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 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. 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. Find your year, animal, dates and element (metal, water, wood, fire, earth). Every Chinese zodiac year from 1900–2031, full table and broken down by each zodiac. Chinese New Year 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 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 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 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. Happy Chinese New Year! The Year of the Snake is one of the 12 Chinese zodiac signs, and it's slithering with mystery, intrigue, adaptability and wisdom. Whether you’re born under this sign or 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 VI. Celebrations and Traditions During Chinese New Year. During the Chinese New Year, each zodiac animal is celebrated with its own set of customs and rituals. Families may prepare special dishes that reflect the traits of the zodiac animal for that year. Common practices include: Decorating homes with symbols of the zodiac animal. Rat is the 1st animal in the 12-year cycle of the Chinese zodiac, coming after the Pig and before the Ox. Recent years of the Rat include 2020, 2008, 1996, 1984, 1972, 1960, and 1948, with the next Rat year in 2032 (Year of the Water Rat). It corresponds with the first branch of the earthly branch symbol zi. Rat is the 1st animal in the Chinese 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 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 Furtherly based on Chinese Five Elements, the year 1996 belongs to the Fire. Therefore, people born in 1996 are the Fire Rat. Different from Gregorian calendar, Chinese zodiac uses lunar calendar, based on which only people born from February 19, 1996 to February 6, 1997 is Fire Rat and those born from January 1 to February 18 in 1996 are the People born in 1988 are the Earth Dragon based on Chinese Five Elements and Chinese Zodiac. Chinese zodiac follows lunar calendar and the date between lunar calendar and Gregorian calendar is a little different. Snake is the 6th animal in the 12-year cycle of the Chinese zodiac signs, coming after the Dragon and before the Horse. Recent years of the Snake include 2013, 2001, 1989, 1977, 1965, 1953, and 1941, with the next Snake year in 2025 (Year of the Wood Snake). Snake is associated with the earthly branch symbol si. Based on Chinese Five Elements, the year of 1985 belongs to the Wood year. According to Chinese zodiac, 1985 is the year of the Ox. Therefore, people born in Chinese calendar year 1985, specifically February 20, 1985 to February 8, 1986 in Gregorian calendar is the Wood Ox; those people who born from January 1 to February 19 in 1985 belong to the previous Wood Rat year. 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 . Personality and Horoscope for the Metal Dog How to check: The Animals in the first ‘Zodiac Animals’ line are for male. Animals in the ‘Best Match’, ‘Lively Pair’ and ‘Worst Match’ lines are for Female. By clicking the link in the table, you can get the detailed match results as well as the match scores.
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