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of the Dragon Jan 23, 2012 Lunar Year 4710 
Next Chinese New Year The Year of the Snake Feb 10, 2013 |
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The Chinese Zodiac consists of a 12 year cycle, each year of which is named after a different animal that imparts distinct characteristics to its year. Many Chinese believe that the year of a person's birth is the primary factor in determining that person's personality traits, physical and mental attributes and degree of success and happiness throughout his or her lifetime.
The Chinese New Year begins with the second new moon after the winter solstice,
which occurs between The origin of the 12 animal signs of Chinese astrology is unclear. Chinese legend attributes the creation of the signs to the Yellow Emperor in 2637 BC. The Yellow Emperor is a semi mythical figure in Chinese history. Other legends accredit Buddha (c.563-c.483 BC) with the creation of the 12-animal cycle. |
| The story behind the legend is that the Buddha of the sky decided to hold a competition for the animals' places in the zodiac sequence. What would happen is that the first animal who reported to the Buddha would be placed first in the sequence and so on. Originally, the rat and the cat were friends, and agreed that they would wake each other up on the day of the competition so that they would have a head start ahead of the other animals. However, the rat was rather conniving, and decided to sleep in the ear of the ox. | The rat knew that the ox was accustomed to waking up early. The next morning, the ox woke up very early, traveled across ponds and charged through valleys and just before they arrived in front of the Buddha, the rat jumped out of the tired ox's ear and gained first place in the sequence. The other animals followed, and you can see that the laziest animal, the pig, won the last spot in the sequence. The reason that there is no cat in the zodiac sequence is because the cat never woke up. This is the reason the cat and rat are enemies to this day. |
| The Chinese Zodiac does become much more interesting. For instance, the aspect of every other year is either Yin or Yang and is also one of five elements being water, metal, fire, wood and earth. This year, the year of the Dragon, Aspect is Yang and Element is Water. This combination only happens every 60 years. The Zodiac is also divided 12 times a day which would make a total of 8640 combinations. (12 animals x 5 elements x 12 months x 12 times of day) |
| RAT | 1900 1912 1924 1936 1948 1960 1972 1984 1996 2008 |
| OX | 1901 1913 1925 1937 1949 1961 1973 1985 1997 2009 |
| TIGER | 1902 1914 1926 1938 1950 1962 1974 1986 1998 2010 |
| RABBIT / HARE | 1903 1915 1927 1939 1951 1963 1975 1987 1999 2011 |
| DRAGON | 1904 1916 1928 1940 1952 1964 1976 1988 2000 2012 |
| SERPENT / SNAKE | 1905 1917 1929 1941 1953 1965 1977 1989 2001 2013 |
| HORSE | 1906 1918 1930 1942 1954 1966 1978 1990 2002 2014 |
| GOAT / SHEEP / RAM | 1907 1919 1931 1943 1955 1967 1979 1991 2003 2015 |
| MONKEY | 1908 1920 1932 1944 1956 1968 1980 1992 2004 2016 |
| ROOSTER | 1909 1921 1933 1945 1957 1969 1981 1993 2005 2017 |
| DOG | 1910 1922 1934 1946 1958 1970 1982 1994 2006 2018 |
