The Zodiac is made up of 12 different sun signs. Your date of birth
determines which one you are. Nearly everyone has heard of the signs of the
zodiac, mostly through sun sign astrology, where the signs are taken as
major determinants of the personality.
The zodiac signs are considered to modify or colour the energies of the
major planets (not just the Sun), bringing out certain traits of a planet,
inhibiting others, but without wholly changing that planetary energy.
Astrologers also view the zodiac as the archetype of cycles and cyclic time,
the signs being phases or levels of development within the entire cycle
What is the Zodiac
If you could observe the motion of the Sun against the
stars for an entire year, it would appear to trace out a
large circle in the sky that is called the ecliptic.
This circle also happens to be the plane of the Earth's
orbit around the Sun.
The zodiac is a thin band of the sky on
either side of the ecliptic. The word zodiac literally
means circle of life, since most of the zodiac signs are
animals or people. The zodiac is divided into 12 signs,
each 30 degrees long. The cycle of zodiac signs starts
with Aries, which begins at the spot on the ecliptic
where the Sun is on the first day of spring.
Zodiac signs are often confused with sun signs, when a
person says, I'm an Aries, what their are saying is they
were born at a time of the year when the Sun is in the
zodiac sign of Aries. Because our calendar is designed
to mimic the motions of the Sun around the zodiac, the
Sun is in Aries at nearly the same time period each
year, March 20th or 21st to April 19th or 20th. The 12
sun signs are like months of a calendar based on the
zodiac
Chinese Zodiac Signs
Dog, Pig, Rooster, Dragon, Ox, Sheep,
Horse, Rabbit, Snake, Monkey, Rat, Tiger
The Chinese animal signs are a 12-year
cycle used for dating the years. They represent a
cyclical concept of time, rather than the Western linear
concept of time. The Chinese Lunar Calendar is based on
the cycles of the moon, and is constructed in a
different fashion than the Western solar calendar.
In the Chinese calendar, the beginning
of the year falls somewhere between late January and
early February. The Chinese have adopted the Western
calendar since 1911, but the lunar calendar is still
used for festive occasions such as the Chinese New Year.
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