12 Chinese Sign Profiles
The twelve Chinese Signs are well-known, but each sign is unique and individual with its own strengths and flaws. Click on each sign for a quick Chinese portrait:
Chinese Zodiac Calendar
The Chinese lunisolar calendar is divided into 12 months of 29 or 30 days. The calendar is adjusted to the length of the solar year by the addition of extra months at regular intervals. The years are arranged in major cycles of 60 years. Each successive year is named after one of 12 animals. These 12-year cycles are continuously repeated. The Chinese New Year is celebrated at the second new moon after the winter solstice and falls between January 21 and February 19 on the Gregorian calendar.
- 01/31/1900 to 02/18/1901 - METAL
- 02/18/1912 to 02/05/1913 - WATER
- 02/05/1924 to 01/24/1925 - WOOD
- 01/24/1936 to 02/10/1937 - FIRE
- 02/10/1948 to 01/28/1949 - EARTH
- 01/28/1960 to 02/14/1961 - METAL
- 02/15/1972 to 02/02/1973 - WATER
- 02/02/1984 to 02/19/1985 - WOOD
- 02/19/1996 to 02/06/1997 - FIRE
- 02/07/2008 to 01/25/2009 - EARTH
Rat
- 02/19/1901 to 02/07/1902 - METAL
- 02/06/1913 to 01/25/1914 - WATER
- 01/25/1925 to 02/12/1926 - WOOD
- 02/11/1937 to 01/30/1938 - FIRE
- 01/29/1949 to 02/16/1950 - EARTH
- 02/15/1961 to 02/04/1962 - METAL
- 02/03/1973 to 01/22/1974 - WATER
- 02/20/1985 to 02/08/1986 - WOOD
- 02/07/1997 to 01/27/1998 - FIRE
- 01/26/2009 to 02/13/2010 - EARTH
Ox
- 02/08/1902 to 01/28/1903 - WATER
- 01/26/1914 to 02/13/1915 - WOOD
- 02/13/1926 to 02/01/1927 - FIRE
- 01/31/1938 to 02/18/1939 - EARTH
- 02/17/1950 to 02/05/1951 - METAL
- 02/05/1962 to 01/24/1963 - WATER
- 01/23/1974 to 02/10/1975 - WOOD
- 02/09/1986 to 01/28/1987 - FIRE
- 01/28/1998 to 02/15/1999 - EARTH
- 02/14/2010 to 02/02/2011 - METAL
Tiger
- 01/29/1903 to 02/15/1904 - WATER
- 02/14/1915 to 02/02/1916 - WOOD
- 02/02/1927 to 01/22/1928 - FIRE
- 02/19/1939 to 02/07/1940 - EARTH
- 02/06/1951 to 01/26/1952 - METAL
- 01/25/1963 to 02/12/1964 - WATER
- 02/11/1975 to 01/30/1976 - WOOD
- 01/29/1987 to 02/16/1988 - FIRE
- 02/16/1999 to 02/04/2000 - EARTH
- 02/03/2011 to 01/22/2012 - METAL
Rabbit
- 02/19/1904 to 02/03/1905 - WOOD
- 02/03/1916 to 01/22/1917 - FIRE
- 01/23/1928 to 02/09/1929 - EARTH
- 02/08/1940 to 01/26/1941 - METAL
- 01/27/1952 to 02/13/1953 - WATER
- 02/13/1964 to 02/01/1965 - WOOD
- 01/31/1976 to 02/17/1977 - FIRE
- 02/17/1988 to 02/05/1989 - EARTH
- 02/05/2000 to 01/23/2001 - METAL
- 01/23/2012 to 02/09/2013 - WATER
