Proponents of the idea that the zodiac spread from one source believe that the earliest appearance of the twelve animal signs was in Egypt. From there it spread eastwards, being adapted to match the animals native to each region.
主張傳播的學者認為，十二肖獸最早起源於埃及，然後向東流傳，依各地區的動物種類不同，項目隨之調整。