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10.6. What’s Your Sign?

Chinese astrology signs are based on the year of birth and are associated with animals. Read a book by an author who shares your animal sign.

Go to Enter your birthdate and you’ll find your zodiac animal sign. Then click on more info and you’ll find a list of dates for that sign. NOTE: The chart at this site only lists birthdates back to 1902. You can find a list from 1645 to 1899
For more help, see the Help Thread From Fall 2009.

REQUIRED: Include in your post the zodiac sign that you and the author share and the author's date of birth.

NOTE: The years for these signs do not run from January 1 to December 31. They generally start at some point in January or February - so be careful if you're looking at an author with a birthday in those months. There are some errors in the 2009 help thread, because of not taking this into account.

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Hey Sandy! What do we do if we can't find the author birth-"date"? I mean, I really want to read Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn (born 1971) for Year of the Pig, but that's all I can turn up - the year. Do we ignore such authors altogether?

And have a fantastic vacation!

I am going to read The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy.

Both Year of the Ox.

Chaitra wrote: "Hey Sandy! What do we do if we can't find the author birth-"date"? I mean, I really want to read Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn (born 1971) for Year of the Pig, but that's all I can turn up - the y..."

If you can't find anything more than the year, it won't work for the task - sorry.

And, thanks! I'm really looking forward to some time away from work!

those of us that are Year of the Dog - Sarah Dessen is one - if you like YA realistic fiction type books

Dee wrote: "those of us that are Year of the Dog - Sarah Dessen is one - if you like YA realistic fiction type books"

If anyone likes science, the only "Dog" author I was able to find was Neil deGrasse Tyson. I think "Dog" is a hard one. Haha. But I do like his writings.

I'm Year of the Horse and using Catherine Coulter.
:-)

I'm a monkey (Ha! That doesn't surprise me one bit. ;-)). So far, I've found Kelley Armstrong, John Connolly, Junot Díaz, Jamie Ford, and Michael Connelly are fellow monkeys.

Fantastic Fiction has a which is really helpful. Careful... not all of them work, but it'll give you some people to research further...

I am gonna read the bell jar
My sign is Monkey and Sylvia Plath was born October 27, 1932.

I'm a pig! And apparently, we're not as smart as dogs ;)
This WAS a challenge, but I did find a few authors:
Stephen King, Paulo Coelho, Kiran Desai, Jonathan Franzen, and Jeannette Walls.

ETA - And a couple more, thanks to Kristi's help above: Paul Auster and James Patterson

I thought this was so interesting I never knew much a about the Chinese zodiac, I also found this (just because I thought it was interesting!)

"In Chinese astrology the animal signs assigned by year represent what others perceive you as being or how you present yourself. It is a common misconception that the animals assigned by year are the only signs and many western descriptions of Chinese astrology draw solely on this system. In fact, there are also animal signs assigned by month (called inner animals), by day (called true animals) and hours (called secret animals).

While a person might appear to be a Dragon because they were born in the year of the Dragon, they might also be a Snake internally, an Ox truly, and a Goat secretively."

Is there some where that we can find the author's actual birthday? I am finding authors born in the right year but not finding their actual date of birth....GRRR

Ann A wrote: "I'm a pig! And apparently, we're not as smart as dogs ;)
This WAS a challenge, but I did find a few authors:
Stephen King, Paulo Coelho, Kiran Desai, Jonathan Franzen, and Jeannette Walls.

ETA - A..."

I am a pig too!!! And this has been a challenge :( I am about ready to skip this task as I can't seem to find the actual date of birth. I have spent a couple of hours now and so far managed to come up with one that I am actually interested in or can get a book without having to buy it LOL

Chaitra wrote: "Hey Sandy! What do we do if we can't find the author birth-"date"? I mean, I really want to read Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn (born 1971) for Year of the Pig, but that's all I can turn up - the y..."

