2030 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Metal Dog

2030 is the year of the Metal Dog (庚戌 Gēngxū), from 3 February 2030 to 22 January 2031. Anyone born in 2030 before 3 February 2030 belongs to the Earth Rooster year.

• Animal: Dog
• Element: Metal (Yang)
• Cycle name: 庚戌 Gēngxū, year 47 of the 60-year cycle
• Starts: 3 February 2030
• Ends: 22 January 2031

The Metal Dog

Metal years are traditionally linked with determination, precision and principle: the element of clear edges, strong will and high standards. The Dog is the zodiac's loyal guardian. Tradition describes Dog people as honest, fair and protective, with a strong sense of right and wrong and a small, trusted circle they will defend without hesitation.

Born in January or February 2030?

Anyone born from 1 January to 2 February 2030 belongs to the Earth Rooster year of 2029. From 3 February 2030 the Metal Dog year begins.

How the dates are worked out

Each Chinese New Year here is worked out from the sky, not copied from a list. A lunar month starts on the day of a New Moon in China Standard Time (UTC+8, or Beijing local time before 1929). The month holding the December solstice is the 11th month. When 13 New Moons fall between two of those months, the first month with no principal solar term (the Sun reaching a multiple of 30 degrees) is a leap month. New Year is the first day of the 1st month, which is why it moves between 21 January and 20 February. New Moons and solar terms follow Jean Meeus's Astronomical Algorithms. The rules follow the Chinese calendar.

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