Do you know your Chinese astrology sign?
If not, scroll down to the bottom of this page and find your birth date in the table shown.
Unlike Western astrology, where the sign changes by month, Chinese signs change by year, in a 60 – year cycle. There is much, much more to the Chinese system, but the year/animal sign will do for general purposes, such as a magazine column – naturally, a fully accurate analysis can only happen in a formal consultation.
The Chinese system is based on a lunar dating system, with one specific alignment to the Chinese solar calendar. This means that the New Year technically begins, and is celebrated, on a New Moon, but the solar system assigns a date of the 4th February.
Therefore, if you’re born between roughly the last week in January and the first week in February, look also at the sign next to yours; you could well find yourself there to a great extent.
The following two tables will help you to find your Chinese animal; the first table is sorted by year, the second by animal.
Chinese Animals, Sorted By Date
| Chinese Lunar New Year Dates | ||
| 1930 | Jan 29 | Horse |
| 1931 | Feb 17 | Goat |
| 1932 | Feb 6 | Monkey |
| 1933 | Jan 25 | Rooster |
| 1934 | Feb 14 | Dog |
| 1935 | Feb 3 | Pig |
| 1936 | Jan 24 | Rat |
| 1937 | Feb 11 | Ox |
| 1938 | Jan 31 | Tiger |
| 1939 | Feb 19 | Rabbit |
| 1940 | Feb 8 | Dragon |
| 1941 | Jan 27 | Snake |
| 1942 | Feb 15 | Horse |
| 1943 | Feb 4 | Goat |
| 1944 | Jan 25 | Monkey |
| 1945 | Feb 12 | Rooster |
| 1946 | Feb 2 | Dog |
| 1947 | Jan 22 | Pig |
| 1948 | Feb 10 | Rat |
| 1949 | Jan 29 | Ox |
| 1950 | Feb 16 | Tiger |
| 1951 | Feb 6 | Rabbit |
| 1952 | Jan 26 | Dragon |
| 1953 | Feb 14 | Snake |
| 1954 | Feb 3 | Horse |
| 1955 | Jan 24 | Goat |
| 1956 | Feb 11 | Monkey |
| 1957 | Jan 30 | Rooster |
| 1958 | Feb 18 | Dog |
| 1959 | Feb 7 | Pig |
| 1960 | Jan 28 | Rat |
| 1961 | Feb 15 | Ox |
| 1962 | Feb 5 | Tiger |
| 1963 | Jan 25 | Rabbit |
| 1964 | Feb 13 | Dragon |
| 1965 | Feb 1 | Snake |
| 1966 | Jan 21 | Horse |
| 1967 | Feb 9 | Goat |
| 1968 | Jan 29 | Monkey |
| 1969 | Feb 16 | Rooster |
| 1970 | Feb 6 | Dog |
| 1971 | Jan 26 | Pig |
| 1972 | Feb 15 | Rat |
| 1973 | Feb 3 | Ox |
| 1974 | Jan 24 | Tiger |
| 1975 | Feb 11 | Rabbit |
| 1976 | Jan 31 | Dragon |
| 1977 | Feb 18 | Snake |
| 1978 | Feb 7 | Horse |
| 1979 | Jan 28 | Goat |
| 1980 | Feb 16 | Monkey |
| 1981 | Feb 5 | Rooster |
| 1982 | Jan 25 | Dog |
| 1983 | Feb 13 | Pig |
| 1984 | Feb 2 | Rat |
| 1985 | Feb 20 | Ox |
| 1986 | Feb 9 | Tiger |
| 1987 | Jan 29 | Rabbit |
| 1988 | Feb 17 | Dragon |
| 1989 | Feb 6 | Snake |
| 1990 | Jan 26 | Horse |
| 1991 | Feb 14 | Goat |
| 1992 | Feb 3 | Monkey |
| 1993 | Jan 22 | Rooster |
| 1994 | Feb 10 | Dog |
| 1995 | Jan 31 | Pig |
| 1996 | Feb 19 | Rat |
| 1997 | Feb 7 | Ox |
| 1998 | Jan 28 | Tiger |
| 1999 | Jan 16 | Rabbit |
| 2000 | Feb 5 | Dragon |
| 2001 | Jan 24 | Snake |
| 2002 | Feb 12 | Horse |
| 2003 | Feb 1 | Goat |
| 2004 | Jan 22 | Monkey |
| 2005 | Feb 9 | Rooster |
| 2006 | Jan 29 | Dog |
| 2007 | Feb 18 | Pig |
