1908 Chinese Zodiac: Earth Monkey

01 / Check the boundary

What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 1908?

Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 1908. Choose the row containing your birthday. These dates include both the first and last day; the animal changes at Chinese New Year, not on January 1.

1908 birth dates and zodiac signs
Gregorian birthday	Animal & year element
January 1, 1908 – February 1, 1908	Fire Goat 羊
February 2, 1908 – December 31, 1908	Earth Monkey 猴

The full 1908 lunar year continues into 1909, through January 21, 1909. A birthday on February 1, 1908 belongs to the Goat; a birthday one day later, on February 2, 1908, belongs to the Monkey.

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02 / The story of the year

What kind of Monkey is 1908?

1908 is a Earth Monkey year. Its stem-branch name is 戊申 (wù-shēn): the heavenly stem 戊 carries yang earth, and the earthly branch 申 corresponds to the Monkey.

Zodiac animal: Monkey · 猴
Year element: Earth
Stem & branch: 戊申 · wù-shēn
Lunar year length: 355 days

Monkey personality in tradition

The Monkey is often associated with cleverness and playfulness, familiar qualities in Chinese storytelling.

The phrase “curious & inventive” describes a traditional association with this animal, rather than a rule about everyone born in 1908. The year element is one part of the calendar; it does not establish a person's complete five-elements or Bāzì chart.

我属猴。

Wǒ shǔ hóu. “I was born in the Year of the Monkey.”

Monkey compatibility in folklore

Monkey, Rat and Dragon form a traditional harmony group of three. Tiger sits opposite Monkey, six places away in the twelve-animal cycle. These describe symbolic positions, not evidence of who will make a good partner.

Explore traditional pairings →

03 / A closer look at the dates

1908 lunar calendar at a glance

This Monkey year contains 12 lunar months and 355 days. There is no leap lunar month in this year. A leap month keeps the same animal and year element. The table follows the full lunar year, so its final months extend into 1909.

Lunar months of 1908: Gregorian start and end dates
Lunar month	Begins	Ends	Days
Month 1	February 2, 1908	March 2, 1908	30
Month 2	March 3, 1908	March 31, 1908	29
Month 3	April 1, 1908	April 29, 1908	29
Month 4	April 30, 1908	May 29, 1908	30
Month 5	May 30, 1908	June 28, 1908	30
Month 6	June 29, 1908	July 27, 1908	29
Month 7	July 28, 1908	August 26, 1908	30
Month 8	August 27, 1908	September 24, 1908	29
Month 9	September 25, 1908	October 24, 1908	30
Month 10	October 25, 1908	November 23, 1908	30
Month 11	November 24, 1908	December 22, 1908	29
Month 12	December 23, 1908	January 21, 1909	30

04 / Follow the cycle

Other Years of the Monkey

The Monkey returns every 12 years; the same Earth Monkey combination returns every 60. These are the other Monkey years in our 1901–2100 directory. Their New Year dates differ, so open a year to check its exact birthday boundary.

1920Metal Monkey 1932Water Monkey 1944Wood Monkey 1956Fire Monkey 1968Earth Monkey 1980Metal Monkey 1992Water Monkey 2004Wood Monkey 2016Fire Monkey 2028Earth Monkey 2040Metal Monkey 2052Water Monkey 2064Wood Monkey 2076Fire Monkey 2088Earth Monkey 2100Metal Monkey

Sources & calendar convention

Dates are calculated from our local lunar-month dataset. The links below provide the Observatory’s calendar for this Gregorian year and an explanation of the stem-branch cycle. Cultural interpretations are introductory folklore, not predictions.