Feng Shui

The duodecimal zodiac is composed of twelve Chinese years. Each of these years is placed under the jurisdiction of a symbolic animal. The twelve Chinese ideograms representing the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac.

Under each Chinese symbol, it’s believed there is influence of the same set of Yang-Yin interactions and, consequently this means they are assumed to be endowed with about the same character traits, the same assets and liabilities, the same potentialities and limitations, the same strengths and weaknesses, the same opportunities and problems, the same preferences and aversions, the same health privileges and pathological predispositions, the same reaction patterns and emotional makeup, and so on.

To put it differently, they are assumed to fit in with the same general mold. To know the Chinese birth year of a person, therefore, means to have access to knowing the main features of his/her personality and destiny.

On the other hand, each Chinese year in the duodecimal cycle is supposed to bring about a definite course of events in the world’s affairs, and also to exercise a different influence on people born under different animal symbols.

The influence of the Elements, although important, is secondary to that of the Yang-Yin interplay. It brings some precision to the character portraits symbolized by the animals. The role of the Elements in Chinese astrology is somewhat similar to that of the Ascendants in Western astrology.