Zodiac Symbols for Guitar Players

The Chinese New Year begins February 19th, 2015. The Year of the Horse will end, and the Year of the Goat will begin.

The twelve Chinese zodiac symbols are all animals (pig, rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog). Since everything in the universe is related to the guitar, I got to thinking: what would be some good zodiac symbols for guitar players?

After 17 minutes of deep contemplation, here now is my list and 12-year calendar cycle of

Zodiac Symbols for Guitar Players:
2015: Year of the Arpeggio
2016: Year of the Riff
2017: Year of the Chord
2018: Year of the Amp
2019: Year of the Mode
2020: Year of the Effect
2021: Year of the Blues
2022: Year of the Nonstandard Tuning
2023: Year of the Phrase
2024: Year of the Fingerstyle
2025: Year of the Scale
2026: Year of the Tone

All right–let’s get out there are hit those arpeggios!