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Horse and the sheep: horse gallops and is powerful, sheep is weak
monkey and rooster: monkey is clever, rooster is not clever
Dog and pig: dog protective of people, pig not smart
I Ching, eight transformations
Can also tell character & fate of person, eight transformations and month of birth
also day of birth, also from heavenly/ [[strikethrough]] hourly [[/strikethrough]] earthly stem/branches, also
hour of birth, creating eight character set (two for each aspect) predicting fate
Classic part of Daoist studies
If zodiac aspects go together in relationships, those relationships will go well
Similar to Western astrology, 12 signs/12 animals/12 months
Audience question: how to find your full Chinese zodiac information. Almanacs in
China going back 200 years
Audience question: which animals get along with which, have balance
Dog shouldn't marry rooster, horses shouldn't marry roosters, snakes shouldn't marry tigers; lots of proverbs but more accurate if full eight characters are assessed
More complex than looking at constellations in the west
Grew up in family with many children, parents didn't remember full birth info, went to fortuneteller to determine the rest of his eight characters, turned out to be right through looking at events in family
Joke about finding another fortune teller, used five elements, which can also determine
his fate- fortune teller asked to see his hand and determined the hour of birth-
not actually a joke
Audience question: things learned from Book of changes, studying it very difficult cyclical nature of the five elements: earth becomes metal becomes water becomes wood becomes fire becomes earth
Harmful part of the elements: wood cuts earth, trees grow out of the earth,
earth soaks up water, water defeats fire, fire defeats metal
Yin/yang, sun as yang, moon as [[strikethrough]] an [[/strikethrough]] yin, day is yang/night is yin, yin/yang parts of the body
Audience question [[strikethrough]] s [[/strikethrough]]: how sign is reflected in their art
Baolin born in year of the snake, things he makes are soft; maybe they'd be stronger if he was from the year of the tiger
Yali from year of pig, makes cute things