1968 Chinese Zodiac: Earth Monkey

01 / Check the boundary

What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 1968?

Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 1968. 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.

1968 birth dates and zodiac signs
Gregorian birthday	Animal & year element
January 1, 1968 – January 29, 1968	Fire Goat 羊
January 30, 1968 – December 31, 1968	Earth Monkey 猴

The full 1968 lunar year continues into 1969, through February 16, 1969. A birthday on January 29, 1968 belongs to the Goat; a birthday one day later, on January 30, 1968, belongs to the Monkey.

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02 / The story of the year

What kind of Monkey is 1968?

1968 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: 384 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 1968. 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

1968 lunar calendar at a glance

This Monkey year contains 13 lunar months and 384 days. Month 7 repeats as a leap month, starting August 24, 1968. A leap month keeps the same animal and year element. The table follows the full lunar year, so its final months extend into 1969.

Lunar months of 1968: Gregorian start and end dates
Lunar month	Begins	Ends	Days
Month 1	January 30, 1968	February 27, 1968	29
Month 2	February 28, 1968	March 28, 1968	30
Month 3	March 29, 1968	April 26, 1968	29
Month 4	April 27, 1968	May 26, 1968	30
Month 5	May 27, 1968	June 25, 1968	30
Month 6	June 26, 1968	July 24, 1968	29
Month 7	July 25, 1968	August 23, 1968	30
Leap month 7	August 24, 1968	September 21, 1968	29
Month 8	September 22, 1968	October 21, 1968	30
Month 9	October 22, 1968	November 19, 1968	29
Month 10	November 20, 1968	December 19, 1968	30
Month 11	December 20, 1968	January 17, 1969	29
Month 12	January 18, 1969	February 16, 1969	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.

1908Earth Monkey 1920Metal Monkey 1932Water Monkey 1944Wood Monkey 1956Fire 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.