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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.
[citation needed] The person's age can also be easily deduced from their sign, the current sign of the year, and the person's generational disposition (teens, mid-20s, and so on). For example, a person born a Tiger is 12, 24, 36, (etc.) years old in the year of the Tiger (2022); in the year of the Rabbit (2023), that person is one year older.
The Cat is the 4th animal symbol in the 12-year cycle of the Vietnamese zodiac, and Gurung zodiac, taking place of the Rabbit in the Chinese zodiac. [1] As such, the traits associated with the Rabbit are attributed to the Cat. Cats are in conflict with the Rat.
The Snake is a symbol of cleverness, strategy and planning. In the Year of the Snake, it’s advised to focus on long-term goals rather than rushing into decisions.
Year of the rat refers to a year associated with the Rat zodiac symbol in the Chinese calendar. Year of the Rat may also refer to: Year of the Rat, Vietnam, 1972, a board wargame simulating the 1972 North Vietnamese offensive; Year of the Rat (play), a play by Roy Smiles "The Year of the Rat", an episode of Mighty Max
The Rat also corresponds to a particular month in the year. The hours of the Rat are 11pm – 1am. 丑 Ox (Yin, 2nd Trine, Fixed Element Earth: [ 54 ] Ox years include 1901, 1913, 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021, 2033.
The Year of the Ox is also denoted by the Earthly Branch symbol chǒu . The term " zodiac " ultimately derives from an Ancient Greek term referring to a "circle of little animals". There are also a yearly month of the ox and a daily hour of the ox ( Chinese double hour , 1:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m.).
The Earthly Branches (also called the Terrestrial Branches or the 12-cycle [1]) are a system of twelve ordered symbols used throughout East Asia.They are indigenous to China, and are themselves Chinese characters, corresponding to words with no concrete meaning other than the associated branch's ordinal position in the list.