Chinese Zodiac: The 12 Animals in Chinese Astrology
The Chinese Zodiac dates back more than 2000 years, and plays a big role in chinese culture. The Chinese Zodiac consists of a 12 year cycle; each year of the 12 year cycle is named after an animal, and each animal has different personality characteristics. The animals in Chinese Astrology are believed to be the main factor in each person's life that gives them their traits, success, and happiness in their lifetime. They also represent what others perceive you as being or how you present yourself.
Find Your Chinese Astrology Animal
Rat: Yang, 1st Trine, Fixed Element Water
Forthright, disciplined, systematic, meticulous, charismatic, hardworking, industrious, charming, eloquent, sociable, shrewd. Can be manipulative, cruel, dictatorial, rigid, selfish, obstinate, critical, over-ambitious, ruthless, intolerant, scheming, sturdy.
Ox: Yin, 2nd Trine, Fixed Element Water
Dependable, calm, methodical, patient, hardworking, ambitious, conventional, steady, modest, logical, resolute, tenacious. Can be stubborn, narrow-minded, materialistic, rigid, demanding.
Tiger: Yang, 1st Trine, Fixed Element Water
Forthright, disciplined, systematic, meticulous, charismatic, hardworking, industrious, charming, eloquent, sociable, shrewd. Can be manipulative, cruel, dictatorial, rigid, selfish, obstinate, critical, over-ambitious, ruthless, intolerant, scheming, sturdy.
Rabbit: Yin, 2nd Trine, Fixed Element Water
Dependable, calm, methodical, patient, hardworking, ambitious, conventional, steady, modest, logical, resolute, tenacious. Can be stubborn, narrow-minded, materialistic, rigid, demanding.
Dragon: Yang, 1st Trine, Fixed Element Water
Forthright, disciplined, systematic, meticulous, charismatic, hardworking, industrious, charming, eloquent, sociable, shrewd. Can be manipulative, cruel, dictatorial, rigid, selfish, obstinate, critical, over-ambitious, ruthless, intolerant, scheming, sturdy.
Snake: Yin, 2nd Trine, Fixed Element Water
Dependable, calm, methodical, patient, hardworking, ambitious, conventional, steady, modest, logical, resolute, tenacious. Can be stubborn, narrow-minded, materialistic, rigid, demanding.
Horse: Yang, 1st Trine, Fixed Element Water
Forthright, disciplined, systematic, meticulous, charismatic, hardworking, industrious, charming, eloquent, sociable, shrewd. Can be manipulative, cruel, dictatorial, rigid, selfish, obstinate, critical, over-ambitious, ruthless, intolerant, scheming, sturdy.
Goat: Yin, 2nd Trine, Fixed Element Water
Dependable, calm, methodical, patient, hardworking, ambitious, conventional, steady, modest, logical, resolute, tenacious. Can be stubborn, narrow-minded, materialistic, rigid, demanding.
Monkey: Yang, 1st Trine, Fixed Element Water
Forthright, disciplined, systematic, meticulous, charismatic, hardworking, industrious, charming, eloquent, sociable, shrewd. Can be manipulative, cruel, dictatorial, rigid, selfish, obstinate, critical, over-ambitious, ruthless, intolerant, scheming, sturdy.
Rooster: Yin, 2nd Trine, Fixed Element Water
Dependable, calm, methodical, patient, hardworking, ambitious, conventional, steady, modest, logical, resolute, tenacious. Can be stubborn, narrow-minded, materialistic, rigid, demanding.
Dog: Yang, 1st Trine, Fixed Element Water
Forthright, disciplined, systematic, meticulous, charismatic, hardworking, industrious, charming, eloquent, sociable, shrewd. Can be manipulative, cruel, dictatorial, rigid, selfish, obstinate, critical, over-ambitious, ruthless, intolerant, scheming, sturdy.
Pig: Yin, 2nd Trine, Fixed Element Water
Dependable, calm, methodical, patient, hardworking, ambitious, conventional, steady, modest, logical, resolute, tenacious. Can be stubborn, narrow-minded, materialistic, rigid, demanding.