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Chinese Astrology
Chinese astronomy/astrology developed into a complex system entirely independent from Mesopotamian astronomy or astrology. The difference ranges from how the Chinese tracked objects through the night sky to the philosophical elements that made up the heavens, to their basic interpretation from what they perceived to be astrological predictions. However, the one thing both ancient cultures have in common is that they were both obsessed with finding out what made the heavens move and how their movement affected humans on Earth. Some of the earliest texts from Mesopotamia were stones inscribed with astrological data. The same can be said for the Chinese civilization. For example, some of the earliest written artifacts of Chinese civilization are found on so-called dragon bones, inscribed pieces of tortoise shell used by the ancients for divination. [Chinese Astrology]
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| Chinese Astrology Characteristics
Are you a Pig, a Dog or perhaps even a Rat? Determining your Chinese astrological sign begins with the year of your birth, but that doesn't tell the entire story of who you are, what you're like and what destiny holds in store for you. Let's take a closer look at the other components that unite to make you unique. [Chinese Astrology] Your Birth Year Animal Sign Chinese astrology operates on the concept of twelve animal signs and five elements that pair up on a rotating basis to form a complete sixty year cycle. Each animal of the Chinese zodiac represents specific years within this sixty year cycle, and each carries distinct characteristics that influence the personalities of people born within a given year. For example, if you happen to have been born between January 25, 1963 and February 12, 1964, you would belong to the Rabbit zodiac sign. As such, you would have a tendency to be quiet yet confident and care a great deal about others. You might feel quite sensitive to what goes on in the world around you, and also display a certain level of creativity. Your birth year zodiac sign is considered your outer animal, the way the world perceives you. [Chinese Astrology] Elemental Influences Now, let's talk about the elements. According to the Chinese astrological system, there are five elements that also contribute certain extra characteristics that add more dimension to your personality. Basic characteristics of each element include: * Water: Strong communication skills and intuition * Wood: Strong nurturing instincts coupled with imagination and creativity * Fire: Passionate by nature, intelligent and also ready to spring into action * Metal: Very dependable and useful to have around, especially in a pinch * Earth: Very grounded and reliable; a balanced personality Using our previous example of a Rabbit born between 1963 and 1964, the element assigned to that year in the sixty year cycle was Water, making these people Water Rabbits. The Water element intensifies the Rabbit's ability to communicate, as well as his powers of intuition. Pair these characteristics with Rabbit's caring nature and you have a good listener who is very understanding of other people's issues. [Chinese Astrology] Yin and Yang Animals In addition to the basic characteristics of each sign, colored by the influence of an element, every Chinese astrological sign is further governed by an energy force that is either Yin or Yang. Yang is male energy and closely associated with the sun, while Yin energy is distinctly feminine and associated with the moon. Together, these two forces complete each other and bring balance to the universe. People born in odd years are Yin, and people born in even years are Yang. For this reason two Water Rabbits can still have slightly different natures depending on whether their birth date falls in 1963 or 1964. [Chinese Astrology] Monthly and Hourly Animal Signs Stay with us, we're not finished yet. In addition to all we've learned above, your Chinese astrological characteristics are also influenced by the month and hour in which you were born. The following chart shows how each month and certain hours of the day are also ruled by a particular animal sign that contributes it's own characteristics to your overall personality. Chinese Astrological Signs by Month and Hour Sign Month Hours Ox January 1:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m. Tiger February 3:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. Rabbit March 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. Dragon April 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Snake May 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Horse June 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Sheep July 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Monkey August 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Rooster September 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Dog October 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Pig November 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Rat December 11:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. If you happen to be born on the exact hour that marks the cusp between two signs, you could drawn on characteristics from both. Note that the zodiac sign attributed to the month you were born represents your inner animal, the way you perceive yourself. The zodiac sign of your birth hour represents the qualities you secretly aspire to