What is Chinese Zodiac?

Chinese Zodiac is an interactive tool that reveals your zodiac animal sign, elemental association, and personality traits based on your birth year. Rooted in thousands of years of Chinese tradition, the zodiac cycle consists of 12 animals and 5 elements that together form a 60-year calendar cycle.

12 Zodiac Animals

Each year in the 12-year cycle is represented by an animal: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig. Your birth year determines which animal sign you belong to, along with unique personality characteristics, strengths, and challenges.

Five Elements

Beyond the animal sign, each year is associated with one of the five elements — Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water. These elements add another layer of personality traits and influence how your zodiac animal expresses itself.

Yin & Yang Balance

Together with the Yin/Yang polarity, the animals and elements create a rich and nuanced character profile that reveals your unique personality traits and life path.

Who Is This For?

Curious individuals wanting to explore their Chinese zodiac sign and personality traits
Couples and friends checking zodiac compatibility for fun
Culture enthusiasts interested in traditional Chinese astrology
Party hosts looking for an entertaining conversation starter

How to Use Chinese Zodiac

Find Your Zodiac Animal

Switch to the My Zodiac tab, enter your birth year (between 1900 and 2100), and click Find or press Enter. View your animal sign, element, polarity, personality traits, lucky info, and compatible signs.

Check Compatibility

Switch to the Compatibility tab, select two zodiac signs from the dropdown menus, and click Check Compatibility. View the overall compatibility score, level, and sub-scores for Love, Friendship, and Work.

Explore All 12 Animals

Scroll down to the 12 Zodiac Animals grid, which is always visible below the tabs. Click on any animal card to expand its detailed profile including year cycle, personality strengths and weaknesses, and best match and conflict zodiac signs. The current year's animal is highlighted with a special badge and glowing border.

Pro Tip: If you were born in January or February, check both the current and previous year to find your accurate sign, as the Chinese zodiac follows the Lunar New Year (late January to mid-February).

Features

Birth Year Zodiac Lookup

Enter any year from 1900 to 2100 to instantly discover the corresponding zodiac animal, yearly element, and Yin/Yang polarity.

Complete personality profile
Strengths and weaknesses
Lucky information

Element-Colored Animal Cards

Each of the 12 zodiac animals is displayed in a visually distinctive card colored by its associated element.

Blue for Water
Green for Wood
Red for Fire
Amber for Earth
Purple for Metal

Compatibility Checker

Select any two zodiac signs to see their compatibility score on a scale from Challenging (30%) to Excellent (95%).

Love compatibility
Friendship compatibility
Work compatibility

Lucky Information

Each zodiac animal comes with traditional lucky numbers, colors, and directions displayed in an easy-to-read grid format.

Lucky numbers
Lucky colors
Lucky directions

Current Year Highlight

The animal representing the current year is automatically highlighted in the grid with a glowing border, colored badge, and enhanced visual styling.

Instant recognition
Special badge
Glowing effects

Interactive Cards

Hover over cards to see glowing effects, and click to reveal detailed information about each zodiac animal.

Smooth animations
Expandable details
Responsive design

Frequently Asked Questions

How is my zodiac animal determined?

Your zodiac animal is based on the formula (birth year - 4) mod 12, which maps to one of the 12 animals in the cycle: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig.

What is the difference between yearly element and fixed element?

Each animal has a fixed element that never changes (e.g., Rat is always Water, Tiger is always Wood). The yearly element rotates through the five elements every 10 years, adding variety — so a 1990 Horse (Metal) has different traits from a 2002 Horse (Water).

What do the compatibility levels mean?

Compatibility is based on traditional Chinese zodiac relationships:

Excellent — San He or Liu He harmony 95%

Great — Good complementary traits 85%

Good — Same sign, mutual understanding 70%

Neutral — No special connection or conflict 60%

Challenging — Liu Chong opposition 30%

Does the Chinese zodiac follow January 1st for the new year?

Traditionally, the Chinese zodiac follows the Lunar New Year (late January to mid-February). This tool uses the solar calendar year for simplicity. If you were born in January or February, you may want to check both the current and previous year to find your accurate sign.

What does Yin and Yang mean in the zodiac?

Even-numbered years are Yang (active, outgoing energy) and odd-numbered years are Yin (receptive, introspective energy). This polarity adds another dimension to your zodiac personality.

Yang

Even Years

Active energy
Outgoing nature
Assertive traits
External focus

Yin

Odd Years

Receptive energy
Introspective nature
Reflective traits
Internal focus

Chinese Zodiac