Zodiac Sign Calculator
Find your Western zodiac sign from your birth date, plus the corresponding element, ruling planet, and Chinese zodiac (animal).
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About Zodiac Sign Calculator
Western zodiac
Twelve signs based on Earth’s position around the Sun. Each sign occupies roughly a month. Originally derived from constellations visible at sunrise; modern astrology uses fixed date ranges that drift slightly from the actual constellations due to precession.
Chinese zodiac
Twelve animals on a 12-year cycle: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig. Your animal comes from your birth lunar year, with major personality traits associated with each.
Why isn’t my animal the one for my birth year?
The animal changes at Lunar New Year, not on January 1. Lunar New Year falls somewhere between January 21 and February 20, so anyone born in January or early February belongs to the previous year’s animal. Someone born on January 1, 2000 is a Rabbit — the 1999 lunar year — because the Dragon year did not begin until February 5, 2000. This calculator uses the real Lunar New Year date for every year from 1930 to 2030; the year shown in brackets next to the animal is the lunar year it belongs to. Birth dates outside 1930–2030 fall back to an approximate February 4 cut-off and are flagged as such.
Is astrology real?
There is no scientific evidence that astrological signs predict personality, behavior, or events. Many people find meaning or fun in horoscopes anyway. Treat this calculator as entertainment rather than a serious prediction tool.