1916 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Fire Dragon

1916 is the Year of the Fire Dragon — a Yang Fire year. The animal sign is the Dragon, the fifth of the 12-animal cycle.

1916 carries the Fire element (Yang Fire). Element is set by the year's heavenly stem and cycles every 10 years, so the full Fire Dragon combination returns only once every 60 years.

Those born in 1916, the Year of the Dragon, are traditionally described as confident, ambitious, and charismatic. With the Fire element added, passion, energy, and boldness are emphasised.

The Dragon is traditionally most compatible with the Rat, Monkey, Rooster.

Almost — but the Chinese zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year (late January or early February), not January 1. So someone born in early 1916, before that year's Chinese New Year, is actually a Rabbit (the 1915 sign). If your birthday is in late January or early February, enter your full date of birth in the Age Calculator to confirm your exact sign.