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Zodiac Signs: Moon Signs
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Chinese astrology ... has a system of twelve signs sometimes also referred to as "zodiac". This does not necessarily imply a common origin, since the number of twelve naturally suggests itself from the number of synodic months in a year; in other words, the extent of a zodiacal sign corresponds to the path covered by the Sun between two new moons. Like its Western counterpart, the Chinese zodiac features animals. However, the Chinese zodiac associates each animal with both one month and one solar year. Thus the signs repeat themselves every twelve year cycle. The animals of the Chinese Zodiac are: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit (or hare or cat), dragon, snake, horse, sheep (or goat), monkey, rooster (or phoenix), dog and pig (or boar).
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For instance, in determining compatibility through zodiac signs, a person born with their Moon in Cancer (aka Moon children) is easily driven to tears. Cancers cry when they're happy, wail when they're sad and whimper at everything else. Which is all well and good, provided the Cancer in question is with another, equally sentimental and emotional sign such as the highly compatible Libra, because they will 'know where Cancer's coming from'. Heaven help the Moon Child who weeps before a more stoic sign, like Capricorn or Virgo. They simply will not know how to deal with the waterworks, and Virgo can get downright annoyed because there is no base zodiac compatibility.
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Time zones, calendar, signs of the Zodiac, phases of the Moon in the tooltip that appears when you place the mouse cursor on the system tray icon. You can select the information to show in the tooltip.
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The twelve signs of the zodiac are not given the same prominence in Indian astrology that they are in the Western tradition. Instead the emphasis is on the system of 27 (or 28) nakshatras or lunar mansions, which have been used in Indian astrology since Vedic times. The nakshatras consist of equal divisions of the moon's path along the ecliptic and function in a similar way to the signs of the zodiac in that they represent different personality types. It is considered that the position of the moon in a particular nakshatra at the time of person's birth will give a strong indication of that individual's character and of the kind of path they will follow throughout life.
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Remember: An astrological chart interpretation is not based on 12 zodiac signs alone. In addition to the zodiac signs, a zodiac chart ... consists of 12 houses, 12 cusps, 10 planets, and 2 nodes of the moon. Not to mention a few asteroids and a part of fortune. So depending on an individual’s date, time, and place of birth, the position of each of the above elements will shift within a chart, and as a result, will create a completely unique and personalized reading.
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The motions of the other planets through the zodiac signs can be quite irregular, compared to the Sun's motion. On average, they range from the fast moving Moon (which spends about 2-1/2 days in each sign) to the slow poke Pluto (roughly 12 to 24 years in each sign). Planetary Rulers of the Signs
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