Elements of the Chinese Zodiac - Relationships
So, you're curious about the Chinese Zodiac? Well, there's lots to learn, but in actuality, the Chinese Zodiac is a bit simpler than the Western Zodiac.
The Chinese Astrology Signs are based on a number of things. The primary two things the Chinese Zodiac revolves around are Zodiac Animals and the Elements. both of which are quite easy to remember. This post talks about the Five Chinese Elements, but you can read about the Chinese Zodiac Animals in this post on my website. Don't leave yet, though! Let's dig in and learn a little bit about the elements before we tackle the 12 Zodiac Animals.
The five Chinese Elements are - Fire, Wood, Water, Earth, and Metal (why is Metal considered an element? Great questions! I've wondered that myself). To further complicate things, each element is connected to one of the planets in the solar system. If you're wondering "where is Air?", he makes his appearance over in the Western Zodiac. Fire, Water, and Earth appear in both Western and Eastern astrology. They must have good talent agents.
Anyway, here are the planets:
Fire - Mars
Wood - Jupiter
Water - Mercury
Earth - Saturn
Metal - Venus
Now, don't bother mentioning that there is no wood on Jupiter or metal on Venus. Also don't ask why Earth element isn't associated with Earth the planet. None of these questions will help you understand Chinese Astrology any better and will probably just annoy most astrologers, who are a rather serious and unfunny bunch in general.
The elements have structured relationships with one another - each element has a "destructive" pairing, a "beneficial" pairing, and a "hostile" pairing. What this means is that people who were born in that elemetal year will react to people born under different elements in certain, predictable ways. Generally the pairings are simple logic:
Beneficial:
Water creates Wood
Wood creates Fire
Fire creates Earth
Earth creates Metal
Metal creates Water
I shouldn't have to say this by now, but don't ask why Metal creates Water, because you won't get an answer you'll be happy with. Just accept it.
Now the destructive relationships, what fun!
Destructive:
Water puts out Fire
Fire melts Metal
Metal cuts Wood
Wood breaks down Earth
Earth absorbs Water
Ah, these make a bit more sense! So destructive pairings make for difficult relationships. For example, even though Rooster and Snake make a great romantic couple, there may be friction between them if the pairing is a Fire Rooster with a Metal Snake, or a Earth Snake with a Water Rooster. Though, now that I think about it, a Fire Rooster would basically be a Phoenix, and no one gets along with Phoenixes. You just can't take them out anywhere with anything flammable. A night out for drinks? Forget it!
But where was I? Ah yes, the hostile relationships! These are the ones no one likes, but I'll list them anyway.
Hostile:
Water hates Fire
Fire hates Metal
Metal hates Wood
Wood hates Earth
Earth hates Water
Once again, these seem pretty logical. I can see why Wood would hate Metal, you know? I was born in a Metal year, and I'm not too fond of Wood. Except bamboo, which is pretty handy.
So all told, when you pair up the five Elements with the twelve Chinese Zodiac Animals, you have a total of sixty possible astrology sign combinations in the Chinese Zodiac. Each Chinese Zodiac Animal also takes on characteristics of their element, which influences their behaviour. I'll talk about Yin and Yang in a future post.
There are also dozens of other characteristics associated with each element such as direction, colors, seasons, body parts, and even tastes. To have a basic outline of someone's personality, though, all you really need to know is their birth year which gives you their element and zodiac animal, though I'll be posting a future article on Zodiac Animals as well.
The Zodiac Animals represent a fixed period in time. The elements, however, assign different characteristics to each animal. The Chinese hold to the belief that your birth year has little to do with your age and actually age is almost meaningless, but your place within the 60 year cycle of Zodiac Animal, Element, and Yin or Yang are what determine your good or bad fortune, or as the Chinese would say "auspicious" or "inauspicious" times in your life. Your place is the cycle is referred to as an "aspect".
