Climacteric Year

オットは今年が厄年らしい。厄年に引っ越しとかしてよかったのかな。お母さんが地元の神社で厄除けしてくれたので大丈夫？早速オットは送ってもらったお守りを鞄につけていました。

My mother emailed me a couple of weeks ago saying that the Man of the House is in climacteric year this year. Japanese climacteric year is slightly different from the western equivalent (different years for men and women, you count yourself 1 year old when you are born, etc.), but the main thing is the same: it's supposedly your unlucky year. Great notion to have when we have made an epic move across the Atlantic.

My mother had a ceremony performed at a local shrine to drive away the ill luck for MOTH and mailed him a lucky charm. Let's hope it works.