Season Winter Energy Yang | Element Water | |
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Closest western zodiac Capricorn (Dec 22 – Jan 5), Sagittarius (Dec 7 – Dec 21) Upcoming year 25 January 2020 – 11 February 2021 Year 1948, 2020, 1996, 1924, 1972, 1960, 1984, 1936, 2008, 2032 Eminent personalities Scarlett Johansson, Katy Perry, Eminem, Ben Affleck, Prince Harry | ||
The Rat (子) is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Rat is associated with the Earthly Branch symbol 子. Year of the Rat is the leap year.
Years and the Five Elements
People born within these date ranges can be said to have been born in the "Year of the Rat", while also bearing the following elemental sign:
References
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