2000 / Chinese zodiac
2000 Chinese Zodiac: Metal Dragon
2000 is the Year of the Metal Dragon. It begins on February 5, 2000 and ends on January 23, 2001. If you were born before February 5, 2000, your sign is the Earth Rabbit.
01 / Check the boundary
What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 2000?
Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 2000. 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 Rabbit 兔 |
| – | Metal Dragon 龙 |
The full 2000 lunar year continues into 2001, through January 23, 2001. A birthday on February 4, 2000 belongs to the Rabbit; a birthday one day later, on February 5, 2000, belongs to the Dragon.
YOUR STORY STARTS HERE
When were you born?
YOUR RESULT
02 / The story of the year
What kind of Dragon is 2000?
2000 is a Metal Dragon year. Its stem-branch name is 庚辰 (gēng-chén): the heavenly stem 庚 carries yang metal, and the earthly branch 辰 corresponds to the Dragon.
- Zodiac animal
- Dragon · 龙
- Year element
- Metal
- Stem & branch
- 庚辰 · gēng-chén
- Lunar year length
- 354 days
Dragon personality in tradition
The Chinese dragon is a mythical creature associated with rain, vitality and auspicious power.
The phrase “vital & imaginative” describes a traditional association with this animal, rather than a rule about everyone born in 2000. The year element is one part of the calendar; it does not establish a person's complete five-elements or Bāzì chart.
我属龙。
Wǒ shǔ lóng. “I was born in the Year of the Dragon.”
Dragon compatibility in folklore
Dragon, Monkey and Rat form a traditional harmony group of three. Dog sits opposite Dragon, 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
2000 lunar calendar at a glance
This Dragon 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 2001.
| Lunar month | Begins | Ends | Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 30 | ||
| Month 2 | 30 | ||
| Month 3 | 29 | ||
| Month 4 | 29 | ||
| Month 5 | 30 | ||
| Month 6 | 29 | ||
| Month 7 | 29 | ||
| Month 8 | 30 | ||
| Month 9 | 29 | ||
| 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.