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The Chinese Zodiac, or\u00a0shengxiao<\/em> (\u751f\u8096), has twelve symbols, just like the western one\u00a0(given to us by the ancient Greeks). And, even in this case, each sign is associated with particular character traits. The difference is that while in our Zodiac each symbol corresponds with a certain month, the Chinese Zodiac corresponds with a particular year, For example, 2015 is the year of the Goat!<\/p>\n It is said that Buddha, when he was near to dying, gathered all animals of the earth. However, only twelve bothered to come say goodbye. So he – being magnanimous as few others could – decided to reward them by baptizing each lunar phase with the name of one of the animals that came. The first to show up was the mouse (never trust the rats). After that, arriving\u00a0in order were\u00a0the buffalo, the tiger, the rabbit, the dragon, the snake, the horse, the goat, the monkey, the rooster, the dog and the pig\u00a0(the usual latecomer).<\/strong><\/p>\n Another version of the story says that one says the gods decided that each animal should correspond to a symbol on a first-come, first-serve basis. And so the first twelve to show up took all the available symbols.<\/p>\n Personally, being a notoriously practical person, tend\u00a0to believe the following explanation: six of the symbols correspond to the most common domestic animals in China (buffalo, horse, goat, rooster, pig, and dog) while the other six are, historically, beloved animals by the Chinese (mouse, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, and monkey).<\/p>\n Click here<\/a>\u00a0to find out your Chinese Zodiac sign. Just insert your date of birth!<\/p>\n Actually, I lied to you before. But I did it because I didn’t want to frighten you. To say that each sigh corresponds only to a year is not exactly true (did you think the Chinese would make it that easy?).<\/p>\n Your\u00a0“annual” sign – or the animal that corresponds with the year of your birth\u00a0– represents only the way in which others see you or that you come across to others. There is also a sign corresponding to the month of your birth (called\u00a0your “internal animal”), the day of your birth\u00a0(called your “true animal”) and the hour of your birth\u00a0(called your “secret animal”).<\/p>\n It is said that the internal animal will determine your last years of life and offer information about your parents. It is easy to calculate because it corresponds with the month of your birth:<\/p>\n 7 December – 5 January: Mouse; Calculating your true animal\u00a0– which offers information about your adult life\u00a0– is extremely complicated. <\/p>\n Your secret animal will reveal your true character and to calculate it all you need to do is know the hour of your birth:<\/p>\n 23:00 – 01:00: Mouse\u00a0– The hour in which a mouse obtains its food. So myself, having been born March 10,\u00a01983, at\u00a02 in the afternoon\u00a0(greatly falsified data), am externally a Pig, internally a Rabbit, truly a Dog and secretly a Goat.<\/p>\n But it’s not over. There are actually another two factors that influence your character and destiny.<\/p>\n These are the characteristics of your personality that tend to prevail: the\u00a0Yin is associated with femininity and submission while the\u00a0Yang is associated with masculinity and aggression. Each of us possesses both\u00a0Yin and\u00a0Yang.<\/p>\n How do you find if your sign is\u00a0Yin or Yang? It’s easy:<\/p>\n Yin: Buffalo, Rabbit, Snake, Goat, Rooster and Pig.<\/p>\n Yang: Mouse, Tiger, Dragon, Horse, Monkey, and Dog.<\/p>\n To find out your element just know the last digit of the year of your birth:<\/p>\n 0 or 1: Metal; What does it mean? I ignore this. No, just kidding.<\/p>\n each element dominates two following years so that the cycle repeats every ten years. Each year the dominant element will interact with your element (determined, exactly, by the last digit of your year of birth) in a positive or negative way. If, for example, we are in the year dominated by water and your element is fire, I’m sorry but you’re in a load of crap. If however your element is wood, for you it will be a lucky year.<\/p>\n If you combine the 12 corresponding signs of the year, month, day and hour of birth, the Yin\u00a0and the\u00a0Yang and the five elements, you get\u00a012^4*2*5 = 207.360 possible personality combinations. Tell me the truth, you never thought of this did you?<\/p>\n 25 January\u00a02020 \u2013 11 February\u00a02021:\u00a0Year of the Mouse A]<\/p>\n A]<\/p>\n You can find zodiacs in various Asian countries, including:<\/p>\n There are some minor differences. For example, the Korean zodiac is practically identical to the Chinese zodiac, but the sheep is replaced with the Korean word for goat, yeomso. In Japan, the zodiacs are almost the same, but the pig is replaced by the wild boar and the sheep with the goat.<\/p>\n In the Vietnamese zodiac, they use the water buffalo instead of the ox and the cat instead of the rabbit. Cambodians, on the other hand, have the dragon as interchangeable with the sea snake. The sheep and the goat are interchangeable as well.<\/p>\n Photo Credits: Zodiac Signs and the Chinese Horoscope – Index Why does each sign correspond with an animal? Personality and (romantic) compatibility between Chinese Zodiac signs Find out your Chinese Zodiac sign The four pillars of destiny Find out your \u201cinternal animal\u201d Find out your \u201ctrue animal\u201d Find out your \u201csecret animal\u201d Yin and Yang The five […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[101],"class_list":["post-7498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society-history","tag-travel-in-china"],"yoast_head":"\nWhy does each sign correspond with an animal?<\/h2>\n
Personality\u00a0and\u00a0(romantic) compatibility between Chinese Zodiac signs<\/h2>\n
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Find out your Chinese Zodiac sign<\/h2>\n
The four pillars of destiny!<\/h2>\n
Find out your\u00a0“internal animal”<\/h2>\n
\n6 January\u00a0– 3 February: Buffalo;
\n4 February\u00a0– 5 March: Tiger;
\n6 March – 4 April: Rabbit;
\n5 April – 4 May: Dragon;
\n5 May – 5 June: Snake;
\n6 June\u00a0– 6 July: Horse:
\n7 July\u00a0– 6 August: Goat;
\n7 August\u00a0– 7 September: Monkey;
\n8 September – 7 October: Rooster;
\n8 October – 6 November: Dog;
\n7 November – 6 December: Pig.<\/p>\nFind out your\u00a0“true animal”<\/h2>\n
Find out your\u00a0“secret animal”<\/h2>\n
\n01:00 – 03:00: Buffalo – The hour in which the buffalo ruminates.
