Chinese astrology

The Thai Zodiac does not differ from the Chinese zodiac. *Note: As of 2005. Names of years. Brown supplanted Phil Simms as the starter in 1994, and went on to play 10 seasons with the Giants and the Arizona Cardinals. Following is the Hunnish or Turkic Bulgarian Pagan zodiac calendar, distinctive from the Greek zodiac but much in conformity with the Chinese one: Kam-Boyan Calendar. Most notably among these was Dave Brown, a Duke University quarterback selected first overall in the 1992 Supplemental Draft by the New York Giants. This common Chinese-Turkic Zodiac was in use in Balkan Bulgaria well into the Bulgars' adoption of Slavic language and Orthodox Christianity. Therefore, combining this trend with the strange proceedings of the supplemental draft and the high price a team must give up to take a player, it is easy to see why only 32 players have been taken in the past 26 Supplemental Drafts.

The European Huns used the Chinese Zodiac complete with "dragon", "pig". Today, the players who enter the Supplemental Draft are usually graded as players who should be drafted at a later round or have college eligibility problems due to poor academic problems or discipline issues. For example, the Vietnamese zodiac is identical to Chinese zodiac except the fourth animal is the cat not the rabbit, while the Japanese zodiac includes the wild boar instead of the pig. Many of today's Supplemental Draft rules aim at preventing a reoccurrence of this incident. However, some of the animals in the Zodiac may differ by country. This angered many clubs, notably the Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants, who had expressed interest in choosing him in that season's regular draft. The Chinese zodiac is also used in some other Asian countries that have been under the cultural influence of China. They then traded for the right to choose first in the Supplemental Draft.

Those who are serious about the fortune telling aspect of the signs can consult a table, such as the one above. Rather than finish his eligibility at Miami, he entered into talks with his hometown Cleveland Browns, who advised him to delay his professional eligibility until after the regular draft. However, those unfamiliar with the use of the Chinese lunar calendar usually just assume that the signs switch over on Jan 1 of each year. Bernie Kosar of the University of Miami earned his academic degree a year early but did not enter the regular draft that year. The United States Postal Service and those of several other countries issue a "Year of the _____" postage stamp each year to honor this Chinese heritage. The 1985 Supplemental Draft was particularly controversial. For one example, they usually appear on Japanese New Year's cards and stamps. Thus in the 2004 NFL Draft, the Texans forfeited a second round pick).

The Chinese zodiac signs are also used by cultures other than Chinese. (For example, RB Tony Hollings was taken by the Houston Texans in the 2nd round of the Supplemental Draft in 2003. (See Chinese calendar). If no other team places a bid on that player at an earlier spot, the team is awarded the player and has to give up an equivalent pick in the following year's draft. There are some newer astrological texts which follow the Chinese Agricultural Calendar (the jie qi), and thus place the changeover of zodiac signs at the solar term li chun (beginning of Spring), at solar longitude 315 degrees. Instead, if a team wants a player in the supplemental draft, they submit a "bid" to the Commissioner with the round they would pick that player. Many online sign calculators (such as [2]) will give a person the wrong sign if he/she was born in January or early February. However, in the supplemental draft, a team is not required to use any picks.

The start of a new Zodiac is also celebrated on Chinese New Year along with many other customs. The supplemental draft maintains the same team order from the regular draft, with the team with the worst record in the previous season picking first. For example, 1990 was the year of the horse, but anyone born from January 1 to January 26, 1990 was born in the Year of the Snake (the sign of the previous year), because the 1990 Year of the Horse began on January 27, 1990. In late summer, the NFL also holds a Supplemental Draft to accommodate players who did not enter the regular draft because they thought they still had academic eligibility to play college football. Therefore, a person who was born in January or early February may have the sign of the previous year. These picks can not be traded. Since the (traditional) Chinese zodiac follows the (lunisolar) Chinese calendar, the switch over date for the zodiac signs is the Chinese New Year, not January 1 as in the Gregorian calendar. For example, if in the previous year, a team lost two starters and two backup players from other teams signing them as free agents, while they signed only two new backup players, the team would likely receive two compensatory picks.

