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	___ Rat (Chinese Zodiac) Rat (Chinese Zodiac, in Chinese: 鼠) is the first sign of the Chinese zodiac.	Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse with the Chinese character of 'Ji' meaning ‘good luck’, (in the year of the rat/mouse) Street side vending, Hanoi, Vietnam. Photo © Valeska Gehrmann
	A rat represents fertility, reproduction, wealth (since the species proliferate quickly and abundantly and always finding hoards to eat). A person born under the year sign of the Rat might be forthright, disciplined, systematic, meticulous, charismatic, hard working, industrious, charming, eloquent, sociable, shrewd, but can be be manipulative, cruel, dictatorial, rigid, selfish, obstinate, critical, over-ambitious, ruthless, intolerant, scheming, material prosperity. (see also: Animals' Symbolism, Chinese Calendar)
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