Posts Tagged ‘chinese astrology’

The Influence of Chinese Astrology and Horoscopes

Friday, September 11th, 2009

Chinese culture is very intact to every one of them. Their culture is very rich in a way that almost every country near them has been influenced as well. Chinese have lot of superstitions, for example if their New Year comes near. Each families spend their time cleaning their houses because they believe that it will take away bad luck for the coming new year. And on the holiday eve buying a pair of shoes is considered bad luck. According to them the word “shoes” is a homophone for the word “rough” in Cantonese. Eating candy, on the other hand, brings good luck in a way that their coming year will become sweet.

Chinese New Year celebrates in every joyous way possible, from the dramatic fireworks to the creativity of dragon dance. This is the highlight of the occasion in every Chinatown around the world. Every year, Chinese spend lavishly on performance arts in the hopes of bringing good luck and prosperity.

Come to think of it, even if a person doesn’t have Chinese blood, when you ask them if they believe in Chinese horoscopes, I strongly trust that the answer will be a big yes. Why? Because, deep inside in people’s soul whether they accept it or not they somehow admit it when it comes to superstitions, astrology, feng shui and others belief that passes through ages.

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Signs of the Chinese Horoscope

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

The Chinese horoscope is composed of 12 animal signs, each corresponding to your year of birth. They are as follows:

Rat - 1912, 1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008
Ox – 1913, 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009
Tiger – 1914, 1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010
Rabbit – 1915, 1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011
Dragon - 1916, 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012
Snake – 1917, 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013
Horse – 1918, 1930, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014
Ram – 1919, 1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015
Monkey – 1920, 1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016
Rooster - 1921 , 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017
Dog – 1922, 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018
Pig – 1923, 1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019

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