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The Gatekeepers

In middle of April, when I went back to home, there was something sitting in front of the door.
It was a rooster.
   

   
I was bit freaked out and confused.  
I thought I was probably the only one in the world who had been freaked out by seeing a rooster in front of own house door at the moment. 
    
And yesterday, there was another something sitting in front of the door.  
It was a cat. 
   
  
  
I think there's got to be some sort of formula for these gatekeepers. 
And I found the answer.  
First I found the rooster, then, the cat. 
Following gatekeeper animals are: 
Dog, dragon, pig, snake, rat, horse, ox, sheep, tiger, monkey, and cat, then back to the rooster. 
  
In order to find it, I used the Chinese zodiac chart.  
  
  


Picture a clock over this image on above; rat is at the position of the 1 o'clock, oxen is at 2 o'clock, tiger is at 3 o'clock, and so on. 
  
Now, first I saw the rooster, which is 10 (o'clock) and then cat*, which is 4 (o'clock.) 
(*Cat and rabbit are the same in Chinese zodiac.) 
  
Now, you can move from the cat (rabbit) to any direction you want, but I would like to have some kind of law in the movement.  
  
I would like to keep it simple, so I make the movement "diagonal" and "plus 1 hour for the even # of the movement."  
   
So, the 1st movement started from the rooster, and moved to the cat (rabbit.)  
From there, for the 2nd movement (even number movement,) it's going back to the direction of the rooster, but plus 1 hour, so it's going to be on the dog.  
From there, for the 3rd movement (odd number movement,) it's going to straight diagonal to the dragon.  
...and so on. 
  
Therefore, the whole movement is in order of: 
Rooster (10) Cat (4) Dog (11) Dragon (5) Pig (12) Snake (6) Rat (13) Horse (7) Oxen (14) sheep (8) Tiger (15) Monkey (9) and Cat (16) then back to the Rooster (22.) 
  
It's making the progression that: 
10, 4, 11, 5, 12, 6, 13, 7, 14, 8, 15, 9, 16, 10, 17, 11, 18, 12, 19, 13, 20, 14, 21, 15, 22......
  
So, it's: 


I don't think I can go inside the house when the dragon or oxen is in front of the door.  
Like how do I handle the dragon anyway? 


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