- Animal
- 🐀 Rat (鼠)
- Element
- Earth 土 · Yang
- Stem & Branch
- 戊子 · Wù Zǐ
- Year starts
- February 10, 1948 (Lunar New Year)
- Year ends
- January 28, 1949
- Age in 2027
- turns 79
- 2027 Tai Sui
- a harm with Tai Sui
The Earth Rat personality
A steadier Rat: sharp instincts with more patience, ballast, and follow-through.
The Earth Rat stands out from other Rat years by mixing the Rat’s quick mind and alert timing with the weight and realism of Yang Earth. Rat is a Water sign by branch, so this combination does not erase the Rat’s social intelligence, curiosity, or talent for reading a room. Instead, Earth gives those traits more staying power.
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Best matches and clashes
Six Harmony partner: 🐀 Rat & 🐂 Ox. Three Harmony partners: 🐀 Rat & 🐉 Dragon, 🐀 Rat & 🐒 Monkey. Clash: 🐀 Rat & 🐎 Horse.
A Rat born in 1948 in the 2027 Fire Goat year
2027 is a harm with Tai Sui for the Rat. See the month-by-month forecast in Rat horoscope 2027.
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What Chinese zodiac is 1948?
1948 is the Year of the Earth Rat (戊子, Wù Zǐ). It runs from Lunar New Year on February 10, 1948 to January 28, 1949.
What element is 1948 in Chinese astrology?
Earth (土), in its Yang form. The year's Heavenly Stem is 戊 and its Earthly Branch is 子 (Rat).
Is someone born in January 1948 a Rat?
Born in January or early February 1948, before February 10, 1948? Then your sign is the Fire Pig of 1947.
Who is a Earth Rat compatible with?
Traditionally the Rat pairs best with the Ox, Dragon, Monkey and finds the Horse most challenging.
What does 2027 mean for someone born in 1948?
2027 is the Fire Goat year. For the Rat it is a harm with Tai Sui. A person born in 1948 turns 79 in 2027.
Dates are computed from the Chinese lunar calendar (Lunar New Year). Some BaZi practitioners start the year at Lichun (around February 4) instead. Updated 2026-11-05.