Calligraphy Ink Stick - Zodiac Set

Set of 12 Calligraphy Ink Blocks highly detailed the Chinese Zodiac symbols in gold leaf.

Chinese astrology is the divination of the future from the Chinese calendar, particularly its 12-year cycle of animals, referred to as the Chinese zodiac. This fortune-telling system is derived from the principal characteristics of the system: the zodiac, the five elements of Chinese thought, calendrical cycles based on astronomy, and ancient Chinese religion.

The Chinese zodiac refers to a pure calendrical cycle; there are no equivalent constellations like those of the occidental zodiac. In imperial times there were astrologers who watched the sky for heavenly omens that would predict the future of the state, but this was a quite different practice of divination than the popular present-day methods.