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Medic
Joined: 11 Mar 2003
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 Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 6:37 am Post subject: English horoscope and Asian horoscope |
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Is there any correspondence between the star signs of Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquaries, and Pisces, and the Chinese horocope of the Rat, Horse, Dog, Snake, Monkey, Goat, Pig, Dragon, Chicken etc etc.
I seem to remember seeing such a thing a while ago. |
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endofthewor1d
Joined: 01 Apr 2003
Location: the end of the wor1d.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 7:11 am Post subject: |
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| i also have a horoscope question. when determining what my sign is on the chinese zodiac, if my birthday falls in between the eastern and western new years, which year do i use to determine my sign? i thought it was obvious that i'd go with the eastern year, but my (then) korean girlfriend insisted that i had to go by the western calandar. i think she just liked the thought of me being a snake rather than a dragon. granted, my own motivations were similar for arguing with her. mind you, i'm not one to really buy into the powers of zodiacs and what have you, but the idea of being a dragon is much more appealing than that of being a snake. |
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Ody
Joined: 27 Jan 2003
Location: over here
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 12:34 am Post subject: |
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| endofthewor1d wrote: |
| i also have a horoscope question. when determining what my sign is on the chinese zodiac, if my birthday falls in between the eastern and western new years, which year do i use to determine my sign? i thought it was obvious that i'd go with the eastern year, but my (then) korean girlfriend insisted that i had to go by the western calandar. i think she just liked the thought of me being a snake rather than a dragon. granted, my own motivations were similar for arguing with her. mind you, i'm not one to really buy into the powers of zodiacs and what have you, but the idea of being a dragon is much more appealing than that of being a snake. |
you would be a dragon, not a snake, by the lunar calendar. |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 10:47 am Post subject: |
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| endofthewor1d wrote: |
| i also have a horoscope question. when determining what my sign is on the chinese zodiac, if my birthday falls in between the eastern and western new years, which year do i use to determine my sign? |
You have to go by the Eastern calendar (for the year you were born, mind you). |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 10:49 am Post subject: |
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| Ody wrote: |
| you would be a dragon, not a snake, by the lunar calendar. |
I'm wondering how you can know this without knowing End of the World's birth year? [no sarcasm, I'm honestly wondering if I've forgotten to take some factor into consideration]. |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 10:58 am Post subject: Re: English horoscope and Asian horoscope |
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| Medic wrote: |
Is there any correspondence between the star signs of Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquaries, and Pisces, and the Chinese horocope of the Rat, Horse, Dog, Snake, Monkey, Goat, Pig, Dragon, Chicken etc etc.
I seem to remember seeing such a thing a while ago. |
I don't see how there could be since they operate on different timeframes:
For example in any given dragon year in the Chinese zodiac there are going to be taurus dragons, leo dragons, gemini dragons, scorpio dragons etc.
But there ARE going to be coincidental (or perhaps not so coincidental?) overlaps- for example I am a sheep (or goat, depending on who is doing the translating) and I am a Capricorn. Are Sagittarius and Horse supposed to be of similar temperament? I have no idea.
[I also have this funny birthmark that looks like a 3 digit number, but I suppose that's a story for another thread.] |
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endofthewor1d
Joined: 01 Apr 2003
Location: the end of the wor1d.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Bulsajo wrote: |
| Ody wrote: |
| you would be a dragon, not a snake, by the lunar calendar. |
I'm wondering how you can know this without knowing End of the World's birth year? [no sarcasm, I'm honestly wondering if I've forgotten to take some factor into consideration]. |
i think he took for granted that i had looked up the information before writing my original post and before debating the issue with my girlfriend (at the time.) and rightly so. by the western calandar, i was born in 77. in the east, it was still 76. woo hoo! i'm a dragon! |
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posco's trumpet
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
Location: Beneath the Underdog
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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Last edited by posco's trumpet on Sat Dec 06, 2003 6:43 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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endofthewor1d
Joined: 01 Apr 2003
Location: the end of the wor1d.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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| thanks, trumpet. i was right. now if only i still had a girlfriend to argue about it with... |
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posco's trumpet
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
Location: Beneath the Underdog
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2003 5:05 am Post subject: |
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Ody
Joined: 27 Jan 2003
Location: over here
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2003 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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| posco's trumpet wrote: |
| well.... at least now you (and everybody else) can get their animals straight. I went from being a Tiger to being an Ox. |
my husband went from being a scorpio to a sagitarious. it all makes SO much sense now! |
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Kwangjuchicken
Joined: 01 Sep 2003
Location: I was abducted by aliens on my way to Korea and forced to be an EFL teacher on this crazy planet.
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2003 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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If Asians are one year old when they are born, I wonder why the Chinese calander is not based on the year that one is conceived. Often, as in my case, conception year (the year my egg was layed  ) and birthday (the day I hatched ) are not the same year. However, unfortunately, I was conceived a dog and born a pig. BUT I AM A CHICKEN. Not a dog  not a pig |
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