develop. [Chinese Astrology] The Big Picture As you can see, there really is so much more to your Chinese astrology characteristics than your basic animal zodiac sign. When you consider all of the possible combinations, there are over 8,640 unique horoscope personalities possible. Color that combination with your own life experience, and there really is no one exactly like you! Animals of the Chinese Astrology Introduction The Chinese lunar calendar dates back to the second millennium BC. Unlike our calendar, which numbers the years progressively from a given time (the birth of Christ), the Chinese calendar is cyclical. Each cycle is made up of 12 years; after the 12th year, the cycle is repeated. The Chinese associate each year of a 12-year cycle with an animal, and they refer to the years as "the year of the dragon," "the year of the ox," and so forth. The 12 animals and the years associated with them are often represented on a circular chart, and for this reason they are known as animals of the astrology. The use of the animal names in the calendar led to the development of Chinese astrology. Astrology can be defined as a pseudo-science linking human destinies to charts associated with heavenly bodies or the recording of time. The Chinese believed the characteristics of a given astrology animal influenced the personality of every person born in that year. They used this information to create horoscopes, daily predictions based upon the year of one's birth. Although the reading of horoscopes is popular in modern Chinese culture, few people take the predictions seriously. In this lesson plan, students will learn about the 12 animals of the Chinese astrology. In the introductory first lesson, they will see how animals are often used as symbols. In the second lesson, they will hear one of several versions of how the 12 animals were chosen. They will then focus upon a few of the animals in the story and see how they can be used as symbols of certain human characteristics. In the third lesson, they will be introduced to the other animals of the astrology, and they will be given a chart on which they will assign traits to each animal. Then they will consult a number of websites to find the traits traditionally associated with the animals, which they will add to their list. Then, they will come up with a number of ways to compare and contrast the animals in the list. In the third lesson, they will focus upon the animal associated with the year of their birth, learning about its traits and discussing whether or not these apply to themselves and their peers. Finally, each student will make an acrostic, combining the letters of his or her first name with adjectives that relate to his or her astrology sign.
# know what a symbol is # understand that the Chinese calendar is divided into cycles of 12-years, in which each year is represented by an animal # be familiar with the story explaining the choice of the 12 astrology animals # understand that each animal of the calendar symbolizes certain character traits # know that the Chinese associate the traits of each astrology animal with people born in that year # know their own signs within the Chinese astrology ¡@ |
The most startling difference between Chinese and Western astrology is the
method or system the Chinese used to track the planets throughout the night
sky. Each civilization was able to distinguish planets from the other stars
located in the sky, but the reference points found in the sky are much
different. The Western (Mesopotamian-Babylonian-Hellenistic-etc...) stellar
positions are found by reference to the ecliptic, known to the Chinese as the
Yellow Path, that is, an imaginary line through the heavens traced by the
Sun. [Read more about Chinese
Astrology] This may seem like the same thing, but the Chinese locate heavenly
bodies with respect to the celestial north pole and the celestial equator
(called the Red Path by the Chinese) rather than with respect to the ecliptic
(termed the Yellow Path). [Chinese Astrology]
As a consequence of the two different observational systems, two kinds of
astrological interpretation sprang up. In the West, astrology is based on the
computations of movements of planetary bodies along the ecliptic, or zodiac.
In Chinese astrology, the "lunar zodiac" has prime importance. In this the sky
is divided into 28 segments, each one representing a day of the moon's path
through the sky.[2] This leads us to the fact that in Chinese astrology there
are many stars and constellations of importance to the Chinese astrology that
are irrelevant in Western astrology.[2] This being said, a Western astronomer
would have a hard time recognizing a star map produced by a Chinese
astrologer, even though its the same sky!!
A cultural and philosophical difference between the astrological systems of
Western and Chinese astrology has to do with the classical elements. For
example, the four classical elements of the Western World-earth, air, fire,
and water-are comparable to, yet contrast with, the five elements of East
Asian philosophy-earth, fire, water, metal, and wood. [Chinese
Astrology] The Chinese associate these five elements with the most visible
planets- Saturn (earth), Mars (fire), Mercury (water), Venus (metal), and
Jupiter (wood). These elements are a basis for the astrological predictions
made about the future or divination. It is surprising how totally different
civilizations happened to come up with almost the same fundamental elements of
the Universe.
