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The 1996 Chinese zodiac year pairs the Rat with fire energy.
What the 1996 year is made of
A Rat year with fire energy and a yang tilt — the classic notation reads 丙 子, sitting at 13/60 of the cycle.
If you were born in 1996
Your sign is the Rat: clever, ambitious, adaptable, charming, frugal.
The number behind 1996
The year number of 1996 is 7 — read it alongside the Rat for the full picture.
A fuller breakdown of the number is on the life path 7 page.
The full portrait lives on the Rat sign page — a year page reads it through the element.
Element-wise, 1996 is fire: .
In the sixty-year wheel this is position 13 — Rat years repeat every 12, the full cycle every 60.
Traditional readers give the 1996 Rat strong stamina and a slow-burning fuse.
- Published: July 16, 2026