Growing up in the Bay Area this is a phrase you learn in grade school. You also learn which Chinese Zodiac animal you are because unlike sun signs....the zodiac signs go by year born, so EVERYone in your class is the same animal. *I* am a rat. I think I even remember making colored construction paper rat face masks. Growing up next to one of the oldest & biggest Chinese neighborhoods in North America, you learn things like red envelopes have money in them and stacked up steam baskets are full o lots o delicious dumplings, oh and how to eat with chop sticks!
Actually you learn about all sorts o Asian cultures growing up in the Bay. Your friends go to school on weekends to learn their family's language. You have to take your shoes off at the door. They eat different food then you do at home. There's an alter in the living room you're not allowed to play with. You pick up how to say "white girl", "shut up & listen" and or course swear words. You know, important things!
We'll be having a baby born in the year of the Rabbit which is awesome since it's considered the luckiest of all the signs. A rabbit is talented and articulate, affectionate yet shy, and seeks peace throughout it's life. As I'm looking up what a rabbit child is like, I asked Bustin which animal he is and he didn't know. It turns out he's also a rabbit, which I found HIGH-larious when I read this......."Remarkably observant, a Rabbit can calculate his chances for getting his way. Instead of directly resisting rules, the subtle Rabbit will carefully devise ways around them. In short, this polite little angel is going to bargain for a better deal every time." Oh THAT's Bustin to a T.....even Bustin's Mom would agree with that statement!
So NOW I had to look up how Rats and Rabbits get along. I mean if I'm going to be ganged up on by TWO evil bunnies, I have to prepare myself somehow, right, RIGHT? After some serious in depth internet research on compatibility that required "Cosmopolitan-esque quizzes" and fill in the blank list generators, turns out that everything will be alright in the universe. Rats & Rabbits get along famously, both seek a home filled with love, children, and have an innate sixth sense to know when something is a-miss with the other. DEEP sigh o relief!
If you want to look up your zodiac sign traits or compatibility, here's a fun & silly site:
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