1948, i seem to recall, was a rat year. i suppose elusive and reclusive, living in the concrete wainscotting of society, invisible, so to speak, in plain sight. no particular threat to anyone individually, though people do tend to avoid sitting next to me on the bus, if they can find another seat somewhere. this being fine with me. i was a bit surprised when i furst found that out. i mean, they seem cute and relatively harmless to me, but i can't really think of any way in which my life, or my personality, may have been connected with them. they're usually way more social then i am. but then, so are most humans. -------------------------------------- (position 25) Feb 10 1948–Jan 28 1949 Yang Earth 戊 子 Rat (this actually begins to make a bit more sense, thanx to the dope for the wikipedia reference. wish i knew how to calculate the rest he mentioned. my actual birth date, being the 27th of may of 1948)