Chinese Zodiac and the Cat
September 24, 2007This was an old child story that my grandma used to tell me, it was about why is the cat not included in the 12 animals of the Chinese Zodiac.
Once when a emperor was to decide the final list of the 12 animals of the zodiac, he read his decree out and asked the all the animals to come.
The mouse and the cat used to be good friends. The cat was feeling sleepy on its journey with the mouse to see the emperor, so it asked the mouse to wake him up when they start off on their journey again, after they had enough rest.
As the story goes, the mouse left the cat to nap, while itself ran fast to the emperor. Eventually, the mouse was the first to reach, while the cat didn’t manage to get there in time.
From that day onwards, the cat always wanted revenge on the mouse and hunts it unceasingly
P.S. I don’t believe in the Chinese Zodiac, it’s just culture to me.
OK, it seems that this post is indeed getting the most attention from my blog. So i decided to expand it.
Apparently, in Vietnam, there is a Year of the Cat. It replaces the Year of the Rabbit.
Any Vietnamese friends care to share a bit?
Ha… i seem have heard same story before also…
lol r u talking about a certain sum1 who i think is very very cute XD*cough cough* kyo…
if not then..who ARE u talking about?? cuz all i kno is it sounds like the above!!
mhm. you got that right. he cirtantly is hot.
You are wrong! the cat is part of the chinese zodiac wether you like it or not! I am sorry if I am being to forward but lets just say i know a group of people who are cursed with an animal of the chinese zodiac there are 13 people in all. And one of those people is cursed with the cat and will be untell I find a way to go into fruits basket. But one way for that to happen is for you to beleve in the cat that is of the chinese zodiac!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE CAT WILL GET ITS REVENGE ON YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ON LIVE THE FRUITS BASKET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AND ON THE CAT OF THE CHINESE ZODIAC!!!!!!!!!!!!
P.S. PLEAS TAKE ME KYO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lol. you do know that hes not real, right. but i do feel the same way.
IIIIIII LLOOOVVEE KYO =) =(
this is TRUE. each year which is divisable by 13 is a cat year. only a few websites have this FACT. if you want more info go to Wikipedia – chinese astrology
p.s i am a cat and a pig the next year of the cat will be 2008!
p.p.s
KYO ROCKS! AND SO DO CATS!
yes. yes they do. therefor, kyo also rocks and is unbelievably hot.
I like the cat! i am a dog, but the i would rather be the cat zodiac, like Toru.They are my favorite animal!
I’m a cat and a dog. :3
cats rock!!!
cats rule i am real close to being a cat
*sigh*
Must people associate so much with Fruits Basket? I’ve been bugged because of my name, in Japan, because it’s a female name, and then in America, because of Yuki Sohma.
The cat was never part of the zodiac, and never will be. And people, Fruits Basket is a work of fiction, not reality. Please try and learn this.
its something that we like. we like to state our opinnions on it.
ps i love your name, and not just because its from fruba. its just a cool name.
I have never really had interest in the Zodiac, but after reading this, I just might have to do some more research, and what’s Fruits Basket, if I may ask?
fruits basket is a bookby natsuki takaya that is about a family called the sohmas that turn into there zodiac signs. kyo is HOT i might add.
tests time mashine
what animal am i? 1995???
I LOVE THE CAT!!!!!
LONG LIVE KYOU!!!!!!
I LOVE YOU KYOU!!!!!!!!
KYOUU YOU ROCK!!!!!!!!!
SORRRRy yukii, kyou’s hotter! HAHAHA
You are the year of the pig (same as mine) some people mistake it as boar though.
Tohru’s a dog like me WOOOOO WOOOOO UR ALL JUST JEALOUS tohru is like a year of the cat fan club and so am i ps kyo will defeat yuki and become a member of the zodiac he will not be imprissoned for the rest of his life and u all know it ps da new fruba book comes out in november *screams and dies*
2009 theres a new one? ive only read to the 23. is the new one 24?
oh ya katrina ur a boar (i mean the zodiac sign not an insult)
i never was into zodiac signs but i have seen the fruits basket and i like the cat even though I’m a horse….oh and i like the tiger too.
yeah,the tigers awesome, and Kisa’s so cute!<3 whats your fav animal from furuba?
ps: to all you people who dont know, furuba is the fans loving name for Fruits Basket that Natsuki Takaya came up with.
cool, your a horse? that means that you are like rin. seriously, rin is awesome. she is a four dimentional charecter, because she un intentionally falls in love with haru (hatsuharu). she is sereously one of the best charecters ever.
poor cat I will aways Haru p.s i was born the year of the ox
me to. 1997. july 28.
