What Chinese animal am I?

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How to work out your animal sign?

The legend is that Buddha called all the animals to come before him, but only twelve arrived. The rat was the first to arrive followed by the ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, cock, dog and finally the pig. In return, each was given a year to express their personality.

Every year, month, day and time of birth denotes one of these animals and their characteristics. The interplay between different animals together with the five elements is the key to every personality.

The animals are Yin and Yang. The animals in the years ending with an even number are Yang, and those ending with an odd number are Yin.

The rat, tiger, dragon, horse, monkey and dog are Yang.

The ox, rabbit, snake, goat, cock and pig are Yin.

The Chinese New Year is on a different date each time, as the lunar calendar doesn’t exactly match with the solar calendar. This is why the year of each animal begins on various dates in January and February. A person born before the Chinese New Year belongs to the animal of the previous year.

1924 Feb 5th

1925 Jan 24th

1926 Feb 13th

1927 Feb 2nd

1928 Jan 23rd

1929 Feb 10th

1930 Jan 30th

1931 Feb 17th

1932 Feb 6th

1933 Jan 26th

1934 Feb 14th

1935 Feb 4th

1936 Jan 24th

1937 Feb 11th

1938 Jan 31st

1939 Feb 19th

1940 Feb 8th

1941 Jan 27th

1942 Feb 15th

1943 Feb 5th

1944 Jan 25th

1945 Feb 13th

1946 Feb 2nd

1947 Jan 22nd

1948 Feb 10th

1949 Jan 29th

1950 Feb 17th

1951 Feb 6th

1952 Jan 27th

1953 Feb 14th

1954 Feb 3rd

1955 Jan 24th

1956 Feb 12th

1957 Jan 31st

1958 Feb 18th

1959 Feb 8th

1960 Jan 28th

1961 Feb 15th

1962 Feb 5th

1963 Jan 25th

1964 Feb 13th

1965 Feb 2nd

1966 Jan 21st

1967 Feb 9th

1968 Jan 30th

1969 Feb 17th

1970 Feb 6th

1971 Jan 27th

1972 Feb 15th

1973 Feb 3rd

1974 Jan 23rd

1975 Feb 11th

1976 Jan 31st

1977 Feb 18th

1978 Feb 7th

1979 Jan 28th

1980 Feb 16th

1981 Feb 5th

1982 Jan 25th

1983 Feb 13th

1984 Feb 2nd

1985 Feb 20th

1986 Feb 9th

1987 Jan 29th

1988 Feb 17th

1989 Feb 6th

1990 Jan 27th

1991 Feb 15th

1992 Feb 4th

1993 Jan 23rd

1994 Feb 10th

1995 Jan 31st

1996 Feb 18th

1997 Feb 8th

1998 Jan 29th

1999 Feb 16th

2000 Feb 6th

2001 Jan 26th

The Chinese animal signs, corresponding to the year of birth, are given below:

Rat 1936 1948 1960 1972 1984 1996 Yang

Ox 1937 1949 1961 1973 1985 1997 Yin

Tiger 1938 1950 1962 1974 1986 1998 Yang

Rabbit 1939 1951 1963 1975 1987 1999 Yin

Dragon 1940 1952 1964 1976 1988 2000 Yang

Snake 1941 1953 1965 1977 1989 2001 Yin

Horse 1942 1954 1966 1978 1990 2002 Yang

Goat 1943 1955 1967 1979 1991 2003 Yin

Monkey 1944 1956 1968 1980 1992 2004 Yang

Cock 1945 1957 1969 1981 1993 2005 Yin

Dog 1946 1958 1970 1982 1994 2006 Yang

Pig 1947 1959 1971 1983 1995 2007 Yin

Each month too corresponds with an animal sign. The table is given below:

(The date of every month has to be in coordination with the date on which the Chinese New Year starts.)

Animal Sign Month

Tiger February

Rabbit March

Dragon April

Snake May

Horse June

Goat July

Monkey August

Cock September

Dog October

Pig November

Rat December

Ox January

The time of the birth also has the characteristics of the symbolic animals. The table is given below:

Rat 11 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Ox 1 a.m. to 3 a.m.

Tiger 3 a.m. to 5 a.m.

Rabbit 5 a.m. to 7 a.m.

Dragon 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.

Snake 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Horse 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Goat 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Monkey 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Cock 5 p.m to 7 p.m.

Dog 7 p.m to 9 p.m.

Pig 9 p.m. to 11 p.m.

The full, detailed Chinese horoscope needs to take the time, month and year of birth into account for more accurate conclusions, but popularly, the 12 animal signs are used to determine the compatibility between couples.

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Interesting post cometrue. I was born in February a few days before Chinese New Year so my sign is actually that of the year before. However, it is surprising the number of Chinese people that are confused by this and think that I should actually take the sign of the year of my birth and disregard the date of the lunar new year.

[cometrue]

Interesting post cometrue. I was born in February a few days before Chinese New Year so my sign is actually that of the year before. However, it is surprising the number of Chinese[/i'] people that are confused by this and think that I should actually take the sign of the year of my birth and disregard the date of the lunar new year.

thank you! yeah, i would be confused by that too, if you'd not shown me your birthday in lunar calendar, except checking above topic first. actually it was written by a 老外, haha!

[Guest Jasmine]

This is interesting ....welll i was born in sheep sign...whatever it is called..well star is capricorn..

[Guest 杨兴业]

aiyah, that's very good cometrue!

but...i already seen it lol

let's see if you know the conclusion. i'll give you my time, month, year.

i'm born in the year 1987.

that's rabbit.

i'm born in may.

that's snake.

i'm born in 7:45am

that's dragon.

what traits, personality do i have?

tell me

[cometrue]

aiyah' date=' that's very good cometrue!

but...i already seen it lol

let's see if you know the conclusion. i'll give you my time, month, year.

i'm born in the year 1987.

that's rabbit.

i'm born in may.

that's snake.

i'm born in 7:45am

that's dragon.

what traits, personality do i have?

tell me [/quote']

my conclusion is: you are a teenager!

hehe, im really not good at this!

BTW, there's a bank called "福建兴业银行”

[cometrue]

This is interesting ....welll i was born in sheep sign...whatever it is called..well star is capricorn..

so, 1979? 1991? i m sure it's not 2003

[tetsuo500]

I'm a dog!

*woof*

an ox!

*moo*

then a rabbit!

*ummm.... chirp?*