Born in 1996
You’re a Fire Rat
火鼠
“You see the angle before anyone names the room.”
A 1996 birth makes you a Fire Rat — quick-read, resourceful, quietly ambitious. The fire element makes you expressive and quick to ignite — you are felt before you are understood.
One catch: the Chinese year turns at lìchūn (early February), not January 1. If you were born in January or early February 1996, your sign may be the previous year’s — your exact birth date settles it.
Your year animal is just the start. Get your full chart.
Animals are the doorway. Your four-pillar BaZi — built from your exact birth moment — reads like a person talking, every day.
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