Twelve animals on a twelve-year cycle — the same twelve used across East Asia. In saju they are not decorative: each animal is an earthly branch carrying an element, a polarity and a season, and branches are half of every pillar in your chart. 2026 is a Horse year.
Each page gives the branch data, the birth years, and compatibility against all twelve — worked out from the harmony and clash tables the engine actually uses, with the rule named each time.
Before you look yours up
The saju year turns at ipchun, around 4 February — not on 1 January and not at Lunar New Year. Anyone born in January or the first days of February belongs to the previous animal, which is the single most common reason two websites hand you different signs.
Rat
Yang Water · 子
2008 · 2020 · 2032
Ox
Yin Earth · 丑
1997 · 2009 · 2021
Tiger
Yang Wood · 寅
1998 · 2010 · 2022
Rabbit
Yin Wood · 卯
1999 · 2011 · 2023
Dragon
Yang Earth · 辰
2000 · 2012 · 2024
Snake
Yin Fire · 巳
2001 · 2013 · 2025
Horse
Yang Fire · 午
2002 · 2014 · 2026
Goat
Yin Earth · 未
2003 · 2015 · 2027
Monkey
Yang Metal · 申
2004 · 2016 · 2028
Rooster
Yin Metal · 酉
2005 · 2017 · 2029
Dog
Yang Earth · 戌
2006 · 2018 · 2030
Pig
Yin Water · 亥
2007 · 2019 · 2031
Your animal is one character out of eight
It is your year branch — shared with a twelfth of everyone alive. The character that stands for you is the top of your day pillar, and it changes every single day.
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