Each Chinese lunar year has a Chinese zodiac sign animal. The Chinese zodiac year's stsarting date is a little different from the Gregorian year. It starts from Chinese New Year. The Chinese zodiac years chart below is provided to help you find out the exact starting and ending dates of the Chinese zodiac years. (This is especially useful for The Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) usually falls during 21 January and February 20, if your birthday is during this period in Gregorian date, you may belong to the zodiac sign of the last year. In the following table, the years’ starting and ending dates are clearly shown which help you determine your animal sign correctly. Each person's zodiac sign is decided by their birth year. Traditionally, Chinese people believe that each zodiac sign has fated personality traits and each different zodiac year has a lot to do with personal horoscopes. Below is our Chinese zodiac calculator. You can use it to find out about your Chinese zodiac sign and discover your horoscope The Chinese zodiac includes 12 animal signs, in order they are: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig. The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, marks the transition from one animal to the next—2024 is the year of the Dragon, which began on February 10th, 2024, and ends on February 24th, 2024. Every Chinese zodiac year from 1900–2031, full table and broken down by each zodiac. Find your year, animal, dates and element (metal, water, wood, fire, earth). Chinese New Year For the starting date of a zodiac year, there are two schools of thought in Chinese astrology: Chinese New Year or the Start of Spring. Chinese New Year, day 1 of the Chinese lunar year, falls somewhere in the period January 21 st to February 20 th. The Start of Spring is the 1 st of the 24 Solar Terms, beginning on February 3 rd or 4 th. Most 2025 is the Year of the Snake according to the Chinese zodiac calendar, a 12-year cycle represented by animals. Each year is associated with a specific animal, influencing the characteristics of Below are listed the Chinese zodiac 2025 ruling animals and elements for each month of the year.* According to the Chinese New Year 2025 calendar, January 29th, 2025 is the Lunar New Year celebration day, which marks the start of the Year of the Wood Snake 2025 (the Snake being the ruling animal of the year) and the first day of the Month of Find Your Chinese Zodiac Sign. Chinese zodiac years are based on the lunar calendar, each zodiac animal's year comes around every 12 years. Everyone has his/her zodiac sign based on the birth year in the lunar calendar. Use the following Chinese zodiac calculator to find your zodiac sign, element, and lucky things. Each year in the Chinese zodiac is associated with 1 of 12 animals, of which the dragon is the only sign that is a legendary animal. In the Chinese zodiac, the snake is the sixth animal in the 12-year cycle. According to legend, the Jade Emperor invited animals to a race to determine their order in the zodiac. The Chinese zodiac, known as Sheng Xiao or Shu Xiang, features 12 animal signs in this order: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig. 2025 is the Year of the Snake according to Chinese zodiac, starting from the 2025 Chinese New Year on Jan. 29th and lasting to 2026 Lunar New Year's Eve on Feb. 16. 2026 is the Year of the Horse. People born in the year of 1973 (Feb. 03, 1973 - Jan. 22, 1974) which is Gui Chou Year are members of the Water Ox. For those born before Feb. 03, 1973, they belong to the zodiac animal of Water Rat. 1992 is the year of the Monkey in accordance with Chinese zodiac and it belongs to the Water element based on Chinese Five Elements. So the people born in 1992 have Water Monkey sign. Chinese people follows lunar calendar since ancient times. People born in the year of 1966 (Jan. 21, 1966 - Feb. 08, 1967) Bing Wu year are members of the Fire Horse. For those born before Jan. 21, 1966, they belong to the zodiac animal of Wood Snake . Personality and Horoscope for the Fire Horse People born in 1999 is the Earth Rabbit according to Chinese zodiac and Five Elements. In tradition, Chinese people follow lunar calendar. According to Gregorian calendar, the Earth Rabbit year is from February 16, 1999 to February 4, 2000. Those who born from January 1 to February 15 in 1999 are Earth Tiger. Ox is the second animal in the 12-year cycle of the Chinese zodiac, coming after the Rat and before the Tiger. Recent years of the Ox include 2021, 2009, 1997, 1985, 1973, 1961, and 1949, with the next Ox year in 2033 (Year of the Water Ox). The Year of the Ox corresponds with the earthly branch symbol chǒu. Ox is the 2nd animal in the Chinese People born in the year of 1977 (Feb. 18, 1977 - Feb. 06, 1978) which is Ding Si Year are members of the Fire Snake. For those born before Feb. 18, 1977, they belong to the zodiac animal of Fire Dragon. The common misconception is that only birth year is needed to acknowledge your chinese zodiac. Chinese calendar differs from common grigorian calendar, and from lunar calendar too. It is based on lunar months, that lasts for 29.5 days, and lunar year lasts for 12 or 13 months. Chinese New Year date is different every year. If you were born in 1991, you're considered to be a Metal Goat (or Metal Sheep) according to Chinese zodiac and five elements theories. The Chinese zodiac year is usually said to start from Chinese New Year. So, the Chinese zodiac year of 1991 started from February 15th, 1991 and ended on February 3rd, 1992. People born in the year of 1970 (Feb. 06, 1970 - Jan. 26, 1971) are members of the Metal Dog. For those born before Feb. 06, 1970, they belong to the zodiac animal of Earth Rooster.
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