Accurate to the lunar new year

Chinese Zodiac Calculator

Enter your birth date and we'll reveal your animal sign, your five-element type, and what the year ahead holds, handled correctly even for January and February birthdays.

What is my Chinese zodiac sign?

Your sign is the animal of the lunar year you were born inโ€”Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, or Pigโ€”plus a Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, or Water element from the 60-year cycle. Enter your full birth date below; we apply official Chinese New Year dates so January and February birthdays land in the correct year.

Born in January or February? We adjust for the exact Chinese New Year date.

What you'll discover

  • Your animal sign

    One of twelve animals, with its personality, strengths, and lucky numbers, colours, and directions.

  • Your element

    Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, or Water: the layer in the 60-year cycle that colours how your sign expresses itself.

  • The year ahead

    How 2026-2027 looks for you, with a clear reason behind every fortune score, not just a number.

Why your birth date matters

The Chinese zodiac (็”Ÿ่‚–, shฤ“ngxiร o) assigns one of twelve animals to each lunar year, and the lunar year doesn't begin on January 1st. It starts with Chinese New Year, which lands somewhere between late January and mid-February. So a birthday in those few weeks can belong to the previous animal.

Example:born January 15, 1990? That's before Chinese New Year (January 27 that year), so you're a Snake, not a Horse.

Each sign also pairs with one of five elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water) in a repeating 60-year cycle. We use official Chinese New Year dates from 1920 to 2030, so January and February birthdays always land in the right year โ€” the same boundary as our year forecasts (not the Li Chun solar term used in some professional BaZi charts).

Once you know your sign, read your career, love, health, and wealth forecast for the Year of the Fire Horse.

2026 horoscope for all 12 signs โ†’