I LOVE the cat! I always wished I could be a cat!
p.s. I am an ox too!
love kyo,
mykayla
you go girl. im an ox and i also wish i could be a cat. how old are you? im 12
i am 12 too! well, technically 11, but my birthday is this halloween! thats right, I was born on october 31! Its so cool!
Kyo is awsome!
it totally is! you know, most people avoid people who are born on halloween, but not me! i think its totally cool that you were born on halloween, like almost black cat cool. awesome!!!!
i love kyo too,
luna lovegood
thanks! most people are really superstitios about that sort of thing, but i won’t bite! I think its really fun being born on that day! (you get alot more candy too!)
Love Kyo!!!!!
Long live fruba!!!
Long live the ox!!!
yup, long live year of the ox. year of the ox is this year, too, by the way.
*sigh* kyo…
love, luna lovegood
I know! It’s soo exiting that this is the year of the ox! No wonder I have loved this year so much! I really hope it doesn’t snow this Halloween. Then I would have to travel as a snowy vampire for my birthday!(Actually that sounds like a good costume!)
Kyo is sooo hot *sigh*
Mykayla
*sigh* i was watching Furuba the other day, and i kept expecting tohru to say ‘I love you’, but she didnt. why is she so oblivious to her feelings toward kyo? i would probably just come out and say it. probably. if i didnt paralyze with fear first. probably… anyway, any thoughts?
but in volume 21, tohru does say that she loves him.
I was born in the year of the dog like yuki,kyo and tohru. Talking about fruits basket kinda surprises me because an anime lover like myself, Ive just been watching fruits basket and well i feel sorry for the cat so im joining the year of the cat fan club too! I never knew it would have so much of fruits basket on here…. personally , i Like hatsuharu…
well, yuki, kyo and tohru were born in different years, they are just in the same grade as each other. kyo and tohru were born in the same year, but yuki was born before them. he’s in the same school year as them because of reasons that i dont want to reveal incase you havent read that far in the seires. one of the books reveals yukis past. despite what i said earlier, kyo is NOT older than yuki.
sorry, kyo and tohru are in the same grade. yuki is older than kyo, though.
im joining to. i love kyo. you should read the manga by the way. my favorite part is “please, for the sake of the girl who will one day tell you she loves you, dont run away. keep training.” shigure said that. to Kyo.
shigure says : please, for the sake of the girl who will one day tell you she loves you, dont run away. keep training.” to Kyo!
i am da dog.if yuki and kyou were born da year of da dog why are they some other animal?
they arent year of the dog. theyre year of the rat and cat. kyo is slightly older than yuki by th way.
actually, sorry about that. yuki is older than kyo, but theyre in the same grade.(see book 14). but, kyo is hotter.
kyo and tohru are in the same grade.
kyo was year of the dog, hes just the cat since there already was a dog. aka shigure. one of my best friends has a major crush on shigure. any suggestions? i worry about her.
Lol, I totally agree with everyone, unfortunatly I’m the rabbit so i’ve got momiji from fruits basket. I look exactly like tohru btw exept I have blue eyes
hey, in the last book, momiji is totaly hot. not as hot as kyo though.
I love momiji, and am soooo jealous of your zodiac symbol. I think the rabbit is soooo cute! but i really am an ox. I match almost all of the personality predictions. Exept I’m not slow… or patient.
p.s. fruba is the best!!!!
mykayla, thats why i love you so much. you just make me laugh. see you in school tomorrow.
I have the movie fruits basket and is so much fun.in my family my dad is a horse,my mom a goat, my 5 years-old sister is a goat just like my mom my bro is a snake and my baby sis is the rat and no less but last me the rabbit PS: I feel like i’m part of the cat 2 just like kyoooo so i think cat rooocks. I’m always having fun with my dad when we can see some of the characteristic of the animals in my fam.LOL….. that is cool
they have a movie
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG i have got to have it!
me toooo! way to go girl friend!
i found the movie
*sigh* none of my stuff is loading today.
well i was born in the year of the ruster. i dislike it. i wish i was born in the year of the cat as well.
hey, ur with kureno.
Kyo Kyo
I love fruits Baskits
lol
go kyo
the year of the cat rules
All these retards posting about Fruits Basket.
I’m a rabbit, and so is the love of my life. I absolutely love being a rabbit; although I am living with my grandmother, an overly talkative pig and she drives me nuts every day.