\n03:00 – 5:00: Tiger – The hour in which the tiger hunts.
\n05:00 – 7:00: Rabbit\u00a0– The hour in which the rabbit is busy stomping\u00a0on medicinal herbs\u00a0(OK, that’s the coolest one).
\n07:00 – 9:00: Dragon – The hour in which the dragon takes to the skies to give rain to the people.
\n09:00 – 11:00: Snake – The hour in which the snake comes out of its den.
\n11:00 – 13:00: Horse\u00a0– While the sun is high and the other animals rest, the eastern horse is still active.
\n13:00 – 15:00: Goat\u00a0– It is said that if the goat eats at this hour, it will be more vigorous. At what hour they actually eat the horoscope doesn’t say.
\n15:00 – 17:00: Monkey\u00a0– The hour in which monkeys are most lively.
\n17:00 – 19:00: Rooster\u00a0–\u00a0The hour in which the rooster returns to its nest.
\n19:00 – 21:00: Dog\u00a0– The hour in which the dog starts its shift as a guard.
\n21:00 – 23:00: Pig- The farm is quiet and the pig snores deeply.<\/p>\nYin and\u00a0Yang<\/h2>\n
The five elements<\/h2>\n
\n2 or 3: Water;
\n4 or 5: Wood;
\n6 or 7: Fire;
\n8 or 9: Earth.<\/p>\nFor those fixated on the math<\/h2>\n
A calendar of the next twelve years<\/h2>\n
\n12 February\u00a02021 \u2013 31 January\u00a02022:\u00a0Year of the Buffalo
\n1 February\u00a02022 \u2013 21 January\u00a02023:\u00a0Year of the Tiger
\n22 January\u00a02023 \u2013 9 February\u00a02024:\u00a0Year of the Rabbit
\n10 February\u00a02024 \u2013 28 January\u00a02025:\u00a0Year of the Dragon
\n29 January\u00a02025 \u2013 16 February\u00a02026:\u00a0Year of the Snake
\n17 February\u00a02026 \u2013 5 February\u00a02027:\u00a0Year of the Horse
\n6 February 2027 \u2013 25 January\u00a02028:\u00a0Year of the Goat
\n26 January\u00a0\u00a02028 \u2013 12 February\u00a02029:\u00a0Year of the Monkey
\n13 February\u00a02029 \u2013 2 February\u00a02030:\u00a0Year of the Rooster
\n3 February\u00a02030 \u2013 22 January\u00a02031:\u00a0Year of the Dog
\n23 January\u00a02031 \u2013 10 February\u00a02032:\u00a0Year of the Pig<\/p>\nFrequently asked questions<\/h2>\n
\n\nWhat is the difference between Chinese zodiac and Western Zodiac?<\/div>\n\nA clear difference between the Chinese zodiac and the Western ditto is that the Chinese are determined based on in which year you were born. The Western, on the other hand, is determined depending on in which month you were born.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nHow did the Chinese zodiac start?<\/div>\n\nThe sequence of the Chinese zodiac animals derives from the lunar calendar, having a 12-year cycle. It\u2019s an approximation of the 11.85-year orbital period of Jupiter. It\u2019s said that the zodiac calendar was created as early as the 14th century BC.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nWhat are the lucky signs for people born in the year of the rat?<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\nWhat are the lucky signs for people born in the year of the ox?<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\nIn which other Asian countries to they have zodiac?<\/div>\n\n
\nWhat are the 12 Chinese zodiac animals in order?<\/div>\n\nThe 12 Chinese zodiacs signs in order are:<\/p>\n\n
\nWhy is not the cat in the Chinese zodiac?<\/div>\n\nIn a contest, all the animals had to cross a river to reach the Jade Emperor. It\u2019s said that the cat and the rat were sitting on the back of the ox when crossing the river. But, the rat pushed the cat into the water and was left to drown. This is also the reason why cats hunt rats and are seen as enemies nowadays.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"Creative](\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/icon\/cc.png\")
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