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CHINESE ZODIAC · 2026

Find your Chinese zodiac animal

Enter your birth date and meet your animal, your element, and how 2026 (the Year of the Horse) reads for you.

2026 — YEAR OF THE HORSEFire · Horse
Rooster Chinese zodiac
Your animal · 2017
Your animal: Fire Rooster
Your animal · 2017

Fire Rooster

ElementFire
Fixed elementMetal
PolarityYin

The Rooster is observant, hardworking, and courageous. Roosters take pride in craftsmanship and clear public-facing work — show up on time, in the right clothes, saying the right things.

2026 for you

The Horse doesn't sit in particular harmony or conflict with the Rooster. A year for steady work — your usual rhythms continue without dramatic external push or pull. Build slowly, finish what you started.

Ask the I Ching about this year

Your zodiac animal describes the pattern you were born under. The I Ching is different: it answers the moment you are in now, through yin and yang changing into a hexagram.

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Personality

Strengths
  • Observant
  • Courageous
  • Practical
Watch-outs
  • Critical
  • Vain
  • Blunt

Years that share your animal

In a 12-year cycle, the same animal returns. If you know someone's birth year, you can check the list below — these are all years that carry your sign.

Recent past20172005199319811969195719451933
Upcoming202920412053

Harmonious with

Ox
Ox2021 · 2009 · 1997 · 1985
Snake
Snake2025 · 2013 · 2001 · 1989

Tests with

Rat
Rat2020 · 2008 · 1996 · 1984
Rabbit
Rabbit2023 · 2011 · 1999 · 1987
Dog
Dog2018 · 2006 · 1994 · 1982

Your secret friend (六合)

Beyond the harmonious trio, classical Chinese astrology gives every animal one deepest 1-on-1 partner — the secret friend (六合, liù hé). Yours is the Dragon. The bond is read as instinctive, long-term, low-drama: a person whose presence settles you, not excites you.

Dragon
Dragon2024 · 2012 · 2000 · 1988

Lucky elements

Numbers
5, 7, 8
Colors
Gold, Brown
Flower
Gladiola
Direction
South, Southeast
All 12 Chinese zodiac signs
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Note: Chinese New Year falls in late January or early February. Births in January or early February may belong to the previous Chinese year — adjust your year by −1 if you were born before that year's Lunar New Year.

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