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The Rat or Mouse is the first of the repeating 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac, constituting part of the Chinese calendar system (with similar systems in use elsewhere). The Year of the Rat in standard Chinese is Chinese : 鼠年 ; pinyin : shǔnián .
The Chinese zodiac is a traditional classification scheme based on the Chinese calendar that assigns an animal and its reputed attributes to each year in a repeating twelve-year cycle. [1] The zodiac is very important in traditional Chinese culture and exists as a reflection of Chinese philosophy and culture . [ 2 ]
Year Associated Element ... Stem-Branch (干支) in Pinyin Associated Animal Year 1924–1983 1984–2043; 1: Feb 05 1924 ... Rat: Feb 02 1984–Feb 19 1985 2: Jan 24 ...
These elements—wood, fire, earth, metal and water—give us even more information about the year. For example, I was born in 1989, the Year of the Earth Snake. 2025 is also a Year of the Snake ...
The Tibetan calendar also counts years using a 60-year cycle based on 12 animals and 5 elements, but while the first year of the Chinese cycle is always jiǎzǐ (the year of the Wood Rat), the first year of the Tibetan cycle is dīngmǎo (丁卯; year 4 on the Chinese cycle, year of the Fire Rabbit). [15]
Relationship between the current Sexagenary cycle and Gregorian calendar. This Chinese calendar correspondence table shows the stem/branch year names, correspondences to the Western calendar, and other related information for the current, 79th sexagenary cycle of the Chinese calendar based on the 2697 BC epoch or the 78th cycle if using the 2637 BC epoch.
In Taoism, those whose birth signs or other features clash with the Tai Sui of the year face misfortunes or disturbances for that year. This applies in each year to people born under four of the twelve animal zodiac signs. In 2017 for example, it applied to people born in the years of the rat, rabbit, horse and rooster. In Taiwan, as the lunar ...
1984 Mouse Wood 4-Jan-1984 1985 Ox Wood 23-Dec-1984 1986 Tiger Fire 12-Dec-1985 1987 Rabbit Fire 1-Jan-1987 1988 Dragon Earth 21-Dec-1987 1989 Snake Earth 10-Dec-1988 1990 Horse Iron 28-Dec-1989 1991 Sheep Iron 18-Dec-1990 1992 Monkey Water 7-Dec-1991 1993 Bird Water 24-Dec-1992 1994 Dog Wood 14-Dec-1993 1995 Pig Wood 2-Jan-1995 1996 Mouse Fire