Chinese Zodiac: Rat 大鼠
(photo: Jean Arthur in The Greene Murder Case, 1929, from http://jeanarthur.tumblr.com/).
More famous rats: Helen Hayes, Ruth Clifford, F.W. Murnau, Harpo Marx, Maurice Chevalier, Ricardo Cortez, Irving Berlin, Luis Buñuel.
Characteristics: Social, charming, innovative, honest, fun-lover, easy going, intelligent.
Colours: black.
Gemstone: Garnet.
Polarity: Yang.
Roughly equivalent western sign: Sagittarius.
Hang out with: Ox, Dragon, Snake and Monkey.
Are you a rat?
- 12 February 1888 - 30 January 1889: Earth Rat
- 31 January 1900 – 18 February 1901: Metal Rat
- 10 February 1912 – 5 February 1913: Water Rat
- 5 February 1924 – 24 January 1925: Wood Rat
- 24 January 1936 – 10 February 1937: Fire Rat
- 10 February 1948 – 28 January 1949: Earth Rat
- 28 January 1960 – 14 February 1961: Metal Rat
- 15 February 1972 – 2 February 1973: Water Rat
- 2 February 1984 – 19 February 1985: Wood Rat
- 18 February 1996 – 6 February 1997: Fire Rat
- 7 February 2008 – 25 January 2009: Earth Rat