As mentioned above, in Chinese astrology importance is situated around the
moon's motion through the zodiac rather than the motion of the Sun through the
zodiac. The position of the moon for different days is referred to as the
"lunar mansion" in Chinese Astrology. The 28 lunar mansions are particularly
important for determine which action is most appropriate for a given day. [Chinese
Astrology] The lunar mansions are divided into 4 groups of 7 in relation to
the seasons of the year. The groups are categorized as follows: The Green
Dragon of Spring, The Black Tortoise of Winter, The White Tiger of Autumn, The
Red Bird of Summer. The 28 lunar mansions constitute the oldest Chinese
"zodiac". The Lunar Mansions form the traditional background for all of
Chinese Astrology. However, I found it quite difficult to find an online
source reliable enough to use with information about the 28 Chinese Mansions.
The most commonly known signs of Chinese astrology are the 12 signs of the
Animal Zodiac. The 12 animal signs originated outside of china proper, perhaps
in the northern central Asia. These 12 signs derive not from the 12 months of
the year, but from the 12 years of the Jupiter cycle (Jupiter takes
approximately a dozen years to complete one orbit of the sun). [Chinese
Astrology] The 12 signs of the Chinese Zodiac were not as essential to the
Chinese as the 28 lunar mansions were. More emphasis was put on the lunar
mansions in determining the divination of something. However, more commonly
known to western society are the 12 signs of the of the Animal Zodiac. These
12 signs are the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit (cat), Dragon, Snake (Serpent), Horse,
Sheep (Goat), Monkey, Cock, Dog, and Pig (Boar). [Chinese Astrology] The
Animal sign associated with a person has to do with the year in the Chinese
calendar the person was born. In contrast to the Western year, the Chinese
year begins on variable dates (on the second new moon after the winter
solstice) in late January or early February.
The comparison of Western and Asian astrology has led me to believe that even
though two civilizations that were geographically separated and had very
little contact were able to come up with slightly comparable astrological
ideas. Yes, the actual methods the used to carry out astronomical observations
and the ideas they came up with regarding astrology were different, but the
overall theme of studying the heavens spans both civilizations. Things they
had in common were that both civilizations attempted to predict the future and
rely heavily on the heaven above to determine the outcome of life events. Is
this just human nature? Why did both the Babylonians and ancient Chinese
develop the same ideas with respect to the heavens? Did all ancient
civilizations come to the same conclusion that the orientation of the heavens
has a direct influence on our life?
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| Bazi Astrology: The Bazi is the data of natal and the bazi astrology is one of the Chinese Astrology that prediction one's fortune and density base on one's bazi. Furthermore, it can also tell the love compatibility based on bazi. |
Destiny Prediction: Chinese destiny
prediction are also described as several other names including
Chinese Horoscope, Chinese Astrology, Chinese Zodiac and Feng Shui.
Anyway, the basic concept is that one's fortune and destiny is mainly base
on their natal data (Bazi). ¡@ |
Love Horoscope: This the fortune telling aspect concerning love, the Love Horoscope provides prediction for love. Maybe you are the one who involved in the romance and can't see clear about your future. The Love Horoscope provides answers that may help you. | Marriage Compatibility: Many people want to know their marriage compatibility. The marriage compatibility analysis is based on their bazi and using Chinese Horoscope, Chinese Astrology or Chinese Zodiac. It has long history and is still working today. | Numerology: The Chinese numerology is a ancient science that contains the knowledge of people about the university. Using the mathematic method to calculate and predict one's future. Even today, the Chinese Numerology is still consider as one of the most accurate fortune telling method in the world. | Zodiac Match The Chinese Zodiac is indicate by 12 animal sign each one has its own character and that can reveal their destiny and fortune related to the animal and the people with this Chinese Zodiac sign. The Marriage Astrology is the Chinese The Love Astrology that encompassing your marriage including the destiny of your spouse's family as well as how is the relationship between yours and your spouse's family. |