| PIG / BOAR | 1911 1923 1935 1947 1959 1971 1983 1995 2007 2019 |
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If you were born in January or February check out these Chinese New Year Dates below first to determine which sign you are under as you may find that you actually belong to the previous animal year. |
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1900 Jan 31 - Feb 18 1901 Feb 19 - Feb 7 1902 Feb 8 - Jan 28 1903 Jan 29 - Feb 15 1904 Feb 16 - Feb 3 1905 Feb 4 - Jan 24 1906 Jan 25 - Feb 12 1907 Feb 13 - Feb 1 1908 Feb 2 - Jan 21 1909 Jan 22 - Feb 9 1910 Feb 10 - Jan 29 1911 Jan 30 - Feb 17 1912 Feb 18 - Feb 5 1913 Feb 6 - Jan 25 1914 Jan 26 - Feb 13 1915 Feb 14 - Feb 2 1916 Feb 3 - Jan 22 1917 Jan 23 - Feb 10 1918 Feb 11 - Jan 31 1919 Feb 1 - Feb 19 1920 Feb 20 - Feb 7 1921 Feb 8 - Jan 27 1922 Jan 28 - Feb 15 1923 Feb 16 - Feb 4 1924 Feb 5 - Jan 24 1925 Jan 25 - Feb 12 1926 Feb 13 - Feb 1 1927 Feb 2 - Jan 22 1928 Jan 23 - Feb 9 1929 Feb 10 - Jan 29 |
1930 Jan 30 - Feb 16 1931 Feb 17 - Feb 5 1932 Feb 6 - Jan 25 1933 Jan 26 - Feb 13 1934 Feb 14 - Feb 3 1935 Feb 4 - Jan 23 1936 Jan 24 - Feb 10 1937 Feb 11 - Jan 30 1938 Jan 31 - Feb 18 1939 Feb 19 - Feb 7 1940 Feb 8 - Jan 26 1941 Jan 27 - Feb 14 1942 Feb 15 - Feb 4 1943 Feb 5 - Jan 24 1944 Jan 25 - Feb 12 1945 Feb 13 - Feb 1 1946 Feb 2 - Jan 21 1947 Jan 22 - Feb 9 1948 Feb 10 - Jan 28 1949 Jan 29 - Feb 16 1950 Feb 17 - Feb 5 1951 Feb 6 - Jan 26 1952 Jan 27 - Feb 13 1953 Feb 14 - Feb 2 1954 Feb 3 - Jan 23 1955 Jan 24 - Feb 11 1956 Feb 12 - Jan 30 1957 Jan 31 - Feb 17 1958 Feb 18 - Feb 7 1959 Feb 8 - Jan 27 |
1960 Jan 28 - Feb 14 1961 Feb 15 - Feb 4 1962 Feb 5 - Jan 24 1963 Jan 25 - Feb 12 1964 Feb 13 - Feb 1 1965 Feb 2 - Jan 20 1966 Jan 21 - Feb 8 1967 Feb 9 - Jan 29 1968 Jan 30 - Feb 16 1969 Feb 17 - Feb 5 1970 Feb 6 - Jan 26 1971 Jan 27 - Feb 14 1972 Feb 15 - Feb 2 1973 Feb 3 - Jan 22 1974 Jan 23 - Feb 10 1975 Feb 11 - Jan 30 1976 Jan 31 - Feb 17 1977 Feb 18 - Feb 6 1978 Feb 7 - Jan 27 1979 Jan 28 - Feb 15 1980 Feb 16 - Feb 4 1981 Feb 5 - Jan 24 1982 Jan 25 - Feb 12 1983 Feb 13 - Feb 1 1984 Feb 2 - Feb 19 1985 Feb 20 - Feb 8 1986 Feb 9 - Jan 28 1987 Jan 29 - Feb 16 1988 Feb 17 - Feb 5 1989 Feb 6 - Jan 26 |
1990 Jan 27 - Feb 14 1991 Feb 15 - Feb 3 1992 Feb 4 - Jan 22 1993 Jan 23 - Feb 9 1994 Feb 10 - Jan 30 1995 Jan 31 - Feb 18 1996 Feb 19 - Feb 7 1997 Feb 8 - Jan 27 1998 Jan 28 - Feb 15 1999 Feb 16 - Feb 4 2000 Feb 5 - Jan 23 2001 Jan 24 - Feb 11 2002 Feb 12 - Jan 31 2003 Feb 1 - Jan 21 2004 Jan 22 - Feb 8 2005 Feb 9 - Jan 28 2006 Jan 29 - Feb 17 2007 Feb 18 - Feb 6 2008 Feb 7 - Jan 25 2009 Jan 26 - Feb 13 2010 Feb 14 - Feb 2 2011 Feb 3 - Jan 22 2012 Jan 23 - Feb 9 2013 Feb 10 - Jan 30 2014 Jan 31 - Feb 18 2015 Feb 19 - Feb 7 2016 Feb 8 - Jan 27 2017 Jan 28 - Feb 15 2018 Feb 16 - Feb 4 2019 Feb 5 - Jan 25 |
The Western Zodiac
Capricorn
22 December - 19 January
Aquarius
20 January - 18 February
Pisces
19 February - 20 March
Aries
21 March - 19 April
Taurus
20 April - 20 May
Gemini
21 May - 20 June
Cancer
21 June - 22 July
Leo
23 July - 22 August
Virgo
3 August - 22 September
Libra
23 September - 22 October
Scorpio
23 October - 21 November
Sagittarius
22 November - 21 December
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