1988 Chinese zodiac
龍 Earth Dragon · yang
Born between 17 February 1988 and 5 February 1989: you are a Earth Dragon. Born in 1988 but before 17 February 1988: your sign is that of 1987, the Fire Rabbit.
The year
- New Year : 17 February 1988
- Ends : 5 February 1989
- Animal : Dragon
- Element : Earth (yang)
The Earth element
stability, realism, reliability.
Each animal returns every twelve years with a different element: the same pair only comes back every sixty years.
In the sixty-year cycle
戊辰 wù chén
Year 5 of the cycle. The same pair comes back in 1928 and 2048.
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.