Year of the Metal Dog
2030 Chinese zodiac sign: Metal Dog
If you were born from February 3, 2030 to January 22, 2031, your Chinese zodiac sign is the Metal Dog. A birthday in 2030 before February 3 still belongs to the Earth Rooster of 2029.
Metal Dog
- Element: Metal
- Yang
- First day
- Sunday, February 3, 2030
- Last day
- Wednesday, January 22, 2031
- Place in the animal cycle
- 11 of 12
January and February: if you were born from January 1 to February 2, 2030, your sign is still the Earth Rooster of 2029; if you were born from January 1 to 22, 2031, you still belong to the Year of the Metal Dog.
Check your birth date in the calculator2030 in the Chinese calendar
Chinese year 2030 begins on Sunday, February 3, 2030, and ends on Wednesday, January 22, 2031, the day before the Year of the Metal Pig begins. It has 354 days, or 12 lunar months: each month starts on a new moon, so it is 29 or 30 days long. The next leap year, with a thirteenth month, comes in 2031.
The year opens with the new moon on Saturday, February 2, 2030 at 11:08 a.m. ET. In Beijing it is already February 3, 12:08 a.m. China Standard Time, and the Beijing date sets New Year's Day, so the new year begins on February 3.
The Lantern Festival, which closes the New Year celebrations, comes on the fifteenth day of the first month, so on Sunday, February 17, 2030. The year's first full moon falls on Monday, February 18, 2030 at 1:20 a.m. ET.
It is year 47 of the sixty-year cycle that began in 1984 with the Wood Rat. In Chinese this year is called 庚戌 (gēngxū): the heavenly stem 庚 gives the element and the earthly branch 戌 the animal.
Lìchūn 2030: when the year begins in Ba Zi astrology
In Ba Zi astrology, the Four Pillars of Destiny, the year 2030 begins not at the lunar New Year but at the moment of lìchūn (立春, “start of spring”), when the Sun reaches 315° of ecliptic longitude: on Sunday, February 3, 2030 at 2:08 p.m. Eastern Time. That is the same day Chinese New Year begins, so both calendars change sign on February 3.
This page and the calculator give your sign by the lunar calendar.
Dog personality traits
The Dog is the sign of loyalty and honesty. It is faithful to the people close to it, has a strong sense of justice and stands up for anyone who is being wronged.
The element of 2030: Metal
Determination, principles and a clear goal. Metal tempers a sign: it adds willpower, but can make it unbending.
The Metal element covers two years in a row, 2030 (yang) and 2031 (yin), and comes back every ten years: before that in 2020–2021, next in 2040–2041.
The Metal Dog: animal and element together
The Metal Dog is a guardian of principles. Metal strengthens its sense of justice, loyalty and courage, so it defends its values whatever the cost. It is honest and dependable. It judges others as strictly as itself, though, and sees giving ground on principles as weakness.
Dog compatibility
Trine
The Tiger and the Horse share the Dog's idealism and courage. With the Tiger it shares a sense of justice, and the Horse brings optimism into its life.
Secret friend
The Rabbit calms the Dog's anxiety and gives it warmth, and the Dog offers protection and steadiness in return. It is a calm pair built on trust.
Opposite sign
The Dragon stands opposite the Dog. The Dog reads the Dragon's confidence and grand style as arrogance, and the Dragon is worn down by the Dog's criticism and caution.
Born in 2030: your age and your own sign's year
Chinese year 2030 begins on Sunday, February 3, 2030. Children born in it celebrate their first běnmìngnián, the year of their own sign, in 2042, when they turn 12.
Other Dog years
The Dog comes back every 12 years, each time with a different element. The exact combination of 2030, the Metal Dog, returns every 60 years: in 1970, 2030 and 2090.
| Year | Sign | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| 1934 | Wood Dog | 02/14/1934 – 02/03/1935 |
| 1946 | Fire Dog | 02/02/1946 – 01/21/1947 |
| 1958 | Earth Dog | 02/18/1958 – 02/07/1959 |
| 1970 | Metal Dog | 02/06/1970 – 01/26/1971 |
| 1982 | Water Dog | 01/25/1982 – 02/12/1983 |
| 1994 | Wood Dog | 02/10/1994 – 01/30/1995 |
| 2006 | Fire Dog | 01/29/2006 – 02/17/2007 |
| 2018 | Earth Dog | 02/16/2018 – 02/04/2019 |
| 2030 | Metal Dog | 02/03/2030 – 01/22/2031 |
The year before and the year after
The Chinese zodiac is a cultural tradition more than two thousand years old, not a science. We calculate the dates and signs precisely, but read the personality descriptions as food for thought, not as a prophecy.
Frequently asked questions
What Chinese zodiac sign is 2030?
In the Chinese calendar 2030 is the Year of the Metal Dog: a yang sign with the Metal element. That Chinese year runs from February 3, 2030 to January 22, 2031, so anyone born in that window has the Metal Dog sign.
What is my Chinese zodiac sign if I was born in January or February 2030?
The date of Chinese New Year decides it, and in 2030 that date is February 3. If you were born from January 1 to February 2, 2030, your sign is still the Earth Rooster of 2029; from February 3 on, your sign is the Metal Dog.
When does 2030 begin in Ba Zi astrology?
At the moment of lìchūn, when the Sun reaches 315° of ecliptic longitude: on Sunday, February 3, 2030 at 2:08 p.m. Eastern Time. That is the same day Chinese New Year begins, so both calendars change sign on February 3.
When is Chinese New Year 2030?
Chinese New Year 2030 falls on Sunday, February 3, 2030, the day of the new moon by the date in Beijing. The new moon comes at 12:08 a.m. China Standard Time; in New York it falls on Saturday, February 2, 2030 at 11:08 a.m. ET. The next New Year, which opens the Year of the Metal Pig, falls on Thursday, January 23, 2031.
Is 2030 a yin or yang year?
2030 is a yang year, because Chinese tradition gives yang to even years and yin to odd ones. Yang is outward energy: active, direct and quick to get things started. The Dog is always yang, and from one Dog year to the next only the element changes: after the Year of the Metal Dog comes the Year of the Water Dog in 2042.
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