journaling-junkie:Chinese astrology is founded on the traditional astronomy and calendars. The devel
journaling-junkie:Chinese astrology is founded on the traditional astronomy and calendars. The development of Chinese astrology is tied to that of astronomy, which stumbled on flourish throughout the Han Dynasty (2nd century BC to 2nd century AD).Chinese astrology features a close relation with Chinese philosophy (theory of the three harmony: heaven, earth, and water), and uses the maxims of yin and yang and concepts that are not present in Western astrology, such as the Wu Xing teachings, the 10 Celestial stems, the 12 Earthly Branches, the lunisolar calendar (moon calendar and sun calendar), and the full time calculation after year, month, day, and shichen (時辰) -- source link