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Chinese Zodiac - by Wong Yee Lee

Most people would wonder the origin of the twelve-year cycle of the Chinese animals years. In fact, it has its roots from a Buddhist myth. Before Buddha left the world, all animals were invited to attend a feast. Not all animals arrived but for those who arrived, they came in the following order - the rat, the ox, the tiger, the rabbit, the dragon, the snake, the horse, the ram, the monkey, the rooster, the dog and the pig. As a result, Buddha assigned all the future years in the same order as the animals arrived at the feast with people born in the year carrying the characteristics, personality and fate specific to the year.

Many Chinese believe that the year of a person's birth is the primary factor in determining that person's personality traits, physical and mental attributes and degree of success and happiness throughout his lifetime.

Lunar Years of Rooster	Lunar Years of Dog	Lunar Years of Pig
13/2/1945 - 1/2/1946	2/2/1946 - 21/1/1947	22/1/1947 - 9/2/1948
31/1/1957 - 17/2/1958	18/2/1958 - 7/2/1959	8/2/1959 - 27/1/1960
17/2/1969 - 5/2/1970	6/2/1970 - 26/1/1971	27/1/1971 - 14/2/1972
5/2/1981 - 24/1/1982	25/1/1982 - 12/2/1983	13/2/1983 - 1/2/1984
23/1/1993 - 9/2/1994	10/2/1994 - 30/1/1995	31/1/1995 - 18/2/1996
9/2/2005 - 28/1/2006	29/1/2006 - 17/2/2007	18/2/2007 - 6/2/2008

Lunar Years of Rat	Lunar Years of Ox	Lunar Years of Tiger
10/2/1948 - 28/1/1949	29/1/1949 - 16/2/1950	17/2/1950 - 5/2/1951
28/1/1960 - 14/2/1961	15/2/1961 - 4/2/1962	5/2/1962 - 24/1/1963
15/2/1972 - 2/2/1973	3/2/1973 - 22/1/1974	23/1/1974 - 10/2/1975
2/2/1984 - 19/2/1985	20/2/1985 - 8/2/1986	9/2/1986 - 28/1/1987
19/2/1996 - 6/2/1997	7/2/1997 - 27/1/1998	28/1/1998 - 15/2/1999
7/2/2008 - 25/1/2009	26/1/2009 - 13/2/2010	14/2/2010 - 2/2/2011

Lunar Years of Rabbit	Lunar Years of Dragon	Lunar Years of Snake
6/2/1951 - 26/1/1952	27/1/1952 - 13/2/1953	14/2/1953 - 2/2/1954
25/1/1963 - 12/2/1964	13/2/1964 - 1/2/1965	2/2/1965 - 20/1/1966
11/2/1975 - 30/1/1976	31/1/1976 - 17/2/1977	18/2/1977 - 6/2/1978
29/1/1987 - 16/2/1988	17/2/1988 - 5/2/1989	6/2/1989 - 26/1/1990
16/2/1999 - 4/2/2000	5/2/2000 - 23/1/2001	24/1/2001 - 11/2/2002
3/2/2011 - 22/1/2012	23/1/2012 - 9/2/2013	10/2/2013 - 30/1/2014

Lunar Years of Horse	Lunar Years of Ram	Lunar Years of Monkey
3/2/1954 - 23/1/1955	24/1/1955 - 11/2/1956	12/2/1956 - 30/1/1957
21/1/1966 - 8/2/1967	9/2/1967 - 29/1/1968	30/1/1968 - 16/2/1969
7/2/1978 - 27/1/1979	28/1/1979 - 15/2/1980	16/2/1980 - 4/2/1981
27/1/1990 - 14/2/1991	15/2/1991 - 3/2/1992	4/2/1992 - 22/1/1993
12/2/2002 - 31/1/2003	1/2/2003 - 21/1/2004	22/1/2004 - 8/2/2005
31/1/2014 - 18/2/2015	19/2/2015 - 7/2/2016	8/2/2016 - 27/1/2017

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