Chinese Zodiac Calculator: Find Your Animal, Element & Match
Chinese New Year 1990 fell on 27 Jan 1990. Anyone born from 1 January up to the day before belongs to the previous year's animal.
Your matches as a Horse
The traditional Earthly Branch relationships.
Six Harmonies: your closest match
Three Harmonies: natural allies
Clash: your opposite
Harm: prone to friction
Check a pairing
Tap your partner's (or anyone's) sign to see how it pairs with Horse.
Horse and Goat: Six Harmonies (六合)
Traditionally the closest pairing: a secret friend who complements you.
Your Chinese zodiac sign
Metal Horse
Year of the Horse (馬), element Metal (金).
- Your lunar year began
- 27 Jan 1990
- and ended
- 14 Feb 1991
- Closest match
- Goat
- Clashes with
- Rat
Years of the Horse
1930Metal
30 Jan 1930 to 16 Feb 1931
1942Water
15 Feb 1942 to 4 Feb 1943
1954Wood
3 Feb 1954 to 23 Jan 1955
1966Fire
21 Jan 1966 to 8 Feb 1967
1978Earth
7 Feb 1978 to 27 Jan 1979
1990Metal
27 Jan 1990 to 14 Feb 1991
2002Water
12 Feb 2002 to 31 Jan 2003
2014Wood
31 Jan 2014 to 18 Feb 2015
2026Fire
17 Feb 2026 to 5 Feb 2027
2038Earth
4 Feb 2038 to 23 Jan 2039
2050Metal
23 Jan 2050 to 10 Feb 2051
2026 is the Year of the Fire Horse, from 17 February 2026 to 5 February 2027. 2027 is the Year of the Fire Goat, starting on 6 February 2027.
How this works
Your zodiac animal follows the lunar year, which starts on Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. The calculator looks up the exact Chinese New Year date for your birth year from the Hong Kong Observatory's Gregorian-Lunar conversion tables (1901 to 2060, China Standard Time, the same clock as Singapore). If you were born before that date, you take the previous year's animal.
The animal cycles every 12 years (Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig) and the element every 10 years through the Heavenly Stems: years ending in 4 or 5 are Wood, 6 or 7 Fire, 8 or 9 Earth, 0 or 1 Metal, and 2 or 3 Water. Even years are Yang and odd years Yin.
Compatibility uses the traditional Earthly Branch relationships: the Six Harmonies (closest pairs), the Three Harmonies (groups of allies four years apart), the Six Clashes (signs six years apart) and the Six Harms. These are cultural tradition, shown for fun.
FAQs
What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in January or early February?
It depends on the Chinese New Year date that year. Someone born on 10 February 2024 is a Dragon (Chinese New Year was that day), but someone born on 9 February 2024 is a Rabbit, because the Year of the Dragon only started on 10 February 2024.
What Chinese zodiac year is 2026?
2026 is the Year of the Fire Horse (丙午), from 17 February 2026 to 5 February 2027. The Year of the Fire Goat starts on 6 February 2027.
Which zodiac signs are compatible?
Traditionally the closest pairs (Six Harmonies) are Rat and Ox, Tiger and Pig, Rabbit and Dog, Dragon and Rooster, Snake and Monkey, and Horse and Goat. Signs six years apart clash, such as Rat and Horse or Tiger and Monkey.
How do I find my Chinese zodiac element?
Look at the last digit of your lunar birth year: 0 or 1 is Metal, 2 or 3 Water, 4 or 5 Wood, 6 or 7 Fire, and 8 or 9 Earth. So 1990 is a Metal Horse and 1996 a Fire Rat, as long as you were born after that year's Chinese New Year.