Cardinal sign (astrology) with the word "angular". Angular signs are those signs which are located on the astrological angles of any given natal chart. Angular houses may be cardinal, fixed or mutable, depending on the birth time of the chart, but only Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn are cardinal signs. Their starts are related to equinoxes and solstices. The four cardinal signs of the zodiac are: Cardinal sign (astrology) The practice of astrology recognizes four cardinal signs of the zodiac: Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn — sometimes called reacting signs. It associates those people born "under" one of these with certain human behaviors
Chinese zodiac normally refers specifically to a sheep in the Korean language (where a native Korean word 염소 "yeomso" is used to mean "Goat"), although the Chinese source of the loanword "yang" may refer to any goat-antelope. The Japanese zodiac includes the "Sheep" ("hitsuji") instead of the "Goat" (which would be "yagi"), and the "Wild boar" ("inoshishi", "i") instead of the "Pig" ("buta"). The Japanese have, since 1873, celebrated the beginning of the new year on January 1 as per the Gregorian calendar. The Vietnamese zodiac is almost identical to the Chinese zodiac except the second animal is the "Water Buffalo" instead