A new Asian Lunar cycle w ill start on 1/25/2020 , which means a lot of people are hearing squeaking in the rafters of every building one s teps into. This is not surprising, since this is the Year of the Rat. F irst in the Asian Lunar cycle, the Rat seems like an unlikely starter for the setup: most people would find it abhorrent to believe that a creature that can s pread serious illnesses, is a major sneak when getting into dwellings (including through the toilet plumbing), and will eat almost anything it can find even if it’s technically not food would get the top spot of the Asian Lunar astrology system . Yet at the same time, the Rat is an incredibly resourceful creature that knows what it takes to survive in the worst circumstances and is always opportunistic for what is available to it in spite of the dangers. Indeed, legend has it that the Rat made it first in the Asian Lunar cycle by hitching a ride on the Ox – the second creature in the Asian Lunar cycle – in the ani...