{"id":866,"date":"2026-06-03T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T01:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thezodiaclore.com\/?page_id=866"},"modified":"2026-09-23T12:12:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T04:12:54","slug":"warum-gibt-es-im-chinesischen-tierkreis-keine-katze","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thezodiaclore.com\/de\/why-is-there-no-cat-in-the-chinese-zodiac\/","title":{"rendered":"Warum gibt es keine Katze im chinesischen Tierkreis? 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In the popular Great Race legend, Cat fails to arrive in time, often because of Rat\u2019s trick. This also gives a folk explanation for why cats chase rats.\n      <\/p>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-note\">\n        <strong>Careful reading:<\/strong><br>\n        The missing Cat story is folklore. The zodiac animal cycle itself is tied to the 12 Earthly Branches and does not need Cat to appear.\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <section class=\"tzl-card\" id=\"story\">\n      <h2>The Rat and Cat story<\/h2>\n      <p>\n        In one common version, Cat and Rat were friends. Cat wanted to join the race but worried about waking up in time. It asked Rat to wake it before the race began.\n      <\/p>\n      <p>\n        Rat did not wake Cat. Rat went to the race, rode on Ox, and won first place. Cat woke too late, missed the chance to enter the zodiac, and became angry with Rat.\n      <\/p>\n      <p>\n        In another version, Rat and Cat ride together across the river, but Rat pushes Cat into the water. Cat misses the finish and loses its place.\n      <\/p>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <section class=\"tzl-card\" id=\"versions\">\n      <h2>Different versions of the missing Cat legend<\/h2>\n      <div class=\"tzl-table-wrap\">\n        <table class=\"tzl-table\">\n          <thead>\n            <tr>\n              <th>Version<\/th>\n              <th>What happens<\/th>\n              <th>Meaning<\/th>\n            <\/tr>\n          <\/thead>\n          <tbody>\n            <tr><td>Forgotten wake-up<\/td><td>Cat asks Rat to wake it; Rat does not.<\/td><td>Missed timing and broken trust.<\/td><\/tr>\n            <tr><td>River trick<\/td><td>Cat rides with Rat and falls or is pushed into the water.<\/td><td>Rivalry, cleverness, and loss.<\/td><\/tr>\n            <tr><td>Late arrival<\/td><td>Cat reaches the race too late.<\/td><td>Only the first twelve receive places.<\/td><\/tr>\n            <tr><td>Short version<\/td><td>Cat is not mentioned.<\/td><td>The story focuses only on the twelve animals that arrived.<\/td><\/tr>\n          <\/tbody>\n        <\/table>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <section class=\"tzl-card\" id=\"rabbit\">\n      <h2>Why Rabbit, not Cat, in the Chinese zodiac?<\/h2>\n      <p>\n        In the Chinese zodiac, the fourth sign is Rabbit, <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u5154<\/span> <em>t\u00f9<\/em>, paired with the Earthly Branch <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u536f<\/span> <em>m\u01ceo<\/em>. Rabbit has its own symbolic meaning: gentleness, caution, grace, sensitivity, and quiet movement.\n      <\/p>\n      <p>\n        Cat may feel natural to modern readers, but Rabbit is the established Chinese sign. Cat appears in the story as an absent animal, not as a replaced official sign.\n      <\/p>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <section class=\"tzl-card\" id=\"dated-history\">\n      <h2>The historical reason: cats arrived too late<\/h2>\n      <p>The legend is the famous answer, but there is a plainer historical one. The twelve-animal set was written down long before the domestic cat reached China. Bamboo-slip almanacs \u2014 the Rishu (&#8220;Day Books&#8221;) unearthed at Shuihudi and Fangmatan, dated to around the 3rd century BC \u2014 already tie the twelve animals to the calendar. The house cat, by contrast, only arrived centuries later along the Silk Road; ancient-DNA research reported in <a href=\"https:\/\/archaeology.org\/news\/2025\/03\/12\/pet-cats-arrived-in-china-between-a-d-600-and-900\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2025<\/a> dates it to roughly AD 600\u2013900, with the oldest confirmed remains about AD 730. Line the two up and the gap is close to a thousand years \u2014 when the zodiac took shape, there were simply no house cats in China to include.<\/p>\n      <p>It even shows in the list itself: six of the twelve are the traditional &#8220;six domestic animals&#8221; (\u516d\u755c) \u2014 Ox, Horse, Goat, Rooster, Dog, and Pig \u2014 and the rest were animals people already knew well, plus the single mythical Dragon. The cat, an outsider that reached China late, was never in the running.<\/p>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n    <section class=\"tzl-card\" id=\"vietnamese-zodiac\">\n      <h2>But some zodiac traditions do have Cat<\/h2>\n      <p>\n        One useful cultural note: not every Asian zodiac tradition uses exactly the same animals. In the Vietnamese zodiac, Cat is commonly used where the Chinese zodiac uses Rabbit.\n      <\/p>\n      <p>\n        This does not mean one version is \u201cwrong.\u201d It shows that animal cycles can travel, adapt, and take local forms.\n      <\/p>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <section class=\"tzl-card\" id=\"meaning\">\n      <h2>What the missing Cat story means<\/h2>\n      <p>\n        The story is not only about a missing animal. It gives emotional shape to the zodiac: timing matters, trust can break, cleverness can have consequences, and not every capable animal receives a place.