Chinese zodiac
Year of the Rat
The Rat survives by being quick and resourceful, and it can hoard out of an old anxiety.
Yang Trine with Dragon and Monkey Secret friend the Ox
The crossings
The twelve Rat animals
Each person born in a Rat year also has a Western Sun sign. The crossing gives one of these Zodi Animals.
Bonds
Who the Rat meets
In the Chinese tradition the Rat shares a natural trine with the Dragon and the Monkey, and an easy secret-friend bond with the Ox. It clashes with the Horse and quietly harms with the Goat.
Test two birthdays in the Match Oracle.
Proverb
A proverb for the Rat's year
上shàng 善shàn 若ruò 水shuǐ
Literally the highest good is like water
Meaning The finest virtue is like water, which benefits all things and flows to the low places without contending.
Water asks for nothing and shapes everything. It sinks to the low room others avoid and turns even that into a home. To be strong like water is to stop contending and still reach everywhere.
A proverb we tie to the Year of the Rat . The pairing is our own reading, not tradition.