2000 Chinese zodiac
龍 Metal Dragon · yang
Born between 5 February 2000 and 23 January 2001: you are a Metal Dragon. Born in 2000 but before 5 February 2000: your sign is that of 1999, the Earth Rabbit.
The year
- New Year : 5 February 2000
- Ends : 23 January 2001
- 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 1940 and 2060.
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.