| Bazi Reading: The bazi reading is the result of Chinese Fortune Telling, Chinese horoscope and Chinese Astrology. It can be a predication of one's future ore one's past. Based on the Bazi, the natal data, most important tendencies can be revealed from a bazi reading. | Feng Shui: Feng Shui is part of environment science and part of psychic. When human being can live harmonically with the environment, then the people have good psychical condition and then have good performance in every aspect and getting the result of feeling good luck. | Love Horoscopes: Are you looking for your true love, or do you want to know when your next love will come. the Love Horoscope will let you know more about your love destiny in the future. | Marriage Horoscope: The marriage the one of the most important issue in one's life. You may want to know how it you marriage life. The Marriage Horoscopes can let you know how is your marriage life, may it be good or not, may be happy ending? | Psychic Reading: Chinese Fortune Telling is also considered as a Psychic Reading. In many time, when someone encounter obstacles and difficulti4es that they can't solve, they will ask suggestion from a fortune teller. |
Destiny Reading: If you would like to
know about your destiny in future and past, the destiny reading can
provide you the answer. The destiny reading can encompass in some
particular topics, like love compatibility, wealth, health and career. ¡@ |
| Bazi Report: The bazi report contain the prediction of one's destiny created by a Chinese Fortune Teller. The Chinese Fortune Teller will forecast someone's destiny by numerology approaches using someone's natal data (Bazi) | Fortune Reading: The Fortune Reading provide the information and prediction of the fortune and destiny generated by a Feng Shui master based on Chinese Horoscope, Chinese Astrology or Chinese Zodiac. |
The Chinese Zodiac consists of a 12-year cycle, each year of which is
named after a different animal that imparts distinct characteristics to
its year. Many Chinese believe that the year of a person's birth is the
primary factor in deciding that person's personality traits, physical and
mental attributes and degree of success and happiness throughout his/her
lifetime.  In China, instead of asking your age, people may ask you questions like "what do you belong to?" Don't ever think that you are expected to answer like "I belong to the US". You are supposed to belong to one of twelve animals! (Those are mouse, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig.) It is not that weird as you have to follow the order of a mouse or a tiger. That is Chinese Zodiac. The Chinese Zodiac is based on a twelve year cycle --- each year being represented by an animal that imparts distinct characteristics to its year. Many Chinese believe that the year of a person's birth is the primary factor in determining that person's personality traits, physical and mental attributes and degree of success and happiness throughout his lifetime. Do you want to discover the secrecy of your fate deduced from Chinese theory of fate? Just select the date you were born on the left and begin your fancy exploration in our website. While, don't take it serious if it's so great or terrible. Just for fun! Actually, in China, this is just an alternative way to say how old you are. |
Romance Compatibility: The Romance Compatibility is the analysis about the relationship between someone and her or his lover or spouse. The analysis including how is the compatibility between them and how the result of their love. | Romance Horoscopes: Romance Horoscopes is concerning the romance issue including love compatibility, love matching, love destiny. Chinese Horoscopes is adopted to predict and explain the love and romance fortune. | |
| Career Forecast: Many people feel difficult to make decision when they are in the crossroad of selecting their job. The career forecast base on Chinese Horoscope, Chinese Astrology or Chinese Zodiac will provide the solution about one's career forecast and career compatibility with his or her bazi. | Future prediction: The future prediction is generated by Chinese Fortune Teller. The Chinese Fortune Teller base on Chinese Horoscope, Chinese Astrology or Chinese Zodiac, that including Zi Wei Dou Shu and Bazi to predict the future and telling people what is good to do in particular time frame. | Love Zodiac: You may want to have more romantic experience, or you want to escape from romantic mess? The love zodiac reveals the solution you are looking for. | ¡@ | ||
| Career Horoscope: You may be in the cross road in your career, you don't know whether to stay in your current job or looking for a new one. The Career Horoscope provide the prediction that based on your Bazi and Chinese fortune telling to forecast you career destiny and stimulate your thinking in your career. | Love Feng Shui: The love Feng Shui is about the approaches of Feng Shui to promote good luck to love. It is part of the Chinese Fortune Telling and combining with the environment science. | Romance Horoscope: You may involved in romance, or you may have more than one lover and you do not know who is the one that is the true love in our life. The Romance Horoscope may help you to find the answer for your. | ¡@ | ||
