With the year of your birth, you can know your animal, which represents you and your personnality :

1972-1984-1996 : the rat
1978-1990-2002 : the horse
1973-1985-1997 : the buffalo
1979-1991-2003 : the goat
1974-1986-1998 : the tiger
1980-1992-2004 : the monkey
1975-1987-1999 : the cat
1981-1993-2005 : the cock
1976-1988-2000 : the dragon
1970-1982-1994 : the dog
1977-1989-2001 : the snake
1971-1983-1995 : the boar

2. The yin and the yang

The yin and the yang are a couple of opposites, like: positive/negative, yes/no, white/black, day/night, male/female. that's why men (yang) have a feminine part (yin), and why women (yin) have a masculine part (yang).

The rat, the buffalo, the monkey, the cat, the dog and the boar are yin, and the others are yang.

3. The road friend:

What is it? It is a sort of ancestor who corresponds to the time of your birth. 

It is another animal belonging to the cycle of the 12 animals. Didn’t you ever feel, inside you, another "yourself" with who you live in peace or in conflict? This is your road friend.

If you were born between 23:00 and 1:00, your road friend is the rat,
1 – 3: the buffalo,
3 – 5: the tiger,
5 – 7: the cat,
7 – 9: the dragon,
9 – 11: the snake,
11 – 13: the horse,
13 - 15: the goat,
15 - 17: the monkey,
17 - 19: the cock,
19 - 21: the dog
21 - 23: the boar.

4. The 5 elements:

They are the water, the fire, the wood, the metal, the earth.
Years finishing with 1 and 6: water
2 and 7: fire
3 and 8: wood
4 and 9: metal
5 and 0: earth

If you want to know more about your sign, about the seasons and the Yi-king, you can buy the book with your sign according to your year.

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