Which is more accurate- Chinese or Western Astrology?

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For example, I am an Aries in western astrology, but a Goat in Chinese astrology. The Goat is kind of supposed to correlate with the sign of Cancer in western astrology, from what I have read. Reading a profile of the Cancer sign feels like reading about myself. I am not a lot of the traits that are associated with Aries... what is the case with you? And what do you think of my situation? (I appologize if I do not have a very deep understanding of astrology; I am new to the study.) :)

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Do you know your full natal chart in western astrology? I could look into that to see why you feel that the aries energy isnt prominent within..



Personally i find that Eastern and Western astrology are equally as accurate, however .. i find eastern too simple..being as complex as we are.



Also... if you know what time you were born, that will show you your second animal in eastern, your shadow animal... or rising sign... then combine the two for a wider interpretation.



Sail your chart over here if you like, i'd be happy to take a sneaky peak to work out the dominant and prominent :) **



very welcome!



OK.... Just by you showing your planets and wot not.... you can see that your south node is in Cancer... and that is always huuuge! the south node is where you feel the most comfortable.. something that comes to you with ease and what you can relate to the most when it comes to you... 'emotionally' the south node is linked to your past life and then the north node is ideally where we all need to reach for the ultimate 'emotional fullfilment' in this life..... which in your case, is 'capricorn' :); Having pluto in scorpio... i'd imagine you are around 20 with that degree... so you are still quite young and the south node is always prominent that young, especially before the first saturn return. So yea... this is the likely link as to why you 'feel' the cancer energy so much more. This will actually be in a 90 degree angle to your sun and so will your north node to your sun...creating a t-square... which puts great preassure onto your sun in Aries until you identify and understand what is going on at least...

I could make more sense out of it if you like.. but would need the full details. date of bith/time/place in order to see the houses more accurately...

i'm learning myself ~student astrologer~ to be exact so always take what i have to say ...and anyone else with a pinch of salt :p... just saying what i see here : )



South node in Cancer says it all **

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Which is more accurate- Chinese or Western Astrology?

For example, I am an Aries in western astrology, but a Goat in Chinese astrology. The Goat is kind of supposed to correlate with the sign of Cancer in western astrology, from what I have read. Reading a profile of the Cancer sign feels like reading about myself. I am not a lot of the traits that...

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Chinese Zodiac Vs Western Zodiac

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It's really unfortunate that most Western astrologers have no idea what they're talking about. It's not necessarily their fault, because modern Western astrology has cut itself off from traditional Western astrology, which is why it has difficulty providing accurate information. For example, you have an extremely strong Cancer significator in your chart, Mars. Your Ascendant is in Scorpio and Mars rules Scorpio, making Mars the Lord of the Ascendant. Your "personality" is best described by a mix of your Ascendant and its ruler, in your case Scorpio and Cancer. This is a watery combination and has little in common with Aries. Also, your Aries sun is in a "dark place," the 6th house, which means it is not readily available to the conscious mind. It's got nothing to do with the South Node, which describes karmic patterns on another plane.



Sun sign astrology generally fails. Astrology is much more complex than that. I am sure Chinese astrology is equally complex but I have not had the opportunity to study it.

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I think most people forget that the Chinese astrology that runs by year is just a general rundown of the zodiac signs. In reality, all the animals of the Chinese zodiac are influenced by the 5 elements of nature; water, wood, fire, earth and metal. They may modify or enchance the qualities of whomever they represent.



Another form of influence taken into account is the Yin-Yang polarity. Yin energy is passive and receptive, while Yang energy is outgoing and active. They both balance each other, like two sides of a coin as you can't have one without the other. It is important to bear in mind that the signs are not all Yin or all Yang. Everyone is a mixture of both.



For me personally, I'm a Yin Rabbit of the Fire element, according to my specific time and date of birth. There's a lot more than goes down in astrology than what I have explained here, so you might want to find a book or search around the internet for a more detailed introduction.

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Term "western astrology" exists thanks to the Roman empire who implemented it thanks to the wars between the east and west in the Eastern Europe. It is, by all means, the true system that's dating to this day.



Western astrology is a slang, a term used in the ways to determine that it relays on the 12 Zodiac signs. There can't be 9 or 10, nor 13 or 15. Only 12 because of the elemental individuation on Fire, Water, Earth and Air. There're three Zodiac signs for each element.



Fire = Aries, Leo, Sagittarius

Water = Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces

Earth = Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn

Air = Gemini, Libra, Aquarius



They represent these trinities :



Fire = Space, the trinity of space itself.

Water = Energy, the trinity of energy itself

Earth = Matter, the trinity of matter itself

Air = Time, the trinity of time itself



The human body is made out of Fire (heat of body), Air (we breathe), Water (obvious) and Earth (carbon based organisms). The four elements essential for life are also there and the Zodiac itself IS BASED upon the elements rather than constellations. In fact, constellations don't exist as "bodies" in astronomy. They are just a way of human expression and realization, usually thanks to the urban legends etc.



As for the Chinese zodiac, in my experience and knowledge, it's not as accurate as the original one, however they do know a lot about numerology and the cycles of the years which is not used in the common astrological sense. They have a great knowledge about Feng Sui as well as numerology so I recommend those areas of Chinese knowledge.



Best regards.

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Honestly I find both to be equally accurate. It's like two sides of the same coin. Don't think of it as one right over the other but more as the different traits that make up who you tend to be. My Western and Chinese both describe traits that suit me very well. The Goat is similar to Cancer so I can see that. The thing is that cancer and aries are fairly different so you might see yourself bouncing back and forth on some things. Hope this helps.

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Very good question. I'm a Leo and a Snake. I read both of them but I feel that my western sign is much more accurate than my chinesse horoscope.

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I'm not sure... but your Sun sign Aries 25 degrees conjuncts my moon Aries 27 degrees... we probably are soulmates in some form.