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Lunar New Year: Find your perfect Chinese zodiac match

By Rosanna Xia
 and Jon Schleuss
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Welcome to the Chinese Lunar New Year -- the Year of the Goat (or ram or sheep).

As Asian American communities across California welcome the lunar new year, many turn to the centuries-old tradition of consulting the zodiac, a cycle featuring 12 animals that embody unique personality traits.

PHOTOS: Lunar New Year celebrations

As the folklore goes, certain animals are better suited for one another while other pairings could lead to conflict.

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The Times created this interactive graphic that allows you see which “animals” you are most compatible with.

All you do is punch in your birthday -- and have fun.

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Rosanna Xia

Rosanna Xia is an environment reporter for the Los Angeles Times, where she specializes in stories about the coast and ocean. She was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2020 for explanatory reporting, and her first book, “California Against the Sea,” examines the future of our vanishing coastline in the face of rising water.

Jon Schleuss

Former graphics and data journalist Jon Schleuss left the Los Angeles Times in December 2019 when he was elected president of the NewsGuild, which represents about 20,000 journalists and other workers in the United States and Canada. Schleuss previously taught journalism students how to code at the University of Southern California. An Arkansas native, he graduated from the University of Arkansas in 2013.

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