Do you see the lunar calendar or the solar calendar in the zodiac?

The zodiac is not about the lunar month or the solar calendar, but about beginning of spring in the 24 solar terms.

The zodiac is not defined by the Gregorian calendar 65438+ 1, nor by the first day of the first lunar month, but by the beginning of spring in the 24 solar terms. For example, beginning of spring in 20 12 is on February 4th, so the Spring Festival in 20 12 is still the Year of the Rabbit, and it will not be the the Year of the Loong of the lunar calendar until February 4th!

The zodiac is also called the zodiac; In China's calendar, there are twelve kinds of animals on duty in turn, so in our China year, rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs are all used in the calendar, so it should be regarded as a lunar calendar, not a solar calendar.

An analysis of the reason why beginning of spring is the boundary of the Zodiac.

China Gregorian calendar uses beginning of spring to determine the zodiac. "Lunar Calendar" is the lunar calendar used in the Han Dynasty, with beginning of spring as the New Year's boundary, beginning of spring as the first of the 24 solar terms, and beginning of spring as the zodiac.

Traditional numerology and divination are based on "beginning of spring". Including the current folk fortune tellers, have always followed the traditional zodiac formula. Because the zodiac is the same as the earthly branch, it can't be determined by the current Spring Festival.