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Chinese Zodiac Animal Signs
Chinese Zodiac Signs
The Chinese Zodiac animal signs are a 12-year cycle used for dating the years. Rather than the Western concept of time which is more linear, each represent a cyclical concept of time.
Each year also has a Element distinction that decides more specifically your chinese zodiac sign.
Making the Chinese Lunar Calendar a sixty year cycle and is made up of five repetetive cycles of 12 years each.
In the Chinese Zodiac there are five basic elements of which all things are made of. Metal, Water, Wood, Fire and Earth. These are combined with the twelve animal signs of Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Lamb, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig to form the sixty year cycle.
When Buddha was leaving earth, he summoned all the animals to come to him. Legand has it that only twelve animals came to bid him farewell. As a reward he named a year in the Chinese Zodiac after each one in the order that it arrived.
The Chinese lunar calendar is the longest chronological record in history, dating from 2637 B.C. when the first cycle of the zodiac was introduced.
The 78th cycle started on February 1984, and will end on February 2044.
Check out Astrological Compatability If you are interested in traditional Zodiac as well.
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