Are you ready for the Year of the Goat?
Chinese New Year falls on Thursday February 19 this year.
With hundreds of thousands of people expected to descend on Soho's China Town, News Shopper's top eight facts about The Year of the Goat might teach you a thing or two:
1. 2015 is the Year of the Goat.
2. Previously the Year of the Goat has fallen in 1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991 and 2003.
3. The goat is the eighth of 12 Chinese zodiac signs.
4. The 12 signs also include: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig.
5. The lucky numbers of anyone born in the Year of the Goat are two and seven.
6. A Goat's best-suited careers are said to be pediatrician, actor, teacher, interior designer, musician or editor.
7. A Goat's lucky colours are red and brown.
8. A Goat's most unlucky direction is said to be south west.
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