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Lunar New Year Zodiac Animals: Coloring Pages

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Rat
Ox
Tiger
Rabbit
Dragon
Snake
Horse
Ram
Monkey
Rooster
Dog
Pig
Rat
Ox
Tiger
Rabbit
Dragon
Snake
Horse
Ram
Monkey
Rooster
Dog
Pig
Rat
You tend to be imaginative, charming, generous. You can also be cunning, critical, nervous, and selfish.
You tend to be imaginative, charming, generous. You can also be cunning, critical, nervous, and selfish.
Ox
You tend to be methodical, dependable, honest, patient. You can also be self-centered, stubborn, and humorless.
You tend to be methodical, dependable, honest, patient. You can also be self-centered, stubborn, and humorless.
Tiger
You tend to be sensitive, adventurous, energetic, passionate. You can also be restless, petty, and impulsive.
You tend to be sensitive, adventurous, energetic, passionate. You can also be restless, petty, and impulsive.
Rabbit
You tend to be gentle, artistic, sophisticated, cautious. You can also be temperamental, secretive, and indifferent.
You tend to be gentle, artistic, sophisticated, cautious. You can also be temperamental, secretive, and indifferent.
Dragon
You tend to be ambitious, gifted, confident, creative. You can also be abrasive, demanding, and unwilling to compromise.
You tend to be ambitious, gifted, confident, creative. You can also be abrasive, demanding, and unwilling to compromise.
Snake
You tend to be wise, charming, intuitive, powerful. You can also be manipulative, ruthless, and demanding.
You tend to be wise, charming, intuitive, powerful. You can also be manipulative, ruthless, and demanding.
Horse
You tend to be elegant, honest, hardworking, friendly. You can also be rebellious, impatient, and indecisive.
You tend to be elegant, honest, hardworking, friendly. You can also be rebellious, impatient, and indecisive.
Ram
You tend to be artistic, calm, generous, compassionate. You can also be nervous, moody, shy, and insecure.
You tend to be artistic, calm, generous, compassionate. You can also be nervous, moody, shy, and insecure.
Monkey
You tend to be intelligent, polite, ambitious, witty. You can also be vain, selfish, and jealous.
You tend to be intelligent, polite, ambitious, witty. You can also be vain, selfish, and jealous.
Rooster
You tend to be shrewd, articulate, honest, hardworking. You can also be temperamental, relentless, and competitive.
You tend to be shrewd, articulate, honest, hardworking. You can also be temperamental, relentless, and competitive.
Dog
You tend to be trustworthy, fair, intelligent, brave. You can also be stubborn, critical, and reserved.
You tend to be trustworthy, fair, intelligent, brave. You can also be stubborn, critical, and reserved.
Pig
You tend to be loyal, honest, courageous, generous. You can also be materialistic, immovable, and domineering.
You tend to be loyal, honest, courageous, generous. You can also be materialistic, immovable, and domineering.

The zodiac is based on a 12-year cycle and each year is linked to an animal. It’s believed that the animal that rules your year of birth influences your personality. It’s sort of like astrology. Do you know what your animal is? It depends not only on the year in which you were born, but which date as well (in fact, even the hour of your birth is of utmost importance!). Discover your animal and see if the description is accurate.

Materials

  • Printer
  • Color markers, crayons, or paint
  • Optional: Stickers, googly eyes, glitter, etc.

Procedure

  1. Print out the coloring page of your zodiac animal or your favorite animal from the downloadable PDF (see sidebar above). The birth dates corresponding to the animal can be found there.
  2. Use art materials in your house to decorate the animal.
  3. Click through the image gallery and see if the description of your zodiac animal is accurate.

Note

We used the lunar calendar to determine your zodiac animal, as it’s popularly done today. Historically, however, they were based on the Chinese solar calendar (at the start of Li Chun or spring). Intrigued? Read more on this site.

We also followed the Chinese zodiac animals. In other countries that celebrate the Lunar New Year, they have different animals in their cycle. Vietnam, for instance, has a cat, instead of the rabbit, as a zodiac animal.

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