What are our strengths? What are our challenges? How are we different or the same from what we see in the mirror? Some questions are always worth pursuing.įurthermore, both the 12 animals and the five elements describe cycles of the universe. They do not tell us who we are but help us better ask the question. The zodiac is shaped to help even the newest practitioner look inward, find themselves, and cultivate balance. Ever since, this cycle has been used to chart not only the year but the month, day, and hour-like four hands on one prodigiously ancient clock.Īnd just as a person might look at the season and hour and make an informed prediction of the weather (winter cold, night dark) so it was understood that by knowing the animals and elements presiding over a person's birth year, month, day, and hour, that person's character and destiny could also be predicted.
The five elements and 12 animals (for a complete cycle of 60 combinations) was designed to map the natural cycle of seasons, days, and stars that the ancients observed moving all around them.
But the combination of the two, and the subsequent system for divining a person's character and destiny, came into focus around 200 B.C. Oracle bones describe ancient calendar cycles, and animals have been used as symbols of the human spirit as long as there has been imagination. The roots of the Chinese zodiac go back as far as written history.
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