1940 Chinese zodiac
龍 Metal Dragon · yang
Born between 8 February 1940 and 26 January 1941: you are a Metal Dragon. Born in 1940 but before 8 February 1940: your sign is that of 1939, the Earth Rabbit.
The year
- New Year : 8 February 1940
- Ends : 26 January 1941
- Animal : Dragon
- Element : Metal (yang)
The Metal element
determination, rigour, uprightness.
Each animal returns every twelve years with a different element: the same pair only comes back every sixty years.
In the sixty-year cycle
庚辰 gēng chén
Year 17 of the cycle. The same pair comes back in 1880 and 2000.
The Dragon in one line
Ambitious and radiant, it thinks big and carries others along.
Dates computed from the real positions of the Sun and Moon (NASA JPL DE440s ephemeris, Beijing time) under the rules of the Chinese calendar, and checked against published dates.