Ancient cats are very popular with people. Why are there no cats in the zodiac?

In ancient times, Jiazi was always used to measure time, and heavenly stems and earthly branches was often used by fortune-telling teachers to calculate the quality of life. Ten-day stems are A, B, C, D, E, Ji, Ke, Xin, Ren and Gui, and twelve branches are Zi, Ugly, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu and Hai. This is how the commonly used Chinese zodiac evolved. Each one corresponds to a zodiac sign, namely, Rat, Ugly Cow, Silver Tiger, Hairy Rabbit, Chen Long, Four Rats, Five Horses, Weiyang, Monkey, You Chicken, Hyenas and Haizhu. Each branch has its own unique attribute aura. The ancients established a relatively complete prediction system, but why did they choose these twelve animals to correspond to the twelve branches?

The real origin of the zodiac is this: Midnight, also known as midnight, midnight: the first hour of twelve o'clock, that is, from 23: 00 to 0 1 in the evening, is the time when mice are active in the dead of night, so they are called "mice". 65438+ 0 am to 3 am is an ugly time. Cattle are used to eating grass at night, and farmers often get up late at night to feed them, so they are called "ugly cows". From 3 am to 5 am, it belongs to Yin Shi. At this time, tigers lying during the day and walking at night are the fiercest. The ancients often heard the roar of tigers at this time, so they called the "Silver Tiger" from 5: 00 to 7: 00 in the morning, belonging to Shi Mao. The rabbit left the nest just before dawn and liked to eat grass with morning dew, so it was called "Hairy Rabbit". It is morning from 7 am to 9 am, and it is usually foggy at this time. It is said that the dragon Xi is walking in the clouds, and it is also worth the rising sun, so it is called "Chen Long". It's the fourth time from 9 am to 1 1. The fog cleared, the sun shone high, and snakes came out of the hole to feed, so they were called "four snakes". 1 1 till afternoon 1 is noon. In ancient times, wild horses were not tamed by humans. At noon, they run around screaming, so they are called "afternoon horses".

1 3 pm, inappropriate. Some places are called "sheep out of the slope", which means a good time to herd sheep, so it is called "no sheep" From three o'clock to five o'clock in the afternoon, it belongs to Shenshi, and the sun is west. Monkeys like to crow at this time, so they are called god lions from 5 pm to 7 pm. It belongs to You's family. When the sun goes down, the chicken spins around in front of the nest, so it is called You's chicken. From 7 pm to 9 pm, it is a hard day for people to close their doors and prepare for rest. The dog crouched in front of the door to guard. As soon as there is movement, it barks and screams, so it is called "dog". From 9: 00 p.m. to 1 1 p.m. is the sea time. You can hear the sound of the pig arch in the dead of night, so it is called "sea pig".

Cats didn't originate from. Cats were introduced to the Han nationality, which should have followed. Some people say it's from the Han Dynasty. Anyway, the zodiac in China was a foregone conclusion. So it is normal for cats to leave the fairy class.