2010s Chinese Zodiac Years: Animals, Elements, and Lunar Dates
This page lists every Chinese zodiac year in the 2010s, including the animal, element, stem-branch name, and exact lunar date range.
The 2010s decade page helps readers check younger birth years, school-age zodiac searches, and nearby Lunar New Year boundaries from 2010 to 2019.
Browse by decade
These links follow the homepage’s existing decade structure. Use them as decade-level hubs, then open the exact year page you need.
2010s Chinese zodiac years table
For children born in January or February, the lunar boundary matters. A January birthday often belongs to the previous Chinese zodiac year.
| Birth year | Zodiac animal + element | Zeitraum des Mond-Tierkreiszeichens | Stem-branch | Quick reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 虎Metall-Tiger | 14. Februar 2010 – 2. Februar 2011 | Geng Yin · 庚寅 | A Tiger type with courage sharpened by structure and standards. |
| 2011 | 兔Metall-Hase | 3. Februar 2011 – 22. Januar 2012 | Xin Mao · 辛卯 | A Rabbit type with gentleness, refinement, and firmer boundaries. |
| 2012 | 龙Wasserdrache | 23. Januar 2012 – 9. Februar 2013 | Ren Chen · 壬辰 | A Dragon type with more flow, adaptability, and emotional range. |
| 2013 | 蛇Wasserschlange | 10. Februar 2013 – 30. Januar 2014 | Gui Si · 癸巳 | A Snake type with quiet intuition, flexibility, and deeper emotional timing. |
| 2014 | 马Holzpferd | 31. Januar 2014 – 18. Februar 2015 | Jia Wu · 甲午 | A Horse type that turns movement into growth, learning, and expansion. |
| 2015 | 羊Holzziege | 19. Februar 2015 – 7. Februar 2016 | Yi Wei · 乙未 | A Goat type with creativity, cooperation, and gentle outward growth. |
| 2016 | 猴Feueraffe | 8. Februar 2016 – 27. Januar 2017 | Bing Shen · 丙申 | A Monkey type with cleverness, heat, visibility, and quick action. |
| 2017 | 鸡Feuer-Hahn | 28. Januar 2017 – 15. Februar 2018 | Ding You · 丁酉 | A Rooster type with sharper visibility, expression, and public confidence. |
| 2018 | 狗Erdhund | 16. Februar 2018 – 4. Februar 2019 | Wu Xu · 戊戌 | A Dog type with loyalty, duty, and grounded responsibility. |
| 2019 | 猪Erdschwein | 5. Februar 2019 – 24. Januar 2020 | Ji Hai · 己亥 | A Pig type with warmth, patience, security, and steadier generosity. |
January or February birthday?
The zodiac year may not match the Western calendar year. If your birthday is before Chinese New Year, open the previous year page as well.
For automatic checking, use the Rechner für das chinesische Tierkreiszeichen, or read January and February Zodiac.
How to use this 2010s zodiac page
This is a hub page, not a full personality profile for every year. Its job is to help readers move from a decade-level search to the exact animal-element year page.
The decade table shows how the 12 animals and Five Elements combine across nearby birth years.
Use it to compare nearby years before opening a full year page, especially for January and February birthdays.
This page keeps homepage decade links useful without crowding the homepage with every single birth year.
What changes across the 2010s?
Chinese zodiac years are not only animal signs. Each year also has a Heavenly Stem, an Earthly Branch, and one of the Five Elements. That is why two people born under the same animal sign may still belong to different animal-element types. See Himmlische Stämme und irdische Zweige for the full system.
| Layer | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Tierzeichen | The 12-year rhythm: Ratte, Ochse, Tiger, Kaninchen, Drache, Schlange, Pferd, Ziege, Affe, Hahn, Hund, Schwein. |
| Element | The Five Elements layer: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water. |
| Stem-branch name | The traditional 60-Jahres-Zyklus label, such as Geng Wu 庚午 or Yi Hai 乙亥. |
| Lunar date range | The exact boundary that decides whether an early-year birthday belongs to this year or the previous year. |
2010s Chinese zodiac FAQ
What Chinese zodiac years are in the 2010s?
The 2010s page covers birth years 2010 through 2019, with each year’s Chinese zodiac animal, element, stem-branch name, and lunar date range.
Are all people born in the 2010s assigned by January 1?
No. Chinese zodiac years follow the lunar calendar. Many January or February birthdays belong to the previous lunar zodiac year.
Why do the date ranges cross into the next calendar year?
A Chinese zodiac year usually begins on Chinese New Year and continues into January or February of the following Western calendar year.
Should I use this 2010s page or the full zodiac years chart?
Use this 2010s page if you want a readable decade index. Use the full Tabelle der chinesischen Tierkreiszeichen when you need a broad lookup across many decades.
Nächste Schritte
Open the exact year page if you want the animal-element personality reading, compatibility notes, age-stage context, and 2026 outlook.