The Rat opens the twelve-year cycle. In the old story of the great race, the clever rat rode on the ox and jumped ahead at the finish line. Rat years are linked with quick wits and thrift.
- 地支
- 子
- Chinese zodiac · 1 of 12
- Rat years
- 1960 · 1972 · 1984 · 1996 · 2008 · 2020
Best friends (trine)
Secret friend (six harmony)
Opposite (clash)
A zodiac year starts at Lunar New Year, so people born in January or early February before it belong to the previous animal. Matches follow the old pattern: animals four years apart form a trine (92), six fixed pairs are “secret friends” (86), animals six years apart clash (42).