![]() The first to show up was the mouse (never trust the rats). So he – being magnanimous as few others could – decided to reward them by baptizing each lunar phase with the name of one of the animals that came. However, only twelve bothered to come say goodbye. It is said that Buddha, when he was near to dying, gathered all animals of the earth. The difference is that while in our Zodiac each symbol corresponds with a certain month, the Chinese Zodiac corresponds with a particular year, For example, 2015 is the year of the Goat! Why does each sign correspond with an animal? And, even in this case, each sign is associated with particular character traits. ![]() The Chinese Zodiac, or shengxiao (生肖), has twelve symbols, just like the western one (given to us by the ancient Greeks).
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