2020s Chinese Zodiac Years: Animals, Elements, and Lunar Dates
This page lists every Chinese zodiac year in the 2020s, including the animal, element, stem-branch name, and exact lunar date range.
The 2020s decade page connects current and upcoming zodiac years, including 2025 Wood Snake and 2026 Fire Horse, while keeping the lunar year boundaries clear.
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.
2020s Chinese zodiac years table
Current and future zodiac pages need careful date boundaries. A child born in January or early February may belong to the previous lunar year.
| Birth year | Zodiac animal + element | Zeitraum des Mond-Tierkreiszeichens | Stem-branch | Quick reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 鼠Metallratte | 25. Januar 2020 – 11. Februar 2021 | Geng Zi · 庚子 | A Rat type with sharper judgment, standards, and strategic clarity. |
| 2021 | 牛Metal Ox | 12. Februar 2021 – 31. Januar 2022 | Xin Chou · 辛丑 | An Ox type with discipline, firmness, and quiet endurance. |
| 2022 | 虎Wassertiger | 1. Februar 2022 – 21. Januar 2023 | Ren Yin · 壬寅 | A Tiger type with courage shaped by adaptability and flow. |
| 2023 | 兔Wasserkaninchen | 22. Januar 2023 – 9. Februar 2024 | Gui Mao · 癸卯 | A Rabbit type with sensitivity, intuition, and emotional timing. |
| 2024 | 龙Holzdrache | 10. Februar 2024 – 28. Januar 2025 | Jia Chen · 甲辰 | A Dragon type that links ambition with growth, renewal, and expansion. |
| 2025 | 蛇Holzschlange | 29. Januar 2025 – 16. Februar 2026 | Yi Si · 乙巳 | A Snake type focused on growth, renewal, strategy, and identity change. |
| 2026 | 马Feuerpferd | 17. Februar 2026 – 5. Februar 2027 | Bing Wu · 丙午 | A Horse type with speed, visibility, passion, and strong public momentum. |
| 2027 | 羊Feuerziege | 6. Februar 2027 – 25. Januar 2028 | Ding Wei · 丁未 | A Goat type with warmth, expression, creativity, and visible emotion. |
| 2028 | 猴Erd-Affe | 26. Januar 2028 – 12. Februar 2029 | Wu Shen · 戊申 | A Monkey type with cleverness grounded by practicality and structure. |
| 2029 | 鸡Erd-Hahn | 13. Februar 2029 – 2. Februar 2030 | Ji You · 己酉 | A Rooster type with precision, duty, and more grounded standards. |
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 2020s 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 2020s?
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. |
2020s Chinese zodiac FAQ
What Chinese zodiac years are in the 2020s?
The 2020s page covers birth years 2020 through 2029, with each year’s Chinese zodiac animal, element, stem-branch name, and lunar date range.
Are all people born in the 2020s 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 2020s page or the full zodiac years chart?
Use this 2020s 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.