Chinese Zodiac

The Sheep   羊

The sheep is eighth on the Chinese Zodiac. The sheep is also known as the ram because in chinese the word sheep means sheep and ram and goat, so people either say they are the year of the sheep or the year of the ram or the year of the goat. Some of the sheep's characteristics are righteous, sincere, sympathetic, mild-mannered, shy, artistic, creative, gentle, compassionate, understanding, mothering, peaceful, generous, and seeks security. The sheep can also be moody, indecisive, over-passive, worrier, pessimistic, over-sensitive, complainer, and weak-willed.

Even though you may be born in the year of the sheep, you may not have these characteristics. These characteristics are based on the sheep. In the story of the great race, the sheep helped the monkey and rooster get across the river. This act shows that the goat is compassionate.

Here are some of the years when it was the year of the sheep:  If you are born in any of these years, you are a sheep.

1907, 1919, 1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015, 2027, 2039
  
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