Chinese Zodiac Sign | Chinese Birth Years |
Rat ![]() |
1900 1912 1924 1936 1948 1960 1972 1984 1996 2008 2020 |
Ox ![]() |
1901 1913 1925 1937 1949 1961 1973 1985 1997 2009 2021 |
Tiger ![]() |
1902 1914 1926 1938 1950 1962 1974 1986 1998 2010 2022 |
Rabbit ![]() |
1903 1915 1927 1939 1951 1963 1975 1987 1999 2011 2023 |
Dragon ![]() |
1904 1916 1928 1940 1952 1964 1976 1988 2000 2012 2024 |
Snake ![]() |
1905 1917 1929 1941 1953 1965 1977 1989 2001 2013 2025 |
Horse ![]() |
1906 1918 1930 1942 1954 1966 1978 1990 2002 2014 2026 |
Goat ![]() |
1907 1919 1931 1943 1955 1967 1979 1991 2003 2015 2027 |
Monkey ![]() |
1908 1920 1932 1944 1956 1968 1980 1992 2004 2016 2028 |
Rooster ![]() |
1909 1921 1933 1945 1957 1969 1981 1993 2005 2017 2029 |
Dog ![]() |
1910 1922 1934 1946 1958 1970 1982 1994 2006 2018 2030 |
Pig ![]() |
1911 1923 1935 1947 1959 1971 1983 1995 2007 2019 2031 |
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Updated 2011-10-12 20:25:02
Posted by Ms. LI Fengxia, 李凤霞女士
Each Chinese Year in the Chinese Lunar Calendar possesses an animal sign. Your Chinese Sign is simply the one of the Chinese Lunar Year at the moment of your birth.
In effect, in the Chinese Horoscope, The Zodiac Signs are annual, that are represented by 12 animals. And each 12 years make a complet set of chinese zodiac cycle. Each animal is a member of the Dizhi (地支), or the Earth Branches:
Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig.
According to your birthdate and birthplace, your personal portrait can be plotted. So we can decribe your life way, here the so called "Life Book".
We don't take into account the time difference of the timezone of your birthplace compared to the Beijing timezone (CUT+8 or GMT+8), we have an accuracy of 24 hours at the maximum.
Here is a list of Chinese Sign and dates of Chinese Nea Year in the nearest years.
One can find the first citation of the 12 Chinese zodiac signs in the ancient book 《Book of Songs, Shijing, 诗经》 on 1000 BC..
The entropologues attribute these signs to the animalism: the worship of animals.
How are ordained animals: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig ?
It was once the Yellow Emperor selects 12 animals to be custodians of the palace. The cat says to the rat to register him as a candidate. Unfortunately, the rat has forgotten, the cat has never been chosen, since then the cat and rat become enemies.
Among the candidates there is the elephant. With its small size, the rat has entered the trunk of the elephant, the elephant ran as soon. Among the remaining animals, they first chose the buffalo as their leader.
The rat is very intelligent, he climbs on the back of the buffalo, the pig is also cons, then the rat was placed first, while the pig is the last.
The tiger and the dragon are not happy, for consolation, the tiger is named king of the mountains, and the dragon king of the sea, they are placed after the rat and buffalo.
The white rabbit does not accept this arrangement, he claims a race with the dragon. In the end result, he is plced before the dragon.
Then the dog does not accept the result, in a fit of rage, he bit the white rabbit. As a punishment, it is placed before the last.
The snake, horse, goat, monkey and rooster were engaged in combat as one by one, each has earned its place as the result. Finally we reached the classification of the 12 zodiacal animals of the Chinese Zodiac Signs.
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