"平安" means no accidents, no danger; stable, peaceful, and safe and well.
What is the Chinese Zodiac?
The Chinese Yinyang principle consists of a 12-year cycle, each year of which is named after a different animal that imparts distinct characteristics to its year. Many Chinese believe that the year of a person's birth is the primary factor in determining that person's personality traits, physical and mental attributes, and degree of success and happiness throughout one's lifetime. The ancient Yinyang principle constructed a fantastic system of 10 heavenly stems and 12 mundane branches. The latter corresponds to 12 animals with two symbolic functions. Each animal is mystically related to one year in a 12-year cycle. Each animal also represents two hours or one-twelfth of every day. A person's future is determined by this intriguing system. These twelve animals are Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig.
What's your zodiac animal?
The 12 zodiac animals are shown below in order, with recent years for you to directly find out your own birth year and animal sign.
Chinese Zodiac Signs' Personality
Chinese zodiac animals have astrological and cultural meanings. Chinese people associate each animal sign with certain characteristics. It's believed that people born in a given year have the personality of that year's animal.
Rat: quick-witted, resourceful, versatile, kind.
Ox: diligent, dependable, strong, determined.
Tiger: quick-witted, resourceful, versatile, kind.
Rabbit: quiet, elegant, kind, responsible.
Dragon: confident, intelligent, enthusiastic.
Snake: enigmatic, intelligent, wise.
Horse: animated, active, energetic.
Goat: calm, gentle, sympathetic.
Monkey: sharp, smart, curious.
Rooster: observant, hardworking, courageous.
Dog: lovely, honest, prudent.
Pig: compassionate, generous, diligent.
Six True Words 'Om Mani Padme Hum'
♥ Love ♥ Focus ♥ Wisdom ♥ Purity ♥ Peace ♥ Creativity ♥
These Six True Words 'Om Mani Padme Hum-are the most common mantra in Tibet. This mantra produces the sound and vibration, which allows you to feel at one with the universe. The mantra is considered to have high spiritual and creative power.
Om means the vibration of the universe, symbolizes one's impure body, speech and mind.
Ma Ni means the jewel, symbolizes factors of the method, compassion, and love, the altruistic intention to become enlightened.
Pad Me means lotus and symbolize wisdom.
Hum means inseparability; symbolizing purity and can be achieved by the unity of method and wisdom. This chant brings you joy and peaceful vibrations and, supposedly, contained in this verse, is the truth of the nature of suffering and how to remove its causes.