Chinese zodiac
Eastern year signs
The Chinese zodiac is a twelve-year cycle in which each year is associated with an animal: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig.
The system assigns personality traits based on birth year and figures prominently in Chinese New Year celebrations and astrology: She was born in the year of the dragon.
Rodent or informer
Five basic natural principles
- woodTree-derived building material
- fireCombustion with flames
- earthSoil or electrical grounding
- metalHard conductive solid
water · yin · yang · balance · compatibility
Distinguishing personal features
- compatibilityMutual suitability between things
- fortuneWealth or destiny
- characterNature, symbol, or role
- temperamentInborn behavioral nature
strengths · weaknesses · lucky numbers · lucky colors · birth year · personality type · life path · auspicious
Zodiac-based fortune telling
- fortune tellingPredicting someone's future
- daily readingConsistent engagement with text
- prognosticationForetelling future events
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
Warm-season community celebration
- red envelopesMonetary gifts in colored packets
- paper cuttingsShapes carved from sheets
- commemorative coinsCurrency issued for remembrance
rat
Rodent or informer
dragon · snake · horse · goat · monkey · rooster · dog · pig
five elements
Five basic natural principles
traits
Distinguishing personal features
- compatibilityMutual suitability between things
- fortuneWealth or destiny
- characterNature, symbol, or role
temperament · strengths · weaknesses · lucky numbers · lucky colors · birth year · personality type · life path · auspicious · inauspicious
horoscope
Zodiac-based fortune telling
- fortune tellingPredicting someone's future
- daily readingConsistent engagement with text
- prognosticationForetelling future events
divination · feng shui · almanac · auspicious dates · four pillars
spring festival
Warm-season community celebration
- red envelopesMonetary gifts in colored packets
- paper cuttingsShapes carved from sheets
- commemorative coinsCurrency issued for remembrance
- Chinese astronomyarmillary sphere, celestial globe, star charts, star maps, gnomon
- Chinese traditionsfeng shui, tai chi, qigong, Taoism, Confucianism
- Chinese divinationI Ching, four pillars, hexagrams, trigrams, oracle bones
- Chinese cultureConfucianism, Beijing, Daoism, Shanghai, Peking opera
- Lunar New Yearred envelopes, lion dance, dragon dance, firecrackers, lanterns
- birth symbolsbirthstone, star sign, horoscope, birth chart, natal chart