One of the joys of eating Chinese food with my older sister is the opportunity to remind her what a rat she is. She was born in the Year of the Rat, which is this year's animal. I, as I remind her, am a Tiger.
I am gleefully watching the Chinese New Year parade tonight on television in the hope that I may find a rat that resembles my sister.
But while I was thinking about it, I turned to Wikipedia to learn more: Chinese Zodiac. It gets better, it turns out.
Her year animal is the Rat. Her heaven element is Yang Metal. Her combination element is Earth. But wait! There's more!
There is an inner animal and secret animal based on month and time. Her inner animal (month) is Dog. Her fixed element is Metal. I don't know the hour of her birth, so her Secret Animal remains, well, a secret.
Her signs have good qualities, but we needn't burden her with those. What kind of little brother would I be if I did that? They'd revoke my Pesky Brother card.
As for me, I was born in the Year of the Tiger, my heaven element is Yang Water, my combination element is Gold. My inner animal is Rat (Shhh! Don't tell my sister!). My fixed element is Water. My secret animal is either a Monkey or Rooster; I'll have to dig up my birth certificate to get the exact time before I know for sure.
Hey, Baby, what's your signs?
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Let's see, Yin earth, rooster, Sheep, Secret Animal is Ox. I think. It's all very confusing.
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