How do you know which Chinese Zodiac animal's year is when? Why is there no Year of the Cat or Year of the Capybara? What's the sexagenary cycle?Let's learn about the Asian counterpart to the Western Zodiac, how it's related to the calendar, and the cute origin story of why the zodiac animals are in the order that they are!Photo of the twelve animals in anthropomorphised statue form at the National Folk Museum in Seoul, KoreaOrder of zodiac animals, along with the Twelve Earthly BranchesChart to correlate your birth year to your zodiac animalTen Heavenly StemsTwelve Earthly BranchesSexagenary cycleEmail: [email protected]: https://www.facebook.com/explainthiscastBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/explainthiscast.bsky.socialInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/explainthiscast/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@explainthiscast 

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