A Chinese Astrology Primer by Yvonne Yang (Your in house astrology expert!)
Oh my! So many questions from you, the readers!
Good to know you are so taken with this subject, so lets get down to the basics…
Astrology, in general, does not predict your future in tablets of stone. It does not tell you what your fate is. What it does is describe the potential, your potential, your talents, your awareness of others and of yourself, and that knowledge empowers you to make choices to shape your own destiny.
Western astrology is based on 12 constellations of stars which roughly follows the 12 months of the year. So Capricorn we normally associate with December-January, Aquarius for the next month, Pisces, the next and so on.
The Chinese Zodiac is based on a set of animals, with each animal designated to a particular year. This year is the year of the Rabbit, the next year will be the Dragon, then Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig, Rat, Ox, Tiger, then Rabbit again. So by calculating backwards, you can find out which animal was your year.
Unfortunately, it gets a little complicated because the beginning of the Chinese astrological year is based on the “Beginning of Spring” which is usually taken as the 4th February. So if you are born before 4th Feb. in the Year of the Rabbit, (this year) then you are a Tiger and not a Rabbit. If you were born after 4th Feb 2011, then you are a true Rabbit. So if you were born before 4th Feb 2012, you are still a Rabbit, but if after 4th Feb. 2012, then you are a Dragon!!
So now you know the sequence of the animals, have fun and calculate backward to find out what animal sign you are!
Each animal is endowed with certain characteristics. It would take too long to go into all the details of the 12 animals. However, as you are in the year of the Rabbit, we’ll start with him first. The Rabbit is a gentle, peaceful and compassionate person. He or she could be artistic and will definitely go all out for the children. They are industrious at work and are normally the ‘early bird’ type rather than the ‘work late’ type.
Match-making/Dating/Friendship tips:
A Rabbit will get on well with another Rabbit, also with the Ox, Sheep, Snake and Pig. They will not get on with the Rat, Rooster or Monkey. They may get on with the Tiger (who could be the dominant one in the relationship), Dog (the Dog will benefit more from the duo) and the Dragon who could be the one to look after the Rabbit, rather than the other way round. On account of his compassionate nature, it is usually the Rabbit who tends to others.
So now you know what to do, try it out on your mates, gals and guys at work and see whether it rings true for you!
Yvonne Yang - until next time!
Here is an excellent link to find out what sign you are, if you want to take out the guess work.
Chinese astrology primer by Yvonne Yang
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