Long live rabbits!
what do you mean? do you not like fruba? are you crazy?! you must be! I can’t imagine anyone NOT loving fruits basket
i luuv fruits basket. i’m an ox. and i always wished i was a cat. but i’m a leo so i’m an lion. wait i’m confused with all of it! but anyways watch fruitsbasket and read the manga! i luuv all of it!
I LOVE KYO!!! weeeee (:
no way, im an ox too! and a leo! july 28.
also watch, read and love!
and i love kyo too!!!!!!!!!!!
i love kyo too. hes just too hot!!
yea, im an ox, want to be a cat, and im a leo.
me tooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i am an ox like haru, but kyo is HOT. im jelouse of tohru.
dont call us fans retards please. i find it very offensive.
im a rat but i still like the cat
Ok, wow, overflow of the fan girls and boys on faruba. lol! don’t worry I do like it too, but geeze, a lil’ crazy there. Anywho, I am year of the cat, in Vietnamese and Chinese. In American years, I was born in 1988, but it was Jan 23, so before the Chinese new years (depending on the year it starts in middle Jan, ends in middle Feb. They go by the moons.) [BTW people pay attention! The Chinese new year is not the same as ours,as I just said, so look at the dates if you are born in Jan. or Feb. you might actually be something else!!] SO technically I was born in 1987 Chinese year time. Which would be the rabbit. BUT every 12 years it the year of the cat. ME!! Wewt-ness.
This is from http://www.catscans.com/astrology.htm
“In Chinese astrology, every 12th year is known as the “Year of the Cat” and means that happy times are ahead. The Chinese believe that people born during the “Year of the Cat” are honest people who are clever and have a high regard for others. Yet these people are also thought to be aloof and oversensitive. (Sound like a cat you know?)
The years of the cat from this century: 1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999.”
Hopefully this helps with a lil’ info, and not confusing. Sorry I ramble
=^-^= go cats!
i am the year of the horse so that makes my character rin?
Uhmm.. I was born in the year of the rat… BUT.. I STILL ADORE THE CAT!! <3
I actually like ALL of the zodiac animals. Except for the rat. My best friend was born in the year of the rat as well. And my boyfriend was born in the year of the monkey. He's kinda like Ritsu. He really wants to have boobs. I know, he's weird, BUT THAT'S WHY I LOVE HIM HEAPS!! And I wouldn't want him to get bored of me.. You know how monkeys get bored of stuff easily? Yeah, I'm afraid of that.
ANYWAYS, my sister was born in the year of the ox.. And my other one was born in the year of the snake. My dad was born in the year of the rooster and my mom was born in the year of the cat. Lucky her. YEAH.. And I dunno why I shared that all with you. I guess I just felt like it. o.O
Wait.. My mom is born in the year of the cat or the rabbit. o.o
Rats are compatible with a Dragon and Monkey. ME AND MY BOYFRIEND ARE COMPATIBLE!!
Rats are incompatible with a Horse and Rabbit. I’m incompatible with my mom.. if we’re talking about the Chinese Zodiac. But if we’re talking about the Vietnamese Zodiac then she’s a cat and me and her will be in war with each other all the time or something like that. But me and my mom get along pretty well I guess. =w=
im both a rabbit and a cat ^^ tehehe. according to wiki they say that the Vietnamese zodiac the rabbit is replaced with the cat (which is good because the cat deserves some respect! but bad cause i’m a rabbit >.<) so i guess i could be considered a "cat". but im not Vietnamese xD im asian(filipino)- American . dont know why i posted this xD oh and i learned the chinese zodiac from my mom because she use to live in china for like EVA!!!! she told me the sleeping cat version and i then learned the singing rat and the ox version 2!
Im year of the rabbit, but on my zodic it says im Rabbit/Cat I CANT TELL WITCH DX Am I both or something???
im rabbitor cat the same so yea and i think im part rabbit/cat to lol:) so yea im confused the same and even my mom have the same birth as i do but i think shes part of the cat and i idk that im a rabbit or a cat? XD but good show on fruitbasket!
well i got to go i cant chat in here and goodbye srry:(
poor that cat that he did’nt make it to the festival or something but im not that much of a big fan club im just a little fan of the fruit basket thats all but really a good show!
okay im going now bye i just wanted to say one more thing thats all <:)
*sigh* im a ox…love it but I love the cat more born july 28,1997 I love fruba!!:-) long live the ox and cat!
wow fruits basket? my favorite is kyo as well yuki is alright but kyo is BEYOND HOT. im the year of the tiger. o.o
Sooooo….. I have a rabbit and avat sign at the same time. ILUVYOUKYO!!!!!!!!!!!