1999 / Chinese zodiac
1999 Chinese Zodiac: Earth Rabbit
1999 is the Year of the Earth Rabbit. It begins on February 16, 1999 and ends on February 4, 2000. If you were born before February 16, 1999, your sign is the Earth Tiger.
01 / Check the boundary
What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 1999?
Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 1999. 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.
| Gregorian birthday | Animal & year element |
|---|---|
| – | Earth Tiger 虎 |
| – | Earth Rabbit 兔 |
The full 1999 lunar year continues into 2000, through February 4, 2000. A birthday on February 15, 1999 belongs to the Tiger; a birthday one day later, on February 16, 1999, belongs to the Rabbit.
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When were you born?
YOUR RESULT
02 / The story of the year
What kind of Rabbit is 1999?
1999 is a Earth Rabbit year. Its stem-branch name is 己卯 (jǐ-mǎo): the heavenly stem 己 carries yin earth, and the earthly branch 卯 corresponds to the Rabbit.
- Zodiac animal
- Rabbit · 兔
- Year element
- Earth
- Stem & branch
- 己卯 · jǐ-mǎo
- Lunar year length
- 354 days
Rabbit personality in tradition
The Rabbit is often linked with gentleness. The moon rabbit is a separate, familiar figure in Chinese folklore.
The phrase “gentle & thoughtful” describes a traditional association with this animal, rather than a rule about everyone born in 1999. The year element is one part of the calendar; it does not establish a person's complete five-elements or Bāzì chart.
我属兔。
Wǒ shǔ tù. “I was born in the Year of the Rabbit.”
Rabbit compatibility in folklore
Rabbit, Goat and Pig form a traditional harmony group of three. Rooster sits opposite Rabbit, 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
1999 lunar calendar at a glance
This Rabbit 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 2000.
| Lunar month | Begins | Ends | Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 30 | ||
| Month 2 | 29 | ||
| Month 3 | 29 | ||
| Month 4 | 30 | ||
| Month 5 | 29 | ||
| Month 6 | 29 | ||
| Month 7 | 30 | ||
| Month 8 | 29 | ||
| Month 9 | 30 | ||
| Month 10 | 30 | ||
| Month 11 | 30 | ||
| Month 12 | 29 |
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.