Rat
Friday, September 25, 2026Today, a day of the Water Tiger
The Post Horse rises for the Rat: your trips, errands and changes of pace go well. Water, your element, strengthens what you already are. The Azure Dragon star, a lucky sign for the Rat, favours holding course and finishing what's under way. At work, your efforts pay off.
What brings you luck today
Day at a glance
Auspicious day- Day's star
- Azure Dragon
- Tone of the day
- Hold A day for holding course and finishing.
- Lunar mansion
- the Ox (牛) Unfavourable
- Lucky direction
- South
- Sign the day clashes with
- Monkey
Good for
- renovating
- starting building work
Better avoided
- moving into a new home
- moving house
- making a wish
- honouring the ancestors
Day's animal
Water Tiger No particular tie to your sign: the day's star and tone set its colour.
The Rat in brief
Clever, charming and quick-witted, the Rat reads people fast, adapts easily and keeps an ambitious eye on the next opening.
Defining traits
- clever (Confirmed by 6 independent sources)
- quick-witted (Confirmed by 4 independent sources)
- adaptable (Confirmed by 3 independent sources)
The dots show how many independent sources agree on the trait, up to five.
- Colours
- blue
- gold
- green
- Numbers 1 · 2 · 3 · 6 · 8
- Flowers lily, african violet
- Directions northeast, southeast
- Seasons winter
Best matches
Strengths and weaknesses, lucky charms, love matches: the sign's full portrait in the encyclopedia.
The full Rat profile →About this horoscope
The daily horoscope follows the Chinese almanac (黄历), the traditional calendar that rates every day: its auspicious or inauspicious star, its tone, the activities it favours or advises against, and how the day's animal meets your sign. It is one reading for everyone born under the Rat, not your personal chart.