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 Like Western Astrology, Chinese Astrology uses twelve different signs or symbols to define twelve basic categories of human being. Each of the Chinese Animal Signs speaks from our hearts about the world around us and how we fit into the grand scheme of life.
"This is the animal that hides in your heart."
- old Chinese saying - Similarly to western astrology, the Chinese system uses a person or an events birth date as the basis for his / her / its sign. |
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The Chinese CalendarChinese astrology is related to the Chinese calendar, particularly its 12-year cycle of animals (aka Chinese Zodiac), and the fortune-telling aspects according to the movement of heavenly bodies across the Chinese constellations in the sky.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. |
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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. |
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5 ElementsThe ancient Chinese astronomers named the five major planets according to the names of the Five Elements. They are as follows:
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Chinese MythologyIn 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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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.
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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 the 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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