Pagan Eye: Lucky Cat for Chinese New Year
Here is a the Chinese lucky cat that I was given at Yule, on my altar for Chinese New Year.
It is the start year of the rooster in 2017 – not the year of the cat. In fact, there is no cat in the Chinese Zodiac, although there is a year of the tiger.
According to one Chinese folk tale, the reason that the cat is absent from the animals that form the 12-year cycle is also the reason why cats and rats are enemies. This is how the story goes:
Back in the day when the Jade Emperor was still arranging the zodiac, he organised a race to decide which animals would have a year named after them. At that time, the cat and the rat were friends and the cat asked the rat to wake her up so they could both get to the start of the race together. However, the rat forgot. The cat overslept and, despite running as fast as she could, she reached the finish line long after the other animals. Since then, cats have chased rats whenever they see them.
Actually, the real reason there is no year of the cat in Chinese astrology is that there were no domestic cats in China at the time the system was developed. I guess in some ways that means the cat was late for the heavenly race after all, but it had nothing to do with rats.
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Links and previous related posts
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2016/03/pagan-eye-dragon-at-magical-lantern.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2014/01/ten-chinese-new-year-customs-and.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2016/12/lovely-presents-what-i-got-for-yule.html
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Source: http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2017/01/pagan-eye-lucky-cat-for-chinese-new-year.html
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