Interestingly, the cat does make it into the Vietnamese Zodiac, in place of the rabbit (see below). These picks do not account for released players or signing players cut by another team. The Boar, at a loss, proceeded to claim that the meat on its bones 'tasted good.' This explanation was apparently considered unsatisfactory, because the Boar was placed at the very end of the Zodiac. These picks, which are known as "Compensatory Picks" are awarded to teams who have lost more talent players than they gained the previous year in Free Agency. In yet another variation, each animal was called before its peers and had to explain why it deserved a position at the top of the Zodiac. In addition to the 32 picks in each round, there are a total of 31 picks dispersed at the ends of Rounds 3-7. This format is rather like the one that the National Football League uses to determine its playoff teams (six from each conference). .

The first involved all the animals, in two divisions to avoid the fast animals dominating the top, and the top six in each division would "make the cut" for a second round, which would then determine the order of placement of the animals in the zodiac. For a detailed projection of possible first round picks, you can go to sites like FootballMinds.com, who have broken down team needs and conducted a mock draft based on those needs. Yet another variation tells of two different races. work year-round on studying and projecting where players will end up in the draft, and which teams will select them. The route ran through a forest, over ranges of plains and grasslands, and along a stream, before finally crossing a lake to the destination town. Now, "draftniks" like ESPN's Mel Kiper, Jr. Another version of the tale expands the race. In the 1980s, cable sports channel ESPN began televising the draft, which led to an increase in its popularity.

The trade was acceptable because both animals are members of the family of bovines. At the Combine, players undergo a series of physical tests and measurements in addition to a 12 minute test of intelligence known as The Wonderlic. Some versions of the tale say that the cattle nominated a water buffalo to represent them because he was more proficient at water. The NFL Combine is the only event where all scouts see all draft bound players perform under the same conditions. Another popular legend has it that a race was used to decide the animals to report to the Jade Emperor:. Each year, one month after the Super Bowl in late January, several hundred of the best players are invited to participate in the NFL Combine held late February in Indianapolis at the RCA Dome. All the animals who arrived on the night were granted a special place as a zodiac animal - the cat arrived the next day only to find out that the banquet was over. Over the years, scouting for the draft has grown to be a complicated pseudo-science, in which teams use workout data from prospects, interviews, game films, and projections of skills as players mature to decide which college players are the best in the country.

A variation of this describes the Jade Emperor holding a great banquet in his palace; the cat does not hear the initial announcement so the rat tells him that there is going to be a royal party but instead tells him it is on the day after the actual date. Originally, it was a low-key affair, for which teams prepared little. One of the most popular reads, in summarized form, as follows:. The first professional football draft was held in 1936. There are many legends to explain the beginning of the zodiac (see Origins of the Chinese Zodiac). These rookie free-agents usually do not get paid as well as drafted players, nearly all of them signing for the predetermined rookie minimum. The 12 Zodiac animal signs (生肖 shengxiao) are, in order, the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep (or goat), monkey, rooster, dog, and pig. After the draft, any non-drafted rookies are allowed to sign a contract with any team in the league.

The following hours are in Beijing local time (UTC+8). There is a de facto pay scale for drafted rookies. (24 divided by 12 animals) The large hour a person is born is their secretive animal as stated above. High first-round picks get paid the most, and low round picks get paid the least. The Chinese zodiac is also used to label times of day, with each sign corresponding to a "large-hour" or shichen (時辰), which is a two-hour period. The drafted players are paid salaries commensurate with the position in which they were drafted. The month born affects a person's inner animal, as stated above. This form of salary control is legal because it has been negotiated into the NFL's collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the players' union.

The Twelve animals also apply to the lunar months. In most years, the salary cap increases from the year before, so most years there is more money allocated to teams for signing rookies. Many western displays of the chinese zodiac omit these, as well as the elements, for easier consumption and understanding. Teams with higher picks get a higher rookie salary cap allocation. These are said to be critical for the proper use of chinese astrology. The NFL allows each team to spend a limited amount of money from its salary cap to sign rookies (including undrafted players). It is important to compensate for daylight savings or any clock adjustment performed by your country as it is mapped according to the sun's location and not the local time. Most drafted players come directly out of college football programs as seniors or juniors, though some underclassmen are eligible, and other players are selected from minor leagues like the Arena Football League.

