The Hidden Remarkable Truth
About The Chinese Lunar Calendar
"One's Shadow Grows Larger Than Life
When Admired By The Light Of The Moon"
How can a Chinese Lunar Calendar help you out?
GOOD question!
Imagine that you're looking up into the starry night sky, and then, WOW. You see it. The new moon. Amazing. That little sign, according to the Chinese calendar, indicates the first day of the month...
So what does that mean for you? Well, it just means that this calendar is all about revealing the phases of the the moon.
Just like the Western calendar, the Chinese lunar calendar is a yearly one, with the start of the lunar year being based on the cycles of the moon.
So far so good, right?
Therefore, the beginning of the year can fall anywhere between late January and the middle of February.
A complete cycle takes 60 years and is made up of five cycles of 12 years each.
As far as I can understand, the lunar calendar names each of the twelve years after an animal. Legend has it that the Lord Buddha summoned all the animals to come to him before he departed from earth.
Only twelve came to bid him farewell and as a reward he named a year after each one in the order they arrived.
The Chinese believe the animal ruling the year in which a person is born has a profound influence on personality, saying "this is the animal that hides in your heart..."
The animal that hides in my heart likes to climb trees, eat bananas, be very cheeky...
You guessed, right...
What animal are you?
Oh and by the way, here's where you can get great...
Chinese Lunar Calendar Resources
Lookie here for a Lunar Calendar. Each of the twelve years are named after an animal. The Chinese believe the animal ruling the year in which a person is born has a profound influence on personality, saying "this is the animal that hides in your heart."
And here too. 2006 is Year of Dog. 2005 is Year of Rooster. 2004 is Year of Monkey. 2003 is Year of Goat (sheep, ram). 2002 is Year of Horse. Chinese New Year is based on the Chinese calendar...
Another one! Chinese New Year is the main holiday of the year for more than one quarter of the world's population. Although the People's Republic of China uses the Gregorian calendar for civil purposes, a special Chinese calendar is used for determining festivals. Various Chinese communities around the world also use this calendar.
Holiday time? Some great history and information including what does the Chinese Year look like? What years are leap years? How does one count years?
Ancient history? Chinese Astrology... modern interpretations of Ancient Wisdoms since 2637 B.C. Find your lucky elements, baby gender, gender prediction, calendar for gender prediction, lucky numbers...
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