1948 Chinese zodiac
鼠 Earth Rat · yang
Born between 10 February 1948 and 28 January 1949: you are a Earth Rat. Born in 1948 but before 10 February 1948: your sign is that of 1947, the Fire Pig.
The year
- New Year : 10 February 1948
- Ends : 28 January 1949
- Animal : Rat
- Element : Earth (yang)
The Earth element
stability, realism, reliability.
Each animal returns every twelve years with a different element: the same pair only comes back every sixty years.
In the sixty-year cycle
戊子 wù zǐ
Year 25 of the cycle. The same pair comes back in 1888 and 2008.
The Rat in one line
Quick and resourceful, it spots the opportunity before anyone else.
Dates computed from the real positions of the Sun and Moon (NASA JPL DE440s ephemeris, Beijing time) under the rules of the Chinese calendar, and checked against published dates.