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Know Chinese Horoscopes From Chinese Zodiac Stamps

iWalk 2 January 2009 44 Comments

The new Ox year will begin on 26 January 2009.
I specially make this full list of Chinese Zodiac stamps for you. These collections include many elements of Chinese traditional art. I hope it’s helpful to know better about Chinese culture.

The Chinese lunar calendar has a sixty year cycle. According to the Chinese horoscope, The 60-year cycle consists of two separate cycles combining with each other. The first is the cycle of ten heavenly stems, namely the Five Elements which make up all matter (in order Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water) in their ip Yin and Yang forms. The second is the cycle of the twelve Zodiac animal signs or Earthly Branches . They are in order as follows: the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig. The current cycle began in the year 1984.

Chinese ancestors believed that a person’s destiny can be determined by the position of the major planets at the person’s birth along with the positions of the Sun, Moon and comets and the person’s time of birth and Zodiac Sign. So the Zodiac Sign animal is believed to be the main factor of each person.

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1984 and 1996 “Year of the Rat” stamp

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2008 “Year of the Rat” stamp

1. Rat (Yang, 1st Trine, Fixed Element Water):

Gemstone: Garnet
Colours: Black, red, white
Corresponding western sign: Sagittarius

Strongpoint:
Meticulous, intelligent, shrewd, charismatic, charming, ambitious, practical, industrious, eloquent, artistic
Shortcoming:
Controlling, obstinate, venal, resentful, manipulative, mendacious, vindictive, power-driven, critical

Are you a RAT?

1900,1960–Metal Rat
1912,1972–Water Rat
1924,1984–Wood Rat
1936,1996–Fire Rat
1948,2008–Earth Rat

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1985 and 1997 “Year of the Ox” stamp

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2009 “Year of the Ox” stamp

2. Ox (Yin, 2nd Trine, Fixed Element Water):

Gemstone: Onyx
Colors: Yellow, blue
Corresponding Western sign: Capricorn

strongpoint:
Responsible, dependable, honest, caring, honourable, intelligent, industrious, practical
Shortcoming:
Petty, inflexible, possessive, dogmatic, gullible, stubborn, critical, intolerant, materialistic

Are you an Ox?

1901,1961–Metal Ox
1913,1973–Water Ox
1925,1985–Wood Ox
1937,1997–Fire Ox
1949,2009–Earth Ox

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1986 and 1998 “Year of the Tiger” stamp

3. Tiger (Yang, 3rd Trine, Fixed Element Wood):

Gemstone: Sapphire
Colors: Green
Corresponding western sign: Aquarius

Strongpoint：
Independent, brave, confident, dynamic, intense, energetic, sacrificing, faithful, attractive, intellectual
Shortcoming:
Moody, reckless, hot-headed, selfish, impatient, impulsive, opinionated, rebellious

Are you a Tiger?

1950,2010– Metal Tiger
1902,1962–Water Tiger
1914,1974–Wood Tiger
1926,1986–Fire Tiger
1938,1998–Earth Tiger

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1987 and 1999 “Year of the Rabbit” stamp

4. Rabbit (Yin, 4th Trine, Fixed Element Wood):

Gemstone: Pearl
Color: Green, peach
Corresponding western sign: Pisces

Strongpoint：Sensitive, tactful, well-mannered, hospitable, modest, diplomatic, artistic
Shortcoming: Indecisive, gossipy, hypochondrial, naive, timid, gullible

Are you a Rabbit?

1951,2011– Metal Rabbit
1903,1963–Water Rabbit
1915,1975–Wood Rabbit
1927,1987–Fire Rabbit
1939,1999–Earth Rabbit

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1988 and 2000 “Year of the Dragon” stamp

5. Dragon (Yang, 1st Trine, Fixed Element Wood):

Gemstone: Amethyst
Colors: Black, Gold
Corresponding western sign: Aries

Strongpoint：
Noble, ambitious, dignified, charismatic, vibrant, magnanimous, expansive, powerful
Shortcoming:
Ruthless, imperious, judgmental, arrogant, dogmatic, pompous, despotic, intolerant, demandin

Are you a dragon?