| Chinese Horoscopes: More about Chinese Horoscopes, there are many kinds of approaches in Chinese Horoscopes and most of them have thousand years of history. Many people still apply these old Chinese Horoscopes in modern life when making critical decisions. | Love Forecast: Chinese Horoscope is wildly applied for love forecast. It can tell one's past and future in love as well as love compatibility, love destiny and fortune of your lover and spouse. | Love karma: Love Karma is the study of the relationship in love. Whether the love relationship is pre-determinate? How is the love relationship between someone and his or her lover or spouse and how is their love compatibility. |
Money Feng Shui: Feng Shui is also used
to finding out the way of making more money. The Feng Shui can create a
environment that match someone's bazi (natal data), then they have more
good luck and can earn more money. ¡@ |
Wealth Feng Shui: Wealth Feng Shui just is like the Love Feng Shui that the Chinese Fortune Teller or Feng Shui experts will provide come suggestions that can promote someone's destiny to gain more wealth. | Career Horoscopes: The Career Horoscopes provide the answer about your career destiny. The Career Horoscopes will reveal about your internal tendency and how these tendencies affect your career and also provide the directions about the career that synergy your internal tendencies. Therefore you have better development in your career. |
| Chinese Prediction: The Chinese Prediction involve many kinds of Chinese Fortune Telling including Chinese Horoscope, Chinese Astrology, Chinese Zodiac and Feng Shui. Anyway, for Chinese Prediction, someone's bazi (natal data) is the basic data to predict someone's future. | Love Fortune Telling: Love Fortune Telling is the most common topic that people want to know about it. Chinese fortune teller will use different method t predict someone's love destiny and provide suggestion. | Love Psychic Reading: Many people feel hard to understand the love issue including himself or herself and his or her lover or spouse. The Love psychic reading may provide some clues that help people to understand more about their love relationship and love compatibility between them and their lover and spouse. |
Money Forecast: Everyone want to have
more money. Many Chinese Fortune Teller and use their knowledge in Chinese
Horoscope, Chinese Astrology or Chinese Zodiac to find out the good lucky
time frame in getting that synergy with one's bazi. ¡@ |
Zodiac Compatibility: Many people concern their career destiny, the Zodiac Compatibility is part of the Chinese Astrology try to explain and reveal the fact and destiny in someone's career. The career astrology will cover what direction and field of work will suitable to who and when is the good time to adopt what kind of job that can synergy one's destiny. | Love Compatibility: The love compatibility is the analysis between someone and his or her lover or spouse. The analysis will include how is their relationship or even the relationship between two families. Chinese Fortune Teller believe that the love compatibility is pre-determinate and can be revealed in their natal data(bazi) as well as the environment factor including the time frame. Even today, when many people feel hard to make decision in their love, they still will look consultancy about their love compatibility from Chinese Fortune Telling. |
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While the astrology and horoscopes of the west looks at the time of a person's birth in any given year, Chinese astrology places significance on the year itself. The Chinese zodiac is a 60 year cycle, containing five sub-cycles of twelve years, in which each consecutive year has its own animal symbol and horoscope. If you turn twenty after the Chinese New Year in 2008, you were born in the year of the Dragon, but if this is the year that sees your 21st birthday, you were born in the year of the Rabbit. People are often referred to by their zodiac animals, so babies born this year will be Rats and expected to have personalities to match. Legend has it that it was originally Buddha who gave the sequence of years to the dozen animals who attended the farewell meeting he called before he left the earth. In each of its years, the animals of the Chinese zodiac have an association with one of the five elements of metal, water, wood, fire or earth. Once they have all gone through these five elements, the 60 year cycle is complete, and starts again. The elements also affect the individuals born in their years. But their basic personality traits of the animals remain the same. Here is a run down of the twelve zodiac animals and their characteristics. From all this, you can see that Chinese Zodiac is not a predictive art as it is for western practitioners. Instead it is an art that is interpretive and philosophical. It is perhaps a way to help us understand ourselves, our partners, and all the other people in both our work and social lives. Western Astrology is very different from Chinese astrology. Chinese Zodiac is arguably the most developed and the most followed branch of astrology in the world. The portion of Chinese astrology that the Western world is most familiar with is the Chinese Horoscopes.
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