Chinese Zodiac Calculator: Find Your Animal Sign and Element

Only your birth year is needed. The twelve animals repeat in a fixed 12-year cycle, so the calculator counts from 2020, a confirmed Year of the Rat. No birth time or planetary positions are required.

Chinese New Year does not start on January 1st; it falls on a different date between late January and mid-February each year. This calculator uses the Gregorian year, so if you were born before Chinese New Year, your true animal may be the previous sign in the cycle.

Not with an invented score. It follows the traditional rules of Chinese astrology: San He (triple harmony), Liu He (secret friends) and Liu Chong (clash).

Besides the animal, each birth year carries one of the five elements, set by the last digit of the year: 0–1 Metal, 2–3 Water, 4–5 Wood, 6–7 Fire, 8–9 Earth. That is why someone born in 1990 is a Metal Horse. This is a genuine traditional rule, not a modern add-on.