Purchase A collection of symbols, famous rats, rat traits, rat years, lucky numbers and colours, foreign words for rat and astrological terms all related to the Year Of The Rat Contents gathered from many and varied sources Artwork created using GIMP software 31 January 1900 – 18 February 1901: Metal Rat 10 February 1912 – 5 February 1913: Water Rat 5 February 1924 – 24 January 1925: Wood Rat 24 January 1936 – 10 February 1937: Fire Rat 10 February 1948 – 28 January 1949: Earth Rat 28 January 1960 – 14 February 1961: Metal Rat 15 February 1972 – 2 February 1973: Water Rat 2 February 1984 – 19 February 1985: Wood Rat 18 February 1996 – 6 February 1997: Fire Rat 7 February 2008 – 25 January 2009: Earth Rat 24 January 2020 – 11 February 2021: Metal Rat (sourced from wikipedia)