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  2. Chinese zodiac - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese zodiac's animal trines are deeply connected with ancient Chinese cosmology, reflecting the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and the natural order. Each animal trine has a specific elemental attribute and a celestial pattern, showing the combination of astronomy and philosophy in the system (Hui, n.d.).

  3. Snake (zodiac) - Wikipedia

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    The month of the snake is the 4th month of the Chinese lunar calendar and it usually falls within the months of May through June depending on the Chinese to Gregorian calendar conversion. The reason the animal signs are referred to as zodiacal is that one's personality is said to be influenced by the animal signs ruling the time of birth ...

  4. Zodiac - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 31 December 2024. Area of the sky divided into twelve signs For the East Asian zodiac, see Chinese zodiac. For other uses, see Zodiac (disambiguation). The Earth's orbit around the Sun causes the apparent motion of the latter along the ecliptic (red). Earth is axially tilted 23.4° relative to this plane ...

  5. Chinese astrology - Wikipedia

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    Chinese astrology has a close relation with Chinese philosophy (theory of the three harmonies: heaven, earth, and human), and uses the principles of yin and yang, wuxing (five phases), the ten Heavenly Stems, the twelve Earthly Branches, the lunisolar calendar (moon calendar and sun calendar), and the time calculation after year, month, day ...

  6. Ox (zodiac) - Wikipedia

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    The Ox is the second of the 12-year periodic sequence (cycle) of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar, and also appears in related calendar systems. The Chinese term translated here as ox is in Chinese niú ( 牛 ), a word generally referring to cows, bulls, or neutered types of the bovine family, such as ...

  7. Tiger (zodiac) - Wikipedia

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    The Tiger is the third of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Tiger is associated with the Earthly Branch symbol 寅 . Compatibility

  8. Dog (zodiac) - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 May 2024. Sign of Chinese zodiac Dog "Dog" in regular Chinese characters Chinese 狗 Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin gǒu Wade–Giles kou 3 IPA [kòʊ] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization gáu Jyutping gau2 IPA [kɐw˧˥] Southern Min Hokkien POJ káu Old Chinese Baxter–Sagart (2014 ...

  9. Chinese calendar - Wikipedia

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    A 12-month-year using this system has 354 days, which would drift significantly from the tropical year. To fix this, traditional Chinese years have a 13-month year approximately once every three years. The 13-month version has the same long and short months alternating, but adds a 30-day leap month (閏月; rùnyuè). Years with 12 months are ...