\n      <\/p>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-mini-grid\">\n        <div class=\"tzl-mini\">\n          <strong>Timing<\/strong>\n          <span>Missed race<\/span>\n          <p>Cat\u2019s absence turns timing into a memorable story theme.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"tzl-mini\">\n          <strong>Rivalry<\/strong>\n          <span>Cat and Rat<\/span>\n          <p>The legend explains why cats and rats are imagined as enemies.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"tzl-mini\">\n          <strong>Order<\/strong>\n          <span>First twelve<\/span>\n          <p>The story reinforces that only twelve animals receive zodiac places.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <section class=\"tzl-card\" id=\"common-mistakes\">\n      <h2>Common misunderstandings<\/h2>\n      <ul>\n        <li><strong>Thinking Cat was officially removed.<\/strong> The Chinese zodiac cycle simply does not include Cat.<\/li>\n        <li><strong>Assuming every version mentions Cat.<\/strong> Some Great Race retellings focus only on the twelve arriving animals.<\/li>\n        <li><strong>Confusing Chinese and Vietnamese zodiacs.<\/strong> Vietnamese zodiac tradition commonly includes Cat in place of Rabbit.<\/li>\n        <li><strong>Thinking the story is historical proof.<\/strong> It is folklore, not a historical record.<\/li>\n        <li><strong>Forgetting Rabbit\u2019s own symbolism.<\/strong> Rabbit is not a placeholder; it is an important Chinese zodiac sign.<\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <section class=\"tzl-card\" id=\"go-deeper\">\n      <h2>Cat missed the cycle \u2014 want your own sign explained?<\/h2>\n      <p>This page explains why Cat isn&#8217;t part of the twelve-animal system. Your own sign within that system is a separate, more useful question:<\/p>\n      <div class=\"tzl-links two\">\n        <a href=\"\/product\/personalized-reading\/\"><strong>Personalized Reading<\/strong>Your full stem-branch write-up: exact animal, element, and what that traditionally means for you specifically \u2014 as a printable report.<span>See the reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>\n        <a href=\"\/product\/couple-chinese-zodiac-compatibility-report\/\"><strong>Couple Compatibility Report<\/strong>How your sign and a partner&#8217;s sign read together, using the twelve signs the system actually has.<span>See the report &rarr;<\/span><\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <section class=\"tzl-card tzl-faq\" id=\"faq\">\n      <h2>FAQ<\/h2>\n\n      <details><summary>Why is there no Cat in the Chinese zodiac?<\/summary><p>The established Chinese zodiac uses Rabbit as the fourth sign, not Cat. Folk stories explain Cat\u2019s absence by saying it missed the Great Race.<\/p><\/details>\n      <details><summary>Did Rat trick Cat?<\/summary><p>In many versions, yes. Rat fails to wake Cat or causes Cat to miss the race, which explains their legendary rivalry.<\/p><\/details>\n      <details><summary>Is Cat in any zodiac?<\/summary><p>Yes. The Vietnamese zodiac commonly includes Cat where the Chinese zodiac uses Rabbit.<\/p><\/details>\n      <details><summary>Why does the Chinese zodiac have Rabbit instead of Cat?<\/summary><p>Rabbit is the established Chinese sign paired with the Earthly Branch \u536f. Cat appears in some neighboring zodiac traditions, not the standard Chinese cycle.<\/p><\/details>\n      <details><summary>Is the missing Cat story official?<\/summary><p>It is a popular folk explanation, not a single official historical account.<\/p><\/details>\n      <details><summary>What is Rabbit in Chinese?<\/summary><p>Rabbit is \u5154, pronounced t\u00f9.<\/p><\/details>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <section class=\"tzl-card\" id=\"next-steps\">\n      <h2>Next steps<\/h2>\n      <div class=\"tzl-links\">\n        <a class=\"tzl-link\" href=\"\/learn-great-race-legend\/\">\n          <strong>Great Race Legend<\/strong>\n          Read the full order story.\n          <span>Read story \u2192<\/span>\n        <\/a>\n\n        <a class=\"tzl-link\" href=\"\/why-is-the-rat-first-in-the-chinese-zodiac\/\">\n          <strong>Why Rat Is First<\/strong>\n          Understand Rat\u2019s first place.\n          <span>Read Rat \u2192<\/span>\n        <\/a>\n\n        <a class=\"tzl-link\" href=\"\/year-of-the-rabbit\/\">\n          <strong>Rabbit Sign<\/strong>\n          Read the fourth Chinese zodiac sign.\n          <span>Read Rabbit \u2192<\/span>\n        <\/a>\n\n        <a class=\"tzl-link\" href=\"\/chinese-zodiac-order\/\">\n          <strong>Zodiac Order<\/strong>\n          See the full animal sequence.\n          <span>Read order \u2192<\/span>\n        <\/a>\n\n        <a class=\"tzl-link\" href=\"\/chinese-zodiac-mythology\/\">\n          <strong>Zodiac Mythology<\/strong>\n          Explore related stories.\n          <span>Read mythology \u2192<\/span>\n        <\/a>\n\n        <a class=\"tzl-link\" href=\"\/12-signs\/\">\n          <strong>12 Zodiac Signs<\/strong>\n          Open the main sign guide.\n          <span>Read signs \u2192<\/span>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <section class=\"tzl-card\" id=\"editorial-note\">\n      <h2>Editorial note<\/h2>\n      <p class=\"tzl-source-note\">\n        This page explains the missing Cat as a folk story and cross-cultural comparison topic. 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