The twelve animals
The Chinese Zodiac
Each animal pairs with one of five elements. A 60-year cycle that names a person by birth year.
The Five Elements
An animal is half the picture.
Every zodiac year is also coloured by one of the five elements - Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water. The element shifts the emphasis: a Wood Dragon is not a Fire Dragon. Together, the animal and the element name sixty distinct years before the cycle repeats.
Wood
Fire
Earth
Metal
Water
Find yours
Which animal and element are you?
Enter your birth year and see the pairing the cycle gave you - one of sixty.