HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR
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Snake people are very shrewd
and often achieve success through their wits. They are wise and intense
with a tendency towards physical beauty. Snake people are discreet,
restrained and refined. They never come across as pushy, and instead
get their way through subtle manipulation. Cautious and intelligent,
they possess analytical minds, but often also have a well-developed gut
instinct.
There's an air of elegance and
magnetism about Snakes that make them very attractive to the opposite
sex. They are quite aware of their appeal, and thus can be rather vain
and high tempered. Snakes enjoy flirting, but when it comes to their
partners they are often possessive. The intrinsic element of this sign
is fire, and its direction is south-southeast
BASIC CHINESE ZODIAC (1)
Basic Chinese Animal Astrology
The foundation of the Chinese Zodiac, also called Chinese Animal Astrology, was from the 12 "Earthly Branches" represented by the 12 animal symbols (The Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Boar), the five elements (metal, water, wood, fire, and earth) and the Yin-Yang theory.
The total cycle takes sixty years (created by multiplying the twelve animals and five elements) to complete -- to return to a year with the same animal sign and same element. The cycle of 60 counting system begins with Wood Rat and ends with Metal Boar.
As most people know, the
Chinese Lunar cycle is not based on 12 linear months, as in the Western
calendar, but on a 12-year repeating cycle. Each astrological animal
symbol represents not a month, but a year. And again, unlike the
Western calendar that is based upon the movements of the Sun, the
Chinese astrological calendar has its deep and ancient roots in the
movements of the Moon.
There are many myths and
legends about how the 12 animals representing the 12 years in a lunar
cycle came into being. One of the most popular is that the Lord Buddha
called all the animals to come to him before departing this earth. Only
12 animals came, and as a reward he named a lunar year after each
according to the order in which it arrived. The Rat was the first to
get there, crossing the final river on the back of the Ox and jumping
down in front. Following them were the Tiger, Rabbit (Hare), Dragon,
Snake, Horse, Sheep (Goat, Ram), Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Boar (Pig).
The Chinese believe that at
their New Year, everyone becomes a year older. They also 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/her lifetime.
The compatibility of the animal signs in the Chinese system of astrology are similar to the favorable and unfavorable aspects in the western astrology. Each animal sign is 30 degrees apart and in clockwise direction.
0 Degree (Same sign) - Intensity, can be favorable or unfavorable
30 Degrees - Growth, can be uncomfortable
90 Degrees (Square) - Challenges (Example: Rat and Rabbit)
120 Degrees - Comfortable (Example: Rat and Dragon)
150 Degrees - Adjustments
180 Degrees (Opposite) - Confrontation (Example: Rat and Horse)
Here you will learn the basic
Chinese Astrology. The advance Chinese Astrology goes much deeper than
just the 12 animal signs, much as the Western Astrology does with the
basic 12 Sun signs versus an individual's specific chart. In advance
Chinese Astrology, one will learn Pa-Chee (or 8 Characters) -- Four Pillars of Destiny which consists of the Year of Birth, the Month of Birth, the Day of Birth, and the Hour of Birth.
I hope you will enjoy widening
your field of study to the basic Chinese Animal Astrology because it is
another way of clarifying one's spiritual path. Understanding the signs
will give you a deeper understanding of yourself, your family members
and your friends.
The Twelve Animal Signs
1. Rat (Water, North), 2. Ox (Earth, North-Northeast), 3. Tiger (Wood, East-Northeast), 4. Rabbit (Wood, East), 5. Dragon (Earth, East-Southeast), 6. Snake (Fire, South-Southeast), 7. Horse (Fire, South), 8. Sheep (Earth, South-Southwest), 9. Monkey (Metal, West-Southwest), 10. Rooster (Metal, West), 11. Dog (Earth, West-Northwest), 12. Boar (Water, North-Northwest).
