Chinese Zodiac Query
The Chinese Zodiac (Twelve Animals) is one of the most important symbols in traditional Chinese culture, corresponding twelve animals to the Twelve Earthly Branches in a cyclical year system. Each zodiac has unique personality symbolism and cultural meaning. We calculate your zodiac precisely based on your birth year pillar (using Start of Spring as the boundary), not simply by lunar year.
Zodiac and Year Pillar
The zodiac is determined by the Earthly Branch of the Year Pillar, and the boundary is Start of Spring (usually February 3-5), not the first day of the lunar year. This means people born at the end of the lunar year may already have the next year's zodiac—a mistake many online zodiac calculators make.
Twelve Zodiac Animals
Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig. A twelve-year cycle, each zodiac corresponds to an Earthly Branch and a Five Element attribute (e.g., Jia-Zi year is Wood Rat, Bing-Zi year is Fire Rat).