# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/21 "2010-11-22T09:05:41Z")
> [@Hokkaido\_Brit](#): > > 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. OMG! I’ve heard about people like you! Wasn’t that a superbad unlucky year, so birth rates dropped WAY the hell down? Yeah yeah, and hubby-eaters to boot. Awesome!😃 ---
**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, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/22 "2010-11-22T10:37:26Z")
Here’s an article about fire horses. Basically they bring bad luck on their family, meaning that many women of my age were unable to marry. It is still quite believed in here in Japan. [http://www.io.com/~cortese/hinoeuma/](http://www.io.com/~cortese/hinoeuma/) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/23 "2010-11-22T11:50:45Z")
I’m a wooden tiger. Beats paper, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/24 "2010-11-22T11:55:46Z")
Metal pig. \m/ ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/25 "2010-11-22T11:59:39Z")
Apparently I’m a Fire Dragon. I’ve never seen a more accurate description of everything I’m not 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/26 "2010-11-22T12:14:09Z")
Interesting, descriptions actually sound a little like us…I’m a Water Tiger married to a Metal Rat. Our first born is a Fire Rat and our second born is an Earth Tiger. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/27 "2010-11-22T12:19:45Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > What year of the Chinese Zodiac were you born in? nm. ram=sheep. Duh. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/28 "2010-11-22T12:20:06Z")
> [@Hades](#): > > The Goat and Ram are both the same sign. I love that wherever the OP got the translation for is the western-acceptable “Ram”… As noted, it’s actually 羊 - “yang” or “yeung”, which means “goat” or “sheep” and is gender neutral. I’m a fire goat. Fear my blazing butt. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/29 "2010-11-22T12:23:10Z")
Fire Rooster. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/30 "2010-11-22T12:59:30Z")
I’m another female horse, but wood. Heh. Very Trojan. ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/31 "2010-11-22T13:04:37Z")
Yang Metal Dog ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/32 "2010-11-22T13:41:49Z")
Metal Monkey ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/33 "2010-11-22T13:49:41Z")
Dragon with Wood. I’m married to a Wood Snake too so life is good. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/34 "2010-11-22T13:53:15Z")
I had to check [Year of the Snake - Chinese Zodiac Snake](http://www.chinesezodiac.com/snake.php) to be sure what my critter was. I used to know this maybe 20-30 years ago. I even had one of those Chinese restaurant placemats that had all the years on it, but wherever I put it is a mystery. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/35 "2010-11-22T13:54:10Z")
I’m a Metal Monkey. I don’t fit the descriptions for that sign _at all_. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/36 "2010-11-22T13:59:24Z")
Earth Horse. Married to a Fire Dragon. No idea what that means. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/37 "2010-11-22T14:37:18Z")
Wood Dragon: married to a Earth Monkey. Son is Earth Tiger: daughter is Earth Rabbit. Hmmm. Suddenly I feel un-Earthly. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/38 "2010-11-22T14:44:31Z")
I’m a wood rabbit, and mated to a fire dragon. We’re not one of the pairs that are supposed to match up, but we’re not one of the pairs that aren’t supposed to either, and I rather think we complement each other well. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/39 "2010-11-22T14:58:08Z")
Metal monkey. Rock on! ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/40 "2010-11-22T15:01:58Z")
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