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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.
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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.
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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
order of their arrival. Each 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. To discover what your animal is, click here. |
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