They also work quite well in determining how people get along and in understanding the people you surround yourself with. Of course, all of this should be looked at with a skeptical eye, but you'll find that Chinese Astrology can be almost frighteningly accurate!
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The Chinese Astrology Signs are based on a number of things. The primary two things the Chinese Zodiac revolves around are Zodiac Animals and the Elements. both of which are quite easy to remember. This post talks about the Five Chinese Elements, but you can read about the Chinese Zodiac Animals in this post on my website. Don't leave yet, though! Let's dig in and learn a little bit about the elements before we tackle the 12 Zodiac Animals.
The five Chinese Elements are - Fire, Wood, Water, Earth, and Metal (why is Metal considered an element? Great questions! I've wondered that myself). To further complicate things, each element is connected to one of the planets in the solar system. If you're wondering "where is Air?", he makes his appearance over in the Western Zodiac. Fire, Water, and Earth appear in both Western and Eastern astrology. They must have good talent agents.
Anyway, here are the planets:
Fire - Mars
Wood - Jupiter
Water - Mercury
Earth - Saturn
Metal - Venus
Now, don't bother mentioning that there is no wood on Jupiter or metal on Venus. Also don't ask why Earth element isn't associated with Earth the planet. None of these questions will help you understand Chinese Astrology any better and will probably just annoy most astrologers, who are a rather serious and unfunny bunch in general.
The elements have structured relationships with one another - each element has a "destructive" pairing, a "beneficial" pairing, and a "hostile" pairing. What this means is that people who were born in that elemetal year will react to people born under different elements in certain, predictable ways. Generally the pairings are simple logic:
Beneficial:
Water creates Wood
Wood creates Fire
Fire creates Earth
Earth creates Metal
Metal creates Water
I shouldn't have to say this by now, but don't ask why Metal creates Water, because you won't get an answer you'll be happy with. Just accept it.
Now the destructive relationships, what fun!
Destructive:
Water puts out Fire
Fire melts Metal
Metal cuts Wood
Wood breaks down Earth
Earth absorbs Water
Ah, these make a bit more sense! So destructive pairings make for difficult relationships. For example, even though Rooster and Snake make a great romantic couple, there may be friction between them if the pairing is a Fire Rooster with a Metal Snake, or a Earth Snake with a Water Rooster. Though, now that I think about it, a Fire Rooster would basically be a Phoenix, and no one gets along with Phoenixes. You just can't take them out anywhere with anything flammable. A night out for drinks? Forget it!
But where was I? Ah yes, the hostile relationships! These are the ones no one likes, but I'll list them anyway.
Hostile:
Water hates Fire
Fire hates Metal
Metal hates Wood
Wood hates Earth
Earth hates Water
Once again, these seem pretty logical. I can see why Wood would hate Metal, you know? I was born in a Metal year, and I'm not too fond of Wood. Except bamboo, which is pretty handy.
So all told, when you pair up the five Elements with the twelve Chinese Zodiac Animals, you have a total of sixty possible astrology sign combinations in the Chinese Zodiac. Each Chinese Zodiac Animal also takes on characteristics of their element, which influences their behaviour. I'll talk about Yin and Yang in a future post.
There are also dozens of other characteristics associated with each element such as direction, colors, seasons, body parts, and even tastes. To have a basic outline of someone's personality, though, all you really need to know is their birth year which gives you their element and zodiac animal, though I'll be posting a future article on Zodiac Animals as well.
The Zodiac Animals represent a fixed period in time. The elements, however, assign different characteristics to each animal. The Chinese hold to the belief that your birth year has little to do with your age and actually age is almost meaningless, but your place within the 60 year cycle of Zodiac Animal, Element, and Yin or Yang are what determine your good or bad fortune, or as the Chinese would say "auspicious" or "inauspicious" times in your life. Your place is the cycle is referred to as an "aspect".
They also work quite well in determining how people get along and in understanding the people you surround yourself with. Of course, all of this should be looked at with a skeptical eye, but you'll find that Chinese Astrology can be almost frighteningly accurate!
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