12 Animals
Year of Rat (鼠)
Usually generous, intelligent and hard-working, but can be petty and idle; has lots of friends, but few close ones; may be successful, likes challenges and is good at business, but is insecure; generally diplomatic; tends to get into emotional entanglements.
- Year : 1912, 1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020, 2032, 2044
- Most Compatible : Dragon, Monkey, Ox
- Least Compatible : Horse, Goat
- Famous People : Richard Nixon, William Shakespeare, Prince Charles, Julia Child, Louis Armstrong, Prince Andrew, Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Kathleen Battle, Albert Finney, Marlon Brando, Tolstoi, Jimmy Carter, Vanessa Redgrave, Mozart
Year of Ox (牛)
Healthy; obstinate; independent; usually calm and cool, but can get stroppy at times; shy and conservative; likes the outdoors and old-fashioned things; always finishes a task.
- Year : 1913, 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021, 2033, 2045
- Most Compatible : Snake, Rooster, Rat
- Least Compatible : Tiger, Goat, Monkey
- Famous People : Tung Chee-Hwa, Richard Burton, Napoleon, Charlie Chaplin, Peter Sellers, Margaret Mead, Jawaharlal Nehru, Eisaku Sato, Princess Diana, Frank Bruno, Paul Newman, Bach, Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Walt Disney, Meryl Streep, Adolf Hitler, Margaret Thatcher
Year of Tiger (虎)
Adventurous; creative and idealistic; confident and enthusiastic; can be diplomatic and practical; fearless and forward, aiming at impossible goals, though a realist with a forceful personality.
- Year : 1914, 1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022, 2034, 2046
- Most Compatible : Horse, Dragon, Pig, Dog
- Least Compatible : Snake, Monkey, Ox
- Famous People : Sun Yat-sen, Jiang Zemin, Ho Chih Minh, Princess Anne, Charles de Gaulle, Charles Lindbergh, Beethoven, Queen Beatrix, King Juan Carlos I, Jonas Salk, Queen Elizabeth, Oscar Wilde, Agatha Christie, Marilyn Monroe, Marie Curie, Karl Marx,Charles Lindbergh