1940,2000– Metal Dragon
1952,2012–Water Dragon
1904,1964–Wood Dragon
1916,1976–Fire Dragon
1928,1988–Earth Dragon

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1989 and 2001 “Year of the Snake” stamp

6. Snake (Yin, 2nd Trine, Fixed Element Fire):

Gemstone: Agate
Color: Red
Corresponding western sign: Taurus

Strongpoint：
Wisest of all the chinese horoscopes, profound, clever, charming, logical, intelligent, creative, compassionate, discreet, honorable
Shortcoming:
critical, anxious, calculating, intense.

Are you a snake?

1941,2001– Metal Snake
1953,2013–Water Snake
1905,1965–Wood Snake
1917,1977–Fire Snake
1929,1989–Earth Snake

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1990 and 2002 “Year of the Horse” stamp

7. Horse (Yang, 3rd Trine, Fixed Element Fire):

Gemstone: Beryl
Color: Green
Corresponding western sign: Gemini

Strongpoint：
Lovable, witty, free-spirit, enthusiastic, independent, creative, optimistic, flexible, popular
Shortcoming:
Anxious, fickle, defiant, tactless, selfish, gullible, inconsistent, quick-tempered, rebellious

Are you a horse?

1930,1990– Metal Horse
1942,2002–Water Horse
1954,2014–Wood Horse
1906,1966–Fire Horse
1918,1978–Earth Horse

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1991 and 2003 “Year of the Sheep” stamp

8. Sheep (Yin, 4th Trine, Fixed Element Fire):

Gemstone: Emerald
Color: Light blue
Corresponding western sign: Cancer

Strongpoint：
Creative, empathetic, generous, compliant, wise, beautiful, romantic
Shortcoming:
Irresponsible, anxious, lazy, self-pitying, capricious, indecisive, insecure, gullible

Are you a Sheep?

1931,1991– Metal Sheep
1943,2003–Water Sheep
1955,2015–Wood Sheep
1907,1967–Fire Sheep
1919,1979–Earth Sheep

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1980 and 1992 “Year of the Monkey” stamp, 1980 year of Monkey stamp is the first Zodiac stamp of China. It’s worth 20,000 times value of its original price now.

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2004 “Year of the Monkey” stamp

9. Monkey (Yang, 1st Trine, Fixed Element Metal):

Gemstone: Emerald
Color: White, Violet
Corresponding western sign: Leo

Strongpoint：
Inventive, versatile, humorous, generous, intelligent, witty, lively, independent, charming
Shortcoming:
Manipulative, opinionated, conceited, egotistical, capricious, superficial, meddling, careless

Are you a Monkey?

1920,1980–Metal Monkey
1932,1992–Water Monkey
1944,2004–Wood Monkey
1956,2016–Fire Monkey
1908,1968–Earth Monkey

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1981 and 1993 “Year of the Rooster” stamp
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2005 “Year of the Rooster” stamp

10. Rooster (Yin, 2nd Trine, Fixed Element Metal):

Gemstone: Jasper
Color: White, black
Corresponding western sign: Virgo

Strongpoint：
Brave, enthusiastic, witty, loyal, hardworking, intelligent, meticulous, generous, talented
Shortcoming:
Self-Involved, materialistic, overly-romantic, pretentious, vain, bossy, fussy, blunt

Are you A Rooster?

1921,1981– Metal Rooster
1933,1993–Water Rooster
1945,2005–Wood Rooster
1957,2017–Fire Rooster
1909,1969–Earth Rooster

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1982 and 1994″Year of the Dog” stamp

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2006 “Year of the Dog” stamp

11. Dog (Yang, 3rd Trine, Fixed Element Metal):

Gemstone: Diamond
Color: Navy blue
Corresponding western sign: Libra

Strongpoint：
Honest, intelligent, loyal, fair, attractive, amicable, unpretentious, sociable, open-minded
Shortcoming:
Cynical, lazy, cold, judgmental, pessimistic, worrier, stubborn, quarrelsome.