Chinese Zodiac Years

Each row is a Chinese year, not a January-to-December Western year. The animal changes on the Lunar New Year date shown here. If your birthday is earlier than that date, use the previous row — or the Chinese Zodiac Calculator.

Year	Chinese Zodiac	Element	Yin / Yang	Lunar New Year
2036	Dragon	Fire	Yang	January 28, 2036
2035	Rabbit	Wood	Yin	February 8, 2035
2034	Tiger	Wood	Yang	February 19, 2034
2033	Ox	Water	Yin	January 31, 2033
2032	Rat	Water	Yang	February 11, 2032
2031	Pig	Metal	Yin	January 23, 2031
2030	Dog	Metal	Yang	February 3, 2030
2029	Rooster	Earth	Yin	February 13, 2029
2028	Monkey	Earth	Yang	January 26, 2028
2027	Goat	Fire	Yin	February 6, 2027
2026	Horse	Fire	Yang	February 17, 2026
2025	Snake	Wood	Yin	January 29, 2025
2024	Dragon	Wood	Yang	February 10, 2024
2023	Rabbit	Water	Yin	January 22, 2023
2022	Tiger	Water	Yang	February 1, 2022
2021	Ox	Metal	Yin	February 12, 2021
2020	Rat	Metal	Yang	January 25, 2020
2019	Pig	Earth	Yin	February 5, 2019
2018	Dog	Earth	Yang	February 16, 2018
2017	Rooster	Fire	Yin	January 28, 2017
2016	Monkey	Fire	Yang	February 8, 2016
2015	Goat	Wood	Yin	February 19, 2015
2014	Horse	Wood	Yang	January 31, 2014
2013	Snake	Water	Yin	February 10, 2013
2012	Dragon	Water	Yang	January 23, 2012
2011	Rabbit	Metal	Yin	February 3, 2011
2010	Tiger	Metal	Yang	February 14, 2010
2009	Ox	Earth	Yin	January 26, 2009
2008	Rat	Earth	Yang	February 7, 2008
2007	Pig	Fire	Yin	February 18, 2007
2006	Dog	Fire	Yang	January 29, 2006
2005	Rooster	Wood	Yin	February 9, 2005
2004	Monkey	Wood	Yang	January 22, 2004
2003	Goat	Water	Yin	February 1, 2003
2002	Horse	Water	Yang	February 12, 2002
2001	Snake	Metal	Yin	January 24, 2001
2000	Dragon	Metal	Yang	February 5, 2000
1999	Rabbit	Earth	Yin	February 16, 1999
1998	Tiger	Earth	Yang	January 28, 1998
1997	Ox	Fire	Yin	February 7, 1997
1996	Rat	Fire	Yang	February 19, 1996
1995	Pig	Wood	Yin	January 31, 1995
1994	Dog	Wood	Yang	February 10, 1994
1993	Rooster	Water	Yin	January 23, 1993
1992	Monkey	Water	Yang	February 4, 1992
1991	Goat	Metal	Yin	February 15, 1991
1990	Horse	Metal	Yang	January 27, 1990
1989	Snake	Earth	Yin	February 6, 1989
1988	Dragon	Earth	Yang	February 17, 1988
1987	Rabbit	Fire	Yin	January 29, 1987
1986	Tiger	Fire	Yang	February 9, 1986
1985	Ox	Wood	Yin	February 20, 1985
1984	Rat	Wood	Yang	February 2, 1984
1983	Pig	Water	Yin	February 13, 1983
1982	Dog	Water	Yang	January 25, 1982
1981	Rooster	Metal	Yin	February 5, 1981
1980	Monkey	Metal	Yang	February 16, 1980
1979	Goat	Earth	Yin	January 28, 1979
1978	Horse	Earth	Yang	February 7, 1978
1977	Snake	Fire	Yin	February 18, 1977
1976	Dragon	Fire	Yang	January 31, 1976
1975	Rabbit	Wood	Yin	February 11, 1975
1974	Tiger	Wood	Yang	January 23, 1974
1973	Ox	Water	Yin	February 3, 1973
1972	Rat	Water	Yang	February 15, 1972
1971	Pig	Metal	Yin	January 27, 1971
1970	Dog	Metal	Yang	February 6, 1970
1969	Rooster	Earth	Yin	February 17, 1969
1968	Monkey	Earth	Yang	January 30, 1968
1967	Goat	Fire	Yin	February 9, 1967
1966	Horse	Fire	Yang	January 21, 1966
1965	Snake	Wood	Yin	February 2, 1965
1964	Dragon	Wood	Yang	February 13, 1964
1963	Rabbit	Water	Yin	January 25, 1963
1962	Tiger	Water	Yang	February 5, 1962
1961	Ox	Metal	Yin	February 15, 1961
1960	Rat	Metal	Yang	January 28, 1960
1959	Pig	Earth	Yin	February 8, 1959
1958	Dog	Earth	Yang	February 18, 1958
1957	Rooster	Fire	Yin	January 31, 1957
1956	Monkey	Fire	Yang	February 12, 1956
1955	Goat	Wood	Yin	January 24, 1955
1954	Horse	Wood	Yang	February 3, 1954
1953	Snake	Water	Yin	February 14, 1953
1952	Dragon	Water	Yang	January 27, 1952
1951	Rabbit	Metal	Yin	February 6, 1951
1950	Tiger	Metal	Yang	February 17, 1950
1949	Ox	Earth	Yin	January 29, 1949
1948	Rat	Earth	Yang	February 10, 1948
1947	Pig	Fire	Yin	January 22, 1947
1946	Dog	Fire	Yang	February 2, 1946
1945	Rooster	Wood	Yin	February 13, 1945
1944	Monkey	Wood	Yang	January 25, 1944
1943	Goat	Water	Yin	February 5, 1943
1942	Horse	Water	Yang	February 15, 1942
1941	Snake	Metal	Yin	January 27, 1941
1940	Dragon	Metal	Yang	February 8, 1940
1939	Rabbit	Earth	Yin	February 19, 1939
1938	Tiger	Earth	Yang	January 31, 1938
1937	Ox	Fire	Yin	February 11, 1937
1936	Rat	Fire	Yang	January 24, 1936
1935	Pig	Wood	Yin	February 4, 1935
1934	Dog	Wood	Yang	February 14, 1934
1933	Rooster	Water	Yin	January 26, 1933
1932	Monkey	Water	Yang	February 6, 1932
1931	Goat	Metal	Yin	February 17, 1931
1930	Horse	Metal	Yang	January 30, 1930
1929	Snake	Earth	Yin	February 10, 1929
1928	Dragon	Earth	Yang	January 23, 1928
1927	Rabbit	Fire	Yin	February 2, 1927
1926	Tiger	Fire	Yang	February 13, 1926
1925	Ox	Wood	Yin	January 24, 1925
1924	Rat	Wood	Yang	February 5, 1924