1920 Chinese Zodiac: Metal Monkey

01 / Check the boundary

What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 1920?

Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 1920. 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.

1920 birth dates and zodiac signs
Gregorian birthday	Animal & year element
January 1, 1920 – February 19, 1920	Earth Goat 羊
February 20, 1920 – December 31, 1920	Metal Monkey 猴

The full 1920 lunar year continues into 1921, through February 7, 1921. A birthday on February 19, 1920 belongs to the Goat; a birthday one day later, on February 20, 1920, belongs to the Monkey.

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02 / The story of the year

What kind of Monkey is 1920?

1920 is a Metal Monkey year. Its stem-branch name is 庚申 (gēng-shēn): the heavenly stem 庚 carries yang metal, and the earthly branch 申 corresponds to the Monkey.

Zodiac animal: Monkey · 猴
Year element: Metal
Stem & branch: 庚申 · gēng-shēn
Lunar year length: 354 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 1920. 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

1920 lunar calendar at a glance

This Monkey year contains 12 lunar months and 354 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 1921.

Lunar months of 1920: Gregorian start and end dates
Lunar month	Begins	Ends	Days
Month 1	February 20, 1920	March 19, 1920	29
Month 2	March 20, 1920	April 18, 1920	30
Month 3	April 19, 1920	May 17, 1920	29
Month 4	May 18, 1920	June 15, 1920	29
Month 5	June 16, 1920	July 15, 1920	30
Month 6	July 16, 1920	August 13, 1920	29
Month 7	August 14, 1920	September 11, 1920	29
Month 8	September 12, 1920	October 11, 1920	30
Month 9	October 12, 1920	November 9, 1920	29
Month 10	November 10, 1920	December 9, 1920	30
Month 11	December 10, 1920	January 8, 1921	30
Month 12	January 9, 1921	February 7, 1921	30

04 / Follow the cycle

Other Years of the Monkey

The Monkey returns every 12 years; the same Metal 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.

1908Earth 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.