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Chinese Astrology Signs

When it comes to stars, moon, and planet readings, it can’t be denied that Chinese is one of its avid supporters. They have their own traditional astrological calendars as well as in astronomy. It was during “Han Dynasty” when Chinese Astrology began to thrive and prosper. It is also noted that Chinese has rich Chinese philosophy that they are proud of, and they had tied it along with the Chinese Astrology. In the philosophy that they have, it deals with three elements that work in harmony. The following elements that are mostly involved in the Chinese philosophy are as follows: Earth, Water and lastly is the Heaven.

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The 12 Chinese Astrology Signs

The Chinese Astrology Signs are also twelve in summation just like the other astrology signs that you used to know. However, they based it from the Lunar year while the Western signs are based from Solar Year. With the Western horoscope where in the signs is based from the time of the month, and the symbols are based from the Greece.

Chinese astrology signs are derived from different animals as its symbolism and the twelve signs represents from your birth year. And they are governed or accompanied by an element together with the direction of the famous “Yin Yang”.

Here are the 12 Chinese Astrology Signs:

• The first trine (angle) is the “Rat” and it’s a yang. It has a fixed element, water.
• The second trine is the Ox or the water buffalo (Yin) its element is still water.
• The third trine is the tiger (yang) with wood as its element.
• The fourth trine is the rabbit (Yin) and wood as its element.
• Another wood element is another 1st trine which is the dragon and it is a yang with a fixed element of the wood.
• The sixth sign is the snake; it is another second trine and a Yin with fire as its element.
• Horse, it is the third trine and a yang. Fire is its fixed element.
• Another sign that possessed Yin direction is the Ram, the fourth trine and its fixed element is fire.
• Monkey, rooster and dog are fixed metal elements. They represent the 9th, 10th and the 11th zodiac animals in the Chinese horoscope. It also stands for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd trine (another set of trine). Monkey and dog are both yang while Rooster is a Yin.
• And the last and the 12th animal zodiac sign is the pig. It is Yin and water as its fixed element and the 4th trine.

 

Do you want to know more about your Chinese Astrology Sign? Look for the year of your birth then click on your Chinese Sign on the left.

Chinese Horoscope Rat	1900	1912	1924	1936	1948	1960	1972	1984	1996	2008
Chinese Horoscope Ox	1901	1913	1925	1937	1949	1961	1973	1985	1997	2009
Chinese Horoscope Tiger	1902	1914	1926	1938	1950	1962	1974	1986	1998	2010
Chinese Horoscope Rabbit	1903	1915	1927	1939	1951	1963	1975	1987	1999	2011
Chinese Horoscope Dragon	1904	1916	1928	1940	1952	1964	1976	1988	2000	2012
Chinese Horoscope Snake	1905	1917	1929	1941	1953	1965	1977	1989	2001	2013
Chinese Horoscope Horse	1906	1918	1930	1942	1954	1966	1978	1990	2002	2014
Chinese Horoscope Sheep	1907	1919	1931	1943	1955	1967	1979	1991	2003	2015
Chinese Horoscope Monkey	1908	1920	1932	1944	1956	1968	1980	1992	2004	2016
Chinese Horoscope Rooster	1909	1921	1933	1945	1957	1969	1981	1993	2005	2017
Chinese Horoscope Dog	1910	1922	1934	1946	1958	1970	1982	1994	2006	2018
Chinese Horoscope Pig	1911	1923	1935	1947	1959	1971	1983	1995	2007	2019

 

Every year, there is a specific animal representative. There is the year of the dog, the monkey, pig or rooster and so on. Every year it changes its representative animals because of the sixty year cycle. True, the Chinese Horoscope signs might be complicated at first glance compare to the Western horoscope signs because it is accompanied with different things. But no one can disagree with the fact that learning more about it is a fun experience. You are learning while triggering your interest.

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