US flag in the Car's Rock and Roll Video - Magic 1984

A US flag can briefly be seen the Cars music video Magic 1984.  A man who looks like a WWI pilot playing two trumpets has a US flag arm patch on his left shoulder.

Close up of double mouthed trumpet player from the Cars official video Magic 1984.   The Cars were one of the essential bands of the 80s that took on pop charts and espoused the art and thematic of 80s culture in the United States.

Westernized Flag Chart of the Chinese Zodiac & Wheel

This is the Westernized Chinese Zodiac Wheel.  Both the Eastern and Western Zodiac wheels fit into a similar 12 beat rhythm, yet set their tempo on the two most pronounced objects in heaven - the Sun and the Moon. The harmonious alignment between the Eastern and Western Zodiac is that both are divided into twelve tribes or signs.  Furthermore the points of change for the Western Zodiac follows a monthly lunar cycle  but is calibrated by the solar cycle.  On the other hand the Eastern Zodiac follows a yearly solar cycle but is calibrated to lunar cycle, more or less. 

A Western Flag for the Chinese Zodiac: The Year of the Dragon

 Western Year of the Dragon Symbol and Flag.  This is the last Westernized symbol for the Oriental Zodiac.  Why invent a Western Symbol?  It is only a natural path since the East has developed and adapted symbols for the Occidental-Western Zodiac.  Besides its 2013, the East is all over the West and vice-versa.  Just as the Western Lunar Zodiac is universal for all nations, its high time that the Eastern Zodiac be recognized as well in a similar manner and not just for peoples of East Asia.  The East and West Zodiacs can be brought together since they do not compete in the same virtual space.  The Eastern tempo is set by the solar cycle punctuated by the moon, while the Western beat is set by the lunar cycle punctuated by the sun.

The flag of for Earth's Year of the Dragon has a yellow background with the Westernized Dragon symbol in black.  














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A Western Flag for the Chinese Zodiac: The Year of the Rabbit

The Year of the Rabbit is the most feminine sign of the Eastern Zodiac.  Simple black and white are the elements of its flag.  Black is the background and the Western Symbol illustrated in white.  The Western symbol is loosely based upon the official Chinese Character.
















Also note that some people see this 'animal' of the Zodiac as the Year of the Cat instead of the Year of the Rabbit, most notably in Vietnam.  Which is right?  Well it's a Yin and Yang thing, so it can be both.  The essence of a cat is like a rabbit with a dash of Yang energy.  Besides, Vietnam and China are already flag partners in the early colonial yellow national flags as well as Communist Red flag forms.  Coincidentally they both look like animals that come from eggs - China looks like a chicken while Vietnam looks like snake. The cat is an evolved level up of the rabbit.  Both are associated with the moon, thusly every Oriental Zodiac should thus get an alternate form or 'Pokemon' like level up.  Another animal in the Eastern Zodiac with a binary point of the view is the Year of the Pig.  

But the next step in the Eastern Cycle belongs to the scaly Draco.
 

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Photo Credit: http://www.pawnation.com/2012/01/30/monday-squee-jumping-rabbit/

A Western Flag for the Chinese Zodiac: The Year of the Tiger

What do you see? A tiger paw? Maybe the stripes of a big cat? The Western Symbol for the Year of the Tiger features two zig-zags with a curly tail.  The flag features an orange background.  The next year of the Tiger will be pouncing upon us in 2022.

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A Western Flag for the Chinese Zodiac: The Year of the Ox

  The Year of the Ox comes one every twelve years, just like all the other signs of the Eastern Zodiac.  It is the one sign that has a perfect match with the Western Zodiac under the month of Taurus.  Likewise the attributes of these signs are similar. The flag for the Year of the Ox uses a brownish background and has a western symbol for the animal. 

 

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A Western Flag for the Chinese Zodiac: The Year of the Rat

 
The Eastern Zodiac begins with the Year of the Rat or in this case the Year of the Rodent.  The Western Symbol for the Year of the Rat is essentially a Roman Number Three on its side, however the symbol is directly based upon the Chinese upper radical but has the 'hands touching.'

The magical form of the Rat is the Squirrel.
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