Lunar Calendar & Zodiac

The Lunar Calendar:

Chinese lunar calendar is based on the cycles of the moon.

The Chinese calendar counts years in cycles sixty years. Every year, the label consists of two parts. The first part is the heavenly stem is one of the five elements. The second part of the earthly branch is one of the twelve animals (zodiac) sign. Equation is five times the amount of twelve sixty, or one cycle of the Chinese calendar.

Five elements: There are five universal elements of Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water. Elements associated with five planets in ancient times, Jupiter = Wood, Mars = Fire, Saturn = Earth, Venus = Metal, Mercury = Water. Astrologers read the position of the planets to understand what the effects would be dominant in a person's life.

Elements associated with the colors: green (wood), Red (Fire), Brown (Earth), white (metal) and Black (Water). The elements are still related to the animal zodiac signs. A twelve-year period, the animal will take one of the elements, until all five have been used.

Legend of the Twelve Zodiac (Animal) signs:

There are different stories about the origin of the twelve Chinese zodiac animals. Some people use Chinese gods used some of the Buddha, but the core story is that the higher is called all the animals arrive at the meeting and the first to be selected. Before all this, the rat and the cat were good friends. But in the morning meeting, the rat, in his excitement, I forgot to wake up the cat and the various means gimmickry (or cleverness, because it interprets the rat), the main gods of the first and was therefore selected as the first. A cat slept and stayed in the collection, and after the two have been enemies.

Index of the Twelve Zodiac (Animal) Signs:

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