The secret animal is determined by exact time of birth and is your own true sign with your personality is based in. Players whose high school class did not graduate three or more years before are not eligible for the draft and hence they are not eligible to play in the NFL. It may be considered what the individual wishes to become, or believes to be their true self. The draft is the first chance each team gets at players who have been out of high school for at least three years. This dictates your own love life and inner persona and is critical to understand and know to properly calculate compatibility with other signs. This helps the league achieve a degree of parity. Combined with 5 elements makes for 8640 combinations (5 elements, 12 animals, 12 months, 12 times of day) The inner animal is assigned by the month of birth. If more than two teams have the same win and loss record, then the team who has played opponents that have a better win loss ratio are considered the bigger losers, and are given the opportunity of having the first pick.

These yearly cycles represent what others perceive you as being, while a person might appear to be a Dragon they might actually be a Snake internally and an Ox secretively. Each team is assigned a selection in each round, with the teams with the worst record from the previous year being assigned the best picks in each round. It is common misconception that there are only the singular animal assigned by year. Currently, the draft consists of seven rounds. Each year in the 60 year cycle contains twelve animals, each with five possible elements, which distinctively vary the base animal's personality which equals to 60 possible combinations. (NFL) teams take turns selecting amateur American football players and other first-time eligible players. This is where many Chinese Astrology descriptions in western society draw solely from. The NFL Draft (officially the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting) is an annual sports draft in which National Football League in the U.S.A.

Each individual personality is associated with an animal which represents it. 11). (Notice the title "Green (Wooden) Chicken Year".). 10), and Smith (2005, No. See [1]. 9), Eli Manning (2004, No. Some websites denote the years by the colour and zodiac sign (as opposed to animal sign and element). 8), Carson Palmer (2003, No.

The traditional correspondences are green to Wood, red to Fire, brown to Earth, white to Metal, and black to Water. 7), David Carr (2002, No. The elements are also associated with colours. 11, which extends a bizarre numerical pattern among top draft picks and their NFL uniform numbers: Michael Vick (2001, No. It can lend qualities to all 12 animals as well. The 49ers chose Alex Smith with the first pick in the 2005 NFL draft and assigned him uniform No. Additionally there is Earth which does not govern over any animals and is the central balance of all elements. 3 players taken first overall in the draft never played in the NFL.

Pig , Rooster, Dog. With Troy Aikman as a finalist on the 2006 ballot, and both Irving Fryar and Bruce Smith likely to gain future entry, the ratio should remain relatively constant over the next few years. 'Governs'. Of the remaining 55 eligible candidates, 20% have entered the Hall of Fame, a considerably high ratio in comparison with other drafted and undrafted players gaining entry to the Hall. Dragon, Horse, Goat. This eliminates nearly 22% of first overall draft picks from current HOF consideration. 'Governs'. As of 2006, 15 of these first overall draft picks (spanning the drafts of 1985 through 2005) are ineligible for Hall of Fame election, as they played within the last 5 years.

Tiger, Hare, Snake. So far, only 11 players taken first overall in the draft are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. 'Governs'. The first player ever selected in the NFL draft, Jay Berwanger (1936), never played in the NFL. Rat, Ox, Monkey. There have only been two siblings taken first in the draft in each of their respective years: Peyton Manning in 1998, Indianapolis Colts and Eli Manning in 2004, San Diego Chargers, then traded to New York Giants. 'Governs'. Other notable surnames include: Williams (247), Johnson (233), Jones (201), Brown (188).

Divided into 4 groups. 253 Smiths have been selected in the draft. Each of the 12 animals are governed by an element plus a Yin Yang Direction. He was 20 years, 353 days old. Each element has features that apply to both years and the animals. Alex Smith, drafted out of Utah in 2005, was the youngest player chosen #1 in the modern era. These are modifiers and affect the characteristics of each of the 12 signs. Penn State did it in 1995, with RB Ki-Jana Carter (#1), QB Kerry Collins (#5), and TE Kyle Brady (#9).

The Yin or Yang is broken down into Five Elements ( Water, Wood, Fire, Metal (Gold), Earth) on top of the cycle of animals. Auburn did it in 2005 with RB Ronnie Brown (#2), RB Carnell Williams (#5), and CB Carlos Rogers (#9). The current cycle began in the year 1984. Auburn and Penn State are the only two schools to have had three players taken in the top ten of the first round in the same year. This combination creates a 60-year cycle, starting with Wood Rat and ending with Water Pig. Simpson). Since the zodiac animal cycle of 12 is divisible by two, every zodiac can only occur in either yin or yang: the dragon is always yang, the snake is always yin, etc. USC is also the first and only school to date to have had back-to-back years in which one of its players went #1 in the draft (in 1968 with Ron Yary and in 1969 with O.J.