I looked for her birthday too Chaitra and have yet to find it any where :( It's a shame we can't just use the year LOL

♥Robin � wrote: "Is there some where that we can find the author's actual birthday? I am finding authors born in the right year but not finding their actual date of birth....GRRR"

Try Googling the author's name + the word "birthdate." Wikipedia is often a good source, too. Otherwise, the exact date is likely unavailable (i.e., Gillian Flynn).

Year of the Pig (I am so jealous)

Susan Cooper May 23, 1935 Dark is Rising series

Holly Black November 10, 1971

Jim Butcher October 26, 1971 Anything by him

Barry Lyga September 11, 1971 highly recommend I Hunt Killers and it's sequel

Ann Rule October 22, 1935

Now can someone help out with Roosters....I'm only finding one author that I'm not overly fond with MaryJanice Davidson August 1969

I hope this can a little help , shows signs and years stright away

Deborah wrote: "YNow can someone help out with Roosters....I'm only finding one author that I'm not overly fond with MaryJanice Davidson August 1969 "

Roosters:

Colleen Houck - 10/3/69
Stephen Fry - 8/24/57
John Grogan - 3/20/57
Peter Høeg - 5/17/57
Nick Hornby - 4/17/57
Lionel Shriver - 5/18/57
Pat Conroy -10/26/45
Barbara Delinsky - 8/9/45
Joy Fielding - 3/18/45

I'm sure there's more....

Thanks Kristi:)

Changing my book to Tiger's Curse

I'm a Horse and I'll be reading fellow horse Jodi Picoult born may 19, 1966.

Here's the ones I found for Year of the Horse

E. L. Koningsburg Feb. 10, 930
Michael Crichton Oct. 23, 942
Madeleine L'Engle Nov. 29, 1918
Catherine Coulter Dec. 26, 1942
Meg Cabot Feb. 1, 1967
Joanne Fluke Jan. 1, 1943
Victoria Holt Sept. 1, 1906

Thanks for all the help :) I was really beginning to get discouraged lol because even when I googled some authors there birth date just wasn't showing up. Must have been the authors I was picking **shrugs shoulders**

The one author I did have luck with is Tricia Goyer July 17 1971 for year of the pig.

For the Year of Dragon:

Douglas Adams - March 11, 1952
Katie Fforde - Sept 27, 1952
Alice Hoffman - March 16, 1952
Johanna Lindsey - March 10, 1952
Robin McKinley - Nov 16, 1952
Vikram Seth - June 20, 1952
Dana Stabenow - March 27, 1952
Libba Bray - March 11, 1964
Jacqueline Carey - October 9, 1964
Dan Brown - June 22, 1964
Karen Marie Moning - November 1, 1964
Rick Riordan - June 5, 1964
Elizabeth Wein - October 2, 1964
Martha Wells - September 1, 1964 (Using this and for evidence)
Carlos Ruiz Zafón - September 25, 1964
Veronica Roth - August 19, 1988
Richelle Mead - November 12, 1976

There are other authors like Barry Eisler, Lisa Kleypas, Eloisa James for whom I cannot locate the day. Just the year that they were born.

♥Robin � wrote: "Chaitra wrote: "Hey Sandy! What do we do if we can't find the author birth-"date"? I mean, I really want to read Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn (born 1971) for Year of the Pig, but that's all I can..."

Feb 24, 1971

I'm a rat!
Here are some authors from my list:

T.C. Boyle
Jeffrey Eugenides
Susan Glaspell
Thomas Hardy
David Levithan
George R.R. Martin
Ian McEwan
Michelle Paver
Terry Pratchett
Ian Rankin
Darren Shan
Elizabeth Taylor

Finally got around to researching my own sign! For any other Snakes out there, here are some authors I've checked on:
Carson McCullers - 2/19/17
Zenna Henderson - 11/1/17
Arthur C. Clarke - 12/16/17
Chaim Potok - 2/17/29
Len Deighton - 2/18/29
Sheri S. Tepper - 7/16/29
Ursula K. Le Guin - 10/21/29
Michael Ende - 11/12/29
Dan Jenkins - 12/2/29
Nora Ephron - 5/19/41
Anne Tyler - 10/25/41
Carl Hiaasen - 3/12/53
Ridley Pearson - 3/13/53
Christopher Fowler - 3/26/53
Patricia C. Wrede - 3/27/53
T. Jefferson Parker - 12/26/53
Khaled Hosseini - 3/4/65
J.K. Rowling - 7/31/65
Augusten Burroughs - 10/23/65
Jonathan Safran Foer - 2/21/77
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - 9/15/77

and Dorothy Sayers - 6/13/1893

I need help, please. I'm a dang gone Rooster!

