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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