The Chinese horoscope has been in use in the Orient for thousands of years, and it is still consulted by
millions of people on a daily basis. Its twelve animal signs are similar to the twelve signs of the Western Zodiac, but are
determined by the year you were born rather than the month.
ON CHINESE ASTROLOGY:
- Chinese astrology is based on the lunar cycle, which takes twelve years to complete.
- Chinese astrology includes five elements instead of four -- Metal, Water, Wood, Fire and Earth. They are agents/modifiers
that subtlely alter the nature of whatever they represent.
- Yin and Yang -- The terms given to the complementary, dynamic forces that keep the universe in balance at every level.
- The naming of the twelve years in the Chinese Lunar cycle stems from the myth of Buddha. Before leaving this world , Buddha
invited all the animals of the world to a feast. Only twelve animals arrived, in the following order -- The rat, the ox, the
tiger, the rabbit, the dragon, the snake, the horse, the sheep, the monkey, the rooster, the dog and the pig. Thus, Buddha
decided to name a year after each of them, in the orEach year in this twelve-year cycle now had a symbolic animal, whose characteristics
were said to influence the world events, personality and fate of everything and everyone born in that year.
Rat 1912,
1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008
Ox 1913,
1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009
Tiger 1914, 1926, 1938,
1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010
Rabbit 1915, 1927, 1939, 1951, 1963,
1975, 1987, 1999, 2011
Dragon 1916, 1928, 1940, 1952, 1963, 1976, 1988,
2000, 2012
Snake 1917, 1929, 1941, 1953, 1964, 1977,
1989, 2001, 2013
Horse 1918, 1930, 1941, 1954,
1965, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014
Sheep 1919, 1931, 1942, 1955, 1966,
1979, 1991, 2003, 2015
Monkey 1920, 1932, 1943, 1956, 1967, 1980, 1992, 2004,
2016
Rooster 1921, 1932, 1943, 1957, 1968, 1981,
1993, 2005, 2017
Dog 1922,
1933, 1944, 1958, 1969, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018
Pig 1923,
1934, 1945, 1959, 1969, 1982, 1995, 2007, 2019
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