Ascendant – Western astrology

Unfortunately, I don’t know exactly when I’m born. However, your ascendant is made up from location and time. Since I know where I was born (and my date of birth), I take Incheon, South Korea as my location. The coordinates of Incheon are:

• Latitude (DMS): 37° 27′ 13 N
• Longitude (DMS): 126° 43′ 54 E

(Degrees, minutes and seconds)

Below are the times (GMT) and signs. (Incheon’s time zone is GMT + 9.)

• 00:00 = Taurus
• 01:00 = Gemini
• 03:00 = Cancer
• 05:00 = Leo
• 08:00 = Virgo
• 10:00 = Libra
• 13:00 = Scorpio
• 15:00 = Sagittarius
• 18:00 = Capricorn
• 20:00 = Aquarius
• 21:00 = Pisces
• 22:00 = Aries

Finally, the term for solving the problem of unknown birth time is “rectification”.

Chinese zodiac – solar terms, agricultural calendar astrology

The Chinese zodiac can also be put against the solar terms, or the Chinese agricultural calendar. This is called the inner animals. The solar terms are measured in months and days.

It adds to the Chinese (Eastern) and Western zodiac equivalents. As mentioned before, Chinese and Western astrology correspond with each other. The Chinese solar terms (agricultural calendar) looks like the Western solar calendar. Below you can see which sign has the Western dates of the day and month.

• February 4 – March 5 = Tiger
• March 6 – April 4 = Rabbit
• April 5 – May 4 = Dragon
• May 5 – June 5 = Snake
• June 6 – July 6= Horse
• July 7 – August 6 = Sheep
• August 7 – September 7 = Monkey
• September 8 – October 7 = Rooster
• October 8 – November 6 = Dog
• November 7 – December 6 = Pig
• December 7 – January 5 = Rat
• January 6 – February 3 = Ox

Which Chinese and Western signs are you?

You know you love karaoke when…

• you memorize the numbers of your favorite songs
• you recognize the videoclips on the TV
• you’re annoyed when they don’t serve beer
• you’re annoyed when they don’t have private rooms
• you know what the microphone caps are for
• it’s cool there is no remote control, but you can type the numbers into the microphone (!)
• you know how the remote control works, even when you don’t speak the language
• you have one day spent 4 hours in the karaoke room and you still have a voice
• you hear a song on the radio and wonder what it would be like to sing it
• you have seriously considered joining “Idols”
• karaoke for you is a way to let off steam

Free online karaoke

Here are some free online karaoke sites, so you can practice your karaoke skills at home, behind your PC!

• Bix (Lip-Sync, Karaoke, Photography, Comedy, Dance, A cappella, Writing, Beauty, and more)
• FREEKaraoke (The Midi Karaoke Library)
• kSolo (The Ultimate Online Karaoke Experience)
• Singshot (The Sims On Stage)
• Singsnap (Free online karaoke community)

Good luck, and have fun!

Eastern (Chinese) zodiac and their Western equivalents

I made a diagram of the Eastern (Chinese) zodiac and the equivalents of the Western zodiac.

• Rat / Mouse = Sagittarius
• Ox = Capricorn
• Tiger = Aquarius
• Rabbit / Hare = Pisces
• Dragon = Aries
• Snake = Taurus
• Horse = Gemini
• Goat / Sheep / Ram = Cancer / Crab
• Monkey = Leo
• Rooster = Virgo
• Dog = Libra
• Pig / Boar = Scorpio

The Western elements are also visible.

• Red = Fire
• White = Air
• Brown = Earth
• Blue = Water