A Special Connection Of
Chinese Zodiac Signs
With Your Name
The 12 Chinese Zodiac Signs or zodiac animals are collectively known as shengxiao 生肖 in Chinese. Technically, in ancient Chinese astrology lingo, it is the twelve earthly branches or dizhi 地支. That is what advanced astrology practitioners will call them.
How did the earthly branches then become animals? There are a few theories regarding this. I believe the ancient Chinese wanted their students to remember the sequence easily. And so they came up with the zodiac animals best related to the characteristics and personalities of each sign.
As a matter of fact, the zodiac symbols written in Chinese do not sound even close to the animals when you read them!
See how the twelve earthly branches are written and read. Compare with how you would call the animals names in Chinese.
Earthly Branches - Zodiac Animals 子 (zi) - 鼠 (shu) rat 丑 (chou) - 牛 (niu) ox 寅 (yin) - 虎 (hu) tiger 卯 (mao) - 兔 (tu) rabbit 辰 (chen) - 龙 (long) dragon 巳 (si) - 蛇 (she) snake 午 (wu) - 马 (ma) horse 未 (wei) - 羊 (yang) ram 申 (shen) - 猴 (hou) monkey 酉 (you) - 鸡 (ji) rooster 戌 (xu) - 狗 (gou) dog 亥 (hai) - 猪 (zhu) pig
Another theory suggests that the origin of the Chinese Zodiac Signs is - well - not Chinese. This is because of how different they read compared to the animals in Chinese.
The Connection With Chinese Names
Each zodiac sign has its own element. So we have to match the Chinese word with the baby's zodiac.
For instance, the you earthly branch 酉 (rooster) has yin metal element. Thus, we can find a word that has the metal symbol 金 or earth symbol 土 (earth produces metal in the five elements theory) in it. This is just one suggestion. There are also hundreds more words that are suitable for the rooster year born baby.
Of course, using the Chinese zodiac signs is just one part of whole naming method. There are other considerations too. The yin and yang concept. The Five Elements theory. The Heavenly Stems. The combination of both Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches producing a totally new element. You will slowly learn all these.
Learn more:
Find out what Chinese numerology is hidden in your name. Here are the three main ways associated with Chinese names.
How to calculate what Chinese zodiac year were you born in? And what are the 5 elements?
What are the Chinese 24 Solar Terms? How to use it in Chinese name selection?
Learn how to choose the best name based on Chinese names strokes. What are the most ideal number of strokes for a name?
Understanding the Chinese years cycle, Heavenly Stems, Earthly Branches and Nayin. They are important parts in the art of Chinese names selection.
See the connection between Chinese baby and Yijing (I-Ching) trigrams. Learn why they are important in the Chinese name selection method.
Revealing the myth of Chinese name compatibility. It is just a misinterpretation from the Chinese astrology compatibility charts.
Learn about the Chinese zodiac compatibility. Also on their sequence, characters and more.
|
Subscribe To This Site
