Chinese Calendar Animals Meaning

The 12 animals in the Western Zodiac in contrast are assigned to each solar month.

Chinese calendar animals meaning. It is also named the Five Movements Five Phrases Five Steps or Five States of Change. Chinese Zodiac five elements Wu Xing in Chinese pinyin. There will not be another Horse Year for 12 years making 2026 the next Chinese Horse Year.

1960 1972 1984 1996. Originating from China the zodiac and its variations remain popular in many East Asian and Southeast Asian countries such as Japan South Korea Vietnam Cambodia and Thailand. Chinese zodiac or shengxiao shnng-sshyao born resembling is a represented by 12 zodiac animals.

Rat Ox Tiger Rabbit Dragon Snake Horse Goat Monkey Rooster Dog Pig. Chinese zodiac 生肖shēngxiào is based on a twelve year cycle with each year of the lunar calendar in the cycle associated with an animal sign. The Chinese zodiac is a classification scheme based on the lunar calendar that assigns an animal and its reputed attributes to each year in a repeating twelve-year cycle.

Chinese zodiac animals are listed here in order of their rotation and appearance on the Chinese calendar. Another legend says that the animals fought over their place on the calendar. Therefore it is unsurprising that month animals are called Inner Animals since they represent your inner animal.

Twelve animals represent the Chinese zodiac signs or sheng xiao translating to born resemblance. Chinese zodiac years beginend at Chinese New Year in JanuaryFebruary. The Chinese zodiac known as Sheng Xiao or Shu Xiang features 12 animal signs in this order.

The 12 animals that came by his beckoning were. 2014 is The Year of the Horse. Below a brief list.