2018 Chinese zodiac
狗 Earth Dog · yang
Born between 16 February 2018 and 4 February 2019: you are a Earth Dog. Born in 2018 but before 16 February 2018: your sign is that of 2017, the Fire Rooster.
The year
- New Year : 16 February 2018
- Ends : 4 February 2019
- Animal : Dog
- 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
戊戌 wù xū
Year 35 of the cycle. The same pair comes back in 1958 and 2078.
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.