Your animal, your element, your year.
Chinese astrology follows a 60 year cycle: 12 animals and 5 elements. Your year starts at the Lunar New Year, calculated here for your exact date.
Your Chinese year began on 27 January 1990, at the Lunar New Year.
Metal Horse
Yang · 1990Free, enthusiastic and full of energy, you move at full gallop. Your challenge: learn patience.
Metal brings determination and rigour: you see through what you start.
Your allies: Tiger and Dog. Your opposite: Rat.
The current year
2026, year of the Fire Horse
It is the year of your own animal: tradition sees it as a year to live with caution and humility, often wearing red.
The 12 animals
鼠Rat
牛Ox
虎Tiger
兔Rabbit
龍Dragon
蛇Snake
馬Horse
羊Goat
猴Monkey
雞Rooster
狗Dog
豬Pig