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
Nitaro 
January 1, 2008 at 8:38 pm |
[…] adds to the Chinese (Eastern) and Western zodiac equivalents. As mentioned before, Chinese and Western astrology correspond with each other. The Chinese solar […]
May 15, 2008 at 3:58 pm |
well..i hate to break it to u but im a pig,fire element,and a leo…..
ur chart says im a pig,water and,scorpio…
May 22, 2008 at 5:57 pm |
Nonya, the water refers to scorpio. And the Chinese equivalent of scorpio is pig… So you are pig (scorpio, water), fire and leo.
July 30, 2008 at 10:35 pm |
Born in the year of the horse and the month of a gemini, the fact my element is Air it’s really hard for a horse to stay in one place try having me considerate without trying to be held down at the same time.
August 19, 2008 at 8:31 am |
Im a sagi and goat so i am a water/fire
June 9, 2010 at 4:19 pm |
I have a ? my birthdate is Aug,21 1976 that would make my chinese zodiac a dragon and I was born between July 22 – Aug 23 that would make my american zodiac a leo. I’m a little confused because the chart that this site is giving me says dragon & aries.
THAN YOU
LEODRAGON76
June 29, 2010 at 9:57 pm |
@Rick: The Dragon corresponds with Aries. It means that the Western Aries looks most like the Eastern Dragon.
November 18, 2010 at 11:33 pm |
You posted this a long time ago, but I’ve always been curious about the pig-scorpio correlation. Having read up a lot on both, they’re virtually personality polar opposites. The snake personality comes closer to the scorpio personality.
Any idea how this match-up happened?
November 19, 2010 at 3:03 pm |
Chinese astrology also has months with signs. Although the dates are slightly different, this is what a comparison would look like. There indeed are people who disagree. They use other signs to correspond with each other.
January 3, 2011 at 10:05 pm |
I’m not a Cancer and a Pisces. I’m a Libra and a Ram. I am pretty sure I’m not water either.
March 16, 2011 at 8:29 pm |
Jane, according to this wikipedia entry about the Pig zodiac sign:
“In Japanese culture, the animal is specifically a wild boar. In Japanese, the character 豚 is pig and the character 豬 denotes the wild boar, though Chinese does not make such a differentiation.”
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_(zodiac)
so there you go, i think modern people are just interpreting it as pig but really in the ancient times, it was supposedly a deadly wild boar! hence, THAT does fit Scorpio.
December 8, 2011 at 3:05 am |
This is so neat! I love my New Age Astrology by Suzanne White and this correlates well with everything I’d read about astrology. Same elements get along in western and eastern! I’ve always wondered why Goat, Rabbit, and Pig get along, this makes sense! I’m an Aries/Goat and that corresponds with Dragon/cancer. I love the dragons I know. Cancers tend to be really emotional but I like them, (
(I can be too).
September 11, 2013 at 12:08 am |
The simple horoscope deals only with twelve sun signs of the zodiac, while astrology uses many other characteristics to map out
a more exact personality. In every newspaper, magazine and even in some websites, you could see some horoscope pages that predict what’s going
to happen to you during the day or the month. The Moon is may be in her disseminating phase, which emphasizes
learning and sharing with each.