Today by zodiac
Pick your animal — today's fortune, no birthday needed.
Find your animal — birth years 1936 to 2031
Every animal owns one of the five elements, and that fixed element is the one this page compares today's day-pillar element against. Find your year in the birth-years column to see which animal and which element are yours.
| Earthly branch | Zodiac animal | Elements | Birth years |
|---|---|---|---|
| 子 | Rat | Water | 1936 · 1948 · 1960 · 1972 · 1984 · 1996 · 2008 · 2020 |
| 丑 | Ox | Earth | 1937 · 1949 · 1961 · 1973 · 1985 · 1997 · 2009 · 2021 |
| 寅 | Tiger | Wood | 1938 · 1950 · 1962 · 1974 · 1986 · 1998 · 2010 · 2022 |
| 卯 | Rabbit | Wood | 1939 · 1951 · 1963 · 1975 · 1987 · 1999 · 2011 · 2023 |
| 辰 | Dragon | Earth | 1940 · 1952 · 1964 · 1976 · 1988 · 2000 · 2012 · 2024 |
| 巳 | Snake | Fire | 1941 · 1953 · 1965 · 1977 · 1989 · 2001 · 2013 · 2025 |
| 午 | Horse | Fire | 1942 · 1954 · 1966 · 1978 · 1990 · 2002 · 2014 · 2026 |
| 未 | Goat | Earth | 1943 · 1955 · 1967 · 1979 · 1991 · 2003 · 2015 · 2027 |
| 申 | Monkey | Metal | 1944 · 1956 · 1968 · 1980 · 1992 · 2004 · 2016 · 2028 |
| 酉 | Rooster | Metal | 1945 · 1957 · 1969 · 1981 · 1993 · 2005 · 2017 · 2029 |
| 戌 | Dog | Earth | 1946 · 1958 · 1970 · 1982 · 1994 · 2006 · 2018 · 2030 |
| 亥 | Pig | Water | 1947 · 1959 · 1971 · 1983 · 1995 · 2007 · 2019 · 2031 |
The table splits the years by calendar year alone. If you were born in January or the first days of February, your animal is the previous year's whenever the birth falls before Lichun (around 3 to 5 February) — /reading works that boundary out from your real birth date and time.
How your zodiac-animal fortune is calculated
Today's fortune for your Chinese zodiac animal — no birth time needed, only your birth year.
We take today's real day-pillar element and compare it to your zodiac animal's fixed element, then add a small seeded variety pool so the line isn't identical every day the elements match.
This uses only your zodiac year, not your full Four Pillars chart — a lighter, faster read than /reading, and it carries no percentage or guarantee.
How your zodiac-animal fortune is calculated
No — it only compares today's element to your zodiac animal's fixed element, which is lighter than a full chart reading using your day, month, and hour pillars. See /reading for the full picture.
No — your zodiac animal comes from your birth year alone, so this page works with zero friction even if you don't know your birth time.