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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 |