If you were born before February 18th 1977, your Chinese zodiac sign is the dragon. However, if you were born after February 18th 1977, then your Chinese zodiac sign is the snake.
Whereas the western zodiac allocates signs to roughly one month per year, the Chinese zodiac allocates the signs based on years, month, days - and even hours.
The Chinese zodiac uses twelve animals to depict the zodiac signs.
The Chinese zodiac
Here is the order of signs of the Chinese zodiac:
- Rat
- Ox
- Tiger
- Rabbit
- Dragon
- Snak
- Horse
- Goat
- Monkey
- Rooster
- Dog
- Pig
In contrast to the above, the western zodiac is as follows:
- Aries
- Taurus
- Gemini
- Cancer
- Leo
- Virgo
- Libra
- Scorpio
- Sagittarius
- Capricorn
- Aquarius
- Pisces
Both the Chinese and the western zodiacs were developed and used because it was thought that a person's characteristics, love-life, and other aspects of their future or present life could be predicted.
