# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/41 "2010-11-22T15:58:37Z")
Water Ox, here. The profile is surprisingly on-target, actually. Nonsense, but nonsense that happens to fit. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/42 "2010-11-22T16:11:42Z")
I’m an Earth Cock! Hurray! ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/43 "2010-11-22T16:15:28Z")
Might I add that I read about the rooster and earth on that link and it is so not like me it’s funny. I am exactly the opposite, actually. In every way. ---
**Author:** ![rayman5321](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@rayman5321](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayman5321)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/44 "2010-11-22T16:21:01Z")
Who cares? That’s all B.S. anyway. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/45 "2010-11-22T16:25:54Z")
> [@rayman5321](#): > > Who cares? That’s all B.S. anyway. Are you a Threadshit Monkey? I’m a Metal Horse! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/46 "2010-11-22T16:36:01Z")
I’m an Earth Goat. How boring is that? I looked up my friend’s bday and his is the very last day for Fire Snake. I read the description for what he would be had he been a day later, and it is very much not him. But Fire Snake fits well enough. Weird! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/47 "2010-11-22T16:57:07Z")
Water dog. Best smell ever. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/48 "2010-11-22T17:35:35Z")
I am a Water Rabbit. Yeah, I know. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/49 "2010-11-22T17:40:30Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > I am a Water Rabbit. Yeah, I know. Me too. I have no idea of the meaning behind it. Sounds like the boiled bunny from _Fatal Attraction_. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/50 "2010-11-22T17:48:37Z")
I’m a metallic ox. Mooooooo… ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/51 "2010-11-22T18:06:27Z")
How the fuck should I know? I’d gladly vote, but I can’t be arsed to check. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/52 "2010-11-22T19:09:00Z")
I am another Earth Horse. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/53 "2010-11-22T21:31:11Z")
> [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > How the fuck should I know? > > I’d gladly vote, but I can’t be arsed to check. > > Joe Post #18 links to a very easy to use chart. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/54 "2010-11-23T00:11:16Z")
Rat here. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/55 "2010-11-23T01:13:40Z")
> [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > How the fuck should I know? > > I’d gladly vote, but I can’t be arsed to check. > > Joe But you can post to let us know how cool and indifferent you are. That’s awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/56 "2010-11-23T01:33:40Z")
Fire rabbit. I was born in early February 1987, so I thought I might be a tiger, but the table that **Hokkaido Brit** linked says otherwise. Which is good, because that’s what I’ve always been told (I used to look at the place mats at Chinese restaurants, which often had a Chinese zodiac key on it). ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/57 "2010-11-23T02:17:07Z")
> [@MikeG](#): > > 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 🙂 Oh my god! You’re right!! I’m not a monkey! I have never been a monkey! Holy shit! I have spent my whole life thinking I was a monkey. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/58 "2010-11-23T02:24:14Z")
Ok, I just did some research. I am an Earth goat (heh - I’m also a Capricorn). As with everything else, some attributes are scarily accurate and some are not me in the slightest. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/59 "2010-11-23T03:22:05Z")
I’m an Earth Pig, which means I’d be an aardvark had the ancient Chinese known of that animal. My ideal mate is apparently the goat. My actual mate is a Fire Chicken (since she’s female, “Rooster” and “Cock” both seem inappropriate). However, she used to raise goats, and my last name means “herder of goats”. Hmmm… ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505/60 "2010-11-23T06:28:13Z")
> [@MikeG](#): > > 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 🙂 Some years the moon was early enough to have New Year’s come before the end of January. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-were-you-born-in/561505.md?page=4)