Find your Chinese zodiac animal from your birth year. This calculator also estimates your Chinese zodiac element, yin or yang energy, personality themes, lucky numbers, lucky colors, and compatibility notes.
Birth year:
Enter the year you were born. The calculator matches it to the repeating 12-year Chinese zodiac animal cycle.
Chinese New Year adjustment:
If you were born in January or February before Chinese New Year that year, select the previous zodiac year option.
Element cycle:
The calculator also estimates the Chinese zodiac element and yin or yang energy connected with the adjusted zodiac year.
A Chinese zodiac calculator is useful for quickly finding your zodiac animal, element, yin or yang energy, lucky numbers, lucky colors, and compatibility themes based on your birth year.
This calculator uses a simple year-based method. For exact results near Chinese New Year, verify the actual Chinese New Year date for your birth year.
Your Chinese zodiac sign is based on a repeating 12-year animal cycle. Each animal is connected with traditional personality themes, relationship patterns, strengths, challenges, and compatibility ideas.
The 12 Chinese zodiac animals are Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig.
Yes. A simple Chinese zodiac result is based on birth year. However, Chinese New Year does not always start on January 1, so January and February birthdays may need checking.
If you were born before Chinese New Year in your birth year, your Chinese zodiac animal usually belongs to the previous zodiac year.
The Chinese zodiac also uses five elements: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water. Animal and element combinations create a 60-year cycle.