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Chinese Astrology
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| Like Western Astrology, Chinese Astrology uses twelve different signs or symbols to define twelve basic categories of human being.
These are the Chinese Animal Signs.
Similarly to western astrology, the Chinese system uses a person or an events birth date as the basis for his / her / its sign.
"This is the animal that hides in your heart."
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Chinese zodiacal signs run within a (Chinese calendar) year based system. Each Chinese sign has a different animal name and corresponds to one Chinese calendar year.
Chinese astrology is related to the Chinese calendar, particularly its 12-year cycle of animals (aka Chinese Zodiac), and the fortune-telling aspects according to movement of heavenly bodies across the Chinese constellations in the sky.
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Planetary Positions
The position of the five planets, the sun, the moon and comets in the sky and the Chinese zodiac sign at the time a person was born determine the destiny of a persons life according to the Chinese astrology. A laborious system of computing ones fate and destiny based on one birthday and birth hours is still used regularly in modern day Chinese astrology.
The twenty-eight Chinese constellations (xìu) are quite different from the eighty-eight Western constellations. For example, the big dipper (Ursa Major) is known as dou; the belt of Orion is known as shen, or the "Happiness, Fortune, Longevity" trio of demigods. The seven northern constellations are referred to as xúanwu. Xuan Wu is also known as the spirit of the northern sky or the spirit of Water in Taoism belief.
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5 Elements
The ancient Chinese astronomers called the five major planets by the names of the Five Elements.
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Chinese Mythology
In addition to astrological readings of the heavenly bodies, the stars in the sky form the basis of many fairy tales. For example, the Summer Triangle is the trio of the cowherd (Altair), the spinster maid fairy (Vega) and the "tai bai" fairy (Deneb).
The two forbidden lovers were separated by the silvery river (the Milky Way). Each year on the seventh day of the seventh month in the Chinese calendar, the birds form a bridge across the Milky Way. The cowherd carries their two sons (the two stars on each side of Altair) across the bridge to reunite with their fairy mother. The tai bai fairy acts as the chaperone of these two immortal lovers.
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The beauty of Chinese astrology
Chinese astrology is one of the most beautiful expressions of spiritual identity that we have been given. Through metaphors and imagery the longing of the soul to become one with the infinite is clearly expressed. Unlike western astrology chinese astrology deals with the metaphysical aspects of life through a dreamlike narrative. The needs of the spirit are seen as through the eyes of a child.
Life and astrologyChinese astrology like Western astrology is only one of the paths to divine knowledge. Other avenues toward ultimate truth are all around us. The song of a bird, the sound of the sea, or the cry of a newborn child are all whispered hints of the natural order of things.
When one bird dies another will take up its song. If the sea were to dry up the wind would take its place. And, when an old man dies a baby will be born to continue his journey. This gift of life that we have been given is a sacred trust and the manner in which we choose to live it will really tell us who we are.
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Chinese Astrology - Overview
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Chinese Zodiac Signs
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The Chinese zodiac consists of twelve animals, rather than the solar signs used in the west. In the Chinese calendar each period lasts for a full cycle of the moon, from new to full. |
Chinese Zodiac System: Some Interesting Details
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The Chinese zodiac system is much different from the solar-based western zodiac system we are all so familiar with. However, many a time the traits you are supposed to have under the western system are much the same as those under the Chinese system. That’s quite amazing. This, however, may not happen in all cases. |
How to Find Chinese Astrology Compatibility
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A Chinese astrology matchmaker can help you find compatibility in your relationship with a person. The matchmaker can also help you in realizing whether there is a compatibility rating between you and your prospective partner. This in turn, will help you find out whether you will get along with the other person. |
Lucky Chinese Horoscope Gem Stones: The First Six Chinese Horoscope Gems
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When the Chinese heavenly god and the Chinese earth god decided to create Chinese Astrology and associate Chinese horoscope signs with animals of planet earth, they concluded that each Chinese horoscope sign would need a sort of a powerful material that would not only represent the sign itself, but it would also develop a strong connection, a spiritual relationship with individuals that belong to that sign. |
Lucky Chinese Horoscope Gem Stones: The Last Six Chinese Horoscope Gems
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So the great Chinese gods collected the twelve most valuable and powerful gem stones on planet earth. These where: Garnet, Aquamarine, Sapphire, Pearl, Amethyst, Opal, Topaz, Emerald, Peridot, Citrine, Diamond and Ruby. Then by studying the attributes of the gem stones they assigned each gem to a Chinese Horoscope sign. |
The Role of the Five Elements in Chinese Astrology and Chinese Zodiac
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For a Chinese Astrology reading, people generally know about the Chinese Zodiac which is comprised of twelve animals, the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig. |
The Western Zodiac Equivalent to the Chinese Zodiac Signs
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Chinese Astrology has its own Zodiac symbols as does Western Astrology. Oftentimes it is very difficult for one to decipher and understand how the zodiac sybmols of Chinese and Western Astrology relate to each other. |
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