Even years are yang, odd years are yin. Auburn, Georgia, Ohio State, Stanford, and Texas have each had three. There is a binary Yin Yang cycle, which enlarges the 5 element cycle to a cycle of ten (seen below). Notre Dame and USC have each had five athletes selected #1 in the draft. See Qi Xi for more versions of this story. Dating back to 1998, quarterbacks have been selected first seven times in eight drafts. The tai bai fairy acts as the chaperone of these two immortal lovers. Quarterbacks have been selected first overall for five straight years, dating back to 2001.

The cowherd carries their two sons (the two stars on each side of Altair) across the bridge to reunite with their fairy mother. Williams, offensive lineman Vernon Carey, and defensive tackle Vince Wilfork. Each year on the seventh day of the seventh month in the Chinese calendar, the birds form a bridge across the Milky Way. In the 2004 NFL Draft, a record six Hurricanes were taken in the first round: free safety Sean Taylor, tight end Kellen Winslow II, linebacker Jonathan Vilma, linebacker D.J. The two forbidden lovers were separated by the silvery river (the Milky Way). The University of Miami holds the record as the school with the most first round draft picks in a single draft. For example, the Summer Triangle is the trio of the cowherd (Altair), the weaving maiden fairy (Vega) and the "tai bai" fairy (Deneb). Offensive backs, including running backs, halfbacks, and fullbacks, have been selected 23 times.

In addition to astrological readings of the heavenly bodies, the stars in the sky form the basis of many fairy tales. Quarterbacks have been selected first overall a total of 25 times, more than any other position. Xuan Wu is also known as the spirit of the northern sky or the spirit of Water in Taoism belief. The seven northern constellations are referred to as xúanwǔ (玄武). For example, the Big Dipper (Ursa Major) is known as 斗 dǒu; the belt of Orion is known as 參 shen, or the "Happiness, Fortune, Longevity" trio of demigods.

The twenty-eight Chinese constellations (宿 xìu) are quite different from the eighty-eight Western constellations. A laborious system of computing one's fate and destiny based on one's birthday and birth hours (known as 紫微斗數 zǐwēidǒushù) is still used regularly in modern day Chinese astrology to divine one's fortune. It is said that the position of these planets, along with the positions of the Sun, Moon, any comets in the sky as well as time of birth and Zodiac Sign can determine a person's destiny according to Chinese Astrology. The ancient Chinese astronomers called the five major planets by the names of the element they were associated with: Venus corresponds to Metal (gold); Jupiter to Wood; Mercury to Water; Mars to Fire; Saturn to Earth.

. This fortune-telling system is derived from the principle characteristics of the system: the Zodiac, the five elements of Chinese thought, calendrical cycles based on astronomy, and ancient Chinese religion. Chinese astrology is the divination of the future from the Chinese calendar, particularly its 12-year cycle of animals, referred to as the Chinese Zodiac. Shushma - Boar (Türk, Russ "Kaban" - Translator's Note).

It - Dog. Taguk - Rooster, Hen. Bichin, Michin - Monkey. Téké - Goat (Sheep).

Tuki (Tykha) - Horse. Dilan - Snake. Samar - Dragon Birgün (Bergen, Birig, Baradj)- Dragon. Taushan - Hare.

Ügur - Tiger Myachè Ügur - Tiger. Kuman (Imén). Shiger (Syger) - Artom (Taurus). Kuzgé - [Year of] Saravana.

21:00 - 23:00: pig. 19:00 - 21:00: dog. 17:00 - 19:00: rooster. 15:00 - 17:00: monkey.

13:00 - 15:00: goat. 11:00 - 13:00: horse. 09:00 - 11:00: snake. 07:00 - 09:00: dragon.

05:00 - 07:00: rabbit. 03:00 - 05:00: tiger. 01:00 - 03:00: ox. 23:00 - 01:00: rat.

pig (or boar). dog. rooster. monkey.

goat (or sheep). horse. snake. dragon.

rabbit (or hare). tiger. ox. rat.

Reliability. Foundations. Balance. The Centre.

Strong. Dependable. Useful. The West.

Movement. Intelligence. Passion. The South.

Growth. Nurturing. Creativity. The East.

Sensitivity. Intuition. Communication. The North.