Chinese New Lunar Year 2020 ~ YEAR OF THE RAT
This year, Chinese New Year - The Year of the Rat - begins on Saturday, January 25 2020.
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Rat is the first in the 12-year cycle of the Chinese zodiac. The Years of the Rat include 1912, 1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020, 2032...
The Chinese symbol for Rat
Though people consider the rat not adorable, and it even makes its way into derogatory languages, it ranks first on the Chinese zodiac signs. It has characteristics of an animal with spirit, wit, alertness, delicacy, flexibility and vitality.
Years of the Rat
| Rat Year | Start | End |
|---|---|---|
| 1924 | Feb.5,1924 | Jan.23,1925 |
| 1936 | Jan.24,1936 | Feb.10,1937 |
| 1948 | Feb.10,1948 | Jan.28,1949 |
| 1960 | Jan.28,1960 | Feb.14,1961 |
| 1972 | Feb.15,1972 | Feb.2,1973 |
| 1984 | Feb.2,1984 | Feb.19,1985 |
| 1996 | Feb.19,1996 | Feb.6,1997 |
| 2008 | Feb.6,2008 | Jan.25,2009 |
| 2020 | Jan.25,2020 | Feb.11,2021 |
| 2032 | Feb.11,2032 | Jan.30,2033 |
The personality of the Rat
People born in the Year of the Rat are instinctive, acute and alert, which makes them be brilliant businessmen. They can always react properly before the worst circumstances take place. They are also sophisticated and popular in social interaction. They are sanguine and very adaptable, being popular with others.
- Strengths
Adaptable, smart, cautious, acute, alert, positive, flexible, outgoing, cheerful - Weaknesses
Timid, unstable, stubborn, picky, lack of persistence, querulous
Love compatibility of the Rat
- Best Matches: Ox, Dragon, Monkey
They can get along with Ox, Dragon and Monkey partners, and their relationship will be well maintained as fresh as before. There is no significant rise and fall in their lifetime, but will never be a lack of romance and passion. - Bad Matches: Horse, Rooster
If they get together, there will be endless quarrels. They are all sharp in words, and seldom make compromises. Picky in each other’s faults, they cannot be tolerant, which leads to their final divergence.
Lucky Signs for the Rat
- Lucky Numbers: 2, 3
- Lucky Colors: gold, blue, green
- Lucky Flowers: lily, African violet, lily of the valley
- Lucky Directions: southeast, northeast
Famous people born under the Rat sign
George Washington, John F. Kennedy, Wolfgang Mozart, William Shakespeare, Charlotte Bronte, Truman Capote, Catherine I, Mata Hari, Prince Harry, Prince Charles, Jude Law, Cameron Diaz, Avril Lavigne, Gwyneth Paltrow, Alyssa Milano, Ben Affleck, Eminem, Katy Perry, Scarlett Johansson, Katherine McPhee, Kelly Osbourne, Denise Richards, Mandy Moore, Diego Armando Maradona, Zinedine.Yazid.Zidane, Du Fu (a famous Chinese poet in the Tang Dynasty 618 - 907), Zhuangzi (an influential Chinese Taoist philosopher in the Warring States Period 475 - 221 BC)