Dragon
- 02/04/1905 to 01/24/1906 - WOOD
- 01/23/1917 to 02/10/1918 - FIRE
- 02/10/1929 to 01/29/1930 - EARTH
- 01/27/1941 to 02/14/1942 - METAL
- 02/14/1953 to 02/02/1954 - WATER
- 02/21/1965 to 01/20/1966 - WOOD
- 02/18/1977 to 02/06/1978 - FIRE
- 02/06/1989 to 01/26/1990 - EARTH
- 01/24/2001 to 02/11/2002 - METAL
- 02/10/2013 to 01/30/2014 - WATER
Snake
- 01/25/1906 to 02/12/1907 - FIRE
- 02/11/1918 to 01/31/1919 - EARTH
- 01/30/1930 to 02/16/1931 - METAL
- 02/15/1942 to 02/04/1943 - WATER
- 02/03/1954 to 01/23/1955 - WOOD
- 01/21/1966 to 02/08/1967 - FIRE
- 02/07/1978 to 01/27/1979 - EARTH
- 01/27/1990 to 02/14/1991 - METAL
- 02/12/2002 to 01/31/2003 - WATER
- 01/31/2014 to 02/18/2015 - WOOD
Horse
- 02/13/1907 to 02/01/1908 - FIRE
- 02/01/1919 to 02/19/1920 - EARTH
- 02/17/1931 to 02/05/1932 - METAL
- 02/05/1943 to 01/24/1944 - WATER
- 01/24/1955 to 02/11/1956 - WOOD
- 02/09/1967 to 01/29/1968 - FIRE
- 01/28/1979 to 02/15/1980 - EARTH
- 02/15/1991 to 02/03/1992 - METAL
- 02/01/2003 to 01/21/2004 - WATER
- 02/19/2015 to 02/07/2016 - WOOD
Goat
- 02/02/1908 to 01/21/1909 - EARTH
- 02/20/1920 to 02/07/1921 - METAL
- 02/06/1932 to 01/25/1933 - WATER
- 01/25/1944 to 02/12/1945 - WOOD
- 02/12/1956 to 01/30/1957 - FIRE
- 01/29/1968 to 02/16/1969 - EARTH
- 02/16/1980 to 02/04/1981 - METAL
- 02/04/1992 to 01/22/1993 - WATER
- 01/22/2004 to 02/08/2005 - WOOD
- 02/08/2016 to 01/27/2017 - FIRE
Monkey
- 01/22/1909 to 02/09/1910 - EARTH
- 02/08/1921 to 01/27/1922 - METAL
- 01/26/1933 to 02/13/1934 - WATER
- 02/13/1945 to 02/01/1946 - WOOD
- 01/31/1957 to 02/17/1958 - FIRE
- 02/17/1969 to 02/05/1970 - EARTH
- 02/05/1981 to 01/24/1982 - METAL
- 01/23/1993 to 02/09/1994 - WATER
- 02/09/2005 to 01/28/2006 - WOOD
- 01/28/2017 to 02/15/2018 - FIRE
Rooster
- 02/10/1910 to 01/29/1911 - METAL
- 01/28/1922 to 02/15/1923 - WATER
- 02/14/1934 to 02/03/1935 - WOOD
- 02/02/1946 to 01/21/1947 - FIRE
- 02/18/1958 to 02/07/1959 - EARTH
- 02/06/1970 to 01/26/1971 - METAL
- 01/25/1982 to 02/12/1983 - WATER
- 02/10/1994 to 01/30/1995 - WOOD
- 01/29/2006 to 02/17/2007 - FIRE
- 02/16/2018 to 02/04/2019 - EARTH
Dog
- 01/30/1911 to 02/17/1912 - METAL
- 02/16/1923 to 02/04/1924 - WATER
- 02/04/1935 to 01/23/1936 - WOOD
- 01/22/1947 to 02/09/1948 - FIRE
- 02/08/1959 to 01/27/1960 - EARTH
- 01/27/1971 to 02/14/1972 - METAL
- 02/13/1983 to 02/01/1984 - WATER
- 01/31/1995 to 02/18/1996 - WOOD
- 02/18/2007 to 02/06/2008 - FIRE
- 02/05/2019 to 01/24/2020 - EARTH