# What Year Were You Born In **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 22, 2010, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505 "2010-11-22T03:02:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/1 "2010-11-22T03:02:00Z")
What year of the Chinese Zodiac were you born in? ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/2 "2010-11-22T03:18:12Z")
Remember if you were born In January or early February your sign is that of the previous year. The calendar is the Chinese Lunar one, not the western one. It varies as to exactly when it starts so check online if you are a Capricorn or Aquarius 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/3 "2010-11-22T03:46:06Z")
I am a water dog. It is pretty fitting. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/4 "2010-11-22T04:00:54Z")
Rooster. Not a single characteristic sounds like me. I’m also a Pisces, which is pretty accurate. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/5 "2010-11-22T04:11:57Z")
Monkey. For a long time I thought I was a Rooster because I was born in Jan '69. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/6 "2010-11-22T04:28:49Z")
Fire Goat here. I’m also a Leo. Apparently, fire is strong with me. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/7 "2010-11-22T04:40:47Z")
Goat but it is not on the list. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/8 "2010-11-22T04:56:28Z")
The Goat and Ram are both the same sign. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/9 "2010-11-22T05:00:01Z")
Rooster (aka Cock ;)) ---
**Author:** ![Hokkaido\_Brit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d26b3c/32.png) [@Hokkaido\_Brit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hokkaido_Brit)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/10 "2010-11-22T05:34:35Z")
I am a fire horse, no less! I eat my husband! (Lucky him…) Lucky me that I was born in a year when people just used contraceptives and the number of births for that year plummeted. One or two cycles earlier and I’ve been killed at birth. That is, if I’d been born in Japan or I presume also China. Japanese MIL was PISSED when she discovered I was a fire horse. It was after we married so there was nothing she could do about it but it confirmed all her suspicions about what a horrible person I am. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/11 "2010-11-22T06:01:52Z")
Earth horse! I’m sure it’s very meaningful and says a lot about me as a person. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/12 "2010-11-22T06:24:37Z")
Fire Horse ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/13 "2010-11-22T06:53:35Z")
I think I’m a Dragon, if I figured it correctly. First time I’ve ever tried. ---
**Author:** ![dremodeling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@dremodeling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dremodeling)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/14 "2010-11-22T06:56:41Z")
Hellp pllz…1982. Do you guys know? ---
**Author:** ![Terra1041](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Terra1041](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terra1041)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/15 "2010-11-22T06:59:57Z")
Rabbit (or hare as this poll gives). I was born in mid-1987. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/16 "2010-11-22T07:25:11Z")
look at my handle 😉 What animal is that? ---
**Author:** ![ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryan)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/17 "2010-11-22T08:18:48Z")
Earth Monkey ---
**Author:** ![Hokkaido\_Brit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d26b3c/32.png) [@Hokkaido\_Brit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hokkaido_Brit)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/18 "2010-11-22T08:19:14Z")
Here’s a table that will tell you! > **[Chinese Astrology - Zodiac Table](http://www.chinese-astrology.co.uk/zodiactable.html)** > > Chinese Astrology Prints - Chinese-Astrology.co.uk ---
**Author:** ![Marienee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Marienee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marienee)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/19 "2010-11-22T08:31:21Z")
I am a fire horse, too. Is that bad? ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/20 "2010-11-22T08:59:30Z")
Another fire horse here. We’re winning! My husband is a metal ox, \m/ \m/ ! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505.md?page=2)