Enter your birth year to find your Chinese zodiac animal — with element and personality traits.
The Chinese zodiac is a repeating 12-year cycle, each year associated with an animal: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig. A separate 10-year cycle assigns one of five elements (wood, fire, earth, metal, water), creating a combined 60-year cycle.
The Chinese New Year falls between January 21 and February 20, so if you were born in January or early February, your zodiac year may be the previous one. This tool uses the Gregorian year as a simplification.
Like the Western zodiac, the Chinese zodiac is a cultural tradition, not a predictive system. The personality traits associated with each animal are part of the folklore, not empirical findings.
Animal = (year − 4) mod 12: 0=Rat, 1=Ox, 2=Tiger, 3=Rabbit, 4=Dragon, 5=Snake, 6=Horse, 7=Goat, 8=Monkey, 9=Rooster, 10=Dog, 11=Pig. Element = ((year − 4) mod 10) / 2: 0=Wood, 1=Fire, 2=Earth, 3=Metal, 4=Water.
The Chinese New Year varies between Jan 21 and Feb 20. If born before it, your animal may be the previous year's.
A 10-year cycle of wood, fire, earth, metal and water that overlays the 12-year animal cycle, creating a 60-year super-cycle.
No — it is cultural tradition. The personality traits are folklore, not predictions.
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