Lunar New Year starts today. Tet Fest, the Vietnamese celebration for the new year, is this weekend at Mary Queen of Vietnam Church.
The big picture: It's the Year of the Fire Horse, which comes around once every 60 years.
It's about "following what our soul tells us to do," Hong Kong-based astrologer Letao Wang tells Axios.
Fire horse energy is often associated with big moves, including changing jobs, relocating, ending relationships or growing a family.
Zoom out: For Lunar New Year,many people eat foods that look like money, sound like good fortune and represent wholeness.
Shrimp dishes are eaten because shrimp in Cantonese sounds like "ha," "so it means that joy and laughter will come into your life," says Grace Young, a cookbook author and culinary historian.
Sweet and sour porkis served because "sour" in Cantonese sounds like the word for grandchild, which "means your family is growing," Young says. Plus, pork signifies bounty.
The Cantonese words for tangerine and luck sound similar, so oranges are popular on the holiday.
