Chinese zodiac 1940
Year of the Metal Dragon
8 February 1940 to 26 January 1941
Born in 1940? Your sign depends on the day
The animal changes at Lunar New Year, not on 1 January. In 1940 it falls on 8 February 1940.
- 8 February to 31 December 1940
- π Metal Dragon
- and on to 26 Jan 1941
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The Metal Dragon at a glance
Animal
π Dragon
Said to be ambitious, energetic, charismatic.
Element
ι Yang Metal
Linked with determination and order. Each element rules two years in a row.
Length
354 days
A regular year of twelve lunar months.
Other Dragon years
The 60-year cycle
Animal and element line up again only every 60 years. The Metal Dragon years nearest to this one are 1880 and 2000.
Who gets on with the Dragon
Allies
Four years apart. The three animals of a trine are said to share a temperament.
Secret friend
One of six fixed pairs said to complement each other.
Opposite
Six years apart, directly across the wheel. Tradition calls this the hardest pairing.
Friction
One of six fixed pairs said to rub each other the wrong way.
Bonds come from each animal's position among the twelve, as tradition sets them. They describe the Dragon sign in general, not any one person.
Dates are computed estimates from the Hong Kong Observatory's calendar tables, counted in China's time zone. Some traditions change the animal at the start of spring (around 4 February) instead of at Lunar New Year.