Chinese New Year. What it means to be a sheep.

Posted by Sas Lyon

The Sheep is the eighth sign in the Chinese calendar, and as the number eight is particularly lucky, so is the sign of the Sheep. People born in the Year of the Sheep are tender, polite, clever, gentle, creative and compassionate and are fond of quiet living – characteristics that we are celebrating in our Twilight Parade. Sheep are also very creative, but can be very shy, overly-sensitive, indecisive and anxious about their appearance.

2015 is the Year of the Wooden Sheep. Under the influence of the Wood element, the Sheep is a witty thoughtful, generous and has high morals.

Sheep lucky flowers

Carnation and primrose

Sheep lucky colours

Green, red and purple

Sheep lucky numbers

3, 9, 4 Avoid: 7, 6

Most compatible signs for the Sheep

Rabbit, Horse, Pig

Most incompatible signs for the Sheep

Ox and Dog

Best careers for the Sheep

A Sheep is creative in any job and will usually gravitate toward more artistic endeavours. If something goes especially wrong in their careers or other aspects of life, they become very sentimental and pessimistic, even world-weary.

People born in the Year of the Sheep

Keith Urban, Miranda Otto, Nicole Kidman, Heath Ledger, Daniel Johns, Sophie Monk, Judy Davis, Elizabeth Chong, Tina Arena, Iva Davies, Gail Jones, Michelangelo, Rudolph Valentino, Mark Twain, Bruce Willis and Julia Roberts.

Learn more about the Chinese New Year Festival here.