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Check Your Zodiac Sign

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Day: Month: Year:


The Chinese year names have a sixty-year cycle, and are created by pairing a Celestrial Stem with a Terrestrial Branch.

The Celestial Stems are specified by Chinese characters that have no English translation; the Terrestrial Branches are named after twelve animals.

Chinese Zodiac Branches Stems
Rat Zi Jia
Ox Chou Yi
Tiger Yin Bing
Rabbit Mao Ding
Dragon Chen Wu
Snake Si Ji
Horse Wu Geng
Goat Wei Xin
Monkey Shen Ren
Rooster You Gui
Dog Xu  
Pig Hai  
     

The initial year (jia-zi) of the current cycle began on 1984 February 2. The full list of the sexagenary year names is as follows:

#Year Names #Year Names #Year Names #Year Names
1. Jia-Zi 16. Ji-Mao 31. Jia-Wu 46. Ji-You
2. Yi-Chou 17. Geng-Chen 32. Yi-Wei 47. Geng-Xu
3. Bing-Yin 18. Xin-Si 33. Bing-Shen 48. Xin-Hai
4. Ding-Mao 19. Ren-Wu 34. Ding-You 49. Ren-Zi
5. Wu-Chen 20. Gui-Wei 35. Wu-Xu 50. Gui-Chou
6. Ji-Si 21. Jia-Shen 36. Ji-Hai 51. Jia-Yin
7. Geng-Wu 22. Yi-You 37. Geng-Zi 52. Yi-Mao
8. Xin-Wei 23. Bing-Xu 38. Xin-Chou 53. Bing-Chen
9. Ren-Shen 24. Ding-Hai 39. Ren-Yin 54. Ding-Si
10. Gui-You 25. Wu-Zi 40. Gui-Mao 55. Wu-Wu
11. Jia-Xu 26. Ji-Chou 41. Jia-Chen 56. Ji-Wei
12. Yi-Hai 27. Geng-Yin 42. Yi-Si 57. Geng-Shen
13. Bing-Zi 28. Xin-Mao 43. Bing-Wu 58. Xin-You
14. Ding-chou 29. Ren-Chen 44. Ding-Wei 59. Ren-Xu
15. Wu-Yin 30. gui-Si 45. Wu-Shen 60. Gui-Hai

The Chinese celebrate New Year's Day sometime between January 10th and February 19th of the Gregorian calendar.