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A complete Chinese calendar cycle is of 60 years, having five cycles of twelve years each. And each of these 12 years is named after an animal meaning these names are repeated every twelve year. According to the Chinese legend, Buddha summoned all the animals to him before he departed from the earth. Only twelve arrived as a sign of obedience and in turn he rewarded them by naming the years after them in the order in which they arrived at the end of the contest. Legend has it that the animals assembled at one bank of the river to compete in the contest to assist Buddha in ascertaining who should head the cycle of years. The animals assembled on one bank of the river and happily splashed into the river to be the first one to swim across to the other bank so as to have the first year of the animal cycle named after it. The rat being clever, unknown to the Ox, jumped on his back and just as the Ox was about to jump ashore, the rat jumped off his back and won the race while the pig being extremely lazy and sluggish ended up last. That is the reason for the Rat being the first year of the animal cycle and the Pig last. The Chinese believe that the ruling animal of every year moulds the personality traits of persons born in that year. Here's one complete Chinese calendar cycle, along with the ruling animals. Just check it out

Pig

2007

2019

2031

2043

Rat

2008

2020

2032

2044

Ox

2009

2021

2033

2045

Tiger

2010

2022

2034

2046

Rabbit

2011

2023

2035

2047

Dragon

2012

2024

2036

2048

Snake

2013

2025

2037

2049

Horse

2014

2026

2038

2050

Goat

2015

2027

2039

2051

Monkey

2016

2028

2040

2052

Rooster

2017

2029

2041

2053

Dog

2018

2030

2042

2054

The Stem-branch system is also quite an amusing system of classification. The branches are the twelve years while there are ten stems that are used in the counting system. The stems are metal, water, wood, fire and soil; each having a yang (positive) and a yin (negative) side. There are a lot of intricate details that sum up as to how this complex system works but what is more important to notice is that in the system there are elements that correlate to colors. For instance, metal stands for white or golden, water stands for black, wood stands for green, fire stands for red and soil for brown. Thus if we take this system of naming then the year 2007 will be addressed as the year of the Red Pig. Let us take a close look at the stem branch system of naming years

Chinese Calendar Year

Element yin or - / yang or +

Animal

Stem

Branch

Western Date

4705

fire (yang)

pig

ding

hai

02/17/2007

4706

earth (yin)

rat

wu

zi

02/06/2008

4707

earth (yang)

ox

ji

chou

01/25/2009

4708

metal (yin)

tiger

geng

yin

02/13/2010

4709

metal (yang)

rabbit

xin

mao

02/02/2011

4710

water (yin)

dragon

ren

chen

01/22/2012

4711

water (yang)

snake

gui

si

02/09/2013

4712

wood (yin)

horse

jia

wu

01/30/2014

4713

wood (yang)

goat

yi

wei

02/18/2015

4714

fire (yin)

monkey

bing

shen

02/07/2016

4715

fire (yang)

rooster

ding

you

01/27/2017

4716

earth (yin)

dog

wu

xu

02/15/2018

4717

earth (yang)

pig

ji

hai

02/04/2019

4718

metal (yin)

rat

geng

zi

01/24/2020

Each of the elements in the stem-branch system is again of extreme importance for to a great extent it determines the characteristic trait of a person:

Metal - Stability, strength of will, fluency of speech.

Water - Powers of reflection, sensitivity, persuasiveness.

Wood - Imagination, creativity, idealism, compassion.

Fire - Dynamism, passion, energy, aggression, leadership.

Earth - Stability, reliability, practicality, industry, prudence.

Chinese Calendar For Pregnancy

Chinese astrology is one of the most ancient branches of astrology in the world and dates back to thousands of years before contemporary era to the days of Babylonian (CHALDEAN), Mesopotamian, Egyptian and Sumerian civilizations. Emperor HUANG TI introduced Chinese astrology in 2637 B.C. and its development can be credited to the emergence of the Chinese writing system.

Origin in a Legend/Folklore

Legend has it that the Lord Buddha himself, according to ancient scripts, realized the necessity of reorganization in the Chinese nation.

According to Chinese folklore, amidst the celebrations of the CHINESE NEW YEAR, Lord Buddha realized the imminence of his death.

On his invitation, only 12 animals turned up to pay him a farewell visit. They were the horse, snake, dragon, tiger, ox, rat, rabbit, monkey, sheep/goat, pig, rooster and dog.

The Enlightened One bestowed honor on these 12 animals by dedicating the 12 sections of the Chinese zodiac in the names of the 12 animals.

What is so special about this Chinese Calendar?

The complete 60 year cycle of the unique Chinese lunar calendar is used in Chinese astrology. The aspects and principles of this celebrated ancient art form have their roots in or date back to the classical philosophy of YI JING(I CHING), LAO-TSE and Confucius.

Since that time the traits of the animal which gave the year its name were borne by each successive year of this lunar calendar.

Each calendar year starts on a new moon and is related to one of the animal signs. For e.g. 1924 and 1984 were known as the years of the rat.1925 and 1985 happened to be years of the ox and so on.

The year is animated by the qualities of the animal and the animal's distinctive characteristic attributes color that year. Different People share certain common traits if they happen to be born in the same animal year.

On What Theory is this Chinese Luni-Solar Calendar based?

The lunar and the solar systems are combined in the Chinese calendar. The solar system is put into use in the DAY and YEAR cycles. But the MONTH cycles are two in number in this calendar.

One MONTH cycle utilizes the solar system and the other lunar system. The first day of the lunar month is the new moon day in the lunar system of MONTH.

The length of the month depends on the stretch of time between 2 new moons. But oddly, the name of the lunar MONTH is derived from its solar counterpart.

Use

The Chinese lunar calendar is widely used all over the world and gender prediction, that is, determining the sex of a yet to be born baby is one of the main spheres where the Chinese lunar calendar is put into use as a popular tool.

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