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| History of the chinese zodiac! With their civilization dating back over 5000 years, the chinese have found some of the best ways by which fortune may be met and misfortune kept in check. 12 characters for a cycle of 12 years help to understand people, friends, partners, parents and of course ourselves much better. Based on an ancient agricultural calendar, the chinese system is based on the influence of different forces. Basically there are two kinds of forces they use to predict our fortune. The two forces are: The cardinal points of the compass (North, South, West, East) The polar opposites (Yin and Yang) Stones (Precious and Semi-Precious) 12 Months and the four seasons. Using all of these forces, avoiding risky constellation and watching out for interesting situations influences all of the 12 characters differently. Although the origin of the succession and appearance of the animals still remains a mystery there are hundreds of stories carried forward through generations how it came to be. This is one of them: Yuhuang Dadi (the Emperor of Heaven) invited all the animals on earth to join the celebration of his birthday. But of all the animals only 12 showed up. Those were: The Rat, The Ox, The Tiger, The Rabbit, The Dragon, The Snake, The Horse, The Goat, The Monkey, The Rooster, The Dog and The Pig. For their effort, the Emperor honoured each animal with a year of its own in order of their appearance. He also decided that those who are born in the year of the animal will assume the characteristics and the nature of that animal. In fact the Ox was first, but the rat sitting on the Ox's head, bet with the Ox, if they were walking around the holy grounds, it will emerge as the bigger animal. The Ox agreed. As they were walking around they heard all the other animals and even the fairies say: "What a big and disgusting looking rat!". "You see", said the rat, "every being in this holy grounds sees me as the bigger animal." So without any further arguments the tolerant Ox carried on. This is one of the stories how it came to that the rat is the first in the chinese zodiac. Do you know your animal sign? Well you are about to find out. |
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| THE RAT 1900, 1912, 1924 1936, 1948, 1960 1972, 1984, 1996 |
THE OX 1901, 1913, 1925 1937, 1949, 1961 1973, 1985, 1997 |
THE TIGER 1902, 1914, 1926 1938, 1950, 1962 1974, 1986, 1998 |
THE RABBIT 1903, 1915, 1927 1939, 1951, 1963 1975, 1987, 1999 |
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| THE DRAGON 1904, 1916, 1928 1940, 1952, 1964 1976, 1988, 2000 |
THE SNAKE 1905, 1917, 1929 1941, 1953, 1965 1977, 1989, 2001 |
THE HORSE 1906, 1918, 1930 1942, 1954, 1966 1978, 1990, 2002 |
THE LAMB 1907, 1919, 1931 1943, 1955, 1967 1979, 1991, 2003 |
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| THE MONKEY 1908, 1920, 1932 1944, 1956, 1968 1980, 1992, 2004 |
THE ROOSTER 1909, 1921, 1933 1945, 1957, 1969 1981, 1993, 2005 |
THE DOG 1910, 1922, 1934 1946, 1958, 1970 1982, 1994, 2006 |
THE PIG 1911, 1923, 1935 1947, 1959, 1971 1983, 1995, 2007 |
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