1980 Chinese zodiac
猴 Metal Monkey · yang
Born between 16 February 1980 and 4 February 1981: you are a Metal Monkey. Born in 1980 but before 16 February 1980: your sign is that of 1979, the Earth Goat.
The year
- New Year : 16 February 1980
- Ends : 4 February 1981
- Animal : Monkey
- 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
庚申 gēng shēn
Year 57 of the cycle. The same pair comes back in 1920 and 2040.
The Monkey in one line
Clever and inventive, it finds a way out of anything.
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.