2008 Chinese zodiac
鼠 Earth Rat · yang
Born between 7 February 2008 and 25 January 2009: you are a Earth Rat. Born in 2008 but before 7 February 2008: your sign is that of 2007, the Fire Pig.
The year
- New Year : 7 February 2008
- Ends : 25 January 2009
- 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 1948 and 2068.
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.