Chinese Zodiac - Rat
2020 is the year of Metal Rat starting from Jan.25, 2020 (Chinese Lunar Near Year) and lasting to Feb. 11, 2021. Rats are in Ben Ming Nian (zodiac year of birth) and conflict Tai Sui in 2020.
Ranking the first in the Chinese zodiac, rat represents wisdom. Personality traits for the people born in the year of the Rat are intelligent, charming, quick-witted, practical, ambitious, and good at economizing as well as social activities. The weaknesses are that the Rats are likely to be timid, stubborn, wordy, greedy, devious, too eager for power and love to gossip.
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2020 Chinese Horoscope For Rat
2021 Chinese Horoscope For Rat
Years of the Rat
Start Date | End Date | Associated Element | Heavenly Branch |
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02/05/1924 | 01/23/1925 | Yang Wood | Jia Zi |
01/24/1936 | 02/10/1937 | Yang Fire | Bing Zi |
02/10/1948 | 01/28/1949 | Yang Earth | Wu Zi |
01/28/1960 | 02/14/1961 | Yang Metal | Geng Zi |
02/15/1972 | 02/02/1973 | Yang Water | Ren Zi |
02/02/1984 | 02/19/1985 | Yang Wood | Jia Zi |
02/19/1996 | 02/06/1997 | Yang Fire | Bing Zi |
02/06/2008 | 01/25/2009 | Yang Earth | Wu Zi |
01/25/2020 | 02/11/2021 | Yang Metal | Geng Zi |
Personality of the Rat
Male Rat Personality Female Rat Personality
Rat People's Personality by Five Elements
Click the following links to get personalities and horoscope for the five types of Rat.
Rat People's Personality by Blood Types
Rat People with Blood Type O Rat People with Blood Type A Rat People with Blood Type B Rat People with Blood Type AB
It’s a fate that rat and human beings are greatly related with each other. They often eat our food and have the ability to survive at anywhere without picky about food. Because of this, the people born in the year of the Rat are outgoing, optimistic and highly adaptable in any environment. They are not the people who haggle over every ounce but stay at ease under all circumstances. So, they are easy to be liked and helped by others.
The Rat people are endowed with the power of acute observation, anticipation, and visionary power. You can get a validation from an old saying among the boatmen – ‘Rats leave (or desert or forsake) a sinking ship’ which means the rat can aware that the ship will be wrecked and run away in advance. Also, for a factory, once there are rats run out one after another, it predicts the fire damage is coming soon. Because of the ability, the rat people are usually good at some creativity works. They can be artistic creators, inventors, innovators etc. However, they should not rely on this power to deal with things completely. Think hard and ask for the opinions from others are very important.
Compatibility with other Animals
Each Chinese zodiac sign has compatible or incompatible signs according to their characteristics’ compatibility. If your find your signs are compatible, you could get along well in most cases. In opposite, you need to do more effort to be together harmoniously.
Following are the compatibility chart of the Rat with other signs.Best Birth Dates, Months and Times
Rat's Fate by Birth Time
The birth time of people plays a very important role in terms of whether the destiny is auspicious or not. People under the Rat sign born in different time periods will have different characters and fate. Those who were born and will be born between 05:00AM - 07:00AM and 05:00PM - 07:00PM are the most auspicious.
Rat's Fate by Birth Date
Best Birth Dates: The Rats born in the 4th, 9th, 13th, 25th or the 30th day in Chinese lunar calendar are usually blessed with good luck and fortune during the whole life.
Rat's Fate by Birth Month
Best Birth Months: Birth months that could bring good luck to the Rat people are January, May, July, August and Septmber.
January: The Rat people born in January usually have a generous ancestral estate, so they would have no worry about food and clothes for the entire life.
May: Grain in Ear which is one of the Chinese 24 Solar Terms usually falls on May of Chinese lunar calendar. It is the time that wheat grows ripe and a busy farming season begins. So, the Rat people born in May are usually work hard, perseveringly and can lead a glorious life.
July: The autumn season which is a harvest season usually begins in July. So, the Rat people born in July mostly could live comfortably without any worry about food and clothing.
August: The Rat born in August could mostly get a high position and great wealth. They can live rich for the whole life.
September: The Rat with the birth month of September could spend the whole life peacefully, happily and healthily.
Note: The dates and months here is based on the Chinese lunar calendar. Please use the Gregorian-Chinese Calendar Converter tool on Chinese calendar page to find your lunar birth date and month.
Rat In Love
Careers for Rat
Ideal Jobs and Work Partners for Rat
● Best Age to Start a Business: 35 – 45
● Best Career Field: Finance and Economy
● Best Business to Do: Clinic, Drug Store, Grain and Oil Shop
● Best Direction for Career: Southwest, West and Northwest
Auspicious Chinese Names
Auspicious Chinese Names for the Rat People
Famous People Born in the Rat Year
Chinese Celebrities: Du Fu (a famous Chinese poet in the Tang Dynasty), Zhuangzi (an influential Chinese Taoist philosopher in the Warring States Period)
May You Interesting
Chinese Calendar
Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa |
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28十六/16 | 29十七/17 | 30十八/18 | 31十九/19 | 1二十/20 | 2廿壹/21 | 3廿二/22 |
4廿三/23 | 5廿四/24 | 6廿五/25 | 7廿六/26 | 8廿七/27 | 9廿八/28 | 10廿九/29 |
11三十/30 | 三月 (Mar) 12初壹/1 | 13初二/2 | 14初三/3 | 15初四/4 | 16初五/5 | 17初六/6 |
18初七/7 | 19初八/8 | 20初九/9 | 21初十/10 | 22十壹/11 | 23十二/12 | 24十三/13 |
25十四/14 | 26十五/15 | 27十六/16 | 28十七/17 | 29十八/18 | 30十九/19 | 1二十/20 |
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