2088 Chinese Zodiac: Earth Monkey

01 / Check the boundary

What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 2088?

Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 2088. 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.

2088 birth dates and zodiac signs
Gregorian birthday	Animal & year element
January 1, 2088 – January 23, 2088	Fire Goat 羊
January 24, 2088 – December 31, 2088	Earth Monkey 猴

The full 2088 lunar year continues into 2089, through February 9, 2089. A birthday on January 23, 2088 belongs to the Goat; a birthday one day later, on January 24, 2088, belongs to the Monkey.

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02 / The story of the year

What kind of Monkey is 2088?

2088 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: 383 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 2088. 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.

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03 / A closer look at the dates

2088 lunar calendar at a glance

This Monkey year contains 13 lunar months and 383 days. Month 4 repeats as a leap month, starting May 21, 2088. A leap month keeps the same animal and year element. The table follows the full lunar year, so its final months extend into 2089.

Lunar months of 2088: Gregorian start and end dates
Lunar month	Begins	Ends	Days
Month 1	January 24, 2088	February 21, 2088	29
Month 2	February 22, 2088	March 22, 2088	30
Month 3	March 23, 2088	April 20, 2088	29
Month 4	April 21, 2088	May 20, 2088	30
Leap month 4	May 21, 2088	June 18, 2088	29
Month 5	June 19, 2088	July 17, 2088	29
Month 6	July 18, 2088	August 16, 2088	30
Month 7	August 17, 2088	September 14, 2088	29
Month 8	September 15, 2088	October 13, 2088	29
Month 9	October 14, 2088	November 12, 2088	30
Month 10	November 13, 2088	December 12, 2088	30
Month 11	December 13, 2088	January 11, 2089	30
Month 12	January 12, 2089	February 9, 2089	29

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 1968Earth Monkey 1980Metal Monkey 1992Water Monkey 2004Wood Monkey 2016Fire Monkey 2028Earth Monkey 2040Metal Monkey 2052Water Monkey 2064Wood Monkey 2076Fire 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.