3am 7am - 11 am. Afterwards you should go to the nearest temple to light the first incense of the year, or if you have your own shrine you may do this at home.

Blessing Ceremony - from 29th January

This is a traditional ceremony to say thankyou to the Gods and ensure good fortune for the coming year. You should set up an offering of food - buy some cakes, and cook some dishes, light incense, and wish for success.


This can be done on one of the following dates:

9th Feb (not suitable for rat people)
31 Jan (not suitable for tiger people)
4th Feb (not suitable for horse people)
7th Feb (not suitable for chicken people)
10 Feb (not suitable for rat people)
13th Feb (not suitable for rabbit people)
14th Feb (not suitable for dragon people)

Reopening your business - from 1st February

1st Feb (not suitable for rabbit people)
4th Feb (not suitable for horse people)
6th Feb (not suitable for monkey people)
7th Feb (not suitable for chicken people)
10th Feb (not suitable for rat people)
14th Feb (not suitable for dragon people)

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