The Chinese Zodiac Signs: The Ox

Personality: Patient and persevering, people born during the Ox years complete all the projects started. They know how to focus until the task is done. When they have something in mind and pursue a goal, nothing can make them change their mind. Brave, Ox people know how to stay cold-hearted when they face off difficulties. People around them appreciate their loyalty, but if someone tries to deceive an Ox, the revenge is immediate, sometimes excessive.

Ox at work: Ox people have tendencies to be miserly and they don’t like associations. They prefer to stay alone at work. Though, they never renounce when they face a problem, and are honest and voluntary workers.

Ox in Love: Ox people give more importance to their independence than passion, and they want a loyal and regular partner. They really fear passion and prefer a long lasting and calm relationship.

Ox positive traits of personality: tenacity, balance, patience

Ox negative traits of personality: selfish, bad loser, an obstacle unlocked might create an immense complex.

Dominant: Yin

The Chinese Zodiac Signs: The Rat

Personality: Autonomous and secret, rats know how to conduct their life deftly and avoiding obstacles. They do not hesitate to be original and surprising to achieve their goals. If they do not like crowds, they know how to be charming and seduce their audience when the situation requires some charisma. Rats are followed by their friends who appreciate their advices. In China, the rat is known for bringing happiness to his entourage.

Rats at work: Rats have a sense of well-developed strategy. they flee habits, schedules and strict bureaucracy.

Rats in Love: Ideal lovers, rats thrive in the passionate relaxation ... but they are sometimes jealous and possessive. Their tendency to dominate makes their emotional life not so simple. The Rat hesitates between confidence and protective aggressiveness.

Rats Positive Traits of Personality: imaginative and sincere

Rats Negative Traits of Personality: amoral, individualistic, not always honest, whimsical, and hard to live

Dominant: Yang

The origins of chinese astrology according to mythology

An ancient legend says that on a Chinese New Year’s eve, Buddha called all animals to a gathering, promising a reward to the ones coming to him.

Twelve animals only went to this strange appointment, in the following order: rat, buffalo (or ox), tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, the rooster, the dog and pig. At each Buddha offered a year that bears his name, and in order of their arrival.

The Asian countries have signs that, rather than depending on the sun as the signs of the Western Zodiac, depend on the moon and on lunar years. A lunar year has 12 moons and 13 every 12 years. That is why the Asian New Year (Têt festival in Viet Nam) is never on the same date.

As for our signs of the Zodiac cycle, the Chinese horoscope has 12 signs, but 12 years instead of 12 months.

Each year of this cycle is represented by an animal and that animal will have an influence on the destiny and character of people born during that year. Besides your sign you will find two more concepts to achieve the analysis of your character: the dominant Yin and Yang of your sign and element (wood, fire, earth, metal and water) corresponding to the year of your birth.

In Asia, these signs have such a personal, financial, and political important that nobody does an action without consulting an horoscope.