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Chinese Astrology and Chinese Zodiac Knowing your zodiac sign in relation to Chinese tradition can tell a great deal about your personality. Everyone is represented by one of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals including the rooster. These animals represent the rotating twelve year cycle that is essential to the Chinese zodiac. You have likely heard people referring to a specific year being the “year of the rooster.” According to legends, these were the animals that appeared before The Jade Emporer (or Buddha, depending on which story you are talking about) as they responded to an invitation. The Chinese zodiac animals are representative of the animals' order of arrival. The stories characterizing each of the 12 animal's expedition are slightly different, but the order that prevails is the following: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, ram, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. The Chinese calendar doesn't only deal with the 12 Chinese zodiac animals, but also has additional relationships that are more elaborate and complex. In addition to the 12 animals, the Chinese Zodiac also involves 5 elements: wood, metal, water, fire and Earth. These 5 elements are associated with the 5 core planets: Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Mercury, and Saturn. The associations that are presented by the animals and the 5 elements actually join to make the 60-year chart of the Chinese zodiac calendar. This chart, along with a person's date and time of birth, the sun and moon positioning, Yin and Yang, and directions are all used to help understand a person's future in more detail than only using the Chinese zodiac animal as a guide. While the signs of the Chinese zodiac are important and essential, the way in which the elements of the Chinese zodiac chart interact have to be utilized to build a complete understanding of anyone. To completely understand the Chinese Zodiac, it is essential and important to also understand the relationships between all the Chinese zodiac elements, which is something that most people won't get from the standard Chinese Zodiac overview. Chinese astrology can be dated back a few thousand years to early Chinese astronomy. The predictions of the Chinese astrology calendar are based on the Chinese zodiac chart created by Chinese astronomers of ancient times. Over time, Chinese astrologists created an elaborate group of beliefs about how the celestial bodies effect the day to day lives of people.  The Chinese zodiac and the familiar zodiac animals result from Ancient Chinese astrology. The understanding that many people have of the Chinese zodiac doesn't extend very far beyond what they read on the place mats covering the tables Chinese restaurants in their area. But there's really so much more to know about this ancient doctrine dating back more than 2,000 years. The Chinese zodiac is thought of as a guide to figure out the most ideal and best matches between people in both business and romance. Each of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals has specific other zodiac animals with which it is thought to be most compatible. Chinese astrology compatibility can figure out an individual's best romantic match. It's imperative to keep in mind there are other features of Chinese astrology beyond which animal represents you, that are also considered essential in making a determination regarding the most compatible people.