Why do we wear red in our birth year to ward off evil and avoid disasters?

Since childhood, elders have taught us to wear red in our zodiac year, including red underwear, red bra, and red bracelets. So why do we wear red in our zodiac year? What is the meaning of wearing red in your birth year? Let’s learn more about it through the article below!

Why do we wear red in our zodiac year?

In the year of one's birth, people often hold weddings to ward off bad luck, while others say that the year of one's birth is not suitable for marriage. But why do we need to wear red clothes in our birth year instead of orange, purple or other colors?

Red lucky color

In fact, in our country, red has always been an auspicious color. People especially love red whenever there are happy events or festivals. In the year of one’s birth, people will have bad luck because of the conflict with Tai Sui, so they need red things to bring good luck. The emphasis on red actually stems from the Chinese Han culture's worship of the color red. In the old-style Han weddings, there were red sedan chairs, red cheongsams, red veils, red lanterns, red carpets, red candles, etc., creating a red and festive atmosphere.

In ancient my country, when the army won a battle, they used red flags to announce the victory, and students who passed the imperial examinations wore red flowers. It seems that people associate red things with joy, success, loyalty and justice. Moreover, red has the effect of warding off evil spirits and protecting the body. In my country, we always set off firecrackers during the New Year. Legend has it that this is to drive away a beast called Nian. Firecrackers are red, and people also like to wear red clothes because they can drive away evil spirits.

In Peking Opera, only Guan Yu, the god of loyalty and bravery, has the right to use the red facial makeup. The Han people regard red as a symbol of joy, success, loyalty, bravery and justice, and especially believe that red has the function of warding off evil spirits and protecting the body. Therefore, on New Year's Eve, people would put on red underwear or tie red belts early, and some of the accessories they wore were also tied with red silk ropes to welcome their own zodiac year. It is believed that this is the only way to avoid misfortune and disaster.

This explains why people like red clothes and lucky charms during their birth year.

Exorcise evil spirits and avoid disasters

On the other hand, according to the legend of the zodiac, it is said that in the year of one's birth, the guardian deity of the zodiac will go to heaven to worship. At this time, the guardian deity's protection of the human body will be reduced, so there is a possibility that demons and monsters may take advantage of the situation and sneak in. Therefore, wearing red clothes can ward off evil and avoid disasters. This is related to the origin of other red items.

Hope for the future

In fact, red clothes only represent people’s hope for the future and their desire to ward off evil spirits, avoid disasters and turn misfortune into good fortune. Whether wearing red clothes can really bring good luck is actually mostly a psychological suggestion. In fact, whether to wear a red rope, wear red clothes, or wear clothes and accessories that suit your destiny depends on your personal likes and dislikes in numerology. Only in this way can you achieve the desired effect of avoiding misfortune and seeking good fortune. From the perspective of numerology, red belongs to fire in the five elements. Common rules: Water can conquer fire, too much water will extinguish the fire; fire can refine gold, too much fire will melt the gold; fire can create earth, fire will burn and the earth will dry out... Therefore, it depends on whether you lack fire in your destiny.

You cannot wear red underwear or accessories in your birth year.

Although the color red can indeed enhance happiness in general, it is not appropriate to wear red underwear to enhance fortune in every year of your birth. In the year of one's birth, one offends Tai Sui, so one should wear red, such as red belts, red bracelets, red underwear, and there are even special red clothing for one's birth year. This statement is actually very one-sided and wrong. Red represents fire in the I Ching. If the earthly branch represented by your zodiac sign is fire, and you wear red clothes, red underwear, and other things related to the color red during your birth year, this is called adding fire to fire. Not only will it not help your birth year, but it will make the fire element of your birth year even greater. For example: In 2006, the year of Bingxu, which is the year of strong fire and fire storage, wearing red underwear will only make your fire too strong and your fortune will fall. Moreover, whether to wear red in the year of birth should be considered based on one's horoscope. If one's horoscope abstains from fire, or red, then using red ropes, red underwear, etc. will only be counterproductive. Just think about it, the eight characters include information about the year, month, day, time of a person's birth, as well as gender, while the birth year only includes information about the year of birth. Obviously, a person's eight characters are much more important than the birth year. How can you violate the taboos of the eight characters just for your birth year?

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