Your Chinese Element and Animal by Year /

To use this table, look up your year of birth, and your element and animal are shown in the box to the right.
Note: If you were born before 4th February (Chinese New Year) your element is the one for the previous year.

Elements: / Earth / Metal / Water / Wood / Fire
1920 / Metal
Monkey / 1921 / Metal
Cockerel / 1922 / Earth
Dog / 1923 / Water
Pig / 1924 / Water
Rat
1925 / Earth
Ox / 1926 / Wood
Tiger / 1927 / Wood
Hare / 1928 / Earth
Dragon / 1929 / Fire
Snake
1930 / Fire
Horse / 1931 / Earth
Goat / 1932 / Metal
Monkey / 1933 / Metal
Cockerel / 1934 / Earth
Dog
1935 / Water
Pig / 1936 / Water
Rat / 1937 / Earth
Ox / 1938 / Wood
Tiger / 1939 / Wood
Hare
1940 / Earth
Dragon / 1941 / Fire
Snake / 1942 / Fire
Horse / 1943 / Earth
Goat / 1944 / Metal
Monkey
1945 / Metal
Cockerel / 1946 / Earth
Dog / 1947 / Water
Pig / 1948 / Water
Rat / 1949 / Earth
Ox
1950 / Wood
Tiger / 1951 / Wood
Hare / 1952 / Earth
Dragon / 1953 / Fire
Snake / 1954 / Fire
Horse
1955 / Earth
Goat / 1956 / Metal
Monkey / 1957 / Metal
Cockerel / 1958 / Earth
Dog / 1959 / Water
Pig
1960 / Water
Rat / 1961 / Earth
Ox / 1962 / Wood
Tiger / 1963 / Wood
Hare / 1964 / Earth
Dragon
1965 / Fire
Snake / 1966 / Fire
Horse / 1967 / Earth
Goat / 1968 / Metal
Monkey / 1969 / Metal
Cockerel
1970 / Earth
Dog / 1971 / Water
Pig / 1972 / Water
Rat / 1973 / Earth
Ox / 1974 / Wood
Tiger
1975 / Wood
Hare / 1976 / Earth
Dragon / 1977 / Fire
Snake / 1978 / Fire
Horse / 1979 / Earth
Goat
1980 / Metal
Monkey / 1981 / Metal
Cockerel / 1982 / Earth
Dog / 1983 / Water
Pig / 1984 / Water
Rat
1985 / Earth
Ox / 1986 / Wood
Tiger / 1987 / Wood
Hare / 1988 / Earth
Dragon / 1989 / Fire
Snake
1990 / Fire
Horse / 1991 / Earth
Goat / 1992 / Metal
Monkey / 1993 / Metal
Cockerel / 1994 / Earth
Dog
1995 / Water
Pig / 1996 / Water
Rat / 1997 / Earth
Ox / 1998 / Wood
Tiger / 1999 / Wood
Hare
2000 / Earth
Dragon / 2001 / Fire
Snake / 2002 / Fire
Horse / 2003 / Earth
Goat / 2004 / Metal
Monkey
2005 / Metal
Cockerel / 2006 / Earth
Dog / 2007 / Water
Pig / 2008 / Water
Rat / 2009 / Earth
Ox