Getting To Know More About Chinese Astrological
Chinese Astrological has a lot to do with Chinese philosophy (theory of the three harmony, heaven, earth and water) and adopts the principles of yin and yang and concepts that do not appear in Western astrology, such as the wu xing teachings, the 10 Celestial stems, the 12 Earthly Branches, and shichen ( a form of timekeeping used for religious purposes).
The system of Chinese Astrological was built up during the Zhou dynasty and was improved greatly during the Han Dynasty, during which all the familiar elements of traditional Chinese culture such as the Yin-Yang philosophy, theory of the 5 elements, Heaven and Earth, and Confucian morality, were put together to make the philosophical principles of Chinese medicine and divination, astrology and alchemy come into being.
In the early times, Chinese Astrological was mainly used for political astrology, the observation of abnormal phenomena, confirmation of signs and the choice of lucky days for big events and important decisions. The zodiac signs of the Zodiac of western Asia and Europe were not used; instead, the sky breaks up into Three Enclosures, and Twenty-eight Mansions in twelve Ci. The Three Enclosures take over the area near the North Celestial Pole, where the stars are visible to northern hemisphere observers all year around. The Twenty-eight Mansions take over the zodiacal band and find their countertype in the 28 Lunar Mansions of western astrology and the Nakshatra of Indian astrology. Much as marked along the zodiac they are defined by the movement of the Moon in a lunar month rather than the Sun in a solar year. The Zhou Bi Suan Jing is an important astronomical text, tracing back to the Zhou dynasty and then being completed in the Han dynasty. It stands for a complex lunisolar calendar whose center reflects a division that is lasting for a long time between mathematical astronomy “li fa” and portent astrology “tian wen”.
It is said that the zodiac of twelve animal signs stands for twelve different types of personality. This is not derived from divisions of the ecliptic as in Western astrology, but stands for annual rather than monthly themes, being based on cycles of years, lunar months, and two-hour periods of the day (the shichen). The zodiac traditionally starts with the animal sign of Rat, and the cycle goes through 11 other signs: Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig. A comprehension system known as Zi Wei Dou Shu of predicting destiny on the basis of one’s birthday, birth season, and birth hours, is still used commonly in Chinese Astrological.
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