Chinese New Year Animal :
| Chinese New Year animal for this year is pig. In Chinese astrology, Chinese zodiac refers to 12 year cycle of animals which are rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig. Each individual personality is associated with animal which represents it. |
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Chinese New Year animal for this year is pig. In Chinese astrology, Chinese zodiac refers to 12 year cycle of animals which are rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig. Each individual personality is associated with animal which represents it.
Here are one of the most original stories about Chinese Zodiac :
The rat was given the task of inviting the animals to report to the Jade Emperor for a banquet to be selected for the zodiac signs. The cat was a good friend of the rat, but the rat tricked him into believing that the banquet was the next day. The cat slept through the banquet, thinking that it was the next day. When he found out, the cat vowed to be the rat's natural enemy for ages to come.
Chinese fortune telling system is also derived from the zodiac. Chinese zodiac does not refer to constellations system like western zodiac. It refers to a pure cylindrical cycle. Chinese fortune telling also combines the five elements of Chinese thought. The five elements are associated with metal, gold, wood, water, fire, and earth.
Each year in 60 year cycle contains twelve animals with five possible, which distinctively vary the base animal’s personality which equals to 90 possible combinations.
The yearly cycles does not always represent your inner animals. You must combine it with 5 elements. There are total of 8640 combinations ( 5 elements, 12 animals, 12 months, 12 times of day. ) So even if you are born in the year of dragon, it is possible that your internal animal is an ox or snake.
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