Lunar New Year — also commonly called Chinese New Year — marks the start of the new year based on lunar calendars, or monthly cycles of the moon's phases.   The lunar new year starts with the first new moon of the lunar calendar and ends on the first full moon,

If you were born in the Year of the Snake, (1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, and 2013), people may find you intelligent, wise, and mysterious. They are also said to be determined, caring, and good at talking. Lucky numbers for those born in a Snake year are 2, 8, 9, and numbers containing them (like 28 and 89).