Passion for esotericism and astronomy is characteristic of different peoples and different cultures, therefore, the ancient Egyptians and Mayans, the Sumerians and the Chinese had their own horoscopes and astronomical calendars. The Chinese, or oriental, horoscope also contains, like the zodiac, a cycle of twelve elements, but it does not include constellations, but the names of animals, one of which is the Serpent.
The legend of the eastern horoscope
According to an ancient Chinese legend, Buddha decided to invite representatives of the animal world to him in order to give everyone the opportunity to rule the world for one year. 12 animals responded to his invitation. The Bull appeared first, but he did not notice that on the way to his withers a nimble Mouse climbed up to the withers, which jumped at the feet of the Buddha first. She got the honor of opening every twelve-year cycle. The Mouse (according to another version - the Rat) is followed by the sluggish Bull, who ceded the championship to her, and after him in the order of appearance at the feet of the Buddha: Tiger, Rabbit (Hare, Cat), Dragon. The snake was the sixth, and behind it came the Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig (Boar). In the same order, animals replace each other.
The Chinese horoscope tells not about upcoming events, but about relationships with other people, it is believed that the right relationship is a guarantee of financial success and well-being in your personal life.
But the cycle of the eastern horoscope actually lasts not 12 years, but 60. The fact is that everything on Earth, according to the belief of the Chinese, obeys and consists of 5 elements: earth, wood, fire, metal and water. Therefore, no matter which of the twelve animals does not rule in a given year, the year will still be subject to one of the five elements listed, which creates successful or unsuccessful life combinations that determine the horoscope and the events taking place for this year. According to this, it is not at all necessary that the years corresponding to the animal under whose sign he was born will be successful for a person, whether the year will be favorable depends on which element will control him.
In the eastern horoscope, each element has its own color: Wood - green, Water - blue (sometimes black), Metal - white, Fire - red, Earth - yellow (sometimes ocher).
True and secret animal
The Chinese did not limit themselves to just annual cycles. They tied all the animals - figurants of the twelve-year cycle, to the month of birth and to the time of day, which are also multiples of 12. Each of them reigns for 2 hours a day. From 23:00 to 00:59 - the hour of the Rat, from 01:00 to 02:59 - the hour of the Ox, from 03:00 to 04:59 - the hour of the Tiger, from 05:00 to 06:59 - the hour of the Rabbit; from 07:00 to 08:59 - the hour of the Dragon; from 09:00 to 10:59 - the hour of the Snake, after it, from 11:00 to 12:59 - the hour of the Horse must go, from 13:00 to 14:59 - the hour of the Goat, from 15:00 to 16:59 - the hour of the Monkey, from 17:00 to 18:59 - the hour of the Rooster; from 19:00 to 20:59 - the hour of the Dog and from 21:00 to 22:59 - the hour of the Pig. The animal that protects the month of birth is called the "inner animal."
The eastern horoscope, in addition to the true animal - the patron saint of the year of birth of a person and the elements, also takes into account both the internal and the secret animal - the one that protects the hour of his birth. The true animal of a person can, for example, be the Monkey, and the inner and secret - the Dog and the Horse. If we take into account all these combinations of animals and elements, a detailed horoscope with illustrations and comments will take up more than one terabyte of information.
