Capricorn Ox in the Year of the OX

For Jess

Capricorn : I build

Ox : I preserve

There are a number of different legends about how the chinese signs of the zodiac were created. However, this is the story that I like:-

When the great emperor of heaven created the signs of the zodiac, the little rat did much of the work in gathering the animals together, but in the race to get back to heaven to see who would win to come first, the rat had tired from working so hard at gathering the animals, and so the ox, who was just passing the rat in the race, took the little rat up onto his shoulders and carried him back to heaven, explaining to the emperor of heaven that it was the rat who had done most of the work. Hence the rat became the first sign, and the ox the second.

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Chinese Astrology