Anne (Booklady) wrote: "I need help, please. I'm a dang gone Rooster!"

some are listed in post 20.

thank you Sandy.

For Rooster I found:

Mark R. Levin 9/21/1957
Andre Dubus III 1/1/1959
James Jones 11/6/1921
Steve Martin 8/14/1945

I will research more authors on my TBR Shelf and post them for Rooster.

Diane Whitney wrote: "I want to get approval for Dennis Lehane for Snake.

His birth year is 1965 on


His birthday on Wikipedia is August 4, 1965 which would make him a snake.
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I'm sorry, but we're sticking with the general rule that if there is info on GR, we're going to use that. Perhaps he's trying to make himself younger ;). At any rate, he's a GR author, so I think we need to assume that he (or his publicists) have put the bio info here that they wish to have used.

For Rabbit:

Redmerski J.A born Nov 22, 1975
Laurell K Hamilton born Feb 19, 1963
Jennifer Donnelly born Aug 16, 1963
Zadie Smith born Oct 25, 1975
Marian Keyes born Sept 10, 1963
Audrey Niffenegger born June 13, 1963
Ann Patchett born Dec 2, 1963
Scott Westerfeld born May 5, 1963

Kathy G. wrote: "Here's the ones I found for Year of the Horse

E. L. Koningsburg Feb. 10, 930
Michael Crichton Oct. 23, 942
Madeleine L'Engle Nov. 29, 1918
Catherine Coulter Dec. 26, 1942
Meg Cabot ..."

and Sarah MacLean - Dec 17, 1978

For the record:

I am year of the Sheep (Dec. 27, 1979)

Barbara Kingsolver is also a Sheep- April 8, 1955

Vi wrote: "For the Year of Dragon:

Douglas Adams - March 11, 1952
Katie Fforde - Sept 27, 1952
Alice Hoffman - March 16, 1952
Johanna Lindsey - March 10, 1952
Robin McKinley - Nov 16, 1952
Vikram Seth - June..."

Thank you for this list! Go Dragons! =)

Vi wrote: "For the Year of Dragon:

Douglas Adams - March 11, 1952
Katie Fforde - Sept 27, 1952
Alice Hoffman - March 16, 1952
Johanna Lindsey - March 10, 1952
Robin McKinley - Nov 16, 1952
Vikram Seth - June..."

According to the Chinese zodiac link on the task itself these authors are also dragons:

Louisa May Alcott
Pearl Buck

A bunch I found while scouring my to-read list for Pigs... Hope it is helpful!