| 2008 | Feb 7 | Rat |
| 2009 | Jan 26 | Ox |
| 2010 | Feb 14 | Tiger |
| 2011 | Feb 03 | Rabbit |
| 2012 | Jan 23 | Dragon |
| 2013 | Feb 10 | Snake |
| 2014 | Jan 31 | Horse |
| 2015 | Feb 19 | Goat |
| 2016 | Feb 08 | Monkey |
| 2017 | Jan 28 | Rooster |
| 2018 | Feb 16 | Dog |
| 2019 | Feb 05 | Pig |
Chinese Year Dates, Sorted By Animal
| 1 Rat Jan 24, 1936 – Feb 10, 1937 Feb 10, 1948 – Jan 28, 1949 Jan 28, 1960 – Feb 14, 1961 Feb 15, 1972 – Feb 02, 1973 Feb 02, 1984 – Feb 19, 1985 Feb 19, 1996 – Feb 06, 1997 Feb 07, 2008 – Jan 25, 2009 |
2 Ox Feb 11, 1037 – Jan 30, 1938 Jan 29, 1949 – Feb 16, 1950 Feb 15, 1961 – Feb 04, 1962 Feb 03, 1973 – Jan 22, 1974 Feb 20, 1985 – Feb 08, 1986 Feb 07, 1997 – Jan 27, 1998 Jan 26, 2009 – Feb 13, 2010 |
| 3 Tiger Jan 31, 1938 – Feb 18, 1939 Feb 17, 1950 – Feb 05, 1951 Feb 05, 1962 – Jan 24, 1963 Jan 23, 1974 – Feb 10, 1975 Feb 09, 1986 – Jan 28, 1987 Jan 28, 1998 – Feb 15, 1999 Feb 14, 2010 – Feb 02, 2011 |
4 Rabbit Feb 19, 1939 – Feb 07, 1940 Feb 06, 1951 – Jan 26, 1952 Jan 25, 1963 – Feb 12, 1964 Feb 11, 1975 – Jan 30, 1976 Jan 29, 1987 – Feb 16, 1988 Feb 16, 1999 – Feb 04, 2000 Feb 03, 2011 – Jan 22, 2012 |
| 5 Dragon Feb 08, 1940 – Jan 26, 1941 Jan 27, 1952 – Feb 13, 1953 Feb 13, 1964 – Feb 01, 1965 Jan 31, 1976 – Feb 17, 1977 Feb 17, 1988 – Feb 05, 1989 Feb 05, 2000 – Jan 23, 2001 Jan 23, 2012 – Feb 09, 2013 |
6 Snake Jan 27, 1941 – Feb 14, 1942 Feb 14, 1953 – Feb 02, 1954 Feb 02, 1965 – Jan 20, 1966 Feb 18, 1977 – Feb 06, 1978 Feb 06, 1989 – Jan 26, 1990 Jan 24, 2001 – Feb 11, 2002 Feb 10, 2013 – Jan 30, 2014 |
| 7 Horse Jan 29, 1930 – Feb 16, 1931 Feb 15, 1942 – Feb 03, 1943 Feb 03, 1954 – Jan 23, 1955 Jan 21, 1966 – Feb 08, 1967 Feb 07, 1978 – Jan 27, 1979 Jan 27, 1990 – Feb 14, 1991 Feb 12, 2002 – Jan 31, 2003 Jan 31, 2014 – Feb 18, 2015 |
8 Goat Feb 17, 1931 – Feb 05,1932 Feb 04, 1943 – Jan 24, 1944 Jan 24, 1955 – Feb 11, 1956 Feb 09, 1967 – Jan 29, 1968 Jan 28, 1979 – Feb 15, 1980 Feb 15, 1991 – Feb 03, 1992 Feb 01, 2003 – Jan 21, 2004 Feb 19, 2015 – Feb 07, 2016 |
| 9 Monkey Feb 06, 1932 – Jan 24, 1933 Jan 25, 1944 – Feb 11, 1945 Feb 12, 1956 – Jan 30, 1957 Jan 30, 1968 – Feb 16, 1969 Feb 16, 1980 – Feb 04, 1981 Feb 04, 1992 – Jan 22, 1993 Jan 22, 2004 – Feb 08, 2005 Feb 08, 2016 – Jan 27, 2017 |
10 Rooster Jan 25, 1933 – Feb 13, 1934 Feb 25, 1945 – Feb 01, 1946 Jan 31, 1957 – Feb 17, 1958 Feb 17, 1969 – Feb 05, 1970 Feb 05, 1981 – Jan 24, 1982 Jan 23, 1993 – Feb 09, 1994 Feb 09, 2005 – Jan 28, 2006 Jan 28, 2017 – Feb 15, 2018 |
| 11 Dog Feb 14, 1934 – Feb 02, 1935 Feb 02, 1946 – Jan 21, 1947 Feb 18, 1958 – Feb 08, 1959 Feb 06, 1970 – Jan 26, 1971 Jan 25, 1982 – Feb 12, 1983 Feb 10, 1994 – Jan 30, 1995 Jan 29, 2006 – Feb 17, 2007 Feb 16, 2018 – Feb 04, 2019 |
12 Pig Feb 03, 1935 – Jan 23, 1936 Jan 22, 1947 – Feb 09, 1948 Feb 08,1959 – Jan 27, 1960 Jan 27, 1971 – Feb 14, 1972 Feb 13, 1983 – Feb 01, 1984 Jan 31, 1995 – Feb 18, 1996 Feb 18, 2007 – Feb 06, 2008 Feb 05, 2019 – Jan 24, 2020 |
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