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FREE TOOL · BIRTH-YEAR COMPATIBILITY

Chinese Compatibility by Birth Year

Enter two birth years to find each person's exact Chinese sign — not just the animal, but the full element sign across the 60-year cycle (like Yang Water Rat or Yin Wood Ox) — and how the two match in love, work and friendship.

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Why birth year, not just the animal?

Two people can share an animal yet feel completely different, because each animal cycles through five element versions over 60 years.

Your zodiac animal repeats every 12 years, but your full sign — animal plus element — repeats only every 60. So a Fire Tiger and an Earth Tiger are both Tigers with quite different energy. Reading compatibility at this finer level — animal bond plus the two birth-year elements — is more precise than the animal alone. For the most complete picture, both people's full energy charts (year, month, day and hour) go deeper still.

Frequently asked questions

How do I find my Chinese sign from my birth year?
Your birth year maps to one of the 60 signs of the sexagenary cycle — an animal plus an element, such as Yang Water Rat (1972) or Yin Wood Ox (1985). Enter your year above and it resolves your exact sign. If you were born in January or early February, the Chinese year may not have turned yet, so your sign could be the previous one.
Is birth-year compatibility accurate?
It is more precise than comparing animals alone, because it factors both the animal relationship and the two birth-year elements. But the year is only one of the four pillars in a full BaZi chart. For a complete, personal reading — love and marriage, career, friendship — both people's full birth charts (year, month, day and hour) are compared in the app.
Which Chinese signs are most compatible?
The most harmonious matches are six-harmony "secret friend" pairs and signs within the same trine, especially when their birth-year elements also generate each other. The most challenging are clash pairs (opposite animals), particularly when the elements control each other — though those are growth pairings, not doomed ones.
What does the compatibility score mean?
It blends the classical animal relationship (harmony, trine, clash or harm) with the five-element interaction of the two birth years. 85+ is excellent, 70–84 good, 55–69 neutral, below 55 challenging. It is a starting point — real relationships depend on the full charts and mutual effort.

See your complete compatibility

The birth year is the headline. Your full chart — and your partner's — tells the real story across love, career and friendship. Get your free Energy Chart and compare with anyone.

or browse the 12 × 12 animal compatibility chart →