Sue Kaufman - August 7, 1926 - Tiger
John Grogan - March 20, 1957 - Rooster
Alice Sebold - September 6, 1963 - Rabbit
Barbara Kingsolver - April 8, 1955 - Sheep
Marjane Satrapi - November 22, 1969 - Rooster
Richard Wright - September 4, 1908 - Monkey
Margaret Atwood - November 18, 1939 - Rabbit
[Author:Philip K Dick|4764] - December 16, 1928 - Dragon
Neal Stephenson - October 31, 1959 - Pig!
Jodi Picoult - May 19, 1966 - Horse
Greg Mortenson - December 27, 1957 - Rooster
Jasper Fforde - January 11, 1961 - Rat
Mike Brown - June 5, 1965 - Snake
Wes Moore - October 15, 1978 - Horse
Louise Fitzhugh - October 5, 1928 - Dragon
Justine Larbalestier - September 23, 1967 - Sheep
Lois Lowry - March 20, 1937 - Ox
Carl Sagan - November 09, 1934 - Dog
J.K. Rowling - July 31, 1965 - Snake
Anya Seton - January 23, 1904 - Rabbit
Daniel Glattauer - May 19, 1960 - Rat
Lisa See - February 18, 1955 - Sheep
William Gibson - March 17, 1948 - Rat
Anthony Burgess - February 25, 1917 - Snake
Dan Brown - June 22, 1964 - Dragon
Judy Blume - February 12, 1938 - Tiger
Khaled Hosseini - March 4, 1965 - Snake
John Updike - March 18, 1932 - Monkey
Toni Morrison - February 18, 1931 - Sheep
Kurt Vonnegut - November 11, 1922 - Dog
Dean Koontz - July 9, 1945 - Rooster
Mira Grant - January 5, 1978 - Snake
Jussi Adler-Olsen - August 2, 1950 - Tiger
John Varley - August 9, 1947 - Pig!
George R.R. Martin - September 20, 1948 - Rat
H.G. Wells - September 21, 1866 = Tiger
James A. Michener - February 3, 1907 - Horse
George B. Dyson - January 1, 1953 - Dragon
Martin H. Greenberg - March 1, 1941 - Snake
Lene Kaaberbøl - March 24, 1960 - Rat
Sean Allen - June 6, 1978 - Horse
Mark Kurlansky - December 7, 1948 - Rat
Diane Ackerman - October 7, 1948 - Rat
Douglas Adams - March 11, 1952 - Dragon
Isaac Asimov - January 2, 1920 - Sheep
Jane Austen - December 16, 1775 - Goat
Nevada Barr - March 1, 1952 - Dragon
Terry Brooks - January 8, 1944 - Sheep
Orson Scott Card - August 24, 1951 - Rabbit
Lewis Carroll - January 27, 1832 - Rabbit
Tom Clancy - April 12, 1947 - Pig!
James Frey - September 12, 1969 - Rooster
Neil Gaiman - November 10, 1960 - Rat
Ursula K. Le Guin - October 21, 1929 - Snake
Robert A. Heinlein - July 7, 1907 - Sheep
Victor Hugo - February 26, 1802 - Dog
John Irving - March 2, 1942 - Horse
Robert Jordan - October 17, 1948 - Rat
D.H. Lawrence - September 11, 1885 - Rooster
Gaston Leroux - May 6, 1868 - Dragon
Gregory Maguire - June 9, 1954 - Horse
Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez - March 6, 1927 - Rabbit
Anne McCaffrey - April 1, 1926 - Tiger
L.M. Montgomery - November 30, 1874 - Dog
George Orwell - June 25, 1903 - Rabbit
Katherine Paterson - October 31, 1932 - Monkey
Philip Pullman - October 19, 1946 - Dog
Mario Puzo - October 15, 1920 - Monkey
Veronica Roth - August 19, 1988 - Dragon
Richard Russo - July 15, 1949 - Ox
Danielle Steel - August 14, 1947 - Pig!

James Patterson is Year of the Pig, my zodiac year.

Many of his books are co-authored. Can I use one of his co-authored books and just ignore whatever the zodiac sign of the other author may be?

Susan A wrote: "James Patterson is Year of the Pig, my zodiac year.

Many of his books are co-authored. Can I use one of his co-authored books and just ignore whatever the zodiac sign of the other author may be?"

yes

Really hard to find an exact date for some authors who have only stated a year of birth.
I found this for Isaac Marion

Can I have him approved as Rooster. I would like to read Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion

Skandia wrote: "Really hard to find an exact date for some authors who have only stated a year of birth.
I found this for Isaac Marion ..."

Good detective work! This works to show him as a Rooster. Please be sure to note this approval when you post the completed task, so Kristi doesn't have to re-think it.

Thank you to all those who did research, especially for Snake. I really appreciate it--lots of good ones on that list!