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JANUARY 7, 2011

Welcome to the Year of the Rabbit...

What year were you born in the Chinese zodiac calendar?

Rat	1924	1936	1948	1960	1972	1984	1996	2008
Ox	1925	1937	1949	1961	1973	1985	1997	2009
Tiger	1926	1938	1950	1962	1974	1986	1998	2010
Rabbit	1927	1939	1951	1963	1975	1987	1999	2011
Dragon	1928	1940	1952	1964	1976	1988	2000	2012
Snake	1929	1941	1953	1965	1977	1989	2001	2013
Horse	1930	1942	1954	1966	1978	1990	2002	2014
Sheep	1931	1943	1955	1967	1979	1991	2003	2015
Monkey	1932	1944	1956	1968	1980	1992	2004	2016
Rooster	1933	1945	1957	1969	1981	1993	2005	2017
Dog	1934	1946	1958	1970	1982	1994	2006	2018
Pig	1935	1947	1959	1971	1983	1995	2007	2019

Last night at our Mother-Daughter Book Club meeting we got to talking about the Chinese Zodiac Calendar. We just read Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, by Grace Lin, a Newbury Honor book that follows a young girl, Minli, on her journey to find the Old Man of the Moon to ask him to change her family’s fortune. It’s a GREAT story, and combines fantasy with traditional Chinese folktales – I highly recommend it. Anyways, Grace Lin also wrote The Year of the Dog and The Year of the Rat, which is what lead us into the discussion about the Chinese Zodiac Calendar. We had fun looking up what our birth years were and reading the descriptions to see if they matched our personalities. Surprisingly enough many were spot on.

So, I’m a pig. Maybe not the most glamorous of the signs, but I’ll take it. The traits fit me pretty well and there was one part of the description that was especially interesting:

“Pig people love to read, are generally thirsty for knowledge, and not readily talkative, but if presented with an opportunity to discuss topics of interest with like-minded individuals Pigs may find themselves talking non-stop for hours!”

Maybe becoming a librarian was my destiny.

If you’re curious about your zodiac sign here is the website I used – see if your sign fits you!

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posted by Megan Q.

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CarolK said, on Jan. 7 at 11:22AM
Rat! and it fits me to a tee.