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. 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 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 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 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. 2025 is the Year of the Snake starting from Jan.29, 2025 (Chinese New Year 2025) and lasting to February 16, 2026. Snake is a Yin animal and the 6th animal in the Chinese Zodiac marking the start of a new cycle. 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. 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. 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 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. Conversely, the Chinese zodiac is composed of 12 different signs, each associated with a respective animal totem and lunar new year. These animals represent the winner’s circle of an ancient 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. And 1954 Horse year belongs to the Wood based on Chinese Five Elements. Therefore, people born in 1954 Chinese zodiac year are the Wood Horse. As Chinese zodiac follows lunar calendar, the Wood Horse people are born from February 3, 1954 to January 23, 1955 in Gregorian calendar. The year 1989 has the Chinese zodiac sign Snake, and it belongs to the Earth based on Chinese Five Elements. Therefore, people born in 1989 Chinese zodiac year are the Earth Snake. As Chinese zodiac is based on lunar calendar since ancient time, the Earth Snake are born from February 6, 1989 to January 26, 1990 in Gregorian calendar. 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. 2007 is the year of the Pig according to Chinese zodiac. Furthermore, in Chinese Five Elements, it is Fire Pig year. As Chinese zodiac follows lunar calendar, this fire Pig year is from February 18, 2007 to February 6, 2008. Those who born from January 1 to February 17 in 2007 are Chinese zodiac Fire Dog.
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