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Chinese Zodiac Naming Wiki

A clean index of all twelve zodiac animals, with quick naming heuristics for favorable and caution radicals.

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Each card opens a dedicated naming guide with symbolic meaning, auspicious roots, forbidden roots, and a clean jump into the zodiac tester.

Rat

Birth years: 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020

The Rat symbolizes intelligence, adaptability, resourcefulness, and social agility.

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Ox

Birth years: 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021

The Ox symbolizes steadiness, endurance, discipline, and grounded strength.

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Tiger

Birth years: 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022

The Tiger symbolizes courage, authority, charisma, and expansive life force.

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Rabbit

Birth years: 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023

The Rabbit symbolizes grace, diplomacy, softness, and elegant intelligence.

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Dragon

Birth years: 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024

The Dragon symbolizes vision, authority, ambition, and mythic momentum.

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Snake

Birth years: 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025

The Snake symbolizes strategic intelligence, subtle beauty, intuition, and hidden precision.

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Horse

Birth years: 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2026

The Horse symbolizes speed, independence, vitality, and expressive movement.

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Goat

Birth years: 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015

The Goat symbolizes gentleness, artistry, sensitivity, and cultivated calm.

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Monkey

Birth years: 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016

The Monkey symbolizes wit, flexibility, invention, and playful intelligence.

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Rooster

Birth years: 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017

The Rooster symbolizes precision, visibility, confidence, and refined self-presentation.

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Dog

Birth years: 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018

The Dog symbolizes loyalty, integrity, protection, and emotional sincerity.

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Pig

Birth years: 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019

The Pig symbolizes abundance, ease, sincerity, and generous emotional depth.

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